Monday, December 7, 2009

Logan Sharkey
Chapter 18 & 20
According to the book PEAU media center did a study was done as of now about 70 million people are on the internet daily.
Internet vs. World Wide Web
Internet
• Connection of computer networks it is the network
World Wide Web
• Set of technologies which is a graphical interface, allows you to be on the internet and is what allows you to click on icons and such.
How internet developed:
• Department of defense was searching for a way to communicate with each other in case of a nuclear attack. So if the mail system or anything else was to do down the government officials would be able to communicate with one another.
• Advance Research Products Agency was the first
• 1969 ARPA was successfully to connect 4 computers from California to UTAH and that created ARPA Net which they were able to communicate with one another
• One of the main innovations from ARPA NET was TCP/IP: Transmission …. Protocol: This is still used today and information is broken down into smaller chunks and you are able to send smaller files. You didn’t have to know the IP address and all you would have to type in was the domain name.
Internet has grown
• 1969 first 4 computers
• 1975 there were about 100 computers
• 1984 around 1000
• 2009 around 500 million computers
In 1983 was when ARPA NET was officially known as the Internet
Things you could do before the web
• FTP: file transfer protocol; allowed you to exchange files from different computers.
• Telnet: How you can access a remote computer if you were sitting in this room for you to access a computer that was in Greenville I would use Telnet to access it.

Web
• Was created by Tim Burners Lee
• He created html which is what allows you to access things on the internet and allows you to link from different things
• Browsers and Firefox allow you to access web documents and it interprets html and then converts it to your screen. (EX. Adobe Dreamweaver which allows you to create an html page by dragging and dropping things.)
• The address bar at the top is known as the URL:
o Uniform Resources Locator: It helps you access what you want.
o .COM are the commercial websites
o .ORG are non-profit organizations
o .EDU is any educational or education related
o .GOV is government related websites
o .NET for networking and internet sites.
• Each country has been assigned there own abbreviation so if you were to access a British site it would be whatever and .uk (ex. Ebay someone’s url maybe ebya.comuk or something like that.)
Recent developments
• Social Networking has grown a lot since 2006
• Reason it was created was to connect people together, these sites have gone farther by making friends on Facebook, you can update your status and if you have friends they know what you’re doing instead of emailing them or sending them pictures.
Do you think social networking is a fad or is it a permanent part from now on it will continue?
Some think it’s a fad but others think it’s permanent like having a cell phone once you have it you don’t want to go without it.
Social networking is most likely permanent but certain sites like MySpace and Facebook may be fads.
Chapter 20
E-commerce:
PEAU also found that 2/3 of people that have used the internet has bought something over the internet.
E-buisness vs. Ecommerce
E-business:
• Anything that a business does that involves internet

E-commerce:
• Transfer of ownership or a product to, your selling something.
• 2007 accounted for only 3.4%
• Has expanded beyond just selling goods its not just trying to find ways to sell more it also involves digital sells and services that are being added. EX. (StubHub, EBay, and Skype are involved in e-commerce and are adding services.)
• Convenience factor: it’s a lot easier to by a song off of ITunes or go to Netflix and rent a movie off of the internet than going to Hastings and renting a movie.
M-Commerce
• Services being offered by mobile companies
• Songs, games, ringtones, etc.
• Then getting on ITunes, Amazon
• Growing slowly, Apps like Pizza Hut and McDonalds.
• A lot of reason people believe it’s going slow is because the competing standard if you want an app or something the companies have to make apps that are compatible with all different cell phones and etc.

Online Junk
Facebook & social networking
Founder of facebook Mark Zekleburg
• Invented in 2004 and was mostly for people from Harvard
• What domain name ending did you need? .edu if you didn’t have this you wouldn’t be able to get on facebook
• In 2006 it was opened up to everyone.
• October 2007 Microsoft bought a portion of facebook.
• Estimated Facebook was worth 15 billion dollars
Policy of Privacy
• Require accurate current and complete information
• Not allowed to have multiple accounts
• You must use your legal name
• Account deletion: no convenient way to delete your account. You can deactivate your account but you can’t delete anything. Facebook stores all of your information
o Facebook can delete your account themselves (such as inappropriate pictures, underage drinking, etc.)
Social adds
• What facebook can do is if you like a certain restaurant or store they can take your profile picture and your name and use it as an advertisement for the restaurant or store. If you were to say somewhere on your news feed that you liked this and it would take your picture and name and put it as an advertisement on your facebook and some of your friends.
Tagging
• If you take pictures with people you can tag them in a picture if they have a facebook.
• If you tag someone in a picture that doesn’t have a facebook then it doesn’t show up
• That is a privacy issue as well because you may not want to show a certain picture that you are tagged in.
Contact Importer
• It will go into your email address and find out all of your contact information and try and search there data base for that same email address.
• There are some concerns about what Facebook is doing with these email addresses
News Feeds
• Lack of control on what people where posting on facebook
• Now you can opt out what you want to be shown on the news feed
• In the beginning you weren’t able to choose now you can say I don’t want to see quizzes to show up or mafia wars etc.
Features
• Apps- third party developed games, gain information from you and your contacts
• Tagging- adding names to pictures
• Public search listings- To find someone on facebook you had to be a member, but now if you want to do the public search listing people can find you on yahoo and Google search.
Social networking sites
• Problems are many different people are able to access these sites
o Press, police, etc. are able to search people.
o Some people have been arrested for underage drinking because of police have seen pictures on facebook of underage drinking.
Most restrictive site
• Orkut
• A member of this site must invite you to become a member you can’t just join
• Default privacy settings are generally wide open; most everybody can see your facebook and all of your stuff if you don’t want them to. You have to go into and change it.
License Agreements
• Some people just use other companies agreements
• ITunes agreement says you are not allowed to use that as a nuclear weapon device etc.
• They probably just used the generic apple agreement and used it for all of there software, like you probably would use this agreement on the laptops and computers and it wouldn’t pertain to iTunes but it still was the agreement we signed.
Pre-texting
• Collecting information under false pretenses
• Most people that engage in this are private investigators
• What they do is act like they are the bank or certain organizations you could give your information to like your (social security number, your address, etc.)
• One guy used pre-texting to track down a woman and kill her, he called her family, work to see her hours, when she was off, etc.
Video voidarism
• Filming or photographing people in a private invasive environment
• Such as taking pictures up women’s skirts, filming women getting undressed in a dressing room, etc.
• People get away with this because they say I can take pictures where ever I want. The difficulty to link a photo to an individual. You have to actually catch them in the act.
• The pepping- tom laws only apply to certain places, such as your home, you can’t be spied on in your home but not in public.
• Washington state case- would go into a woman’s shoe store and take pictures of the workers there, the workers would fight this and say they couldn’t take pictures of them in a private work place, this was then overturned by a higher court saying they you could take pictures of workers in their work place.

Chapter 17 & 19
Lecture Notes 10/26/09
Telephone
Who invented the telephone?
• Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1676
• Alisha Gray was very close to being the first but Graham Bell got his patent first.
o Long period of time telephone service was dominated by AT&T.
o Given the right to have a monopoly over the telephone service this was because government thought it would be easier for the telephone service to get started.
o 1970s move kinda changed and people began to complain about AT&T because they were making people rent their phones and etc. So the justice system filed an anti-trust suit on AT&T and in 1982 the lawsuit was settled and AT&T was required to break it’s self up into different companies.
o The long-distance service was what the justice system wanted AT&T to break up and they did the opposite kept the long-distance and got rid of the smaller local service
• Baby Bells
o All of the little small services that were created when AT&T broke up
 Bell south, Southwestern bell, specific Telesis, US West, etc.
 About 7 different companies
• Competition
o MCI, is now part of Verizon
o Sprint
o Were created to challenge AT&T in the long-distance market
• In 2005 SBC bought AT&T and they became AT&T themselves, they were acquiring many of the smaller bell’s in recent years once they acquired AT&T they acquired Bell South in 2006, with this they acquired Cingular and yellow pages.com
• Verizon is the reason AT&T isn’t a monopoly because they have a “BIG COMPETETOR” in Verizon
• Quest acquired US West in 2000
• Three remaining companies after de-monopolized AT&T
o AT&T
o Verizon
o Quest
Cell Phones
• Wireless Telephones
• Cell phone
o More powerful walky-talky
o Technology dates back to the 1920s is when they had the technology to create a cell phone
o Cell towers divide up into geographic areas and these areas are created into cells. You need many different cell towers to cover a big city.
• First Cellular System was created in 1983
• What was one reason wireless cell was adopted so quickly?
o Portability
o Not many people had wireless phones,
o Compatibility was a big part because you were able to call land lines as well as cellular phones.
o When cell phones go going it was an analog service and was voice recognized and in the 1990s you were able to have digital service.
o Digital cell phone service
• First generation was when you had the analog service
• Second generation was when you go the digital
• Third generation is simply the new 3g
• Sprint says they have now a 4g
• NO standard for 3g or anything it is just a technology requirement, you have to have so much BAND width, network architecture and service, are what make it up 3g
• Cell phone adaptors were
o Business people
• Business tool is what a cell phone was mostly used for
• In 1986 only about 2 million people were using cell phones
• One of the first cell phones Motorola created the Micro TAC costed about $3,000
• 1992 only 10 million people in 1996 cell phones began to grow with the telecommunications act of 1996
• 1997 there were 50 million
• By 2000 number doubled to 100 million people
• In the spring of 2009 276.6 million people subscribe to cell phones.
• Estimated that 20.2% of US households are wireless right now.
• June 2005 there was only 7.7% that were wireless
• Internet telephone (VIOP)
o Skype
o Vonage
o Cable companies are offering more Triple-play packages because they can now offer phone over the internet. More options than just the land line phone.
o Smart Phones
o iPhone big part- June 29th 2007 by December that year 2.3 million iPhone were sold in 2008 6.5% of the global markets, 28% US market share.
o Big company to challenge the iPhone was Google but that didn’t happen, they created mobile operating system on the internet.
o They partnered with Android.
o Open Source Software- Can be modified by the users/companies.
o iPhone- Apple is in control of their software they don’t want people to make changes to their products that’s why they hang back at times.

Mobile Computing
• Early stages of mobile communications
o Pagers
o Big huge mobile phones
o Amateur radio
o CB radio
• Some problems are lack of security
• Incompatibility AT&T won’t work with Verizon etc.
• Lack of coverage area
• Digital divide
o Technologically advanced regions (richer) vs. non tech regions
 Digital Haves vs. Digital Have-Nots
• Municipal Wi-FI
o A city offers Wi-Fi access all across the city
• Big fighter is the telecommunication companies
o AT&T
o Verizon
• They believe this is unfair competition because nobody would pay for internet service and all they would need to pay for is phone service.
• Wi-Fi has a range of several hundred feet
• New technology being offered is Wi-Max
o Wi-max is supposed to be able to cover about 20 or 30 miles instead of just a couple hundred feet
o AT&T and Verizon would probably make these Wi-Max towers not your local city.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Exersice 18

Facebook
Facebook's rights and responsibilities statement says that we own all of the content and information we post on facebook and we can control how it is shared through our privacy and application settings. However, it also states that for content that is covered by intellectual property rights, such as photos and videos, we give facebook “a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content [we] post on or in connection with facebook.” It also states that that IP license ends when we delete that IP content however it may still be stored in backup copies for a period of time.
My settings for Facebook are custom. I do not allow them to use me on any advertising pages. My profile is restricted from anyone that is not my friend as well as my photos, wall, and videos.

Bank of America
Bank of America owns the right to share my customer information collected by then with their family of companies and with companies that work for them. Bank of America may also disclose my customer information they collect about me to credit bureaus and organizations similar to these. Also, when required or permitted by law, they may share information as well. They can also share my customer information with companies other than Bank of America when they have my consent.
I have custom settings for my Bank of America account so it fits my preference better. I also allow them to use my information.

Howdy
Texas A&M states that any personal or confidential information that is collected about us through the internet is kept accurate and secure from unauthorized access. The personal information provided through email or through other online services through A&M will only be used for purposes necessary to serve our needs. The site sometimes acquire, record, and analyze portions of the data that is entered into, stored on, and transmitted through the site by us. However, that information is only released when legally required to help investigations by law enforcement. Texas A&M abides by the Texas Public Information Act, which means that TAMU does not actively share information gathered about us, but in some cases might have to share it by law. The Texas A&M system is in our best interest and it has deployed many security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of the information under their control.
I use the default privacy settings for Howdy. People can find me in the directory and I let Texas A&M collect needed information about me for the time on the website. I don’t withhold any information from the University or other people through the website.

Google Blogger
The Google Blogger privacy statement says that Google servers automatically record information about our use of the service, such as, when we use Blogger and the frequency and size of the date transfers we perform on it. Any information that is displayed or click on in Blogger is recorded as well. Google also stores and maintains our account information and copies of our weblogs and posts in order to provide the service to us. If we were to delete our account, Google would keep copies of our profile information and other personal information associated with our account on back up. Google states that they can use our personal information to provide services, to audit or research in order to maintain, protect and improve the service, to ensure technical functioning of the Google network, to protect the rights of Google, and to develop new services. I use the custom settings in Google Blogger. I don’t allow them to show my real name on my profile or my email address. Besides that, Blogger is free to use my information.

Itunes
Apple can use my personal information to “provide products that I have requested as well as for auditing, research, and analysis to improve Apple’s products.” Apple also reminds us that if we use a bulletin board or chatroom and disclose private information, Apple will collect that information from that interaction and that information will become publicly available. In contrast, Apple does not sell or rent our contact information to other marketers. The privacy statement also states that sometimes it is advantageous for Apple to provide our private information to other companies when needed to provide us better service. It also says that at times they may be required by law to “disclose our personal information if need be determined by national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance.”
I use the default privacy settings provided by iTunes. I let them use my information as described above. But, I let them file share from my iTunes account.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Lab Exercise 16

List of Wi-Fi Hotspots

Coke: Full
Bizzell: Full
Beutel: 2 bars
YMCA: 0
Simpson Drill Field: Full
Fish Pond: Full
Sbisa: 2 bars
Lechner: 1 bar
RDMC: 1 bar
Thompson: 1 bar
C. Utilities Plant: 0
North Side Garage: 0
Fermire: 1 bar
Rudder: 2 bars
Trigon: 1 bar
Psychology Building: Full
Academic Building: Full
Harrington Learning Center: 2 bars
Chemistry Building: 1 bar
West Campus Library: Full
Wehner: Full

Monday, November 9, 2009

Lab Exercise 15

I have noticed that you would like to begin expanding your flower shop to the internet so you could possible make online orders and such. I have done some research and would like to help you with your decision on which software you should choose for your online business. The first online software I researched and believe would be great for your business would be software called Magneto. This software provides great control and flexibility to control your online store. The software allows you, the merchant to create many different sites just for your business. The great thing about this software is you can create these sites to fit your personal preference, which gives your business the perfect fit. The many different features this software provides are: Easy site management, this allows you to control various sites, choose what currency you would like to use, and even select the tax rate on each item. Another great feature would be the Mobile commerce, which allows customers to make purchases from their cell phones. Other features include the ability to create coupons, search engine friendly and you are able to promote your pricing. The checkout options are secure with SSL security and the shopping cart option. With this software you are able to use multiple types of payments, which include: PayPal, money orders and checks, offline payments, Standard, Pro, Pro UK, or even Google Checkout. You can manage your different merchandise catalogs and you are able to have customer’s right different reviews on your products and let them give input about your online site. You can even compare products, create wish lists, and even cross sell products. This software is great for opening an online store for your business.

The next software I have researched is called PrestaShop, which is very simple software for users who aren’t very technical. This software gives owners the “Front Office Look” without having to know an extreme amount of information about online websites and using HTML. With this software you customize your website anyway you like, which will give your customers a very simple and unique way to shop online. This software allows you to add things to your website at anytime you would like, special deal days, coupons, etc. There is also a very cool way to feature new products or certain items you would like to be viewed more by simple putting them on your homepage. You also have the ability to send test message alerts for new products, when orders are ready for pick-up, and for inventory levels. The other thing about this software is it allows you to offer free shipping on certain orders, as well as unlimited methods of payment like, bank wire and Paypal to name a few. You can even offer gift-wrapping which is optional, have a shopping cart, and have package tracking for your orders. With this software you can also choose from all different language dialects as well as modifiable graphic themes for our site. This is a very simple and easy way to start your online store.

The last software program I looked into is a software that is called Zen Cart. This is an out of the box style of software, which provides an easy set up to run your online store. You are able to administer your business and manage products, which helps your business get going. What you want is website that is easy and enjoyable for your customers and that is exactly what this website is designed to do. The features this software has are selling multiple products, and offering discounts on certain products that have been purchases. You are able to create your own coupons as well as gift certificates for customers. There is also an option to upload your product catalog on the site and you can update this as frequently as you would like. Your website is also safely secured so you would have no problem with your checkouts, which payment methods include Paypal and other services. This software also provides multiple languages for customer support as well as multiple currencies to choose from. The site design is at your preference, you create the theme you would like and what you would like to show up on your homepage. Also, you are able to have advertising banners on your home screen this is at your preference you do not have to have them but the option is available. These are just some of the features Zen Cart offers for new business owners who want to make there online store just right.

Your almost there in opening your online store there is just one more thing you need to have a successful online store and that is your Business Analytics Software. The best software I have seen is Google Analytics. This is the best way for you to make money off of your website if your business isn’t booming. This allows you to make a profit every time someone visits your website. These features include, the ability to see your success of your website, new media and offline advertisement. You are also able to compare your site usage with other websites averages. This software allows you to see your data, pick out trends and patters your customers have, and this even gives you motion charts and mapping for your site. If you need to contact people or communicate with people in your business you can do that. Since you will be creating reports and other things such as dashboards for your company it makes the most sense for you to use Google Analytics.

I would like to suggest that you choose the Magneto software for your online business software. This software seems to be very user friendly and provides many of the features you would need to get your online store started off right. This software to me seams to provide a little bit the other software’s as well. Making this site easy for your customers is what you want and with Magneto software I believe that you will give your customers the greatest experience they can have when visiting your website. As far as your Business Analytics Software I would definitely suggest Google Analytics. This is the best software for you to make a profit off of your website and not have to do anything but run your business.

Thank you,
Logan Sharkey

Friday, October 30, 2009

Lab Exercise 14

1. Skype allows you to video chat, IM, You can interact with a computer from your phone, you can send a text message from skype to someone elses phone

Phone features: Contact List - allows you to search the skype directory to find and add them, or you can create contacts by manually typing in the phone number or importing them from your iphone directory.

Chat: You can send instant messages back and forth, cannot recieve pictures

Call: You can call a computer with sound capability, or another iphone.

History: Lets you know past conversations, and different skype actions that you recently did.

My Info: Lets you upload a picture, put a quote (status), edit your profile/make a profile, turn call forwarding on or off, you can buy skype credit, create a voicemail or online number.

Report

From an iphone, Skpe allows you to chat visually (instant message) and normally talk with voices. You can also send graphic animations from the phone to a computer and have it work, but not to another phone. You are also able to create a profile for yourself, which you would not normally do on a cell phone.
From a desktop/laptop Skype is quite interesting! You are able to video chat live, sound, picture and all! You are also able to send and receive graphics, like someone dancing. You can also send a text message to someone's actual phone and pictures and files to other computers. You are also able to buy stuff from the skype store inculding credits to call people who are out of the country and around the world on other continents. The cool thing about a laptop that has wireless is you would be able to walk around with the built in camera and film/show other things on video chat.
Some advantages of this software are: it's free. You can talk to people around the world on video chat for free. You are also able to make much cheaper calls around the world as well. You can also send instant files and pictures over the computer. Cell phones don't allow you to video chat, you can only talk and text for the most part. The only disadvantages are it's not mobile unless it's on your iphone or laptop. Also, it does cost money if you're looking to call other countries.
Overall, our group thinks Skype is very user friendly and those of us that had never used Skype think it's pretty cool and will be definitely using it in the future. It is very easy to use and self-explanatory to understand.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Lab Exercise 13

http://www.gaymer.org/newforum/index.php?showtopic=24740
In this blog one guy wants to know what type of games to play with his boyfirend. In this post there are other people who voice there opinion on what games they like to play with their boyfriends. On guys says he likes to play Resident Evil 5 with his boyfriend. Another comments on it and says they never play Xbox 360 games with there boyfriend. As you continue to read the blog others comment on it and I found a comment that someone else posted which said, "Hubby is not so good at co-op games so we just pay scrabble on the iPhone."

http://www.gaymer.org/newforum/index.php?showtopic=24177
This blog is about some favorite Xbox 360 games that these people like to play. The first post on the blog is about what games are this guys favorite to play. The next post is an opinion on what they think about the choices the firt guy picked and what his favorite games are. There was a post at the end that stated they don't really play video games anymore so he didn't have any favorites.

http://www.gaymer.org/newforum/index.php?showtopic=24125
The gamers on this blog get into a discussion about the new Xbox 360 Project Natal and what games they would like to see them come out with. A few of the gamers say they would like to see a fighting game come out for a good workout. Another guy says he would like to see a horror game come out, but it might scare him too bad to play. One guys said he would like to see a sequal to Seaman because man people have wanted that to happen for years now.

lab exercise 12

Lauren M
PC- The Sims 3
Console- Mario Kart (Nintendo 64)
Mobil- Sudoku

Kendall
PC- The Sims 2
Console- NES
Mobil- Sudoku

Lauren A
PC- Helicopter game (addictinggames.com)
Console- Guitar Hero (Playstaion 3)
Mobil- Bejeweled

Logan
PC- Call of Duty
Console- NCAA Football 2010 (XBox)
Mobil- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010

Chas
PC- Lunar Landing
Console- Little Big Planet (Playstation 3)
Mobil- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010

PC
The Sims games are simulations that allow networking and are published by EA Games. The Helicopter game (published by SeeThru.co.uk) and Lunar Landing (published by Plug-In Media) are arcade. Call of Duty is shooting and is published by Activision. Call of Duty allows networking. EA Games also created NHL Hockey, Cricket 07, and NBA Live 2001. SeeThru.co.uk created Ant Arena, Incriminati, and Simon Says, Simon Forgot. Also created by Plug-In Media is Lunar Landing 3D, Pong 3D, and Extreme Pamplona. Activivion has also created Doom 3, Quake, and Wolfenstein.

Console
Mario Kart, published by Nintendo, is a racing game. NES and Little Big Planet are platform. Little Big Planet allows networking. Guitar Hero is rhythm/music and is published by Activision. NCAA Football 2010 is a sport game published by EA Sports. NES is also published my Nintendo. Little Big Planet is published by Sony Europe. Nintendo has also published Cars Race-O-Rama, Oscar in Toyland, and Sideswiped. Activision also published DJ Hero, Guitar Hero 80s, and Guitar Hero Smash Hits. EA Sports published Fifa Soccer 10, NBA Live 10, and Grand Slam tennis. Sony Europe has also published Sly Cooper, Ape Escape, and Lemmings.

Mobile
The devices allow tilting during game play and it is easier to take around with you. Sudoku and Bejeweled are puzzle games. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 is a sports game published by EA Sports. Sudoku Bejeweled are published Astroware Limited. EA Sports has created Madden NFL 10, Fifa 09, and NBA Street. Also created by Astroware Limited created Alchemy, Atomica, and Big Box Blox.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Lab Exercise 11













http://www.flickr.com/photos/pudstah/ / CC BY 2.0


Archive Video:
http://www.archive.org/details/Street_Photography
This is a short documentary on street photography. What street photography is photograpy taken while walking down the street. The main photographer in the video was named Eric Miller who is a street photographer. He explains in the documentary that to be a street photographer you have to step out of your box and just take pictures of anything and everything that is interesting to you. He goes on and explains that people on the street are like coral in the ocean so interesting that why whould you not what to take a picture of it.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Lab Exercise 10

Free Music Sources

1. New Music
Site : Insound
Song Title : Kandi
Artist : One EskimO

2. Ringtone
Site : iTunes
Title : Barbershop ringtone
Artist : n/a

3. Public Domain Music
Site : New-MP3s
Song Title : Rona Alla Turca
Artist : Mozart

Of the three providers, only iTunes required an account to be created for the user to be able to download mp3s. New-mp3s had the largest selection of music downloads, however some of the download links were dead, and iTunes had the smallest selection of free downloads. Insound was in the middle of the road, it had singles from certain ables that were free for download as well as the whole albums available for purchase.

Streaming Music Sources

1. Site : AOL Music
Song Title : Hand In My Pocket
Artist : Alanis Morisette

2. Site : Pandora
Song Title : Yes I Am
Artist : Melissa Etheridge

3. Site : Last.FM
Song Title : Virginia Woolf
Artist : Indigo Girls

The radio option used in AOL music was not as refined or customizable as the Pandora and Last.FM options; instead of starting with the artist of choice and moving to similar artists, AOL music only had radio stations for specific genres. Each of the three sites gave options to search for artists of Women's music with favorable results.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Lab Exercise 9

The Pandora service gave us many personalization and interactive options to use/choose from. We were able to personalize our playlist based on song, artist, album, or all. We were also given the option once we were listening to a song to "add variety" by typing in another artist or song and Panndora would "mesh" our preferences. Pandora also let us interact with the player by giving us the option to "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" a song, after which it would bring more songs like that one as well, or bring less songs like that one. Or, you can just skip the song all together. Also on the player is a menu where you can tell Pandora you are tired of the song, ask them why the song was selected, move that song to another "station" previously created by you, etc.
Overall, all of the artists recommended using the Last.FM search option were comparable enough to the original artist in their styles and sounds. No irregularities were found among the recommendations, though using the default search option with Last.FM does not begin a playlist/radio with the artists and their songs, which is what the Pandora search defaults to. Using the radio search option on Last.FM immediately begins a playlist of songs from the chosen artist and similar artists. The Last.FM radio player allows you to tag or ban the current track (thereby removing it from your playlist), stop the playlist, or continue to the next track. There is also an option to enable/disable to addition of songs listened to through the playlist to your personal profile, and you can choose to share the track or purchase it from Amazon, iTunes, or 7digital. The inability to pause the tracks is unfortunate, instead you're forced to stop the entire player and get kicked back out to the initial artist search page.
As we used each service, Pandora and Last.FM, we found that at times each service would suggest the same, or similar, artists. Last.FM gave artist suggestions that one could choose from rather than spitting out a specific song like Pandora did. So, overall, I would say that the services offered comparable recommendations. I would say that within each service, the recommendations were pretty much right on, given that it is a computer technology and all music is different. But, for example, if I typed in Randy Rogers to listen to and the service suggested Eli Young Band or Cross Canadian Ragweed, as each service did, they have hit my interests and music style of choice dead on. Overall, if we typed in a pop artist, we were given pop suggestions, and if we typed in a country artist, we were given country suggestions, so therefore I would say that the recommendations from each service were very similar.

1. Michael Buble: Classic Jazz/Crooner (foreign)
PANDORA:
- Michael Buble: The Best is yet to Come
- Nat King Cole: Unforgettable
- Israel Kamakawi wo'ole: Over the Rainbow
- Frank Sinatra: For Once in my Life
- Michael Buble: Stuck in the Middle with You
LAST.FM:
- Jamie Cullum
- Matt Dusk
- Frank Sinatra
- Tony Bennett
- Harry Connick, Jr.

2. Paul McCartney: Pop Rock (foreign)
PANDORA:
- Paul McCartney: Live and Let Die
- The Beatles: I Will
- Paul McCartney: Band on the Run
- George Harrison: Here Comes the Sun
- Paul McCartney: Too Much Rain
LAST.FM:
- Wings
- George Harrison
- Ringo Starr
- John Lennon
- The Beatles

3. Imogen Heap: Electronica (foreign)
PANDORA:
- Imogen Heap: Headlock
- Sia: Breathe Me
- Imogen Heap: Lonely Little Petunia
- Imogen Heap: Speeding Cars
- Imogen Heap: Swoon
LAST.FM:
- Frou Frou
- Kate Havnevik
- Jem
- A Fine Frenzy
- Regina Soektor

4. Randy Rogers: Country (USA)
PANDORA:
- Randy Rogers: Kiss Me in the Dark
- Eli Young Band: Everything is You
- Cross Canadian: Cry Lonely
- Jason Boland: Somewhere Down in Texas
- Randy Rogers: Lost and Found
LAST.FM:
- Stoney LaRue
- Eli Young Band
- Wade Bowen
- Reckless Kelly
- Cross Canadian

5. Britney Spears: Pop (USA)
PANDORA:
- Britney Spears: Circus
- The Pussycat Dolls: When I Grow Up
- Rihanna: Shut Up and Drive
- Flo Rida: Right Round
- Britney Spears: Toxic
LAST.FM:
- The Pussycat Dolls
- Lady GaGa
- Paris Hilton
- Lindsay Lohan
- Ashley Tisdale

6. Pat Benatar: Rock (USA)
PANDORA:
- Pat Benatar: Hit Me With Your Best Shot
- Blondie: Call Me
- Journey: Don’t Stop Believin’
- Bon Jovi: You Give Love a Bad Name
- Pat Benatar: All Fired Up
LAST.FM:
- Heart
- Loverboy
- Quarterflash
- Stevie Nicks
- The Go-Go's

Friday, September 25, 2009

Lab Exersice 8

http://technology.podcast.com/show/69066/The-Phones-Show/

Title: The Phones Show programme 91
Publisher:www.thephonesshow.com
Format: Informational Video on Smart Phones
Updated: Every 2 weeks
Audience: Technology Enthusiasts
Subscribers: Not able to find
Commercials: None on Video

http://technology.podcast.com/show/16188/G

Title:Samsung HMX-R10 HD Camcorder Review
Publisher: http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/index.html
Format: Interview, Talk Show
Updated: About every Week
Audience: Technology Enthusiasts
subscribers: Not able to find
Commercials: None on Video

http://www.gadgetgossip.net/

Publisher: Gadgetgossip.net
Format: Video podcast / Editorial (Review)
Updated: Weekly / Irregular
Audience: Tech enthusiasts / Variety (Gadgets range from breathalysers to iPod add-ons)
Subscribers: n/a
Commercial Sponsors: None


-Giant Bombcast


http://www.giantbomb.com/podcast/


Publisher: Giantbomb.com
Format: Talk Show / Editorial
Updated: Weekly (Tuesday)
Audience: Game Enthusiasts
Subscribers: n/a
Commercial Sponsors: No ads during the podcast / Hosting site has ads for various games

-NPR: Digital Age

Publisher: National Public Radio
Format: Radio Talk show/ Interview
How Frequently Updated: Every Monday
Audience: General American Public
# of Subscribers: N/A
Commercial Sponsors: WNYE Radio
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=7494440

-Space, The Final Frontier: Lunar Water and Black Holes

Publisher: Harvard University
Format: Radio News Program/ Broadcast
How Frequently Updated: Weekly
Audience: Technology Scholars/ General Public
# of Subscribers: N/A
Commercial Sponsors: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care/ The MathWorks

http://www.mos.org/events_activities/podcasts&d=3963

-The Phone Show

http://technology.podcast.com/show/69066/The-Phones-Show/

Publisher:www.thephonesshow.com
Format: Informational Video on Smart Phones
Updated: Every 2 weeks
Audience: Technology Enthusiasts
Subscribers: Not able to find
Commercials: None on Video

-Attack of the Show

http://technology.podcast.com/show/16188/G

Publisher: http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/index.html
Format: Interview, Talk Show
Updated: About every Week
Audience: Technology Enthusiasts
subscribers: Not able to find
Commercials: None on Video

-Today in iPhone (Tii)

The sponsor of this podcast is Audible; the host of the podcast said to visit audible.com.
This podcast format is "news" and sometimes "interviews."
A new podcast is published anywhere from every 2 to 9 days.
The intended audience would be iPhone owners/users.

Link: http://podcast.com/show/13165/Today-in-iPhone-Podcast-The-Unofficial-iPhone-News-and-iPhone-Apps-Podcast/

-Watch It Television Podcast

The publisher of this podcast is the Lugashi Entertainment Network.
The format of this podcast is "News and Show Talk."
A new podcast is published anywhere from every 1 to 2 1/2 weeks.
I would say that the intended audience is people from ages 18-unlimited. However, the particular podcast I am listening to is fairly explicit, so the audience should be aware.
The commercial sponsors of the podcast are Amazon.com.

Link: http://podcast.com/episode/44648276/7518/

-NYT Tech Talk:

- News format
- Updated every week
- Audience is people interested in current technology
- Commercial sponsor is IBM
- Produced by New York Times

http://news.podcast.com/episode/44694645/5113/



-WTP 259: Iraq Internet Regs, Africa Connected, NComputing, and Autism Detection Software:

- News/Interview format
- Updated every week
- Audience is people who are interested in global technology, and people who are interested in helping autistic people.
- produced by the BBC World Service, Public Radio International, and WGBH Public Radio in Boston.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Lab 7 Exercise

YouTube- I watched a video call 'Bacon is good for me' it was about a little boy who threw a fit because of his fake mom threw away his bacon. This video started right when I clicked on it, I was able to view the entire thing without stopping once for it to load. There are many different features on this site that include being able to view many different video's as well as search for TV shows and channels. Nothing really unique about this site almost any thing you would like to view is on this site. Viewing was very clear had no glitches, when I first clicked on the site it was advertising the new shows coming out on ABC but other than that nothing caught my eye.




Hulu- When I went to this site I choose to watch the Jay Lino show. This video when I clicked on it had an advertising for Arminhammer Bakingsoda and then the show started about 15 seconds later. I was able to watch with a few advertisings in the middle but it was not buffing or loading it just played straight through until it got to the commercials. You are able to choose from many different T.V. shows and once you pick a show you can choose which episode you would like to watch. The viewing experience was good it had good quality a few blurry spots at times but overall a good video.



Veoh- I went to this site and viewed sports talk show. When I choose this video it was very quick in starting up and went straight into the show with no advertisings on the video. I was able to go all the way through the show with out any loading or buffering issues. This website allowed you to choose from many different categories such as t.v. shows, music, and channels. This site also allowed you to choose from different episodes from the show. I was able to see on the website different advertisings that were on the site not the video such as McDonalds's and ABC television shows.



The embedding process wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be and was fairly easy. All I had to do was find a video I wanted to use on my blog and find the option to embed it into my blog and that was it. It gives you the embed link and all you do after that is copy and paste it to your blog. I did run into a problem on Internet Explorer which I was unable to post a few of my videos but the problem was fixed when I used Firefox.

I personally like to use YouTube one because it is the most common source for streaming videos and I never knew about the the other sites. Although, I prefer to use YouTube many of the videos on there are very blurry and take a while to load. I also did like how many of the videos may only be a few seconds or even a few minutes. I really loved on Hulu how you were able to pick a T.V. show to watch and actually get to watch the entire episode you choose. Hulu was very organized and you were able to get a good clear picture out of any of the videos you chose to watch. Veoh was around the same as Hulu in where you could pick a T.V. show to watch and you were even able to choose music as well on Veoh. I did realize that it was a little slow in loading videos to watch not a huge deal but it was slow in loading and buffering some of the videos. Overall I believe all three sites are great and they are each unique in there own way. YouTube is great for watching stupid videos that you could post yourself, Hulu is very good to watch old episodes of your favorite T.V. shows, and Veoh is good for music videos as well as some of your T.v. shows as well.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Lab Exercise 6











1. What multichannel TV service do you use at college?
cable (8)No Tv (2)
2. Why did you pick the above choices? Can choose more than one.
It's automatically provided where you live (8)Don't know (1)Money/Price (2)
3. What multichannel TV service do you use at home with your parents?
Satellite (7)Broadcast TV (1)Cable (1)
4. Why did you pick the above choices? Can choose more than one.
Automatically provided where you live (2)Money/Price (1)Channel Availability (2)Information received on channels (2)location (2)Don't know (2)
5. When do you normally watch TV?
Evening (9)Afternoon (2)Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Between Classes (1)


What multichannel TV service do you use?
- At college:
o Broadcast tv
o Mobile tv
o Satellite
o Cable
o No tv
Why did you pick the above choices? You can pick more than one.
· Money/price
· Channel availability
· Location
· It’s automatically provided where you live
· you don’t know
· the information you receive on certain channels. i.e, news, movies, certain shows or stations
· the service quality
· word of mouth/recommendations from friends

- At home, perhaps with your parents:
o Broadcast tv
o Mobile tv
o Satellite
o Cable
o No tv
Why did you pick the above choices? You can pick more than one.
· Money/price
· Channel availability
· Location
· It’s automatically provided where you live
· you don’t know
· the information you receive on certain channels. i.e, news, movies, certain shows or stations
· the service quality
· word of mouth/recommendations from friends
When do you normally watch tv?
· Morning
· Afternoon
· Evening
· Between classes
· All of the above

Friday, September 18, 2009

Lab 5

Local Broadcasting:http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCGrid.do?method=decideFwdForLineup&zipcode=60601&setMyPreference=false&lineupId=PC:60601

Local: Fox Chicago News at Nine: Yes

Commercial/Public affairs programing: CNN Newsroom: No

Noncommercial Programing: NOW on PBS: Yes

ESPN: ESPN GamePlan: No

MTV: Nitro Circus: No

BET: The Game: No

Telemundo: 12 Corazones: No

Pricing: N/A


Local: Fox Chicago News at Nine: Yes

Commercial/ Public affairs programming: CNN Newsroom: Yes

Noncommercial Programming: NOW on PBS: Yes

ESPN: ESPN GamePlan: Yes

MTV:Nitro Circus: Yes

BET: The Game: Yes

Telemundo: 12 Corazones: Yes

Pricing: $29.99-$59.99/monthly.


Local: Fox Chicago News at Nine: Yes

Commercial/ Public affairs programming: CNN Newsroom: Yes

Noncommercial Programming: NOW on PBS: Yes
MTV: Nitro Circus: Yes
ESPN: ESPN GamePlan: No

BET: The Game: Yes

Telemundo: 12 Corazones: Yes

Pricing: $29.99-$84.99/monthly


Local: Fox Chicago News at Nine: No

Commercial/ Public affairs programming: CNN Newsroom: No

Noncommercial Programming: NOW on PBS: No

ESPN: ESPN GamPlan: No

MTV: Nirto Circus: Yes

BET: The Game: No

Telemundo: 12 Corazones: No

Pricing: $15.00-$25.00/ Monthly

Friday, September 11, 2009

Scholarly Journals

Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies.

Charef, M. (2009, December). Communication, Media and the Moroccan Migratory Field. Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies, 35(10), 1595-1608. Retrieved September 11, 2009

Gillespie, M. (2006, August). Transnational Television Audiences after September 11. Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies, 32(6), 903-921. Retrieved September 11, 2009

Proceedings of World Academy of Science: Engineering & Technology

Mutalib, A., & Shiratuddin, N. (2009, February 15). Electronic Learning Media (ELM): Reality Learning Media (RLM) Vs Video. Proceedings of World Academy of Science: Engineering & Technology, 38, 1419-1426. Retrieved September 11, 2009

Lynn, J., & MacFarlane, A. (2009, May). A Digital Media e-Learning Training Strategy for Healthcare Employees: Cost effective Distance Learning by Collaborative offline / online Engagement and Assessment. Proceedings of World Academy of Science: Engineering & Technology, 41, 886-890. Retrieved September 11, 2009

Journal of American Culture


Welsh, J. (2009, September). Authorship in Film Adaptation by Jack Boozer, Editor. Journal of American Culture, 32(3), 269-271. Retrieved September 11, 2009

Browne, R. (2004, June). Book Reviews. Journal of American Culture, 27(2), 233-233. Retrieved September 11, 2009

AI & Society

Satofuka, F., Kantola, I., & Kono, Y. (2009, October). Explaining media choice: theoretical discussion and an empirical experiment. AI & Society, 24(2), 135-150. Retrieved September 11, 2009

Wilson, J. (2003, July). Support of opportunities for shopfloor involvement through information and communication technologies. AI & Society, 17(2), 114-133. Retrieved September 11, 2009

Trade Journals


Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television

Raw, L. (2009, Summer2009). Form and Function in the 1950s Anthology Series. Journal of Popular Film & Television, 37(2), 90-96. Retrieved September 13, 2009,

Raw, L. (2009, Summer2009). Form and Function in the 1950s Anthology Series. Journal of Popular Film & Television, 37(2), 90-96. Retrieved September 13, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

MediaWeek

Bachman, K. (2009, June). TRN, Wash Times Team to Share Morning News Show. MediaWeek, 19(22), 32-32. Retrieved September 13, 2009,

Shields, M. (2009, August 17). Awaiting Full Coverage. MediaWeek, 19(30), 4-4. Retrieved September 13, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

Billboard


-Heine, P. (2009, September 12). NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK. Billboard, 121(36), 5-6. Retrieved September 12, 2009,


-Peters, M., Thompson, R., Waddell, R., & Wilson, J. (2009, September 12). THE LATEST NEWS FROM .biz. Billboard, 121(36), 5-6. Retrieved September 12, 2009

National Journal


Munro, N. (2009, July 25). Minority Broadcasters See 'Imminent Danger'. National Journal, Retrieved September 13, 2009


Hatch, D. (2008, November). Two Approaches, Two Results For Digital TV Switch. National Journal, Retrieved September 13, 2009

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Media Industries

Media Industries

For a database that gives you a wide range of books to search this is a great site for this. You go into this website and you are able to search for a book by author, title, or by keyword.
http://www.globalbooksinprint.com/bip/

This gives you the opportunity to order books online from this website as well as become a member and gets other access to merchandise from this website. Great way to find books you would love to have at home.
http://www.redbooks.com/Nonsub/index.asp?multiUser=failed

News access is what this website is all about, you gain information about what is happening in the world. There are also links that will connect you to different places such as new policies, jobs and education, and even gives you the option to comment on some of the stories.
http://www.europeanvoice.com/

This is an amazing search engine that allows you to search for old periodicals as well as books, newspapers, and Congressional records that date back to the 19th century.
http://poolesplus.odyssi.com/19centWelcome.htm

This website allows you to search for periodicals dating back to the mid 1700s all the way to the early 1900s. There is so much information that you are able to gain from this site.
http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTE0NGQmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=2945

Media Policies
This is a website for Foreign broadcasting in all the different continents and what all policies make this broadcasting happen. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive?p_product=FBISX&p_action=keyword&p_theme=fbis&p_nbid=A5AB5ADQMTI1MjUyMDIxMS45Njc5Nzk6MToxNDoxNjUuOTEuMTI2LjEzMQ&p_clear_search=yes&d_refprod=FBISX&
The public resources and all different information that regards Homeland Security is what this website contains. https://www.hsdl.org/

This website gives you a category list of all different places you can go to and see what their policies are and what there take on things is. https://www.policyarchive.org/browse-topic

This is a website that you are able to access and go through and find out what policies are and you can even subscribe to this page if you would want more information. http://usearch.cc.columbia.edu/ciao/

This is a website that gives you information on getting electronic books and other information you can also receive from this website. http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/home.do

This webisite gives you man different categories such as buisness trends, buisness statistics, and other useful links that provide you with the information you need.
http://www.plunkettresearch.com/Industries/EntertainmentMedia/tabid/199/Default.aspx

News media is a big part of the world, this website is one way to access the news media and many different stories you might have not heard about yet.
http://media.einnews.com/

This website gives you many different categories like advertising, print media, television, and filmed entertainment with links under each category that show you what industires are linked to each category.
http://www.wikinvest.com/industry/Media_%26_Entertainment

This is a website that gives the policies to an media industry as well as tell you a little aput who they are
http://www.wikinvest.com/industry/Media_%26_Entertainment

This is a website that gives you information on many different music industries as well as what's new around hollywood. This website also gives you links to Industries connected to his site.
http://mediaindustriesandotherstuff.blogspot.com/

Monday, September 7, 2009

Umbrella Perspective

Social System
Henry Jenkins is a blog that has many different links to other blogs that gives readers a wide variety for new searches.

http://longtail.typepad.com/
This is a blog that gives readers information about bestsellers in the New York times and what people should begin to read.

http://www.neilgaiman.com/
Neil Gaiman is an author that gives different video book tours on is blog that you are able to view.

A blog that gives diffrent people news on new video games, poetry and art.

Helps give people new insight to information that might not be so new to people

http://fortheloveofthedogblog.com/
Dog lovers this is the blog for you, there is all kinds of information about dogs being adopted, animal cruelty, and all kinds of different things that deals with mans best friend.

http://www.fitnesstipsforlife.com/
This blog gives you a wide range of information on how to stay in shape and what all you can do to maintain being fit.

Hardware/Software

http://gizmodo.com/
Gizmodo is a blog that is all for all the NERDs out there. This gives you many different aspects on the newest technology that is coming out.

This is a blog that gives readers a chance to find new information on different technlogies and different ways to get different things out of your technology.

http://technabob.com/blog/
Information on all the new technology that has been seen around the world and what my be a new item to look for.

http://www.iphonehacks.com/
Yes this is for all you iPhone users out there, this is a blog that has all the newest information on the cool apps you can download to your iPhones.

http://craziestgadgets.com/
For the people who enjoy amusing technology or just different weird gadgets this is the blog for you. This has many different things that are very cool and weird things you would never think of.

Organizational Infrastructure

http://news.cnet.com/newsblog/?categoryId=1059
This is a blog website that gives people the latest information on what apple is coming up with, they also give you sneak peaks at certain pieces of technology they have created.

http://www.nflgridirongab.com/
This blog website has all the latest news on what has happened in the NFL as well as different categories you are able to see.

Individual Users

http://mostamazingplayers.blogspot.com/
This blog is based on someone's own opinion on who the best and most amazing sports athletes are from each sport.