final blog

Today was our final class for com435! We had our presentations today; it was done like a science fair. It was fun and interesting seeing everyone elses. I presented on a new phone application that allows you to send postcards from your phone! It is so neat and a great idea.

This class was interesting. I learned alot and it opened my mind to trying out different technologies. I am nervous that I only have one semester left; I have no idea what I will be doing, but I know that I will be implenting a lot of technology into whatever it is I decide to do. I learned a lot about the importances of connectivity and how neat it is that technology makes everything pretty personal and instant. It is eerie thinking about where technology can take us in the next few years, especially when thinking about cyborgs.

I can't believe this semester is OVER! Where did the time go?? I am shocked at how fast time is going. But I'm ready to go out into the "real world" I think...

hmmm...

I was in NYC for Thanksgiving and had a fabulous time! I went with my best friend and had dinner with my brother and his girlfriend on Thursday. It was amazing and we had a great feast! While I was in NYC, I saw the windows at SAKS my brother worked on! He graduated from Purdue with a graphic design degree, and he is very talented! It was so neat seeing the windows this year in NYC; I've always wanted to. It was impressive seeing the different ways technology was used. The snowflakes and stars in some of the windows flew around and even talked! The mouths moved and went with the sentences they were saying. It was very neat. Last year the windows were interactive with the viewers; unfortunately I didn't get to see those, but apparantly viewers could press certain buttons for the windows to do certain things. It is really neat seeing the different types of effects tecnology has on all sorts of things anymore; who would have thought Christmas windows would have talking snowflakes and flying stars?!

oops!

I keep forgetting to blog! I am not used to blogging, even after having this for class. I write myself notes, but they just get lost in the shuffle!

Anyways, earlier this week in recitation we talked about our technology presentation. I have no idea what I am going to present on! There are always new things coming out, it's hard to keep up. And if I find something I like, chances are I find out about something more interesting! I know I have to have my idea by Nov 30. But with the holidays and all of the traveling I'll be doing, I hope that I remember to have it turned in!

Speaking of the holidays, I can't believe I will be traveling to DC and NYC this Thanksgiving! I am so excited. I have heard recently that the internet is not available on airplanes! I don't understand how but I think it's amazing. I hope that I can get my Ipod or something to connect! That would be crazy.

Re-Cell

First, I just want to say how proud I am of my group for winning the presentation competition the other day! We had to present on a recent technology, write a summary and have a visual as well as answer questions from a panal of judges! We worked very well together and I was happy to hear how well we did.

Anyways, re-cell is actually a really neat new technology. (re-cell spray is what we presented on) It is a spray that is used on second-degree burns on the human body and works by taking a very small biopsy of the skin and processed right on the operating table. The doctor then takes what was processed and sprays it on the burn and the healing begins. It is much safer than skin graffes and eliminates the need for scar surgerys. I think it is definitely something that needs more research done; this new technology can help many people in many different ways.

WLFI interview

http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/community/18_interviews/18interviews_wlfi_purdue


For another class of mine, I am in a group and we have a real client we are doing PR and Advertising work for. We were scheduled to do a live interview for WLFI about our client! We were on then noon news. It was very exciting and neat to see how it works behind the scenes. The cameras were being moved where they needed to be for a good view of the broadcasters...but were controlled from someone in another room! It was crazy. I definitley enjoyed seeing how advanced it is behind scenes. We got to see how they do the weather in front of a green screen, also pretty neat. It makes me wonder how advanced everything will be years from now.

MACs

I wish I had a MAC for my personal computer. I think they are so neat. They do confuse me when I try to use them in the librarys, but there is so much that can be done on them. My friend can create picture slideshows with music so easily on them - and the program is already on the computer! It's amazing. I think they are so useful, especially for those who will need all kinds of programs like that for their career. I've heard some have programs to create music. Whenever i think about computers and all they are capable of doing, I wonder how its possible for a small machine to do so much. And though I've learned a lot about the internet, I still don't understand how it works. But I'm glad it does!

Hi again!

I'm starting to really get tired of my phone. It's old and out-of-date, but I still have another year on the contract. I am so excited for next year when I can upgrade and get a phone that makes me feel sophisticated! I would LOVE to get a blackberry. I have always thought those were so nice and fancy, and am really excited for when I finally own one. My sister has one and it's amazing. I love the ball on them that you use to navigate and it's neat that internet is accssible. but when I think back to how phones used to be, not even that long ago, I can't believe how much they have evolved! It's crazy how much can be done over time and what is discovered, and it makes me question what will come out in the future. What other ideas are there?