The Next New Thing

I believe that technology and new media is always growing and will continue to grow as long as the human generation lives on. I would imagine the next new thing would be flying cars. Honestly flying cars 20 years ago felt like it was an impossible thing. It portrayed a sense of the future because it was something we never had in the present or past. Now at the way technology is increasing I believe that one day we will have flying cars and it will be a real life thing unlike scenes in movies of future flying cars or even in animation shows like Futurama. When flying cars enter the market then we would get a sense that we are in the future. Our kids and future generation might not even know that a car was used for driving on the road at some point. This is the power of technology and science which is why the world has succeeded in many ways.

Our Class Wiki - So Far

So far I haven't actually contributed to the class wiki but I have been doing research on ordering food online because this was my topic for the term paper. I will contribute by discussing the beneficiary of ordering food online and how we all can adapt to it. It is a big change in todays world just like how technology has expanded and changed over the course of time. I shall provide a page on ordering food online on our wiki and present the different steps/procedures of ordering food online.

P2P File Sharing

File sharing means when someone sends or shares files through one device to another through the access of the internet. One example could be someone sharing a video they found on the internet and sending it to their friend to their device.


P2P file Sharing is basically the same thing as file sharing but only focuses on two individuals. P2P file sharing is beneficiary to people because they can gain a lot just from a file being shared/transferred."People have swapped illegal copies of songs, television shows and movies on the Internet for years. The slow download process, often using a peer-to-peer technology called BitTorrent, required patience and a modicum of sophistication by users. Now, users do not even have to download"("Digital Pirates winning battle with studios"). This is an example of P2P File sharing because people just search for movies online for free on the internet without even downloading anymore due to someone sharing the file on the internet. Another example would be people taking out loans from other individuals which could be beneficial and risky at the same time.   

Privacy & Confidentiality

Privacy and Confidentiality is a big part of social media because it is embedded everywhere within. It can be dangerous at times because strangers can see what you are doing or even where you are which can be very scary. Someone can even take your pictures from your account and create a fake account of you and cause chaos. On social media a person can post or write anything they want because its is like the freedom of speech but whatever you post may be used against you. Each time a person creates an social media account they are required to sign up using their personal information which can be easily taken by hackers and identity theft can happen. It has become very easy to get your information from social media that its just not private anymore but open. So next time you sign up for something be alert on what they are asking for and if you trust them.     

Advice to Baruch College

I believe that Baruch should use new media to it full potentials. They can always email us but why not create a Baruch social media page where they can post news and updates. Kids are more into social media than their emails. Another advice would be why not have a chatting option online for services like bursar , financial aid , or TAP online during their regular hours from 9 am to 6 pm so that instead of waiting on line we can just ask our questions through chatting with someone from these offices. Baruch college should also offer more classes that are 100 percent online like CIS 3810 because its fun and it has more kids engaged rather than sitting in a classroom. You can learn and get the work done in your own pace but just before the deadline.

Creativity and New Media

All these new media apps has inspired people to be more creative and unique. People can now edit their pictures with different filters and editing tools. Snapchat and instagram allowed these different tools. The filter can make you look way better than the actual picture which is like escaping reality.

This is a snap of my picture just after I took it without any filters used. It is a little too real as you can see my birthmark on my face and details of my beard/eyebrows.

 

As you can see these are images with edited filters which totally changed the main image. Snapchat on the left is with a flower filter that makes your face seem more fair and lighter with some flower hat. My skin looks more clear despite the pimples and rough skin that is visible on top. On the right is a filter from instagram which wasn't finished but just to show the different tools they had like you can edit things like the structure, brightness, and adjustment etc. of an image.

Creativity

Technology is becoming more creative day to day. All these websites motivate and influence people in creating their own ideas. Being creative is very essential because it can make a site or app even more unique. It lures people into surfing the website even more. You can see this example on the NY Times article "Twitter serves up ideas from its Followers" because it allows twitter followers to share their creative ideas which may be added to twitter. I think this is a great concept because it shows that twitter cares about their users and that any user can contribute to this infamous app/site. Being creative was harder back then but now thanks to new media it has been very simple and a lot easier. You can share your creative thoughts/ideas to people all around the world just by posting it online. Creativity catches someones attention like I rather be on someones blog rather than someones Facebook page because the blog would be edited with different colors/designs whereas Facebook is just plain and simple colors like white/blue all the time.