As far as if I would contribute my talents towards this effort, absolutely, but not anytime soon. We used to be a Nielson. Would sell information about what we were.

I actually feel like I am already contributing my talents through blogging for this class and blogging on Tumblr. I am expressing my opinions and sharing information. I believe I incorporate a lot of user generated content into my posts but I hope one day that my posts will reach a peer and help them in a way that changes their lifestyle or point of view. This generation is obsessed with becoming famous through socia.

It seems like only yesterday that we began the journey into. And now the class and course work has come to an end. I have gained so much knowledge and insight into the world of technology and digital communication that I will use to grow, expound, and implement. My one sided views of social media and digital technology are no longer firm but has evolved through this class and has broken through my hard shell.

I agree with Clay Shirky that creating anything online is better than sitting in front of a television. I do see drawbacks with some of the content online and how that content is utilized. I just think overall, the internet is more positive for our minds than the television. These ideas make me wish that those individuals would just go watch television. A few years ago I met a roommate through Craigslist. I started off the vid.

One of the themes of this weeks material was cognitive surplus, or how given the communication platform, we can all influence each other by contributing our time to projects. These can be for fun, for profit, or to help people out. Villain was the best, you can do that too, because the platform is there, and freely available. Mobile devices fall into the medium medium realm as well. They also want to start throttl.