Scavenger Hunt in Class

So far we have answered almost every question on the scavenger hunt, included are the screenshots and the questions to which they coordinate. Here is the link to our google doc where everything we have is uploaded. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nr8W1ld5w3YROi_4Jqeml89UAtKToSkP1HUDIX10dTY/edit

Erik Hanberg- Guest Speaker

I found Erik to be an interesting person, he was a master of many things. What I found to be most interesting was the fact that he was a self published author and that he is so successful. The fact that he has been able to make a larger profit then if he were to have had a publisher is interesting to me because before I wasn't aware of the steps that were needed to actually write and publish a book. The fact that he spent two years on a book was baffling, that takes a lot of dedication and it gives me hope that one day I will be passionate about something like that with the possibility of being so successful. Another thing I found to be informative was the perspective of using media to promote things and how effective that really is. When he was explaining to us about how he put a chapter of his book online and then promoted it through his website and social media I realized that they can be efficiently used for so much more then sharing pictures with your friends. Overall, I found Mr. Hanberg to be helpful and informative as well as entertaining. I hope to read one of his books someday!

the web is using us

After watching the video in class I would have never been able to tell that it was from 2007, the concepts that it highlights about are still relevant today! The internet is constantly evolving, becoming easier to use and reaching new capacities that wouldn't have been even imagined 10 years ago (google glasses for example). While I found the whole video to be true the quote that I heard and I thought is just perfect was, 'we are the web' which is incredibly true. We have so much information at our fingertips and yet we still aren't satisfied, how can that be? When I was younger I thought that a desktop computer was the coolest thing since sliced bread but now there are laptops, tablets, mini tablets and especially our phones, they are the most portable computer we have. There are always upsides to these kinds of advances but there are also downsides so looking at both sides is the best way to understand what we are doing. Just like on the first day we talked about security cameras and how everyone is okay with having them so they protect your house but only a handful would be okay with putting them inside your house to 'spy' on kids, pets, etc. I think the most important part of the web and all the electronic things we have is to be aware of what they are capable of.

What I want out of TINST 207.

In this course I want to better understand the principles of a virtual world as well as learn all the ins and outs of how our technology has evolved into what it is today. There are so many different servers, websites and ways to explore the world wide web; I want a better understanding of just how large the world wide web really is. We use technology everyday and I know that I would have a really hard time functioning without it, as bad as that might sound. I also want to learn the things that I don't know; a good example of that is how to make a blog. As well as learning all the different components that together create the virtual world we are all consumed in.