Unlike the first part of these videos, the second one is about the rise of Microsoft and Intel. They also discussed the fall of IBM company. This video was not as interesting as the first one just because I am an Apple user so it is more interesting to me to watch about the rise of Apple than the rise of Microsoft just because I do not use that program as often as the Apple. However, it is still interesting that they were all friends, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Steve Wozniak and they ended up all competing against each other in different computer companies. Fortunately they were all luck enough to make it big in this industry and are all wealthy men.
I did realize after watching this video that you really need to act fast on ideas that you have. I learned this through watching the IBM fail. They were a big company however did not have their eyes open to new opportunities and basically let them slip through their hands onto someone else. After this one mistake in their business they were left in the market with few buyers. I also learned some business skills throughout watching this second video.
1) Getting ahead is a lot in who you know and making good connections.
2) It is good to get out there and start making connections because you never know in the future who you might like to work with or what they have to offer you.
3) And finally I learned that the best business skill to have is to think ahead, think quickly, and most importantly ACT on it!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Triumph of the Nerds Part 1
This first 50 minute video is basically an introduction to how the computer industry evolved into what it is today. I thought that although the video had a lot of background information it was pretty interesting. This first video describes mostly how Apple company became famous and it's two founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. I liked that these companies were like started in garages and were meant to be used for fun and to impress their friends. I think that those make the best companies and fortunes is when you least expect it. These nerds had the intensions to make a device that was easy to use and could get things done, not with the intention of making millions of dollars. That was just an added bonus!
From this video I learned a lot, I learned that Apple company was started by two college friends who were super nerdy. They were early on fascinated with the digital world. They went on the school however found themselves attending conferences with computer companies. During the spare time these friends would hangout and listen to music while building the beginnings of personal computers. When several doors opened the two men took it upon themselves to start marketing for this idea that they believed would be a good sell. Luckily for them these ideas landed them big time jobs and boat loads of money all before the age of 25. These men did not even need to finish college because they realized that they were set for life. They got pretty lucky with that one, I wish that at 25 I was worth 3 million dollars!!
From this video I learned a lot, I learned that Apple company was started by two college friends who were super nerdy. They were early on fascinated with the digital world. They went on the school however found themselves attending conferences with computer companies. During the spare time these friends would hangout and listen to music while building the beginnings of personal computers. When several doors opened the two men took it upon themselves to start marketing for this idea that they believed would be a good sell. Luckily for them these ideas landed them big time jobs and boat loads of money all before the age of 25. These men did not even need to finish college because they realized that they were set for life. They got pretty lucky with that one, I wish that at 25 I was worth 3 million dollars!!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil is an awesome guy! He is the director of engineering at GOOGLE! The latest search engine website. It has become so much more than that. You have Google as a search engine, but you also have Google mail (gmail), Google docs, google images! So much comes from Google. It is an amazing thing, and probably a very interesting place to work. Kurzweil went to MIT and excelled in his classes. He is responsible for having a computer scan text and read it in many different fonts. He is also responsible for having the computer read out loud to the user to help the blind in using computers. Overall Ray is a pretty cool guy, who has an interesting story. He loves to help out those who have minor disabilities such as blindness, ADD, and dyslexia.
He has gone on to write books about what he believes as a Futurist, and how he feels about people with disabilities and the use of technology to assist them.
He has gone on to write books about what he believes as a Futurist, and how he feels about people with disabilities and the use of technology to assist them.
Mark J Stock
Mark J Stock is an artist, mostly dealing with digital art. One of his pieces is called the Sprawl. This is an image that is displayed on a grid (just like our assignment for grid art) and it is of a branch sprawled out over the grid. This is an interesting piece because it's as if the two parts do not belong together. The grid is very organized and neat, while the branch that is over it is disorderly and does not fit into the grid very well.
One thing about me is that I am a Math major. Being a math major, you have to like grid and the imaginary planes. I love this stuff. But for me, when I use a grid I use one to make graphs that make sense that have specific points on the grid. However here he uses a grid which is traditionally used to mark specific known points, as a backdrop to a branch.
This is a little odd and out of place, but I like it. :)
The second piece that I want to talk about is called Red Streamlines. This is amazing!! This is all math and I love it. Here he puts together a piece using the inverse square of a function. He puts together a piece that makes sense to me. This is speaking my language. It is something that can be solved and shown again and again. The result will always be the same when using the same functions. That is what I love about math... consistency.
One thing about me is that I am a Math major. Being a math major, you have to like grid and the imaginary planes. I love this stuff. But for me, when I use a grid I use one to make graphs that make sense that have specific points on the grid. However here he uses a grid which is traditionally used to mark specific known points, as a backdrop to a branch.
This is a little odd and out of place, but I like it. :)
The second piece that I want to talk about is called Red Streamlines. This is amazing!! This is all math and I love it. Here he puts together a piece using the inverse square of a function. He puts together a piece that makes sense to me. This is speaking my language. It is something that can be solved and shown again and again. The result will always be the same when using the same functions. That is what I love about math... consistency.
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart is an American engineer and inventor. He is interested for human-computer interaction. Engelbart is responsible for the invention of the computer mouse. This is a pretty cool invention seeing as how this makes a lot of computer part accessible. For example, the transition between a type writer and a computer could be argued the invention of the mouse. In the type writer you can write text, but you cannot backspace. You are also unable to clip anywhere in the document to review what you have done. With the mouse, and of course the software of Microsoft, we are now able to type on a computer but have the ability to move the mouse around and view different areas of the computer screen.
War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast
This is the original War of the Worlds radio broadcast and it is amazing. At the time this came out, everyone was stunned. This was first heard in 1938 and produced by Orson Welles. Radio could be heard by anyone who had a radio, was at a diner with a radio, everywhere! People were enthralled with the radio at this time, and so Orson Welles thought that he would recreate the War of the Worlds over the radio and get people to believe that aliens were actually taking over.
Because of this the public freaked out. They thought that World War II was coming and panic flew over the US. This was a big controversial in radio history.
Today radio is such a part of our everyday lives, I sometimes wish that I grew up in the time when people actively sat and listened to the radio. I am a huge fan of the radio (minus all the commercials.) However I really like sitting and listening to the radio. Back in the early days of radio it was mostly used to tell news and talk about current events. Now most of the radio is for music, which I do enjoy, but I would like to know what it felt like to sit down with the family after dinner and listen to the radio to get the local news rather than sit down and turn the TV on.
I'm a bit old fashioned. lol
Because of this the public freaked out. They thought that World War II was coming and panic flew over the US. This was a big controversial in radio history.
Today radio is such a part of our everyday lives, I sometimes wish that I grew up in the time when people actively sat and listened to the radio. I am a huge fan of the radio (minus all the commercials.) However I really like sitting and listening to the radio. Back in the early days of radio it was mostly used to tell news and talk about current events. Now most of the radio is for music, which I do enjoy, but I would like to know what it felt like to sit down with the family after dinner and listen to the radio to get the local news rather than sit down and turn the TV on.
I'm a bit old fashioned. lol
My Flip Book Animation
My flip book animation was inspired by a simple story. This is the story of a baby caterpillar trying to find his way through life to become a butterfly. Along the way he meets a frog friend and he shows him the way to become a butterfly.
Through the animation, the caterpillar, Cameron, is born, he begins exploring the world. He is then picked up by a bird who is there to help him find his way. The bird brings him to a beautiful land full of nature. Here he finds beautiful flowers and his frog friend, Frank. Cameron and Frank continue into a forest where they find a pond. This pond has lily-pads and they float on them to another land area. Here they find the perfect tree for Cameron to transform into a butterfly.
Once Cameron is a butterfly, he goes to find his friend Frank again. They share over missed times together, and continue the adventure into a cave where the story ends. This ends in this way to give the viewer an imagination of their own, of where the two friends will explore next. :)
Hope you like it!
Through the animation, the caterpillar, Cameron, is born, he begins exploring the world. He is then picked up by a bird who is there to help him find his way. The bird brings him to a beautiful land full of nature. Here he finds beautiful flowers and his frog friend, Frank. Cameron and Frank continue into a forest where they find a pond. This pond has lily-pads and they float on them to another land area. Here they find the perfect tree for Cameron to transform into a butterfly.
Once Cameron is a butterfly, he goes to find his friend Frank again. They share over missed times together, and continue the adventure into a cave where the story ends. This ends in this way to give the viewer an imagination of their own, of where the two friends will explore next. :)
Hope you like it!
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