The Next New Thing

It may seem a little too futuristic, but anything is possible right? We have come to know what virtual worlds are and how some companies have been using them for meetings and such. How cool would it be if we were able to form a hologram of ourselves and send it anywhere at anytime? We would be able to  see things as if we were really there! This could help with business meetings in need of far traveling, visiting friends and relatives, and just knowing you have the capability to be at and see any place whenever you want!

Our Class Wiki- so far

I have contributed some lively photos to mostly the New Media in Entertainment page. I still have a significant amount more to contribute, but my goal is to make these pages (not just entertainment) more vibrant to look at. We need more things to catch our eye other than just words. That's where I come in :)

P2P

File sharing refers to providing access to digitally stored information such as computer programs, audio, images, videos, documents, or electronic books.

Peer-to-peer, or P2P, refers to a computer network where each computer can act as a client or server for the other computers in that network, allowing shared access to files without the need for a central server.

The first peer-to-peer application was the file sharing system Napster. Others include Kazaa and WinMX. Just be careful how you use it, you don't want to end up like the Minnesota mom who was hit with a $1.5 million dollar fine for illegally downloading music through the peer-to-peer file-sharing network Kazaa in 2006!



http://baruchnewmedia.com/w/images/3/35/IllegalMusic.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P2P_file_sharing

Privacy and Confidentiality

Privacy and confidentiality is a big issue when it comes to new media. If done right, there shouldn't be any issues. But because of how easy it is to share your information and accessible for almost anyone to see, it could pose as a potential threat for things such as identity theft and cyber-bullying. New media such as facebook, twitter, and linkedin all have privacy settings that you should familiarize yourself with. You also want to make sure that anything you post or say will probably be seen by hundreds of thousands of people. So play it safe, do not write anything that could get you in trouble or that you know could put you in harms way.

Advice

In terms of new media, there are definitely a few suggestions I would give to Baruch College. New media is huge and is just getting bigger and more popular. Since this is the era that we are in, we should definitely get a good grasp on everything about it and how it works. I would suggest a Wiki to be made for each class as well as a Linkedin account since we are a business school. I would also suggest offering more online courses that would utilize some of the types of new media (for example, virtual classrooms).

creativity and new media

Amused at the smallest things, me and my friend James videotaped our other friend Marino opening a trick can of peanuts. Thought we'd share the laughs and post it on Youtube :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inDd0ZeTFCg&feature=related

Creativity

 New media = Creativity. True or false?

True. There are many reason and examples of how this is so. New media allows you to voice yourself in many different ways. Whether it be through a blog, video journal, podcast, etc., these medias allow you to be yourself and show everyone else a little bit about who you are.

Many celebrity singers today got big because of you tube. Colbie Calait is just one of a dozen.

Virtual worlds allow you to pick out clothes, design your own apartment, and even meet a friend at your favorite local coffee shop. After all, that is what being creative is all about, isn't it?



1. http://youtubestars.blogspot.com/
2. lecture notes on creativity