Rock and Roll is the devils music

In the article "Nobel Laureate Says The Internet Makes Us Dumb, We Say: Meh", a very out of touch Nobel prize winner expresses how she thinks the internet is making our youth out of touch with the real world. These arguments against the youngest generation from their elders comes up all the time. Just as my grandfather though my dads rock and roll music was for the devil, and my dad thinks my music is just a bunch of drums and curse words, it is a cycle. Now it is not to say that Dorris Lessing is wrong. While it has come to a point that the youth can look up any fact on the internet and feel as though it is research, they might not be getting this information from a credible source. On the other hand, you must look at people outside of your social norms. Technology has made people in remote places to be closer than ever to the rest of the world. A person in India can look up the scores of their favorite NBA team, chat with their friend in Russia, and buy something made in china. Just because there is so much worthless data on the web, it does not mean that there isn't good to take out of it. After all......I read this article on the internet, so if it wasn't for the internet, i wouldn't know anything about YOU, Ms. Lessing.

Nothing in Life is Free

in the article "The Myth of Crowdsourcing", the author taps on the fact that there is not really a crowd of people willing to solve problems for anyone. When it comes down to it, if these people were so good at lets say programming, they would be already writing script and selling it. They would not be just doing it for free in their spare time for someone else. The real facts are that you will have a bunch of average joes with nothing better to do on their computers at 3 AM, doing what they find is interesting. With that information, someone who is paid to do the task just will improve on it and make it really useful.

Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg

this is an article about how networking is an amazing phenomenon. It basically is a few stories of a woman who is a natural networker and because of it may interesting things happen around her.
Networking is a natural thing to do when you meet new people. As the saying goes "it isn't what you know, it's who you know." This is definitely a true statement. Peoples reputations proceed them in most cases, and if you are able to make that a positive thing, you have less to prove when you meet someone face to face. In social circles, many people rely on others opinions of you. As in the passage, many people were networked together by asking someone "who should i talk to when I'm visiting....." This is why when you meet new people to spark conversation it is a good idea to ask where they are from and what they do.

My first Blog

hey guys.....are you bloggin...well i am. Its for a class. On my honor, all posts on this blog are my own