Archive for September, 2012

3D Printer Response

The 3D printer was something new for me. When the professor mentioned in class a few weeks ago, I was amazed by imaging a printer that can make things, wow. But the best thing was seeing it in action. I think this new initiative of printing things in 3D will create a huge impact in the market once it passes through quality assurance tests in order to convert this item into a consumer good. I believe the market will react in a positive way towards this new way of printing opening doors for new manufacturing companies to start making these printers. In my opinion, I would definitely buy one of them once they become more affordable for my pocket. J I will use it to print all kind of stuff, such as building models, little toys, statues, etc. I also think that a great part of the market where this printer will cause sensations will be in the family market. Just imaging parents buying these printers to be able to print any toy that their children want. This is something big. In addition, I think this new way of printing relates to what we’ve reading in class about Manovich because printing in 3D has the five elements that characterize something as a form of new media.

Posted by on September 27th, 2012 80 Comments

iPhone 5

Well… as almost all of you guys already know, the new iPhone 5 is being sold to the public tomorrow. What do you think about it? Do you find any interesting features that can help customers in their everyday lives? In my opinion, the new iPhone 5 is the best phone out there yet. However, it’s not different enough from my 4s. So bottom line, I’m not fully convinced to buy the 5.

Posted by on September 20th, 2012 46 Comments

Writing Process

Choosing a specific topic to talk about McLuhan’s book was not an easy task. The Medium is the Massage mentions lots of changes in media and society that were occurring in the 1960s. The way how I developed my idea to talk about the transformation in communication throughout the years was by focusing in the statement that struck me form McLuhan, when he stated that “everything is changing, you, your family, your neighborhood, your education, your job, your government, your relation to “the others”. And they are changing dramatically.” This topic helped to understand that McLuhan had clear perspective of the world and changes that were going on in society. I developed and outline to determine what were the main points that I wanted to develop and described in my paper. I chose to talk about the changes in communication and the impacts in our social lives. To develop an argument with these topics was challenging, society in constantly changing the way how it communicates a message and media has been part of this evolution by being the way for society in order to transmit the message. Finally, I was able to have my ideas in order and I started writing some draft papers to see how my thoughts were having coherence through the writhing exercise. Something that helped me was to have a good introduction with a clear thesis in order to address the issue and give specific examples to support my ideas.

Posted by on September 14th, 2012 214 Comments

November Elections

Hey guys, I’m into politics and would like to open the Pandora’s box… 🙂 Let’s talk about politics, I’ve been living in NYC for about three years, and I consider myself to be a Republican due to the fact that I’m cheap (in the good sense of the word.) I’m very meticulous in what involves spending money that I do not have, which according to what I’ve seen in these four years of President Obama is not going to lead us to any good place in the future. Please feel free to comment on my blog and share your ideas.

Posted by on September 4th, 2012 130 Comments

Do we really control our privacy on the web?

The “Medium is the Massage” opens too many questions about the beginning of new social medias through electronic devices and the World Wide Web. Something that struck me from Marshall McLuhan’s book was the way how he predicted that our privacy will be at risk due to the fact that ir will be too much information from us out there through these new electronic social medias. I agree with McLuhan when he states that “Electrical information devices for universal, tyrannical womb-totomb surveillance are causing very serious dilemma between our claim to privacy and the community’s need to know.” As we know, there are many social network sites out there, and I’m really concern of the level of information being shared about my personal life to advertising companies, governments, etc. Have you thought of the level of information in your footprint? I believe that we have a photo identification document on the web that we do not really know about it.

Posted by on September 4th, 2012 80 Comments