12/6 Reading Responses

What cloud computing really means

Cloud computing is a phrase with which I was not familiar before reading this article.  I think that in the future, cloud computing could allow for more Internet sites to appeal to greater audiences, and other sites could become more efficient and offer more options to users.  This site offered rather helpful basic descriptions of different kinds of cloud computing, and what they offer to users.  Among the different kinds of cloud computing, I think that SaaS, Utility computing, and Service commerce platforms are the three kinds of cloud computing that could become more popular within the near future, because of their relatively low costs and ability to offer services to many users.  Even though this site did not provide a great amount of information about cloud computing, I became more interested about the subject of cloud computing after reading this article, and how cloud computing can affect the future of the Internet.     

Explaining Cloud Computing

I think that this video provided better general explanations of the basic aspects of cloud computing, and how it is becoming increasingly more relevant to the Internet and its users.  Since sites such as Google and Amazon are applying cloud computing effectively, one may wonder how many other online sites and businesses can effectively apply different aspects of cloud computing to their web services.  Since sites such as Google and Amazon are capable of competing with software providers such as Microsoft, it could be that the competition between these companies can help to increase the efficiency and variations of the cloud computing services offered by these different businesses.  If cloud computing were to become more popular in the future, then the capabilities of Internet sites could allow for cloud computing technologies to improve the general effectiveness of Internet technology. 

The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation

I enjoyed reading this article, because of its speculation of the history of information, and how information could be perceived in the future.  Considering the processes that had to occur to distribute information throughout society during the 15^th through the 19^th centuries, one may wonder how much the processes will change to distribute information from the present through the next four centuries.  How libraries will respond to these new developments in information technology could be a cause for concern for many involved in the subject of library and information science.  I think that this article addressed the needs of libraries to adapt to the future of information well, because it offered specific recommendations for libraries, such as how libraries should consider offering podcast stations, as well as a guest lecture series on new technologies.  Regarding the transition of libraries from a center of information to a center of culture, I think it would be very interesting to witness such a transition in one’s life, if libraries were to develop a greater presence in society, so more individuals could rely upon libraries for a source of more cultural information. 

12/6 Class Muddiest Point

I don't have a Muddiest Point for this week. 

11/29 Class Muddiest Point

Regarding folksonomies, I was wondering if more academic libraries are becoming more accepting or more skeptical of the emergence of folksonomies in libraries and other academic institutions. 

12/6 Comments

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12/6 Reading Responses

No Place to Hide

I think that this website was fairly interesting, because it discussed issues about which much of the nation’s population is concerned in this increasingly digital age.  Even though much of the information on this site is not surprising, I still found some of the information to be informative. This website provides many interesting links to other sites such as the Center for Democracy and Technology’s site, the site for the Department of Homeland Security, and the Direct Marketing Association’s site.  The interviews with people such as Asher, Ashcroft, Dinh, etc. were interesting, although unfortunately many of the interviews were too short.  I think that the Center for Investigative Reporting is an important organization of which more people should become aware, because it provides many good articles about the status quo of security in the United States.  Generally, I thought that this website was rather interesting and discussed issues of which more people should already be aware.   

TIA and data mining

This website provided more important specific information than the first website in my opinion.  Tracking systems such as TIA may be intended to be used for strictly anti-terrorist purposes, although these systems could be abused in specific ways by those controlling them, and those in control of such systems should be scrutinized to prevent invasion of privacy.  I found this site to contain a great amount of interesting news links and resources from the past, although unfortunately there are not any recent news articles.  I think that this website could be a very informative site for anyone not aware of the events that have occurred within the last ten years regarding electronic information privacy.  I would like to find more sites like this in the future, particularly ones that could provide more recent information regarding electronic information privacy.   

YouTube Video

Apparently this video was removed from YouTube because of a Viacom copyright claim, so I could not write a review for this article.