World Wide Web Transform To Semantic Web !!!!!!!!!!!!
In this blog I am going to define what the semantic is and the advantages of it and what it means to the World Wide Web. Semantic web concept is basically came from the idea of Tim Berners- Lee an inventor that believes that the web as whole can get smarter to improve users searching.
When researching and thinking about this topic they question that I started to ask myself was do we as a society want and welcome the semantic web ?and also other question was how and it works and what is the advantages of the semantic web. I believe the reason why we need the world wide web to become the semantic web is that semantic works by adding data referred to metadata, application can drive more meaningful data from the web.Furthermore when I was introduce to this topic by teacher in class I really find it very difficult to understand until I search online and find a video on YouTube which explains the concept of semantic web really well.
according to to the website ehow.com it says that ''the advantages of semantic web depend on the fact that data isn't just stored, it's understand'', this an great example of the purpose of semantic web. http://www.ehow.com/info_12014339_advantages-semantic.html
They are many types of advantages which has led people to believe that semantic web is the future did you know one particular which is big advantage to me personally is semantic web lies in tagging as new blogger myself I usually tag many posts with a few key important words about the topic I am talking about . This in turn helps others to find and similar posts.
They Always Tell Me Never To Use Wikipedia Like Its Some Kind Of Forbidden Fruit !!!!!!!
In This blog I am going discuss about the problem everyone has against Wikipedia the so called forbidden unreliable website. First of all during my seminar class we spoke about the many things that relate to Wikipedia also as much as I myself used Wikipedia very frequently against everyone wishes advising me not I never actually never quite knew what Wikipedia was I until know when I done some research in class and find out the formal definition according to the website Whatls .com/Wikipedia Wikipedia is an free, open content online encyclopedia created through the collaborative effort of an community of know know users know as Wikipedians.
The reason I myself and many students enjoy using Wikipedia is not because were told its bad so it made us want to use it the real reason why it so popular and we visit it allot it is so easier to you use and I see this as of the strengths and also the weakness of Wikipedia but for now I concentrate on the strengths of this website which I regard very highly when doing research work. Wikipedia is very accessible all you got to do is type in what your searching for with Wikipedia at the end in your search engine and instantly your if Wikipedia which they likely to have it will come up. Furthermore one of the common strengths and which makes it able to have some information on many types of things us as users are looking for is Wikipedia can bed edited by anyone who has the proper permissions and this can attract smart individuals put the input in a certain topic , in my own opinion reminds me of a early old school social networking site instead of swapping messages and photos like Facebook you swap information.
In addition the weakness and criticism that Wikipedia is the the opposite of being useful such due to the reason that what makes Wikipedia what is being able to edit and change information makes it easy to be corrupt with bad information.
according to Jason Scott an Archivist says ''Wikipedia can be useful reference resource and if you understand how it works or doesn't work in both theory and in practice often very different things can be even more useful. Of course , it's a resource , not the resource. Sadly , many users don't realize this and don't use a wide variety of research and reference tools that are available on the web or via library web site . it's all about the right tool at the right time. Wikipedia is far from perfect this is the case with any reference work but we also have concerns about how it operates''. http://www.infodocket.com/2012/12/12/important-read-archivist-jason-scott-has-a-lot-to-say-about-wikipedia/
Also an video from called The Great Failure Of Wikipedia made by Jason Scott
However many people may argue that if Wikipedia gives out non - accurate information and it seen as not useful in getting information so when the Wikipedia blackout occur in January 2012 why did affect so many people? its reported it affect an minimum of at least 50 million users.
From now I am going to start blogging about various hopefully interesting things about Digital Culture after doing research in class I came across many articles on the internet which told me in bullet points what makes a good blog. Which was be an original with your writing style which means don't be afraid to express yourself for example opinions and constant questioning information and also asking question plays a big role in an successful blog ,also continuity is very important this means updating your blog on a daily basics rather than doing one blog and forget about it because its a fact that the most blogs that attract most readers are the ones which get updated allot. So my aim when doing theses Digital Culture blogs is to apply this in my blog posting.
Furthermore during my seminar class I researched and I told how important blogs and the purpose of it.The purpose of an blog is to share your knowledge with world and see blogging as your microphone to the world.
In addition I myself was surprise on how an internet diary such as an blog can so important such I came saw
An big example on how important and how powerful in terms how much interest it receives is the blog of Beppe Grillo an Italian comedian , blogger and politician his blog it said to have secured its position in the top 10 most visited blogs in the world however his blog does contain content which is about insulting high profile celebrities on his blog.
Overall I feel quite optimistic as I have couple ideas and a n good guideline on what makes a good blog now I got to put it on my posting I hope my blog is very interesting to read how portray my ideas very accurately.
In this blog I am going to discuss and highlight factors we used to represent ourselves through social media like social networking sites such as Facebook , Twitter , Myspace also we create websites to represent are self which show and relate to are day to day lives.
during my seminar class we spoke about basically in are world we identify ourselves with theses factors which are family ,Sub-culture , Gender, Class , Ethnicity ,Nationality and Education and nowadays we do it online. However it quite common that we can misrepresent are self differently on the internet, and then I done some research and I came across many interesting information which got me thinking about concept on how we can alter theses factors on the internet. For example I read an study article which was a study or a survey that suggest that people lie more on social networking sites like twitter and Facebook and also people lie or misrepresent themselves the most online and tend to be honest in person. ,http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/study-people-lie-more-on-twitter-and-facebook/
I was really shock and surprise but sadly I agree as I myself has often giving the one of those white lies on social networking site Facebook. So the question I ask myself is why we lie on these social networking ? according to Glenn Wilson a psychologist know his study and hard work on peoples attitude and personality measurement who claim '' modern technologies such as smartphones , social networking and instant messaging have been hailed innovations in the way people interact removing obstacles to conversation and allowing for openness of discourse however we sometimes use these means of communication rather than face to face encounter or a full conversation when we want to be untruthful, as it is easier to fib to someone when we don't have to deal with their reaction or control our own body language. I fully agree with Mr psychologist Glenn Wilson for example I myself has been in a situation were I lied to my female friend about a her new outfit on Facebook so I could avoid the grilling and questions about her outfit face to face as I knew they is a high possibility that she could catch me out lying about how nice her outfit his.
when coming to a conclusion the answer to my question is that it easy to do and we do it because we see it as a culture and common curiosity to lie non - stop on social networking sites , and in my opinion I think its like urge to lie on Facebook because from my experiences people hardly question your honestly on Facebook and Twitter simple as that.
Furthermore when researching about the topic your identity online I instantly came across something about catfish and this is a documentary about the process about the bad negative effects of lying about the factors we alter online which in this situation is age. The documentary contains a young man being filmed by his brother and his mate as he builds a romantic relationship with a young woman on the social networking website Facebook who lies to him about her age and her appearances.
I believe this documentary can be warning and awareness symbol to aware people of how people can alter how they represent online, and try to be careful when it comes to online dating lol.
In this blog I am going talk about a very poplar topic about how unaware of the lack of privacy we get when agree or sign up social networking sites such as Facebook , Twitter, Myspace and Bebo.
During my seminar class we discuss and research specifically about privacy you get or don't get from Facebook. As an Facebook user who uses quite often and uploads many important pictures on to the social networking sites I was quite shock when I found out from my peers in class that the one of the most best america base social networking sites has got a new privacy policy which is called data use policy which allows more and more third parties to have access to my data online. This got me really angry and annoyed knowing some one can have access at will to my personal information and even intimate photos. For example Facebook replaces its privacy policy with data use policy and this means Facebook will use information you give to it according to the privacy setting you have specified , however Facebook will use all the information that i have given to it and that really hurts.
so the question I ask myself is this new private policy of Facebook a good thing or bad thing but if i put my personal feeling aside about Facebook new policy change which i think its not right as someone from a third party could be spying on me. Many people might say Facebook is the biggest social network in the world with like at least one billion members as part of the site therefore this got me thinking maybe Facebook due had big it and it is has some many users maybe this data use policy is way of helping itself comply with its responsibilities which in case vital information is needed from Facebook can be obtain. but on the other hand the question I could ask myself is that us users of Facebook have lied to and been trick to think Facebook has beloved friend as it it so easier and friendly to use but really this data use policy just reminds us that Facebook is business and we should not forget that and the purpose of Facebook is to make money as data use policy allows Facebook to sell are information data to advertisers.
overall I believe Facebook has cross the line and manipulated and ignoring its users. For example did you know that Facebook has stated that it will end its practice of stopping users like myself vote on changes to its privacy policies though it will continue to let users comment on proposed updates and. I think this is another way of telling us users of Facebook that we are not in control of are on personal information on Facebook as a result of that I now think twice of what personal information or pictures I put on Facebook.
In this blog am going to talk about the Artificial Intelligence and human Intelligence and compare both of them and try to make a decision on which Intelligence is greater or better than either. Also I am going to give my opinion about certain argument which defend for or against Artificial Intelligence being superior to the human mind.
As you look around in today world its clear that as society we are very dependent technology and in recent years from my own experiences the debate of digital mind vs human mind is becoming very popular as many people I have came across with believe its only at matter that Artificial Intelligence which is the mind of computers we keep evolving and be greater than the human consciousness mind.
During my lecture and seminar I was introduce to two important people who support and against Artificial Intelligence. Kay Kurzweil is an American author is popular for being a futurist and strong views about the rapid evolving process of Artificial Intelligence which has gave him a reputation of predicting the future of Artificial Intelligence. Also Rodger Penrose is an English mathematical physicist who argues that human consciousness mind is not capable or being present or transferred in an machine type - of digital computer.
When analysing this video which is a interview of Kay Kurzweil at the the Demo Fall release during this year. Kay Kurzweil dicusses about great significant process being made in artficial intelligence which I agree to as well and the reason why I agree to it is he shows a graph which shows the growth of technology over the years from big technology machines to small compact portable devices also not only the size of technology products are changing also it mind.
When I say its mind I mean the programming and hardware is changing to you could say the program or software on new technology devices allow you the user to do more things with it for example compare a mordern moblie phone to a iphone or google glasses you can see what you can do on them gadgets compare to a average moblie is limitless. So when looking at the graph in the intreview I straight away agree brecauses the graph pointed out what I have above which the constant process of technology always changing and at the same time getting smarter. Also Kay Kurzweil quotes that this process technology devices and machines getting better and better becauses we always use computers of the past to make computers for future .
Futhermore during my lecture learnt that Mr Kay Kurzweil talks about computers passing a test called the turning test which is a test which will determine if a an computer machine can think. I fully agree with Kay Kurzweil when saids that computer are getting smarter as newer computer type machine learnts to do somthin new but for him to say that computers will keep on getting smarter or evolving to a level were they can think for them self . It is really something out of the ordinary so when I heard that in my lecture I didnt agree however yet again Mr Kurzweil convice me yet again.
what researching about the futurist Kay Kurzweil on the web so when I came arcoss this article
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/watson-beats-ken-jennings-on-jeopardy/ which reports about Ken Jennning a contestant of on a popular game show called Jeopardy he is the all time leading money winner on the game show. The jeopardy game show is about clues and using clues presented to you to figuire out the question of a certain topicc or answers so for this machine Watson which represents the growing of artifical intelligence to beat the sucessesful game show contantestant at this game this convince that maybe Kay Kurzweil coul be right about artifical inntelligence can one day be the equal to the human mind.
Do I agree with Mr Kay Kurzweil about how smarter artifical intelligence is getting and one day artifical intelligence would be able to think ? to a certain degree yes because its quite clear to see how technology has envolve.
Rodger Penrose best know for study or research in to human consciousness and in this article http://plus.maths.org/content/roger-penrose-knight-tiles he talks about how an machine can never again conscious and being aware of its self. Also Mr Rodger Penrose also disagrees with the Turing test he calims that the test cannot proved he a machiene can think.
I disagree with Rodger Penrose I Believe that this turing test can proved artifical intelligence because the way the test works is that the machine must convince a human it is conscious and if does so it must be conscious.
In this blog am going to speak about the history of computers and the internet how understanding and looking at the history of computers in great detail has shape are relationship with computers and the internet either in a postive way or a negative way.
According to history the first computer made was the US Army's Electrical Integrator and Calculator Machine , and also in the present time right now I believe were privilege to able use technology of computers. During my Digital Culture semiar we discussed the history of computers and how we look at computers for example what is the look at the perception of computers in the past or in the present such as this is my opinion my perception of computers are they are great and useful and we should be proud and feel privilege as generation to able to use computers and the internet.
I am aware that they are many culture factors which had a impact in the history of computers and use of internet therefore this change how we view computers and the internet for exampkle the factors are The US Military Planners , Uniiversity -based Hacker Culture, The Counter Culture and US Corporate Culture.
The Counter Culture is one thoses factors that stands out to me I and in my opioion this cultural factor play a role in how we view computers and use of the internet. As Counter Culture was establishe in the 1960's who didnt like and was fully against traditional middle class valves and took on Buddhism and Hinduism and also was anti- technology and anti-science.
Even in todays world I got a pal who hardly use technology a part from his moblie so to his relationship with computers is not as postive as mine own as as my pal does not like computers as much as me.
so my question is history of computers and the history of the use of the intternet play a big role of how view them and relationship with it ????
