The Next New Thing

The Next New Thing is on it's way... What it going to be! No Idea at all! :) But I can't wait to see it!

I am simply a user. It's very easy for me finding out in how many ways a resource or device can be used. Like my most favorite new media 'wiki'. I setup a private wiki for my workplace, a wiki for my home network. As a user, that's my thoughts.

But if I must have to look for something new, it's going to be virtual security system what can't be hacked or altered by any unauthorized personnel.

Our Class Wiki - So Far

I've been using Wikipedia for a long time. But never thought it was so easy to create a wiki for myself. The best thing I learn from this class is to create and edit the new media tool Wiki. So I always try to contribute to baruch wiki website. As a layout and graphics editor, I have tried to improve the look and accessibility http://baruchnewmedia.com/wiki. I surf the pages to find out what's missing, or what are the broken links. I have made changes in Main Page .

P2P File Sharing

File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images, and video), documents, or electronic books. It may be implemented through a variety of ways. Common methods of storage, transmission, and distribution used in file sharing include manual sharing using removable media, centralized servers on computer networks, World Wide Web-based hyperlinked documents, and the use of distributed peer-to-peer networking.


Pere-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application. They are said to form a peer-to-peer network of nodes.

Privacy & Confidentiality

Some Rights Reserved

Copyright gives such blanket protection that virtually any subsequent legal use by someone else requires specific permission from the copyright holder. While authors or artists are free to grant rights as they see fit, doing so on a case-by-case basis may be impractical or undesirable. In any event, a license is a legal document that is likely to require drafting or review by a lawyer if the protection is to be enforceable in a court of law.

& goes on ..

When technology and copyright law come together, arguments often surround the balance between the interests of rightsholders to control their works and those of broader society to participate in and develop its culture. In two presentations by respected members of the digital media establishment, they each stated that they wanted to create a culture surrounding certain broad digital rights where users feel free to rip, mix and share. The first was from Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at the Stanford Law School, who has recently launched a group of new standard copyright licenses in Great Britain under the Creative Commons umbrella. These allow free use of certain work for defined activities. The second presentation was from the BBC in relation to its Creative Archive project, which plans to digitize the BBC archive of TV programs so that the public can download, view and reuse the material. The BBC Creative Archive project uses the principles of Creative Commons to take the concept of limited copyright licenses to a wider public.It is undeniable that from a legal perspective the project is a daunting one, as any outstanding rights issues need to be resolved before content can be made available.

Advice to Baruch College

New Media can be applied in every department in department of Baruch College, whether is technology, student life or human resources. Some of the departments already use new media like twitter, facebook, blogs. But how many students follow them regularly?

I don't see proper use of Wikis when each department can create their own on-campus private wikis. Those wiki can easily be used by the employees, and if needed they can open the wikis to the students. All of the faculties can also use the lucrative features of the new media - wiki.

About My Term Research Paper: LinkedIn

LinkedIn: Business-Oriented Social Networking 

Benefits along with Negative impacts on Society

Full Version @ TurnItIn

My research tools are as followings:

·         Internet Search, especially Scholarly reference

·         E-Database Research articles, including Baruch Library databases

·         Newpapers articles

·         Interview with end users

·         Blogs& Wikis articles about my LinkedIn

LinkedIn

social media survey results

Learning is very much subjective. LinkedIn is a mainstream business application with several important capabilities. First, it is a large database of business professionals with 90 million members as of January 2011. Each user has a record that contains 1) biographical information - called a profile, 2) a list of business associates also on LinkedIn, and 3) contact information. Second, it is a social network. A social network brings together people who have relationships and who potentially could have relationships. This is accomplished, in large part, through the key word search function. Third, LinkedIn provides convenient channels of communication, allowing its members to interact and share. This is accomplished by 1) the feature of sending e-mails through LinkedIn to members of your network and 2) discussion groups organized around specialized topics.

LinkedIn offers free basic accounts, which are adequate for most users. It also offers paid subscriptions. Paid subscriptions return a higher number of search results and permit sending e-mails (or in mails) to members not a part of your network. “LinkedIn paid accounts are generally geared toward professionals, such as HR representatives and recruiters ...”(Burnham, 2010).

I wasn't a great fan of Social Networking that much. So even though I registered with LinkedIn couple of years ago, I hardly use this community. But this summer 2011 changed my views as I was having benefits after updating my LinkedIn profile. I was extending my professional network to my various employers, colleges. So when I got an opportunity to choose my research topic for New Media class, I chose LinkedIn. And I was confident I can come up with paper which can bring a detail face of this social networking media.

Business professors find LinkedIn to be extremely useful, and so will you. They use LinkedIn to get reacquainted with former friends, associates and former students, sending out an occasional personal note to a few members of their network. In addition, they connect with consulting clients, directors and staff of state CPA societies, professionals at the FASB and PCAOB. Professors make these connections because it is easy to have directed communication through LinkedIn. Not only do professors need to send notes to, they also receive communications from textbook authors, journalists, professionals and form students through LinkedIn.

social media survey results



Creativity and New Media

Our New Media Class :)

Even my little niece can make neighbors & enjoy the New Media

October 29, 2011

Creativity

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish." - Warren G.Bennis

Creativity is the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or  the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations,  etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination. That's how dictionary describes it. To me creativity is when you have the idea what can be done out of the box, being badly trapped in the tiny box.

1+1+1 = 3

1+1+1 = 1

In the New York Times' articleDisney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why?, we can easily find how new media fosters creativity. New Media has expand the creativity limits to a great extend if we consider the copyright things pointed in this article. Media companies are more tolerant of Internet mash-ups and parodies (like videos in YouTube). Individuals find laissez-faire reaction, while wholesale piracy find themselves in trouble with lawsuits. Creativity gains a route as people can even use copyrighted materials with the use of new media until piracy is tolerable.

Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

A virtual world is an interactive simulated environment accessed by multiple users through an online interface. Virtual worlds are also called "digital worlds," "simulated worlds" and "MMOG's." There are many different types of virtual worlds, however there are six features all of them have in common:

1. Shared Space: the world allows many users to participate at once.

2. Graphical User Interface: the world depicts space visually, ranging in style from 2D "cartoon" imagery to more immersive 3D environments.

3. Immediacy: interaction takes place in real time.

4. Interactivity: the world allows users to alter, develop, build, or submit customized content.

5. Persistence: the world's existence continues regardless of whether individual users are logged in.

6. Socialization/Community: the world allows and encourages the formation of in-world social groups like teams, guilds, clubs, cliques, housemates, neighborhoods, etc.

Blog on Twitter

ashtal786 writing about twitter on blog.

I just tweeted what I am doing right now.

So...What's Twitter Anyway?

Twitter is an information network made up of 140-character messages called Tweets. It's a new and easy way to discover the latest news (“what’s happening”) related to subjects you care about.

&… How is it Useful?

Twitter contains information you will find valuable. Messages from users you choose to follow will show up on your homepage for you to read. It’s like being delivered a newspaper whose headlines you’ll always find interesting – you can discover news as it’s happening, learn more about topics that are important to you, and get the inside scoop in real time.

Social Networking Sites

Before having an discussion these 4 social networking sites, let's have a short note from their own websites. :)

Facebook (Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life): Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet, Myspace (myspace): Myspace is a leading social entertainment destination powered by the passions of fans. Aimed at a Gen Y audience, Myspace drives social interaction by providing a highly personalized experience around entertainment and connecting people to the music, celebrities, TV, movies, and games that they love. These entertainment experiences are available through multiple platforms, including online, mobile devices, and offline events.

dUE: Oct 13 2011

Twitter: Discussion

Social Networking

An example of the share buttons common to many
social web pages. Source: Wikipedia.org

Online Social Networking is a great tool which has its signatures all over the places- from handpalm to high skylines. Eduacation, Business, Medical, Politics almost every sector has online social networking- sharing views friendly, professionally, or even the most informal. Some social networks are popular worldwide, some regional. But all have one common feature 'sharing'.

Badoo, Bebo, Classmates , Cyworld, Decayenne, Draugiem.lv, Facebook, Google+, Hi5, Hyves, iWiW, LinkedIn, Mixi, Multiply, Nasza-Klasa, Nexopia, Orkut, renren, Skyrock, StudiVZ, Tagged, Tuenti, Twitter, VKontakte, Wretch, XING  ... ....

Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivision. Although social networking is possible in person, especially in the workplace, universities and high schools, it is most popular online. This is because
like most high schools, colleges, or workplaces, the Internet is filled with millions of individuals who are looking to meet other people, to gather and share first-hand information and experiences about any number of topics from golfing and gardening to developing friendships and professional alliances (whatissocialnetworking.com, 2009).

Social Networking

Due Date: 10/06/2011

Create a new post on your blog with the above title. In your post, answer the following questions.

What are some ways (corporate and otherwise) that these technologies can be used? What are the benefits of these technologies to society? Be specific. Is there a "dark side"? Make sure to include your opinion of the way these technologies might evolve in the future.

Cite at least 2 of the assigned readings.

Community: Social Networking

Being There: The subtle art of the Facebook update, by Virginia Heffernan. The New York Times Magazine, Feb 15, 2009, p. 25. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15wwln-medium-t.html Is MySpace Good for Society? A Freakonomics Quorum by Stephen J. Dubner. NYT Feb 15, 2008 http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/is-myspace-good-for-society-a-freakonomics-quorum/ Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting by Frank Langfitt, NPR, March 16, 2008. available from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6522523&sc=emaf Social Networking at IBM: Maclean's Feb 4, 2008 "What's Next? Your Future in Social Networking" vol 121, p. 42. http://ibm.rogersconsumerpublishing.com/macleans/downloads/social.pdf Why Is Nissan Mimicking MySpace? by Kenji Hall, Business Week, October 30, 2007. http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2007/gb20071030_537362.htm . Also "Nissan Launches 'N-Square' for Staff", Strategic Communication Management, Dec 2007/ Jan 2008 vol 12, p. 9. Analysis: Real Facebook shop in virtual world breathes life into Mars. Marketing Week. Feb 21, 2008. p. 14. http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=59708&u=pg_dtl_art_news&m=pg_hdr_art Identifying user behavior in online social networks by Marcelo Maia, Jussara Almeida, and Virgílio Almeida, European Conference on Computer Systems, Proceedings of the 1st workshop on Social Network Systems, April, 2008. Available from a Baruch College computer at http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1435498 "How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks’ Power," by David Carr, The New York Times. November 10, 2008; at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/business/media/10carr.html Amazon Says Error Removed Listings" By MOTOKO RICH, The New York Times, April 14, 2009, p. B1. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/technology/internet/14amazon.html Knowledge@Wharton, "Leaving 'Friendprints': How Online Social Networks Are Redefining Privacy and Personal Security http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2262 Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network's Plan to Dominate the Internet — and Keep Google Out" by Fred Vogelstein, Wired, July 2009, p. 96=101+. Available at http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-07/ff_facebookwall Moguls of New Media" by John Jurgensen. Wall St. Journal July 29, 2006 http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115412710465720901-Ah3MvEIHa4T2Ck8IgsXrr01znUw_20070728.html "Teens getting savvier about MySpace, especially girls" by Alex Zaharov-Reutt. IT Wire, Wednesday, 10 January 2007. Available at: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/8467/53/ "Brave New World of Digital Intimacy " by Clive Thompson, NY Times, Sept 7, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html "Facebook Exodus" by Virginia Heffernan, NY Times, August 26, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30FOB-medium-t.html?_r=2&ref=technology "They're Back, and They're Bad: Campus-Gossip Web Sites," by Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle for Higher Education, Sept 4, 2009, p. A20+. Available at: http://chronicle.com/article/Theyre-BackTheyre-B/48220/ "Author Explores the Juicy Origins of Facebook," by Jeff Young, The Chronicle for Higher Education, Sept 4, 2009, p. A20. Available at: http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Author-Explores-the-Juicy-O/7583/. "Facebook Is Going for Some Twitter Sensibility" by Claire Cain Miller, The New York Times, Sept 13, 2009. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/technology/internet/14facebook.html?_r=1&ref=business. Can you trust crowd wisdom? by Kristina Grifantini, MIT Technology Review, Sept 16, 2009. Available at: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/23477/?a=f. Dictionary word of the year: 'Unfriend' By Doug Gross, CNN Tech, November 17, 2009 . Available at: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/17/unfriend.word/index.html. Carnegie Mellon students to exploit social networks to predict success of Internet startups By Bob Brown, NetworkWorld Newsletters, 03/23/10 . Available at: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/58866?source=NWWNLE_nlt_web_apps_2010-03-24. Antisocial Networking? by Hilary Stout, New York Times, May 2, 2010, p. ST1. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/fashion/02BEST.html "Who Cares About Facebook Privacy? Students Do" By Marc Parry, NY Times, July 29, 2010, Available at http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Who-Cares-About-Facebook/25877/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en "In India, Using Facebook to Catch Scofflaw Drivers" By Heather Timmons, NY Times, August 1, 2010, Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/technology/02traffic.html?ref=business

Blogs vs. Wikis

Blog
Blog, short for web log, an online, regularly updated journal or newsletter that is readily accessible to the general public by virtue of being posted on a website. Blogs typically report and comment on topics of interest to the author, and are usually written and posted using software specifically designed to facilitate blogging; they include hyperlinks to other website and, often, photos, video clips, and the like. The most recent entry by the blogger is posted at the beginning of the blog, with earlier entries following in reverse chronological order; comments and other responses to the blog by readers are often posted after each entry.


A blog (a blend of the term web log) is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites. Many blogs provide commentary on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (art blog), photographs (photoblog), videos (video blogging or vlogging), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Microblogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts. As of 16 February 2011, there were over 156 million public blogs in existence. Wikipedia on Blogs
 
Wiki
Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and cross links between internal pages on the fly.


A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems, and note services. Wikis serve different purposes. Some permit control over different functions (levels of access). For example editing rights may permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access control. Other rules can be imposed for organizing content. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work." Wikipedia on Wikis

Blogs and Wikis
After reading this article Brooklyn Blog Helps Lead to Drug Raid, we can easily recognize the importance of blogs.

This New York Times article  An Internal Wiki That’s Not Classified shows how the wikis becoming very useful not only to individuals also Governments. The advantages are obvious, in efficiency and in saving paper, but it has required a leap of faith, too.

Term Research Project

My Topic: Social Business Networking "LinkedIn"

Topic Type: Analyzing a New Media with both positive and negative impacts.

LinkedIn, a business-related social networking site, was founded in December 2002 and Launced in May 2003.

Project Description:

• Analyzing the LinkedIn's background and features.


• Analyzing the mew media application and method used.


• Finding and analyzing the positive impacts on socielty and business.


• Finding and and analyzing the negative impacts on society and business.

What is New Media?

I want to start with few words- create, modify, share, simple. We can put these words together and say about new media- The idea that allows someone to create, modify and share content with friends, colleagues, relatives or even the whole world, using simple and inexpensive tools, as long as he/she has a computer or portable device with internet access.

To me new media is going over several books, while a reading single page a novel. It's like analyzing a poem for couple of hours vs. lots of blog pages on the same poem in a moment. But new media does lack emotions, attachments with the root.

In Friedmans' "The New Media Technologies: Overview and Research Framework" we find a details picture of New Media vs. Old Media. Old media – newspapers, magazines, radio, television – are communication delivery systems. The new media comes up with 5 C's: communication, collaboration, community, creativity, and convergence. These technologies distinguish new media from old media. Examples of new media are- blogs, wikis, online social networking, virtual worlds and other social media forms.

On the age of old media, we had to go over few books or some training to troubleshoot a technical problem. But now we just go surfing- wikis, blogs and specially, YouTube for hands-on tutorial. Clive Thomson's article can be noted here as reference.