The Next New Thing!

"EYE-WATCH" is a watch that allows you to follow your friends using satellite technology. The watch will work on a network allowing you to add friends and follow them, of course with their permission. Each watch would have a specific number which is required to in order to add a friend to your network. The watch will alert you if you have a friend near by you and you guys can join up together and have a cup of tea or something.

Our Class Wiki -So Far

My role in the class wiki is of a contributor for "Advertising through New Media!"I have not posted anything yet for the class wiki besides my bio but I have done a tremendous amount of research for my paper which was on how New media effected advertising. I will contribute on topics refering to the latest trend of advertising on the internet. I will update followers and readers about new media technology. I will post information on how to use facebook as a advertising medium for those that don't know. Selling  your used textbooks will become much easier and faster by using facebook's clientele.

P2P File Sharing

What is file sharing?

According to Wikipedia, “File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images, & video), documents, or electronic books.” File sharing allows a number of people to use the same file or file by some combination of being able to read or view it, write to or modify it, copy it, or print it. When referring to file sharing it is usually referred to as sharing through a network 

What is P2P File sharing?

The term P2P refers to peer to peer networking and file sharing. P2P file sharing is usually done through software that connects in to a peer-to-peer network to search for shared files on the computers of other users connected to the network. Files can then be downloaded directly from other users on the network.

What are some examples of P2P file sharing?

According to the article “File sharing joins the mainstream” by Chris Nuttall, BitTorrent is an example of P2P file sharing. He states in his article “the beauty of BitTorrent is in the way it breaks up a large file into pieces and spreads these around users who download them and upload them to others at the same time.” Sites such as Kazaa and LImeware are also example of P2P file sharing.

Privacy and Confidentiality

I believe that Privacy and confidentiality is a major issue and concern that should be considered by everyone on the internet. I have a facebook account that has information about myself. I have emails that are very private regarding my identity. I have set up paperless online transactions with credit card and banks. I'm not the only one who likes the advantages of the internet and easy accessing my account with just a click away but we must be very careful with potential identity theft. If you are using websites that require to provide personal information please make sure that the site is secured first and read the privacy information. There is so much we can do to prevent invasion of privacy but its true that the more information you have of yourself out there the higher the chances you have of being invaded of your privacy.

My Advice to Baruch!

If I was hired by Baruch College to use new media to improve the College I would suggest a few things. I would first suggest that Baruch College should have a twitter account that alerts and update events that are occurring at Baruch. I would also suggest that the current Alert System that CUNY has should be changed to a more responsive system. Another suggestion would be that Baruch’s library should have a staff member available on either twitter or any social networking site which is responsive to answer questions .

About my Term Paper!

My term paper as I stated before was about the effect that new media has on advertising. As I was researching and writing this paper I realized and learned so many things about how advertisers try to catch our attention. I chose this topic because as a crazy facebook user, I started to realized more and more ads popping up. However, I did not find it annoying but more appreciative because the ads were telling me that there was a sale going on at Express. I forgot that I had added Express clothing as a favorite and that I would be receiving updates about their sales. I went about my research by going through articles, scholarly reports, magazines, databases, and sites itself to learn more about the advertising aspect through new media. I feel that new media has completely changed the way companies advertise. I see advertisement on my phone, on facebook, twitter, in my email etc….I believe my paper accentuates and emphasizes on the fact how advertisers have hoped on the new media band wagon and are taking advantage of getting into the consumers lifestyle to promote their products.

I had so much fun with this assignment. Before I start explaining what I exactly did, here are my avatars:

My avatar is flying here:

I made my avatar fly over the ocean:

My SECOND avatar: =]

My Second Avatar:

When I read this assignment I honestly did not know where to begin.  I looked at what my classmates did and some made YouTube videos and some made avatars. I did not want to make a YouTube video because I did not have a camera handy. I decided to make an avatar because I have never done that before. I first downloaded Second Life and then made an account. This process was fairly easy. When I logged into the program I was so excited. I wanted to make more than one avatar. The first avatar was a brown man. I made him fly, jump in water, go on the slide, etc… I also changed my avatars appearance around, but had trouble finding shorts for him because I teleported him to the beach. I decided to make another avatar because I was bored looking at him. So I decided to become an Indian woman. I thought this was pretty funny. I made her go to a romantic island.  I think I will be using Second Life when I am bored because it is so much fun!!