Final Blog Post

How does the revised version of our class differ from the first version?
Um its alot more interesting but on the flipside alot less organized. I like having an organized class, and I kind of miss that because i like having due dates.
Which one do you prefer? Why?
Probably a mix of both would have been better. Due dates along with going to the incubator would be a nice way to conduct class.
What could be changed next time? Why?
I probably would add due dates to all essay, and assign more quizzes with an outline
What did you like/dislike about the Clark 111 classroom itself?
I didnt find anything i did not like, but at some points during the class i felt as if people were distracted.

Assessing assessments

1. I really would like another book one ontop of what i already have, i also need a scholarly journal, the journal might be kind of hard to find considering that twitter opinions etc change every couple of days. GO TO GALE LIBRARY....460m&m

2. I think i assessed most of them well, some im a little meh about, i want to find around 5 more sources just to be on the safe side for quotes considering this is an 8 page or so paper, and i think searching through blogs and business week and wired would be really helpful, and an interview with a new twitter user.

Resources reflections

1. pretty much google, i started very broad such as "twitter" or "social networking", then dove deeper into it and then became very narrow, i was planning to go to the library again and go find a better journal, or at least a good article and a better book article. Also i check the newspaper every week, i get wall street journal and San Jose Mercury News and they usually have a tech section with something about twitter or facebook. I did not use the library database which i really regret, but there is still time to go back and look for more. For a book i pretty much look for anything new, because a book that is sixth months old is not up to date.

2. It has been kind of hard to find quotes that really link to my thesis, i wanted my thesis to really be on who owns twitter info, and how safe is it, but most of the twitter stuff i find is why twitter is becoming popular, and what is the phenomenon all about.

Personal Interview

My interviewee is my roomate Robert clark. He uses twitter every day. april 20, 2009

What is twitter?
Means of communications between peoplein 140 characters.
Why do you use it?
Its fun, it allows him to view things that are interesting and in short text message format. Links to stories etc stuff that is interesting.
It is useful?
Useful for everyone. allows businesses freeway of advertising to a large amount of people.
Do you think twitter could be used in a bad way?
Spam, not experienced it though.
Is twitter profitable?
not profitable at all.
Who is it better for, companies or people?
Depends on what your using it for, advertising is good, but a good way of communicating, great for promoting yourself such as myspace music.
Easier to meet people on Twitter than on facebook?
no, twitter is not creating intimate friendships, more of a blabbing away at people. Twitter is an easier way of communication.
Twitter vs. Facebook?
Twitter=following people who semi famous, internet celebs, alex albrecht and kevin rose
Facebook=people that i know, talking and of coursestatus update, easier connectablility
Would you ever put anything private on twitter?
No, but they probably save mistyped, or false direct messages.

Magazine assesment

The magazine and article i choose is from Wired, and the article is "How twitter creates a social sixth sense."
This article is very relevant, becuase it talks about why do twitter, and some issues with the online site which is very helpful with the thesis being developed.

Video Assesment

The video i chose was the interview between Biz stone, co-founder of twitter, and Stephen Colbert.
This interview is fairly simple, and colbert does poke fun, but it is very insightful into the idea behind twitter, and also brings up some interesting topics about twitter
http://www.robbmontgomery.com/2009/04/video-biz-stone-explains-twitter-to-stephen-colbert/

Newspaper article

The newspaper article i choose was from april 13, and it talked about a program running in twitter that would promote another site.
The article is called "twitter tormented by nettlesome computer program." it is a decent nespaper, so it is credible. It would really help in discussing how easy it is to hack into twitter, and how private info is not really private.

Journal Article

I dont know if business week is a magazine, or a Journal, i would say it is a little bit of both.
The article is called "The Coming Facebook-Twitter Collision" by Sarah Lacy
Business week is a reliable source, and the article just talks about how twitter and facebook will soon be competing. It is a very good article that talks about twitter and clearly states objectives of twitter. It could be very good in discussing what twitter is used for, and how it is used good vs. bad.

Book Asessment

I would use the book, "Once you're lucky. Twice you're good. The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the rise of Web 2.0" by Sarah Lacy

This book basically talks about all kinds of web sites and companies. The basic argument of the book is that with basic experience of a company hitting it big, they can do it a second time. The books argument is not relevant to my thesis, but the chapter that talks about twitter is. It is the authors, and other peoples quotes on how twitter can be used in a positive way. The source is viable, and the author has been reporting on web technology for many years.

Great twitter

great twitter doc on digg
http://digg.com/d1oCO6

Blogs

Have Blogs become popular because of Anonymity?

Research Questions

I found this great article on line, actually listening to DiggNation, which is a social news site that talks about a guy/girl whose tweet was a rant about their new job, and the employer found out.
http://digg.com/d1mphA
My new thesis hopefully a little more narrower would be about how safe and secure your information/comments are on twitter or facebook, i was thinking maybe just twitter.

The digg post also talks about how your tweets also get transfered into Goole Alert which i find very interesting.
1. How safe is information on the web
2. How private are comments/information given via twitter
3.

Social Networking Thesis

Thesis: With the current popularity in social networking sites, the ownership of personal information is being fought over. <<>>>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/jul/25/digitalmedia.usnews

http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/scoblefacebook-incident-its-not-about-data-ownership

http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/02/16/facebook-we-have-never-claimed-ownership-members-content

Twitter Definition

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow anybody to access them. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website

Social Networking Site-Twitter

Details-Twitter simply put is a micro blogging site (140 char). What happens is people create a acct, and blog about whatever they want. Then you follow people, or people follow you. When you follow people what happens is that whatever they type or talk about you get direct info of, it could be what their doing, url, pictures etc. When people follow you, they simply see what you type. There are also direct messages that you can send to people, these messages are private and can only be read by you and the people you sent them to.
How it is usedTwitter is used to communicate short messages to many different people. Its an easy way to send out what your doing, other ideas on your mind etc.
Who uses itAny oneuses it. It is an extremely versatile site, not only do people use it such as Barack Obama, but so do website and companies that send you messages on new stuff they are doing, and what is currently going on.
What it represents It represents a broader way of text messaging multiple people, and informing people about whats going on.
Is it Useful It is extremely useful. Not only is it a good way to get direct feedback, but its free advertising for companies. Since it is micro blogging, when a company puts up a story its always the headline to get you interested in a topic.
Private InfoThe only information used is your name, a quick bio and one picture.

Assessing Technology

Technology Slaves
Ross Wheatley
This is a credible authoritative source. Technology has erased the line between work and play. Not only are poeple less inclined to talk socially with others. Thr points listed are very valid, all points laid out are cleary defined, pay more for technology, working to hard=less social life, and people are becoming slaves. The article itself is just explaining more into the points with details. Points given such as sitting on a comp is bad for ones social skills instead of going out is very true. The time spent while working on a computer and the time playing on a computer is very blurred.

Redoing Assesments

I did redo the assessments of each source in my comment, but i guess it would be easier just to create another post

I totally misread what we had to do, i thought we were supposed to comment on them, not asses them
1. http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3645/nude-student-photos-stolen-from-facebook-by-college-it-administrator-police-charge
This is an authoritative source. It backs up claims with evidence that is credible and comes directly from the facebook site.

2. http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/12778
this post could go either way. On one had it is a blog, so its not credible, but then again the author backs up his claims with sources

3. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/technology/internet/17facebook.html?_r=1
This is an authoritative source. Not only is it a credible source, It uses direct quotes of zuckerburg and other high end facebook staff to help prove their point, along with direct links and quotes to facebooks terms of service, not only that, but there are other quotes from the advocacy group Consumers Unionand the blog Consumerist cited them which helped to explain what the terms of service meant to them

Technology and Privacy Source Evaluations

The chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3645/nude-student-photos-stolen-from-facebook-by-college-it-administrator-police-charge

I thought this stroy was very good. It described how easy it was for someone of higher power to abuse social networking sites in order to obtain photos and information. It also points out some flaws that may be social networking sites, such as all you need is their email address, and then you have their whole profile as it is. People need to be more careful about what email they use, and how well protected they leave it.

The Value of Human Readable Deeds

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/12778

I didn't really get this post. I didnt know if they were talking about thhe little terms of service box that flashes for almost any software you install on your computer, or were they talking about something else. But i do agree that people need to be given the knowledge on what can happen, or what will happen if they put private information on the web.

Facebook’s Users Ask Who Owns Information

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/technology/internet/17facebook.html?_r=1

I think of facebook as a website like any other. They own all information that is stored on their site, why not its their site. People jsut have to be careful what information they store on their myspace of facebook, and make sure it won't hurt them later on in life.

brainstorming technology

changing the environment to better suit human beings, it makes life easier

1st-plow
2nd-cottongin
3rd-computer

Everyone (government)

I try not to put personal info on the web

Budget crisis Outline

Thesis: Although the Budget cuts may seem like a bad idea from a student’s view and a taxpayer’s point of view, they are necessary.
I. As a student, I believe my input has a lot of say here.
a. Tuition rising
i. it is necessary because they is nothing you can do, raise taxes? They would have to raise taxes a lot to eventually have it trickle down.
b. Larger class sizes
i. One obvious way to decrease the amount of teachers needed, and decrease the amount of classes needed,
ii. Band-Aid plan, help in short run but in the long run will hurt us.
c. teachers being laid off
i. how else are you going to stop spending, we have been way above our budget in California for many years,
ii. You start cutting where you don’t need that many teachers, lecturers, you may not want to get rid of them, but it what the times call for.
II. Hard times call for desperate measures, and for taxpayers this means more taxes.
a. More taxes, it might sound bad but may be the only answer, it affects everyone.
i. There is no real way to solve this problem without trimming the fat by laying off those that aren’t necessary, and by paying more to the government. “Quote”
b. Being in California, do we get any of the stimulus
i. We live in a very rich area, it doesn’t mean everyone is rich
ii. Does that mean not everyone will get any of the stimulus bill.
III. What future plans does the government have
a. What happens when we get back to normal?
i. Will taxes be lowered
ii. Will people be reinstated
b. What will happen at my school
i. Will teachers be rehired
ii. Will tuition and class sizes go down.

Budget Cuts Drive California Schools to Stretch Technology Budgets With NComputing Virtualization Solution

NComputing announced that it has deployed more than 15,000 virtual PC seats in California. Schools are driving a substantial percentage of that growth as they address the devastating consequences of the proposed 2008-2009 budget cuts. The loss of $750 per student, or about $18,750 per classroom, threatens to move the PC-to-student ratio backwards for the first time ever.
"This was supposed to be the year of education," said state schools superintendent Jack O'Connell during a recent news conference at Prescott School in West Oakland. "I fear this will be the year of education evisceration." While it is unclear at this time how technology budgets will be affected, many of the state's schools were already struggling to provide sufficient computer access to their students, while desperately trying to update aging computers.
A growing number of California schools are finding that NComputing systems reduce the cost of deploying and maintaining PCs, allowing them to multiply the amount of students' PC access without a larger budget. "More and more school administrators and IT professionals have discovered that our virtual desktop solution lets them multiply computing access without increasing their IT budgets," said Stephen Dukker, chairman and CEO of NComputing. "That means even if technology budgets are cut in half, they can continue to provide the same number of computing seats as before. For this simple reason, NComputing's virtual desktop technology is experiencing rapid adoption as California schools struggle to provide enough computers for their students during this historic budget crisis."
http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/510137

Authoritative Source

I found this picture online, i was just browsing some images when i found this one, and thought it was a very good representation of an authoritative source. It almost seems a little manipulative in some ways because those kids might not even know what they are doing protesting.

Interview with Anonymous

Interview with my anonymous about the California Budget
What is going on right now?
There are a majority democrat in the house and senate who are used to spending, they have good intentions by helping, but we have no money to help with, and its leaving us way over budget.
What to do?
One way we could cut back on spending is to reduce or diminish the number of lobbyist, because it seems the lobbyists are more about the state than the people.
What are we spending it on: beneficial laws, and 40% to schools which may seem nice, but is way too much. The way they are spending our money right now is inefficient.
Propositions may seem nice, hey we will give x amount of money to y people which will help us, but in the long run it wastes more money.
We also have the second highest tax rate in the country, the first being New York.
We should vote money for education, but find out where that money is actually going.
We shouldn’t spend more than we take in.
On cuts, they might seem bad, but in the long run the benefits will out way the costs, and some programs are needed, we might need to cut them.
We spend so much money on illegal immigrants, but we don’t say anything because of political correctness, we can’t afford to treat illegal immigrants with a long term illness.
The new bill saying that only 51% of could pass a law instead of 66% would mean that democrats could potentially pass anything they wanted.

Rhetorical Stragegies

John Brown's point of view is that of God's throughout the end, he talks about God, and how he is doing God's will by freeing those who are oppressed. He doesn't really use any evidence to prove his point. But he does say that some laws were meant to be broken, because they are unjust such as slavery. I guess when he asks questions that is when he is trying to persuade people to believe in what he is doing.

Politics Summary

The Article about John Brown is about slavery, and his take on what it is about. He takes control of an armory, and tries to give guns out to slaves. An attempt to end slavery. He explains or tells stories about Kansas and other things that really seem to have little impact on what he is actually doing. But by the end he links his stories together to say that what they have done is wrong. He states that slavery is wrong, it goes against what God has intended, and he believes that there is no greater thing than to help someone in bondage

Inaguration

How does obama in this speech persuade people to believe in him and follow him?

He persuades people in his speech very well. He talks about how he as a president recognizes the challenges that we as a country face. He then goes on to talk about unity, and the american dream and how working hard will pay off. He mentions how even the founding fathers had to deal with problems, and that america is great, and will rise from these challenges. He finishes by gathering up what he has said about challenges and hard work, and reminds us that hope is one thing that we need to believe in.

Reflection 2-12-09

I like this idea, it gives me alot of flexibility, but it also is alot less structure, and i like having some structure in the class and i am hoping that we write about something good, or something that i enjoy, i had kind of a hard time last semester deciding on what to write about because the topics were pretty bland and boring. maybe we will be able to come up with something on our own, such as read a poem/book/comic or something, find an argument and write about it.

Journal 2-12-09

Topics i would like to talk about

1)Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep-i really enjoyed this book and i would like to discuss the moral issues involed

2) Topics about other books would be nice, it doesnt matter if they are just sections of it, i just like to read stuff that is moderately interesting

3)