10-21-11

Everyday you learn something new. Today I learned how much I despise Windows Movie Maker. Trying to do some simple video editing caused it to constantly crash. After about an hour of complete failure I decided to just  try to find a new software to do the editing with. I figured that might take forever but it didn't. In 10 minutes I had a program that was 10x better. That made me think about the vast amount of technology that is out there. If you need some kind of program for something it is probably out there on the internet somewhere. It might not be the best version (ex. OpenOffice vs. Microsoft Office) but you can get anything, even complete operating systems, like Ubuntu or Fedora.    

Shoot for the Moon, even if you miss you'll land among the Stars. - Les Brown

10-19-11

Everyday you learn something new. Today I finally found my real opinion of what The Secret Lion is. I think it is a problem that the kids have with authority. I really enjoyed the discussion we had to talk about it but I wish it would be a little bit longer. I also decided that I think that it is a good idea to do blogging on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Its easier to write about your day when it isn't over. Lately I have felt a huge interest in the way that society works, the way that people interact with each other and the different affects they have on the person. I hope to base a future project around that. I also wanted to say that I put that quote on my blog because it has been my favorite quote for years and it seemed really appropriate in this class, my schooling, and my personality. I was also curious to find out more about are next project as well, anything you could tell me would be great! Thanks for all the nice things in my conference!


"Shoot for the Moon, even if you miss you'll land among the Stars." - Les Brown

10-17-11

Everyday you learn something new. Well I have to admit that today was pretty shocking. It was actually pretty scary to hear people treating Advanced Language Arts like it was boring. Everything started slow but it's still a lot better than normal classes. In my technology research I found a lot of amazing new things. This video, Did You Know 5.0 was created in Iowa to inform people about the rapid expansion of technology. There is one section that discusses how we've gone from VHS to Blu-Ray and the file size of any simple movie has gone around 500mb to almost 40gb. I always thought that the purpose of creating new styles of movie presentation was to make them smaller, not bigger. Instead it seems the entertaining things become larger and the capacity of computers grows with it to keep up.

I also watched this episode of Criminal Minds witch made me think about how the things from Social Networks are like an archive of our lives. I watched a video a long time ago about a program that takes all your Facebook posts and saves them and a program that will take a pre written message and put it on your twitter if you die. Nobody knows every single detail about the day of their ancestors but their descendants can look through these archives and learn everything about them. The Internet Never Forgets.




"Shoot for the Moon, even if you miss you'll land among the Stars" - Les Brown

10-14-11

Everyday you learn something new. In my research laltley (which I've finished by now) I've been finding a lot of statistics to combine with the more opinion based information in my research. I am really excited for our final analyisis and expert review. It was great to hear we are still doing them. Today something else about technology popped into my mind about how nobody remembers phone numbers anymore. I can only recite 4 numbers by heart, mine, my parents, and 911. I don't really find that as important as the math thing from before but it is something to think about. I was also beggining to wonder about our next project. I heard it was a service project but I dont know much else. In my quest to learn more about technology I decided to Install a Linux based OS on my old computer. Its been pretty difficult so far. Ill have more info soon( when i figure out if I completley destroyed the computer or not).

"Shoot for the Moon, even if you miss you'll land among the Stars." - Les Brown

10-12-11 (Mental Models)

Everyday you learn something new. When I first watched this video I just found it completley random. It seemed like these two guys were just jumping around on their couch. It took a lot of trying to figure out the lyrics and the meaning of them. I think mental models are the way we perceive the world and judge things. They are very liquid, changing based the world around them. Some people like those mentioned in the video try to change the mental models. Mental Models are the way we perceive what anything means, like the word models at the beginning of the video. Mental models are very important otherwise nobody would be able to perceive anything.
"Shoot for the Moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars." - Les Brown

9-7-11

Everyday you learn something new. Today I learned a lot about the value of Time Management. After being sick for 4 days I had a whole load of extra work on top of my normal amount of homework. Without being able to use my time wisely I probably wouldn't have gotten it all done. I also learned a lot about this interesting program called IB. I heard it was kind of like AP classes but they teach you something more, like AP for AP kids. But then I heard it was the same as AP classes. The only difference is you get a special certificate when you graduate. Then I heard that the credits aren't even accepted for college. I was interested at first but now i don't really know what to think.

"Shoot for the Moon, even if you miss you'll land among the Stars" - Les Brown

10-6-11 (makeup for 9-26-11)

Everyday you learn something new. Throughout my research for my computers project I have found a lot of things about Computer Optimists and Computer Pessimists. Apparently this is actually a huge debate that people have been having for many years. Computer Optimists are the people who find that technology is good for our society. They see that computer technology can be used for something good, like easy connection to information. Computer Optimists see all the good things we can do computer technology but they don't see the downside of these things. Computer Pessimists look at the downside of computer technology. They see humans becoming totally dependent on computers. Computer Pessimists think that computers are replacing our ability to use logical reasoning. I feel that I personally am a mix of both. I play games on computers, I prefer to type things, I'm typing this on a computer right now. I also feel that society is becoming too dependent on computers to the point that they will eventually have drastic affects on the Human Race.

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars." - Les Brown 


RIP Steve Jobs   :-(