The use the internet for many things some for fun and some to make everyday task easier. I use the internet for social networking, websites like blogger, facebook, twitter, so that i can stay in touch with people.
I also use the internet for online banking, I can transfer money from one account to the other, and pay my loan payments all while sitting in my living room and not driving the hour to get to my bank.
I use it to view my pay stub and make sure it is correct. Walmart has gone green so we do not get paper pay checks or pay stubs so this way I can find out how much my check is going to be almost a week before payday.
To pay my bills, it is quick and easy. I can pay online the day it due and it will be posted to my account. I don't have to worry about make sure I mail it off in time to be there on the due date and I don't have to worry about a stamp or waste a check.
To see what is happening in the news, instead of watching a segment of news on television I can log on to the internet read and read the news that interest me.
I use it to watch movies and TV shows on website like hulu.com and fancast.com. To see when the shows I like will be on so that I can DVR them.
I use it to order movies and video games to come through the mail at a montly fee. I use netflix.com and gamefly.com and I can log on see what movies or games are coming out add them to my queque and then just get them in the mail and few days later, quick and easy.
I use the internet to order photos and share pictures with people. I like to use the Photo Lab on Walmart.com, I like the quality for the prints and the prices are really good. Though I work there and am a little biased. One of the cool things about the photo part of walmart.com is that you can send the pictures to any Wal Mart, I send pictures to my mom in Texas and to my Grandma in California and it does not cost any difference than to print them here in my local Wal Mart.
I use the internet for education, with so many websites you can learn about anything. I use it to research information from things about Iran and the Nuclears Weapons to what is the best Camera on the market now.
Though I use the internet for some many things, I mainly use it for entertainment. Playing Games, Social Networking, Watching Movies and TV Shows, Reading Game Reviews, Watching YouTube Videos and the list could keep going. The internet can be used in so many ways depending on what you need to do.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Net Neutrality and the FCC
If I understand correctly what the Net Neutrality laws will put into effect. I think that they will be a good thing.
The Net Neutrality would make all web traffic be treated equal from the internet service providers, no provider could allow one site but block another. According to the FCC the FCC chairman Julius Genachowsk will "affirm his support for a free and open Internet". Internet Providers could not discriminate against particular Internet content or applications.
It would also prevent Internet providers from blocking or slowing bandwidth-hogging Web traffic such as streaming video or other applications that put a strain on their networks. The internet providers would have to make it available to us, there consumers, there policies.
If this is truly what the FCC wants to enforce I think it would be a good thing, or otherwise the internet will turn into a few websites because the providers block or slow down the start of new websites. The Internet should continue to be a place for information to flow freely and no provider should be able to block websites that hurt there bandwidth.
The Net Neutrality would make all web traffic be treated equal from the internet service providers, no provider could allow one site but block another. According to the FCC the FCC chairman Julius Genachowsk will "affirm his support for a free and open Internet". Internet Providers could not discriminate against particular Internet content or applications.
It would also prevent Internet providers from blocking or slowing bandwidth-hogging Web traffic such as streaming video or other applications that put a strain on their networks. The internet providers would have to make it available to us, there consumers, there policies.
If this is truly what the FCC wants to enforce I think it would be a good thing, or otherwise the internet will turn into a few websites because the providers block or slow down the start of new websites. The Internet should continue to be a place for information to flow freely and no provider should be able to block websites that hurt there bandwidth.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Going beyond the surface of the Internet
I am taking the Internet and Society Class so that I can learn beyond the surface, learn how to use social gathering sites for more than just staying in touch with friends. I think that learning these things are important because the internet is an important part of society and is used in careers that I want to pursue. I think that we are covering some of the most important parts of the internet and can't really think of anything that I think we should cover that is not already in the plans.
I agree with the Norm that says The NetGen has a need for speed-and not just in video games. We are such a busy society that we expect things to be fast, I pay for fast internet so that I can download quicker, send emails quicker, and just search the internet quicker. I have a black berry so that I can check my email and be in touch with people on the run. I always want things to be quicker, and is always looking for a faster easier way to do everyday tasks.
I agree with the Norm that says The NetGen has a need for speed-and not just in video games. We are such a busy society that we expect things to be fast, I pay for fast internet so that I can download quicker, send emails quicker, and just search the internet quicker. I have a black berry so that I can check my email and be in touch with people on the run. I always want things to be quicker, and is always looking for a faster easier way to do everyday tasks.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Me and Web 2.0
As I read about Web 2.0 on O'Reilly Media I felt that Web 2.0 is really the difference in creativity and how it can be used. Web 2.0 gives us services, allows us to be creators, gives us to ability to blog, have wikis, use Google to its fullest, share and store pictures, and download mp3's.
Web 2.0 affects me because I am internet user, I take advantage of all the things Web 2.0 allows user's to do. I have a blog, a wikis, a Google Reader, a facebook, a email address, I share my pictures, I play and download music.
The most important part of Web 2.0 is the fact that it gives me a job, more and more people are using the internet to order there pictures and by working in the Walmart Photo lab the online photo lab on Walmart.com is where we get a lot of our business. Without the online portion the number of people working in the photo lab would be cut. With all of the things Web 2.0 does it make doing my daily tasks much easier.
Web 2.0 affects me because I am internet user, I take advantage of all the things Web 2.0 allows user's to do. I have a blog, a wikis, a Google Reader, a facebook, a email address, I share my pictures, I play and download music.
The most important part of Web 2.0 is the fact that it gives me a job, more and more people are using the internet to order there pictures and by working in the Walmart Photo lab the online photo lab on Walmart.com is where we get a lot of our business. Without the online portion the number of people working in the photo lab would be cut. With all of the things Web 2.0 does it make doing my daily tasks much easier.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Internet
Well, I just got off work and the first thing I did was get on the Internet check the yahoo main page, had to see what was on yahoo's news and check out my Facebook to see what my friends have been up to.
I did not have to go to a building or use a huge computer or even spend more than just a few seconds to get on the Internet.
When the Internet was developed in 1962 I doubt that the developers would have ever thought that almost ever household would have a computer and Internet access much less that would mainly use it for entrainment purposes.
They would have never thought about the fact that it would be used to watch news from all over the world or view pictures, watch videos or have a farm on Facebook. They would not have thought of virtual Farms and Mafias. If you would have told developers that in 2009 you could send pictures from California to Texas with just a click of a button or that you could order Pizza to be developed to your house today or three weeks from now. They would have no way to imagine such things as possibility's.
I don't think they knew that there work would be used for entertainment purposes. When they developed the Internet they were just thinking about making communication at work.
I think that what the developers imagined what the Internet become is completely different then what it is today. You don't have to have a PHD to make your own Internet page much less to just post a comment. You don't even have to be over the age of five to know that you can play games and watch videos.
When they came up with email they wanted a way to communicate inside a office. They would be amazed at the things you can do with emails. You can just chat back in forth or you can send somebody a picture that you took of your children or pay your bills.
In 1962 there was no such things as digital pictures or video, if you needed to pay your bills you ran around town or dropped them in the mail weeks before they were due.
I think that if the developers could see what it has become they would be in shock proud of the good thinks that comes from the Internet, online classes, education, news but they would be sick to know all of the bad things that people use the Internet for like, stealing, stocking, taking peoples identity, posting child pornography or making and sending virus through emails.
The Internet can be a great resource it depends on what we the users put out there.
I did not have to go to a building or use a huge computer or even spend more than just a few seconds to get on the Internet.
When the Internet was developed in 1962 I doubt that the developers would have ever thought that almost ever household would have a computer and Internet access much less that would mainly use it for entrainment purposes.
They would have never thought about the fact that it would be used to watch news from all over the world or view pictures, watch videos or have a farm on Facebook. They would not have thought of virtual Farms and Mafias. If you would have told developers that in 2009 you could send pictures from California to Texas with just a click of a button or that you could order Pizza to be developed to your house today or three weeks from now. They would have no way to imagine such things as possibility's.
I don't think they knew that there work would be used for entertainment purposes. When they developed the Internet they were just thinking about making communication at work.
I think that what the developers imagined what the Internet become is completely different then what it is today. You don't have to have a PHD to make your own Internet page much less to just post a comment. You don't even have to be over the age of five to know that you can play games and watch videos.
When they came up with email they wanted a way to communicate inside a office. They would be amazed at the things you can do with emails. You can just chat back in forth or you can send somebody a picture that you took of your children or pay your bills.
In 1962 there was no such things as digital pictures or video, if you needed to pay your bills you ran around town or dropped them in the mail weeks before they were due.
I think that if the developers could see what it has become they would be in shock proud of the good thinks that comes from the Internet, online classes, education, news but they would be sick to know all of the bad things that people use the Internet for like, stealing, stocking, taking peoples identity, posting child pornography or making and sending virus through emails.
The Internet can be a great resource it depends on what we the users put out there.
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