future of the Internet

The Future of the Internet has gone far beyond its intended purpose. The rapid progress technology and the internet has been making is insurmountable. So what will be the future of the Internet? Are we going to be walking on virtual land? Is our daily mode of life going to be transformed in to something we can hardly comprehend?

We won't have to use tangible sources to conduct our lives anymore because everything will be digitalised and it will be a "touch" screen away. we can map out what we would like to do and where we would like to go in thin air and we will get there. How amazing will that be?

According to Vin Cerf : Future of the internet

- Internet’s going off planet, which means it will be going terrestrial:

- More application on the internet as more and more people will be pouring in more info

- Left unregulated so that more ideas can be generated and innovative ideas can spread around the world

- Domain name system: can have multilingual names (Japanese Chinese, Vietamese, Indian, etc): making it accessible for many people around the world.

- *IP Version 6 :More and more technological advancements are going to integrate with the internet (riding on web 3.0- semantic web). There will be an increase in speed of accessing information

- Integrating tv and mobile? We will just have to wait and see for the future to unfold itself.

Movie Making 101

Here's my amateur attempt in making a movie. Thank you Windows Movie Maker. (:

Digitize your Life?

Digital media is capitulating our lives. From 3D images which once fascinated the world came AVATAR an escape to the virtual world of reality.But what has the digital media done for us all?

Here's a video to quick start you guys on the importance of digital media and how it has transformed lives and made it accessible to many, starting with the young and has fueled through our learning process.

E-Commerce

When I think of E-commerce, online shopping comes to mind. Many shoppers out there frequent online blog shops and purchase online merchandise from fashion stores such as ASOS-an online British fashion store, Victoria Secrets and H&M just to name

a few. Just like shops from shopping malls, online stores too have their annual promotions and rebates for regular customers.

But why would anyone buy off the screen when you can't even try out the clothings one may ask. It takes me eons to choose clothing from a physical store with a GAZILLION try outs and still indecisive in picking one. Can you imagine the trauma I'll be experiencing during on a virtual shopping site? That's exactly why I do not have merchants calling me up to pick up delivery nor have I increased my wardrobe collection in my war

drobe because indecisiveness can be a pain in the neck :/

Enough of the ranting, now back to series BUSINESS, pun intended, online business have been gaining immense popularity and pocketing a lucrative sum a

nnually. So, with ample online stores around the world, from Europe to Asia, the internet has made it far more accessible and reliable a platform for online transactions to take place. It has been around for some time no doubt with E-bay, Amazon.com and other popular online sites, online shopping has definitely captured the attention of avi

d shoppers and regular shoppers alike. How do these companies stay in the competition and maintain their profit globally?

I'm going to be talking about one of the pioneer companies that embarked on an e-commerce that is still in the lead, DELL computers. DELL computers is one of the first companies to allow its customers to custom configure and purchase computers online. It is one of the first companies to start a just-in-time production, where middle-men are completely excluded from the business transaction. This means that DELL will correspond directly with the customers via online or through direct purchase at IT fairs.

DELL has been a leading desktop and laptop producers and I had the privilege of working with them as a Sales Consultant. I was posted at a store in Suntec City where customers can physically see the computers before making an online purchase with us. Due to the absence of middle-men in the company, the manufactured PCs fro

m Penang, Malaysia will be directly mailed to the customers where simple set up of the computers will be done and should the customers surface any difficulty, we as Sales Consultants will be handling the matter at hand.

The customers are taken to the website through our guidance where we will guide them through the process of customizing their products; from the colour of their cover to the specifications they require to run their PC efficiently. Everything is listed on the website without much complication and it is by far one of the easiest online transactions one could ever do. Purchasing a computer is definitely a task at hand and could even be a chore. DELL.com has made it very easy and simplified for the less tech savvy to maneuver around the website and select the computer of their choice. With a simple click, one can not only purchase a computer but bring home their own created one! Sounds like a sales pitch much? A long overdue one? My apologies.

With much rave about Apple computers and its products, people might have well forgotten what they have started out with? Windows. Therefore, to pay a tribute to one of pioneer computer companies that started a cost effective production motive for their clients, here's an interview with the founder of the DELL computers Michael Dell and his two cents worth on aspiring entrepreneurs who would like to start their own small businesses.

In conclusion, E-commerce has brought about many benefits for the customers and businesses alike. If there is an idea or a bright spark, capitalise on it and put it out there and make some money.

In the wise words of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple products,

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected, Steve Jobs.

Internet and Journalism

Journalism is the practice of researching and reporting of events, concerns and trends to a broad audience. Although there is much dynamism within journalism, the ideal is to inform the citizenry. Besides covering organizations and institutions such as government and business, journalism also covers cultural facets of society such as arts and entertainment. The field includes jobs such as editing.

Journalism has come a long way. From traditional media (which we still use now) such as television, radio, newspapers and magazines, journalism has paved its way in to reaching out to the masses (public) substantially. Although much can be said about the lack of immediate feedback from the readers as these adopt less of a transactional form of communication. However so, traditional media is still the prime source of information output. Viewers still turn on the television set or read the morning papers to catch up on hard news and breaking news coverage.

With that being said, there has been a shift towards online news coverage. From online forums and news channels to citizen journalism, news reporting and writing has been geared towards the tech savvy and the generation of people who are pretty much dependent on the new media for news feeds.

According to an article written for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, author Kendyl Salcito has drawn positive and negative viewpoints on the shift to online journalism such as interactivity for one whereby there has been an increased ability of the public to source out information and interact online with new websites in search of news. This apparently encourages the exposure to greater diversity of content.

However, there were some negative views drawn such as the lack of journalistic credibility. As much newsworthy and noteworthy the articles these online journalists write may seem, they may not be journalists in real life. Furthermore, the strong opinionated articles written by journalists could come off as propagandistic and this may significantly alter the perceptions of the readers.

So which is better? The question is not to compare and choose one over the other. It is to sieve through and be discerning with your choice of news medium you would like to use. There are some news we would like to find out through traditional medium as the trust is already established with regards to credibility and news source. Other more entertaining news could gather more viewer-ship from the online sources. Here's a video discussing the prevalence of internet journalism and how it is affecting information generated from traditional media. They speak of mergers of social media and traditional media and so forth.

S'pore General Elections 2011

One should never underestimate the power of the social media. Social media by and large has proven to be not only influential but at the same token proven to be educational and informative. We use social media every day of our lives, especially the youths as our eyes'll be perpetually stuck on Facebook or Twitter pages.

With that being said, with the coming general elections 2011, it will be of no wonder to how social media will be used as a platform to engage, inform and "spread the word" of how good or bad a particular candidate is and how this affects the perceived views of the public and 'netizens'. Facebook, Twitter, online news sources and blogs will be particularly of interest for many!

So everyone's waiting for the 7th of May- The Polling Day for the General Elections 2011. This will the first time after so long that every citizen of the nation, above the age of 21 of course get to vote for their favoured candidate standing at the constituency. There has been a series of walkovers for the past number of elections held here in Singapore. Therefore, it will be of a monumental significance for Singaporeans who would like their voices heard.

Personally, I do not know much about the elections nor have I been following up with the past election campaigns. I also do not have a strong distaste towards the 5-year ruling of the People's Action Party (PAP). It'

s reign has thus far served the nation well with regards to setting the foundation right for the development of our country, which has undeniably progressed from once being a fishing village to a now global enterprise, paving way to building greater international rapport and recognition. I could say that I am fairly apathetic towards politics simply because for me, the country has been well served for, in terms of security and safety. There has been a growing acceptance towards what once known as taboo topic of discussion such as homosexuality or other controversial issues. That being said, it does not mean that I am fully accepting of the astronomical rise in transport fares, educational fees and food pricing in eateries. But le

t's not get carried away by my topic at hand here.

So, there have been young candidates contesting for a place in the parliament as every other year. But what is so special about the 2011 general elections is the women electorates that are standing for their political parties. I am going to be talking about the two most talked about, one of the youngest candidates standing in so far, Miss Tin Pei Lin from the People's Action Party (PAP) and Nicole Seah from the National Solidarity Party (NSP). Both are representing two opposing political parties and coincidentally contesting at the same constituency.

So, we have two equally credible candidates, both with the same type of qualifications and grassroots experience. But how will these young women, aged 27 and 24 respectively, be able to face up to the public scrutiny and challenges that they might have to face once elected as the member of the parliament?

Social media Facebook, Twitter and Youtube have been providing coverage to the intense scrutiny both Nicole and Pei Lin's been under for the past week and gives us updates on how each plan to make a difference in the country's well being. Social media does contribute a fair share of its power to inform and educate the public about the candidates and the various viewpoints from the public. What is good about the social media is that they are able to publish videos and blog posts from the public and encourage unbiased, viewpoints which may or may not influence the public at large. However, given that amount of freedom to do so in its content, the public are better aware of the extent to which each politician's credibility stand.

Here are two videos and a link to a blog post that informs viewers of a certain viewpoint that may spark off a controversy, nevertheless, intended for sharing purpose only. I find the read and the videos fairly reflective of the intended purpose of the content and the personality featured and it did serve its purpose of injecting some form of reaction or response from the readers.

Multimedia

The amazing work of technology and its advancements has not only astonished us but its speedy progress is making headlines on consumers' expectations of what they are going to be exposed to. It started with "Walkman"- a media device that enabled people to listen to music, progressively Compact Discs took over (CDs). Now, dominated by the demands of the consumers to watch everything in high definition and micro pixels, it is of no wonder why technology experts are in the quest to satisfy that insatiable hunger of the tech savvy.

With blu-ray technology and high definition (HD) aesthetics, consumers are scampering to keep up with the latest multimedia device they can find.