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Mac is Going the Distance

A universal remote for all local iTunes programs? I didn't believe it either when i saw the headline. I just might be Apple crazy but this is just too much. I'm getting exicited just typing about it. Humor aside, just imagine your iPhone could control any nearby iTunes playliststs without having to plug in any cords, add any programs to your computer, or basically w/o having to use as much mental capacity as we did a year ago.

I'm getting the feeling that these guys are now just coming up with these little toys just to get us to buy a bunch of crap we really don't need. Correction a bunch of really neat, fun, and exciting crap. I personlly do not have a Mac or an iPhone. I will obtain one in the near futrue mainly for academic purposes. Still i will have to say that these little gadgets will certainly make the switch significantly worth it.

Touch Table

The Extinction of Digital Barriers

The leaps and bounds that technology has taken in the past few years is astounding. This is no exception. The touch table blows the mouse and keyboard out of the water. This device allows for several grand scale purposes.

One would be the advancement in the economics field. Some of the designers explain that the touch table would aid oil industries in the discovering and excessive meticulous maintenance of oil deposits right down to some few meters or so. My stance on our urgent dependency of oil is as it always has been

Of course as a nation who loves being terrorized from within, excuse the cynicism, the touch table can be used for militaristic purposes. I personally think this is just an excuse to back the device, but that's just me. Criticism aside, it certainly would be able to aid our armies by strategically enhancing warfare by taking men off the field who would in other cases be the guinea pigs of battle. This is obviously a plus for our casualties.

Tech Driven Gov. Election

NBC MySpace

"The 2008 election is proving to be the most youth- and technology-driven race in history..."
This statement, along with the mass youth reinforcement of the internet, along with 24 hour access to presidential politicians will make this election one for the record books.

I personally believe that with the backing of virtually unlimited information the Internet and our young generation will make this election incredibly credible. It's obvious that when someone has sufficient facts to back important life decisions (election of our governmental leaders) it's probably for the better. This year, the situation is no different. Myself, I know for sure that this continuous access to government direction and intentions has made my point of view a little more important on voting. We've all heard the phrase, "Vote or Die." I think that this ultimate access will prevent us from committing mass digital suicide. So to speak

Television Transition

Much Need Eyeballs

This article hits on a couple of interesting points. One of them is the ability to track viewership rather than just assume that people are watching. CBS has taken a leap and wouldn't ya know it, landed safe and sound. They put a brand new episode of "Big Bang Theory," online instead of broadcasting it's premier first. This was certainly risky because they could have dropped many of their t.v. viewers when they showed an unseen episode online first. But, to many watching eye's dismay, CBS had not lost a significant amount of viewers.

Along with these surprising results comes an indirect hurdle. Advertisers are now turning their eyes on the Internet. With the uprising of t.v. shows on the Inter web, comes the migration of ads from t.v. to online. I have a hunch that outlines the development of ads in online. I predict that in some distant (or not) future will come the equilibrium of online ads with the current amount of ads on television right now. I would instinctively think that this would be a negative occurrence. Upon recollection, i would have to say that this is inevitable. With a new medium comes some expected and unexpected reverberance.

Connecting to Korea

Korea Debut

The expansion and breaking through of social networking sites depends on a on a few different things: 1) The Look of the site. 2) The Ease with which these sites are user friendly. 3) Basically the cultural context has a big part to play as well.

In reference to these site's looks i would have to say, and agree with this article, that MySpace has been treading on the design frontier. It's image is now a little generic for the everyday user, in my opinion. Facebook is not significantly far ahead of myspace with respect to customization capabilities, however Facebook is not cluttered with advertisments either. I do believe that is a milestone in the differences MySpace and Facebook have with each other.

The second point has to deal with how user friendly MySpace is. I would have to say that MySpace being the leader in the online social networks would have to stand to reason that it does well when talking about user compatablility. However cluttered with irrelevant adverstising MySpace may appear, it is still on top of the few big networks.

The final point that i have mentioned was the cultural point of view. Word-of-mouth definitly helps these social orginizations to flourish. I think that it's the company that gets talked about more often that leads the competition, personally. In Korea, their superior technology and design capacities make it a haven for dull or boring websites to fish for some new material. In this article MySpace is doing just that. Whether this is good or bad, i'm not sure. I personally view the reaping of one's culture, in any aspect, a negative happening. But, if MySpace and Korea could benefit from this merger then i would have to say go for it.

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