A look back on Steve Jobs Commencement Speech

After reading an article in the Huffington Post titled A Lesson From Steve Jobs: Arts And Technology Education Are Related by Inderpal Grewal sparked an idea I never thought of before. The article discussed the idea that Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences are all integral. I am a major supporter of the Arts and believe that those who participate in the arts tend to do better in school. However I could never place the arts under the umbrella of technological advancement.

Steve Jobs discusses how he dropped out of college. Instead he solely took classes that was of interest to him. He is a perfect example of a man appreciating education and not just striving for that A at the end of the semester. He examines how the creation and design of the Mac was based on his classes in calligraphy. If it was not for his calligraphy classes then the Mac may not be such a prominent figure in our society today. The Mac is known for it's innovation and different design.

The article also throws out the idea of culture industries such as music, television, and film are collaborating with science and technology to become what it is today. Science and Math may be essential for advancement. However, Arts and Humanities is essential for innovation.

Occupy Wall Street Gets Help

So there has been much controversy about the Occupy Wall Street event. For one there are so many messages being thrown around that no one is taking it seriously. Another issue is that lack of publicity. Well over the last few weeks there has been talk about putting money into a PR firm to help this movement. This in return caused much controversy. How can you hire a big fancy PR firm to help when the main goal is to stop shoving huge amounts of money into these corporate giants?

Well I just read that the PR firm Workhouse has agreed to do the publicity for this movement pro bono. For one I think this is a very smart idea. How can anyone take the Occupy Wall Street serious if the protestors themselves are using a corporate giant to shape the message? I'm pretty sure we can all agree that this movement needs PR. For one to shape a message and stick with it. Those other protesters trying to push the environment and other issues into this protest need to take a backseat to the original goals. Also I am pretty sure that Workhouse will get a good bit of publicity about their efforts. In return win win situation.

Another incident that could be harmful to the Occupy Wall Street is Kanye West showing up to event in an outfit probably worth over a gee and then photographed shopping in Givenchy shortly after. Hello, Kanye West is not a part of the 99% of Americans that isn't getting paid. PR probably should have stepped in an had a spokesperson with the cause close to them.

How Old is Society and Media

Today in class a question was posed. The question was how old is the world today? The majority of the responses, of course, were that we were tweens for the most obvious reasons. On the other hand it got me thinking can we really label society in one age group? I completely disagree. In fact I think different aspects of society are different ages.

First off I definitely agree with the tweens idea as far as technology goes. When it comes to technology we want instant gratification. We want information and we want it now. God forbid it takes more than five seconds for the computer to turn on. Another idea is the content in the media. What exactly are the popular information. Here's an idea, Beyonce's pregnancy was the most tweeted thing in tweet history. Yay Beyonce on your pregnancy but really? Out of all the information in the world and events that has occurred over time, this is what was most talked about. This then brings up the idea that maybe Beyonce is just what every nation has in common. I then dismiss this thought and remember that we had a global crisis just a few years ago.

Next we are definitely children when it comes to worldly communication and working together. We cannot even have peace in the world. The easiest thing to do, in my opinion, is creating my own values and following it. The world can't come to an agreement not to litter, or waste water, or even major companies going green. Seriously?

Lastly the government is definitely a senior citizen. Fist of everything in government moves extremely slowwww. Also government can't seem to connect to younger generations. Why are all the elderly getting their requests? Maybe because granny votes in every type of election from community all the way to presidential elections.

Food For Thought.......

Facebook Changes

So apparently the big controversy over the last week has been Facebook changes. There is a mini feed at the side with constant updates and topics heavily discussed have been pushed to the top of the page. The Facebook changes are going to take some time to get used to but is all the controversy necessary?

To be honest, I may be the only Facebook user that can care less about the changes and honestly don't even mind them. I actually found it a little helpful. For instance I had no clue about this Troy Davis situation that occurred last week (Yes I know that I should be up to date with information like this) and I actually found out about it through one of Facebook's new features. Because the Troy Davis incident was discussed heavily, Facebook put the whole discussion about the topic at the top of my page in its own little feed. After watching others comments and ideas on the situation, I looked up the situation myself and was able to participate in the discussion on Facebook without having to search through my main feed for the topic. Not so bad in my opinion.

As far as the whole idea about Google+ making a come up and Facebook is so awful, I really don't think anyone is going to really abandon Facebook. Facebook has become a major part of everyone's life and something so minuscule will not affect the social media site. There are rumors of Facebook charging users, (I believe is false). Now something like this would make the movement from Facebook happen