Tweeting is not for me...

Since I posted that I liked Twitter, I have had a change of heart. Keeping up with people I follow takes a lot more time than I have as a busy adult! Looking at their "tweets" and/or creating my own "tweets" is quite time consuming if it is to be affective. I have learned that it is much more efficient for me to send my friends and family a quick message using Facebook or Myspace. I can tell them how I'm doing, ask any questions, or relay any important messages in one personalized message. That message is for their eyes only and not for a slew of followers. I have officially been converted from a Tweeter!

Gotta be a better way...

It seems that most of us have the same take on data over the web. In some instances it may be necessary to access someone's personal data, but sometimes it may be just plain dangerous! Because I use these websites, I might be considered an Internet predator. Although I am utilizing these sites for business purposes, these people may not want me (or anyone else for that matter) to know their name, address, or phone number. It's a price we have to pay for being taxpaying, US citizens.

Still stuck in the future...

It was very interesting looking at/listening to everyone's "10 years from now" projects! Are these things what we really want in our futures or are we all just a bunch of techno-heads with very different kinds of imaginations?! Technological advances have made things so much easier for us, but are we becoming lazy? Ultimately, we are going to end up with one big universal remote for life!

Reflections of week 1...

Throughout my reading, I learned a lot of new things, but the one thing that really captured my attention was a portion in Chapter 1: "Want to win big in Vegas? Bet on an IT job, not the Super Bowl." (2008, O'brien) This section just leaped out of the page at me! I always knew that I would need to relocate to get a better job in the IT field, but this was my confirmation. I am so totally open to absorb every morsal of information while at UMUC so that I can go "all in" and move to Vegas!