Well this week began with each group presenting their elevator pitch videos which will eventually be uploaded on to YouTube. Infact the minute I entered the class you could sense everyones excitement to see what the other groups have done. It was the first time I have actually done something like this and was a great experience learning how to summarise info into such a short presentation and at the same time make heads turn and really generate an interest. Well that is what I would really define an elevator pitch as. To be honest I have never done a flash presentation so even though our presentation was just a powerpoint slide show converted to a flash presentation I did feel a sense of achievement. I must say I was rather impressed with all the groups presentations. Each one had its own unique style and I particularly enjoyed the one cast inside an elevator. Prof Gilbert then proceeded to critique each presentation which helped a lot ofcourse since we all knew where we could improve upon. That has been one of the really refreshing experiences of this class. The fact that the professor and students keep pointing out areas where you can keep improving. I really wish this was spread throughout NTU to gain a more active learning and interactive learning experience. You may even call it a real-life web2.0 experience =). Our presentation is currently undergoing some changes and the minute it is complete I will add a link for you to view it.
The next topic we moved on to discussing was that of Governing the Freedom Economy: do we need new rules? This was really interesting and there can be so many examples to expand upon. It was wonderful to reflect and see how with different technology suddenly norms and rules need to be ammended. And at the same time how it all suddenly also becomes so acceptable to society. It takes you a while to really think: How have our norms and rules changed over the past few years? What is responsible for these changes?
We discussed the examples of the ERP system used in Singapore and how it has changed to a norm in this society. It actually is really wonderful living in this part of the world and being able to see how technology is really affecting everything. Being a foreign student I guess it is a lot easier to appreciate as I do not take it for granted and notice all these changes compared to my home in India. Getting back to the discussion what was interesting to me was how previous norms have actually aided in the formation of new rules. The ERP system would not work as well if the norm of actually following the traffic law did not exist in the first place. This has infact made it a lot easier to introduce a new rule for a new technology.
Another simple example coming to my mind is the use of cell phones while driving vehicles and slowly how many countries seem to be fining people talking on cell phones while driving. I recently read that the mayor of New York is thinking of banning the use of cell phones and music players while crossing the street. It is quite hard to think of these things and I really do hope that some rules never come into existance as they seem to be challenging our norms and more importantly our freedom. Can you imagine taking off your headphones everytime you cross a road? God knows how many blocks it would take us then to complete a song!
Another topic recently come into the light is that of Apple using DRM coding to allow certain songs to be played only on certain players. In fact it has become such an issue that Steve Jobs actually wrote out regarding and explaining the stance of Apple (Steve Jobs' Thoughts on Music). Due to new technologies providing the abilities to exchange songs between countless number of individuals over the globe tagging systems have now become a rule for online retailing music stores to protect the copy rights of the music.
New technologies are giving us the possibility to do probably what was unthinkable a few years ago. This is why moderating and a constant watch on new technologies will eventually give rise to new norm, rules and even freedoms!
I came across this while reading throught my RSS feeds and it just shows you how technology can be used in our world today!
Google is playing an unlikely role in the Iraq war. Its online satellite map of the world, Google Earth, is being used to help people survive sectarian violence in Baghdad. (Source: BBC News)
Click here to carry on reading.
The next topic we moved on to discussing was that of Governing the Freedom Economy: do we need new rules? This was really interesting and there can be so many examples to expand upon. It was wonderful to reflect and see how with different technology suddenly norms and rules need to be ammended. And at the same time how it all suddenly also becomes so acceptable to society. It takes you a while to really think: How have our norms and rules changed over the past few years? What is responsible for these changes?
We discussed the examples of the ERP system used in Singapore and how it has changed to a norm in this society. It actually is really wonderful living in this part of the world and being able to see how technology is really affecting everything. Being a foreign student I guess it is a lot easier to appreciate as I do not take it for granted and notice all these changes compared to my home in India. Getting back to the discussion what was interesting to me was how previous norms have actually aided in the formation of new rules. The ERP system would not work as well if the norm of actually following the traffic law did not exist in the first place. This has infact made it a lot easier to introduce a new rule for a new technology.
Another simple example coming to my mind is the use of cell phones while driving vehicles and slowly how many countries seem to be fining people talking on cell phones while driving. I recently read that the mayor of New York is thinking of banning the use of cell phones and music players while crossing the street. It is quite hard to think of these things and I really do hope that some rules never come into existance as they seem to be challenging our norms and more importantly our freedom. Can you imagine taking off your headphones everytime you cross a road? God knows how many blocks it would take us then to complete a song!
Another topic recently come into the light is that of Apple using DRM coding to allow certain songs to be played only on certain players. In fact it has become such an issue that Steve Jobs actually wrote out regarding and explaining the stance of Apple (Steve Jobs' Thoughts on Music). Due to new technologies providing the abilities to exchange songs between countless number of individuals over the globe tagging systems have now become a rule for online retailing music stores to protect the copy rights of the music.
New technologies are giving us the possibility to do probably what was unthinkable a few years ago. This is why moderating and a constant watch on new technologies will eventually give rise to new norm, rules and even freedoms!
I came across this while reading throught my RSS feeds and it just shows you how technology can be used in our world today!
Google is playing an unlikely role in the Iraq war. Its online satellite map of the world, Google Earth, is being used to help people survive sectarian violence in Baghdad. (Source: BBC News)
Click here to carry on reading.
1 comment:
Nice post, lots of meat plus the BBC link- thanks!
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