Cute pic from deviantART
When Microsoft first entered the tech marketplace with their first version of Windows, who would have thought that one day they would segue into the gaming arena? No one would have guessed that the night before the launch of a Microsoft gaming device would create a trend of waiting overnight in front of gadget stores.
Let’s just say Microsoft has come a long way. Despite the infamous Mac vs. PC ad campaign led by Apple
Hmmm, here are my thoughts on Digital Rights Management (and this really creepy logo picture via LA Times).
I remember back when Napster was the ‘cool’ and ‘underground’ segue into ripped CD black markets. It was no doubt a criminal offense, but the abuse was too white collar of a crime for people to feel any remorse. Come on, everyone has either accepted, given, or made mixed CDs that were full of free downloaded music from sites like Napster. But the reality is, how realistic is it to police digital rights management?
This picture has nothing to do with this post. But it sure does differentiate between studious and sexy.
Let’s just get the cat out of the bag: Windows Media Player (WMP) is old school. It’s a grandfathered media player that needs to be phased out or revamped. And, it’s definitely not sexy.
Sexy aside, everything has a purpose–and WMP gets the job done. It doesn’t use as much bandwidth as Quicktime, because most websites that need to stream at high quality do not rely on WMP. Forbes.com doesn’t seem to mind Windows Media Player’s simplistic nature, because it gets the job done. News, compared to websites that use plenty of rich media graphics, does not need much bandwidth to stream their content. In the news industry, speed trumps quality to help break the news–but not to say quality is completely neglected.
On another note, this is a really good movie. Proof that Joaquin & Reese have talent, really.
Who doesn’t love Johnny Cash?
More importantly, who doesn’t love QuickTime?
The movie, ‘Walk the Line’ has an official website to promote their DVDs. As you enter the site, QuickTime is immediately integrated into the homepage using various clips from the movie. I enjoy this particular feature because it is visually appealing–and websites that promote media such as movies, televison shows, and concerts are best delivered with smooth, uninterrupted, and flashy streaming media rather than extremely detailed text. If I could change one feature, I would not use an unlimited loop for the background video– it’s efficient to catch the user’s initial attention, but it becomes distracting after one or two loops.
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Check out this blog posting on social media.
I know I’ve discussed this in class, but since I came across this blog, I want to formally write a little more about the topic of social networking sites. Here are some questions to think about:
1. How do we know which social networking site to use?
2. How do we determine which of our networks (family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances) we connect with, and on which platform?
3. Can there really be ONE social networking site to connect with everyone I know?
4. Just really how much can I own my identity online?
To be brutally honest, social networks are here and they are here to stay. It’s a sad realization to some (kind of like when cell phones were barely the norm), but we’re on the brink of an adaptation phase. And because we are in the beginning stages, there are going to be people who are against the idea of online social networks altogether, some who are selective, and others who will embrace them all.
Which category do you think you fall under?
Who remembers the days of ICQ, AIM, and MSN messenger? As a user, I chose these chat products because they each had unique features. As the years went by, and saturation became an issue, I decided to devote my time to only one IM: MSN Messenger.
Now, before you go ahead and start pointing the Microsoft fingers, let me tell you why I preferred MSN Messenger above the others. I had more contacts on MSN Messenger than on ICQ or AIM, and most users had a Hotmail e-mail account than an AOL e-mail account. More contacts = easier to keep in touch with people. Besides, most of my friends on AIM already had a presence on MSN Messenger.
This is where Facebook put their thinking caps on.
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