A little than but better late than never.

To start it off, to be able to return to school since 2 months for this last semester is a little bipolar for myself. On one hand I can’t wait to leave polytechnic, on the other, I can’t bear the thought of leaving. As contrasting as it is, I’m still glad to be back in school and the first for this last semester and only lesson for the day is NCT and our lecturer, also the lecturer for all other NCT classes is Miss Kwa~

Here’s one different thing about NCT classes, we are encouraged to tweet and to use any social media sites like facebook and twitter, be it via phone or laptop. Usually, us students would be asked or instructed to slam our laptop screens shut during lessons, but this is different.

So the summary goes. First and foremost, we are taught about social media. Not that I do not get what social media means, but according to Wikipedia, Social media are “media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media supports the human need for social interaction, using Internet- and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers.” All is true by the way and according to what I have learned in class last week, more and more companies are looking to hire people with knowledge of knowing how to use and manipulate social media as social media tools are now being used to market and promote. Especially the fast expanding and widely used social media tools such as facebook and twitter. Both of which, ever since last week, I could not stop logging and checking up on.

Everyone in DMC’s required to signup and use twitter, thus since the first day of class, the number of followers on the indicator at the right column of my twitter page rose a whopping 20 people and gradually up to 116 people now. I was stagnant at 50 for awhile. The rising amount of users coming from DMC and my cohort due to the mandatory requirement to have and to use twitter was rather amusing I must say.

Here are two articles that I chanced upon while looking up on articles regarding twitter and social media.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/oct/26/twitter-media140

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/oct/26/media140-brands-dos-donts-social-media

And here is a quote from articles number 1 that I fully stand by -
“Nuria Garrido agrees: “Your customers expect a long-term relationship and not a short interaction, so social media is a long-term commitment. Within British Airways a lot of people understand that digital is important. At British Airways we are not scared to test – and the recession had something to do with this. Social media is relevant, because it is about building a relationship with your customer. If you communicate with them and they feel good about the brand and are taken seriously, they choose British Airways for flying.”
I think there is no need for me to explain as the quote is pretty much straightforward.
& well, in my own words. I am all for social media. I don’t think I can resist the temptation to use facebook, twitter or any other similar sites. I am dead addicted to social media. However, social media ought to be used carefully as one ought to be careful what is being shared to the public as you never know who would chance upon them and what you put up could go back and bite you.

Other than twitter. This is what we, DMC y3 students would have to do – create a wordpress account and site. The interface, I must say, is rather confusing although I’m sure I’d get the hang of it and as for now, I’m still new and still very much accustomed to livejournal and blogspot.

Mental and not so mental checklist. Social media, check, twitter, check, wordpress check. The last on this list would be none other than the Minority Report blogpost or commentary on the technologies featured in the movie!
I shall start with Tom Cruise. He was so hot back then. Ok, Tom Cruise topic over.
If 2054 is going to be THAT advanced, it would be creepy.

Here is a few I recall and would describe :
Stalker robot spiders : One word. Freaky. Little creeping intelligent robot spiders that could track one down easily and then attacking them to render them easy arrest. Freaky.
Eye tracing : You are being traced down everywhere and whatever you do will get recorded and traced back to you with eye tracing. Freaky and does not allow privacy and thus not one bit of anonymity.
Moving and singing Cereal advertisement : Cereal boxes with animation like a mini screen television. Very cool but would be very annoying should it happen.
Hologram : A three dimensional image made of light that almost makes the image seem real and ghostly.
The touch non screen holographic ish computers : Other than the hologram, coolest technological advance if it ever happens. A computer screen of almost just floating lights and images like the hologram. What a save of space!

The ones I would definitely approve would be the hologram and the computers. Other than that, no more. I would love to have cereal in peace during breakfast.

It is 1.15.
I’m heading to bed.
Until the next post.
Bye.
Messiah

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