Blog Post: Web 2.0 Video

As someone watches this video, they get a better understanding of what Web 2.0 is. They didn't just have someone talk about it but showed what it was. They start off writing on a piece of paper but then switch to writing on a computer. I know that some of the older generations or people who are intimidated by computers could see in this video how much simpler it is to use a computer or the web to come up with your ideas instead of using paper, pencil and a book. As they could see using a paper and pencil and having to keep erasing your ideas takes time, but if you use a computer it only takes seconds to erase what they wrote and rewrite it again in a different way. Then they go into showing links and how it can take them anywhere they want, such as to a different link or by pushing the back link, can bring them to where they were just at.

It has a statement saying, "title does not define the form. It defines the content". How someone wants to portray themselves to the world just became easier. Easier for the world as well as to find what they are looking for. It shows them that they don't just have to write to express their ideas but they can also upload video and pictures as well. They also made this statement, "who will organize all of this data" and then they say, "we will, you will". I think it's good that they showed this information. If people think they can do something they are more willing to try it.

The last statement that caught my attention was "Web 2.0 is linking people....people sharing, trading, and collaboration". I know that since Facebook, Myspace , and Twitter have come along, more of the older generations have started using the web because of it. It does link people together and helps you find people that you haven't talked to forever or now the big thing is to use it to keep in contact with their loved one overseas.

Blog Post 1: Quotation on Writing

"All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by... religion, whatever else it has done, has provided on of this main ways of meeting this abiding need." - Harvey Cox

This quote made me think for a second. It has a good point. If we never heard stories or told them we'd be a very unimaginative universe. Stories help us to explain how we feel, what we saw, what we want to be when we grow up. Everyone has that childhood fairytale story that they heard growing up that still makes them laugh or enjoy if they still her it. Stories help people to fell like they were their when it was happening. Weather they read it in a book or someone was telling a story.

The statement of purpose for this quote I believe is to make a point saying that religion is one the the best examples for using (hearing, telling, and to live by) stories to get the message or point across of what the speaker or communicator is trying to say. This quote in its self is proving a point. As human beings, weather your 3yrs old or 96 yrs old, we like to hear to stories. It helps us to understand or feel like we know what the speaker is talking about. Everyone of us, everyday, tell a story. Weather it is about us, something we saw or heard, or someone else else. To explain things or feeling to people we tend to use stories to explain them. This quote is just stating a fact. I don't think it is trying to persuade you to become religious. This could be intended for anyone, but mainly to prove a point that stories are important.

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