World Wide Web

What does the future of the World Wide Web look like?  What is 'the Cloud'?

I believe the World Wide Web (WWW) isn't going anywhere any time soon.  With the advent of 'the Cloud', WWW is  only going to expand.  From the article "The Windy City Teams with Microsoft on Cloud Strategy"  and also in a previous article "Microsoft Scores A Win For Office 365 With Chicago Deal" the city of Chicago has signed a deal with Microsoft to consolidate its email system to Office365.  From the article "Cloud Computing: As software migrates from local PCs to distant Internet servers, users and developers alike go along for the ride", they say that the isolated computer with its "shrink-wrap" software is still dominating the market because their are still some flaws as stated in the article "‘The Cloud’ Challenges Amazon" where Netflix and Amazon crashed during Christmas, but as they improve people will gradually shift over to the 'Cloud' based computing.

 'the Cloud' is the use of computing resources (hardware & software) that are delivered as a service over a network (usually the internet).

Networks and Communication

Answer the following questions: What are the advantages and disadvantages of communication technology such as email, texting, IM, Skype, etc.?  What advice do you have to to help overcome issues with these technologies, such as spam, phishing, texting and driving, etc. \

From the article “You’ve Got E-Mail!”… Shall I Deal With It Now? some of the advantages with all this technology is that it is much quicker, more reliable and efficient than using a phone or face to face, or using regular post mail.

 Disadvantages:
 From the video

"Texting woman falls in fountain, files lawsuit"

People, myself included, have really dumbed down with all this technology at the tip of fingers.  People are not paying attention to what they are doing.  This lady was only walking, what if she were driving. That's why texting and driving is just as bad as drinking and driving.  It was wrong for the security guard to laugh at her. I have almost ran into things while busy on my phone.  This lady is just trying to get some easy money thru no fault of the mall.  It's these kind of people, with their frivolous lawsuits, that make it harder for the rest of us decent folks to live in society.

Belgian Woman’s GPS Leads Her on 900-Mile Detour

Here is another example of how we take technology for granted.  We think technology is like the word of god. When you have to fill up your gas tank, twice for that matter and take a motel for the night, shouldn't common sense kick in and realize something is wrong with this.

With all of this technology there is less need for face to face, less social activities, people become more asocial.

Another disadvantage of technology I think , especially with cell phones is that it is tethered to us.  People expect you to be available 24/7 like doctors, and they get offended when you don't respond to them immediately.  Which I think is ridiculous.

 

 

With this technology it is easier for hackers to invade our privacy with spam/phisiing/malware.  People should first have there OS/antivirus software updated.  Make strong unique passwords for each account.  And try to avoid using these accounts in public hotspots.

From the spiderman movie/comics,  "With great power comes great responsibility."  

Great Super Bowl Game

What a great Super Bowl. I was kind of rooting for the 49ers, but what a second half.  Hated the power outage. Got so irritated I almost shut the game off.  Glad I didn't.  What a great comeback that fell just a little short for the 49ers.  You would think in today's world of technology, things like this wouldn't happen.  Nobody is giving an explanation of the cause of the power outage.