Monday, January 24, 2011

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.

1 comment:

  1. Nice post. Good use of specific references to the text. You also do a nice job using examples to help explain the key points. Well done, keep it up.

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