Collaboration & Getting What You Want

In Wikinomics, the authors claim that the science field will see a vast improvement if the publishing process speeds up and scientists begin to collaborate on research projects (pp. 159-160). I do not find this method unrealistic, as some may embrace it for the improvement of humankind, but I do believe that it will prove [...]

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From Mobs to Wikis

Smart Mobs, groups of people that have the ability to create large communities through technology, continue to grow in power and in number around the world. Howard Rheingold’s book discusses the ways of cellular phones and the Internet as of 2002. A number, 802.11b, is recognized worldwide as the wireless network access protocol. Rheingold does [...]

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Smart Mobs – Part 1

Howard Rheingold’s book, Smart Mobs, discusses the evolution of the Internet as stationary to the Internet on the go. The first five chapters of the book reveal the infinite possibilities that arise with a mobile Web. Users can control, look-up, and purchase an endless amount from their wireless technology devices.
All over the world technology has [...]

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The Search Continues

John Battelle describes the control Google has gained on the Internet in his book The Search. The search engine has the power to help businesses prosper or send them into utter ruin. Neil Moncrief, for example, a man who owns a plus-sized shoe business on the Internet, relied on Google’s accurate search algorithms to attract [...]

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Google’s Story

John Battelle’s The Search discusses the creation and growth of a search engine started by two Stanford graduate students—Google.  The first six chapters of the book are well researched—Battelle outlines the major events that Larry Page and Sergey Brin underwent in their creation of a new search engine.  Battelle provides an in-depth history of search [...]

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GigaWhat?

Scoble and Israel adamantly support blogging throughout the first eight chapters of their book Naked Conversations. Not until chapter nine do the authors provide a hint of blogging’s dark side.  The authors assert that some companies and individuals should not blog due to the nature of their business. In fact, the first few paragraphs of [...]

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Conversations, naked or not

Scoble and Israel’s book Naked Conversations discusses the impacts that a company that blogs can potentially experience.  The authors support blogging tremendously, claiming that every company should have a blog, as it is the modern method of talking to and listening to one’s customers. The authors provide several examples of how blogging can resuscitate a [...]

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Blogs, Trolls, Australia, and the Law

In chapter seven of We the Media, Gillmor presents blogs as a new, better way to get news.  He discusses the role that the once-audience can now play in reporting news through the Internet.  In particular, Gillmor defends the idea of blogging in circumstances in which Big Media reporters cannot make it to the site [...]

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Gillmor and Doctorow…thoughts

Gillmor’s We the Media discusses the revolution of journalism in the 20th century, attributing the changes to a more connected world and the introduction of the digital age. The author provides a short comparison of how journalists reported news prior to this era and he claims that the news consumer now has much more control [...]

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First post

Hello! Welcome to my blog for Intro to the Digital Age.

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