The Next New Thing

I always wanted to create a social media website that allows anyone to create a radio station and through social networking they can create their own fan base.I think it would be cool for more people to voice their opinions and see how many followers they can get simply as an amateur. Imagine a facebook with the purpose of just radio. Follow and listen to your favorite stations. Who said that you need to be famous to have your own station. This site could even give people a chance to gain popularity and sign on with advertisements for their radio broadcasting. With the creation of podcasts you don't even need to listen live if you don't want to.

Our Class Wiki - So Far

What I have done so far:

1) I added to the sports page a description about what the website bleacher report is and how it has changed the way we view sports news. I will be looking to add more to this and other sports areas.

2) I am also looking to add something regarding music and possibly gaming to the class wiki.

P2P File Sharing

File sharing is the sharing of computer data or space via public or private in a network with different levels of access. When a file is able to be shared it allows access to a specific number of users and with different levels of access. Also with file sharing there can be an allocated number of space in terms of storage.

In addition P2P file sharing this allows users to gain access to certain files such as movies, music, and games. This type of sharing uses a P2P software that searches for other computers on network. The Peers are end user computer systems.

One of the earliest examples of P2P sharing was napster and currently torrent websites such as BitTorent are other examples. In a article on wired.com titled "The BitTorent Effect", "Bram Cohen is the creator of BitTorrent, one of the most successful peer-to-peer programs ever. BitTorrent lets users quickly upload and download enormous amounts of data, files that are hundreds or thousands of times bigger than a single MP3." Cohen noticed the problem with file sharing is that upload and download speeds aren't equal. Therefore his solution was he realized that breaking file up into pieces and the more popular the file is the faster the download speed. "Give and ye shall receive" became Cohen's motto.

Privacy & Confidentiality

Growing numbers of individuals across the universe continue to use social media networks. However, despite the various positives of world involving new media, there still remains many concerns. Some of these concerns are privacy and confidentiality. In an article on the wire.com titled "Facebook Privacy is So Confusing Even The Zuckerberg Family Photo Isn't Private", it discusses some of these concerns. In the case of Zuckerberg his sister posted a picture only visible to her friends on Facebook, however it somehow became public. Due to confusing settings that allowed those tagged in picture to effect the publicity of the picture, is what essentially caused the picture to becoming public. We live in a generation where once you post something it has the chance of being spread and put out there forever. One needs to be cognizant of what he or she posts and make sure they are educated about the privacy settings of the social media he or she uses. On searchenginewatch.com it shows Statistics  that around 25% of users on Facebook don't use or are unaware of the privacy control settings.

Advice to Baruch College

If I was hired by Baruch College to work and improve new media, the first area I would improve would be blackboard. Being that we are mobile creatures and we live on our phones, I would first improve the app on phones. Although blackboard offers an app already it seems very archaic. I would improve this by allowing users to login easily instead of going through multiple steps to get to class assignments and notifications. Furthermore, it would be helpful if Blackboard had fingerprint technology enabled in order to login instead of entering CUNY portal login every single time.

Additionally I feel Baruch College would benefit from a website and app used to sell and buy textbooks. Although their are Facebook groups that serve this purpose, I feel that an app with this designated purpose would be more efficient and easier search criteria. Another potential web service that would work great for students as a website that connects tutors with students that allows students to locate help and compare prices for various tutoring services. This website can offer reviews and comments in order to make sure you are getting value for your money.

Creativity & New Media

A year ago I created a website and twitter account to blog and tweet about my favorite football team the Miami dolphins. I got creative with it by adding my own twist to it and a little bit of humor. I created my website on wix.com. What's amazing about being a sports fan in this day and age is you can reach out to other fans and express and share your opinions with the world.

Creativity

Social media has become part of ur daily lives. Therefore, media has the ability to allow individuals to be creative in almost any area of life. In a New York Times article titled "Twitter serves up ideas from it's followers" it shows how companies use twitter to find out what people like and dislike and their behaviors. Eric Hipple head of Sloan school of management said that “Twitter’s smart enough, or lucky enough, to say, ‘Gee, let’s not try to compete with our users in designing this stuff, let’s outsource design to them,"We see how Social media has given to an age where a person can share their new ideas and innovate. For example, look at the rise in entrepreneurs in this country. So many people through media are being creative with their ideas. We live in a generation where being creative with new media provides endless opportunities. In fact look at how businesses have become so creative in how they reach the world. Businesses create Linkedin's, instagrams, twitter, facebook, and so many more forms of social media to reach their clientele and users.

Citation:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/technology/internet/26twitter.html?_r=0