The Next New Thing

When we are traveling to other countries, the most annoying thing is communication barrier. I thing a great type of new thing would be smart wearable devices. I propose it has two small devices, one that wear on hand and combine with smart phone and translator. The other one wear on your neck for speaking. The device you wear is for receiving and translating then when you speak the neck device will speak the local language for you.  Therefore wherever you travel to you don’t need to worry about language barrier, and of course  the smart device  will allow  you online shopping, chatting, and GPS.

P2P File Sharing

File sharing is exchanged files between computers through internet or networks. P2P is a type of decentralized and distributed network architecture  that allows a group of computer users with the same networking program to connect with each other and directly access files from one another's hard drives. Some examples of P2P such as BitTorrent , Napster, LiveStation etc. According to the article “Should Online Scofflaws Be Denied Web Access?” by Eric Pfanner, while file sharing by peer-to-peer networks appeared to be leveling off globally, sites that offered alternatives to downloading, like streaming of pirated movies, were growing fast and the Private bay has caused American entertainment of $20 billion a year in sales.

Privacy & Confidentiality

As social network website like Facebook, Flicker, and twitter are getting more and more in popularity and users continue tagging their photos, privacy issue is main concern for these social communities because it is important for user to have a safe and comfortable environment.

Sharing photo is a common feature of many social network sites and it allows users to upload their photos to share with friends or to public. Unfortunately, sometimes it is not a safe to share photo with others, not only can photos be stolen and used by strangers, but many photos, especially those taken by phones or devices with GPS technology, contain tags that reveal their location, which means viewers can figure out where exactly they were snapped. In other words, it is easy to gather the photo’s owner information such as where he/she lives and what is he/she hobby.

Creativity and New Media

I have created a short video of my two lovely birds kiss each other .
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0q167YO2ZY&feature=em-upload_owner

Creativity

New Media is a good way to broadcast one's ideas and inventions  and  new media has influenced many  businesses and organizations helping to change and create new ways of working and collaborating. In article "Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers" talks how  Twitter  creators are using Twitter users to improve and enhance the social network. "The company watches how people use the service and which ideas catch on. Then its engineers turn the ideas into new features".

Modeling Reality with Virtual Worlds

Virtual Reality is powerful computer technology stimulate a 3D environment  that can transform your sense of presence .  virtual worlds can be used in online game, social networks, educations and business. virtual world can help business  collaboration more efficiency " Going to the virtual office in Second Life " by Mark Tutton, talks how companies use Second Life virtual world for meetings, trainings, and share ideas.  In Virtual world, you can be who you want to be  "In Room 100, It's Sid and Nancy All Over Again," by Saki Knafo, how  people use Second Life virtual world to create   and reenacting certain places that can not affordable  to do in real life.

There are pros and cons of virtual world. one of the pro that it will improve some one's skill without causing any mistake in real world. Virtual world can improve companies productivity.
One of the cons is social isolation because in virtual world we lack of true,  and physical interaction.

In virtual world, you don't have many restrictions therefore any thing you can imagine you can build there. It is a good way to  forester your creativity. In the future virtual worlds it  will become a part of our real life. people can do most of work just log in to the virtual world such as shopping, schooling working and traveling

Social Networking Sites

Facebook: The most users of Facebook are college or high school students.The main features that are available to Facebook users are the Wall, that allows friends to post and share messages, and pictures.One of the key features that Facebook offers is the ability to connect with different members and groups , allowing users to create personalized profiles that reflect their interests and affiliations
Myspace: The website looks more fancy than any other social network site. The main features in MySpace  include the ability to modify and build a user profile such as emoticons to reflect different moods, an “About Me” and “Who I’d Like to Meet” section.
Twitter: In Twitter you don't have friend list , you follow your friend or friend follow you .Twitter only allow 140 characters  for each message. Twitter is more like a B2B and B2C social network site. people follow news, international events and  jobs .
Linkedin: A professional social network is focusing on B2B and B2C.Your profile is base on your educations and  Job experiences. On LinkedIn, the people who are part of your network are called your "connections." A connection on LinkedIn is a trusted business contact not like friend  on other social network.