My MUZIK Folder

As I sit here looking at how un-organized my organized music folder is I can think of many ways someone else can actually do a better job at organizing my “Muzk” folder.  I looked at one of my folders labeled “Newest Muzik” I have random music genre and artist in that folder in different languages.  Some subfolders within the “My Muzik” folder are labeled by artist but the rest are categorized by rhythm I guess.  If I can’t dance to it I have it in either “Juzz Muzik,” “Chillaxin Muzik,” of “Cruizing” folder.  I have a folder that contains Spanish music that is not well organized. The only one I have organized is my favorite music genre which is Bachata.  My music library is organized in a way that labels the music that I listen to the most in a more appealing unique way that will automatic catch my eye and let me access it quickly. I guess if someone saw my music folder can say I’m a little bit unorganized but to me is organized in a way that the music that I listen to the most is accessible to me.
I guess another person is patient and meticulous and organized he/she can put everything in alphabetical order, either by title, composer or performer and then by the actual genre not just Spanish and English.  Another idea could be by rating if I listen to specific music more than other I can give them a rate and just organize the music that way.  Someone can also organize by the style of music.  Regardless of the way that the person organizes my music library it has to be in a way that my music that I like the most is easy accessible to enjoy.   I like almost all kinds of music but I think that the best way that I can or anyone can organize my music library would be by genre. 

Blog 2 Weinberger Ch.1-2

Weinberger on chapter 1 elaborates on how the world is and started out being miscellaneous and we have worked hard to getting it organized.  We can see how this plays out on the music industry as the world and iTunes music store being us constantly organizing it to fit our needs.  He believes that everything has a place as long as we put it in the right place and take the time to do so.  He states that we invest so much time in making sure our world isn’t miscellaneous in part because disorder is inefficient, but also because it feels bad.  It helps to be organized if we can keep everything organized our lives can move smoothly and proficient in our fast pace technology society.

He also focuses on the Three Orders of Order:  He states that in the first order of order, we recognize themselves in his example being the images and negatives of the Bettmann’s Archives.  So we know that they are objects and they are organized in some kind of order that makes sense.  The second order of order states that they use a catalog that points to the physical place where the first-order-of-order is stored in the back room.  The third and final order consists of content being digitized and how it removes the limitations we’ve assumed were inevitable in how we organize information.

On chapter 2 Weinberger starts off on how difficult it has been to come up with a universal alphabet that we can all use and understand making communication easier across cultures so to simply summarize that section alphabetization is very difficult.  He focuses on how we organize our world in a natural order that reflects on our needs and our “world.  Our technology and the three orders of orders help us categorize and organize the physical order to help us be more efficient though in a different way on his comparison with Amazon and Dewey's ideas.  He gives a few examples like Dewey’s idea to simply to have a single, universal way of cataloging book, one that all libraries would use.

One thing that I find myself constantly organizing is my music folder.  I have simply named it “My Muzik” folder I have about 14 different categories of genre.  It funny if you saw it you would be like what the “F*&#” because I have weird labels like “Juzz Muzik,” Chillaxin Muzik” and “Juzz Muzik” among other subfolders.  It works for me because if a song doesn’t follow on any of my genres like “Old Skoo” or Reggeaton  I “juzz” hrow it on any of those folders but it depends what language it is because I also have a folder that says “Muzica Espanol” which just random Spanish music go to and vice versa with the English music. It works for me though sometimes I don’t know where to put some music though and just throw it in the “Juzz Muzik” folder.  The system works every time I get a new song it has to have the artist name, the name of the song, genre and length of the song and once I have verified that I can put it in a folder.  I find myself organizing my music folder a lot because I’m constantly getting new music and getting new ideas of labeling the music folders.

Real Time

To me the most important idea of the article is “The
Rise of Real Time: A Collective Mind” section. We already know that our society wants everything “now” we are a fast
pace society that if we don’t know something within seconds we in a sense fall
back and need to update what we thought we knew.  The internet gives us a “gateway” or a “window”
that opens the world at a click of a button and when we click this button we
want to know whats “actually happening” (real time) not what happen. 

I find this interesting…. “Businesses
must learn to harness real-time data as key signals that inform a far more
efficient feedback loop for product development, customer service, and resource
allocation.” This is what’s happening right now, real time information that can be seen anywhere in the world.  Recently I have been purchasing some car parts for my car and I noticed that in  everywebsite I went there was a logo or a link to a live chat person.  So if I have any questions on the item I wished to purchase I could talk to someone live at that moment versus trying to call them. 

Real time is become huge phenomenons that if we don’t get on board, we as the new
generation will fall back and feel like in the “technological stone age.”

My current favorite web application that I discovered last year is a website (veetle.com) which allows users to stream “channels.”  I’m not sure if it will have legal issues later because users stream movies that may be in theaters or haven’t come out on DVD yet.  I’m usually not at home neither are my
roommates so we don’t have cable or anything like that.  So I discovered the website and it has been
very entertaining.  It has a variety of channels from sports to bar channels (very boring by the way). 

On this website you can either be a provider or a user.  You can broadcast files, DVDs, Webcams, TV or anything that can be streamed online.   I’m already paying for internet so there areno fees to pay I just had to download their media player and then pick a channel and start watching.  Is a very cheap way to enjoin a movie or a TV show.