To me 10 years seems like an eternity away but I know it will come faster than I can imagine. In 10 years I hope that the world is a different place with my help. First I hope to graduate in two years with a working knowledge of the field of Sociology and the Spanish language. I hope to go work in the community development field helping out the impoverished in the U.S. while taking frequent trips to different parts of Latin America to help out the people there also. I hope to impact as many children's lives as possible who know nothing more than living in the worst possible conditions but still manage to love life. After working for a few years I hope to go to graduate school. After graduate school I hope to work for some part of the government or a non-profit organization that helps the impoverished such as Unicef or Habitat for Humanity.
Through all of this I hope to have to perfect marriage in front of a waterfall (This could be hard to do since most are remote and loud, but I'll make it happen). I also hope to be starting a family and live in a house where I can see mountains and get out to go hiking whenever I want. Even though I probably won't be living in Clemson in ten years from now I hope to be somewhere nearby where I can still come back to see my family and of course football games. I also hope to keep getting closer to my family. So basically in a sentence in ten years I hope to be married, starting a family, working to empower the poor and powerless, and fulfilling a life that will make my family proud.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Web 2.0
I think that the title means that the computer is becoming us, or we are becoming the computer. The later sounds bad when read aloud but essentially this is what's happening. The Web 2.0 part of the title shows that it is not longer the same internet anymore. The "2" shows something new and innovative. The machine is making us, us because through blogs and other types of medium we are able to express ourselves in ways that we weren't able to before as well as express ourselves to the mass of people that get on the internet every day.
Web 2.0 affects someone who is ready to enter the workforce because the workforce is changing into Web 2.0. Forty years ago, if even that long, businesses had to do most things on paper and it was much harder to find any information out in the world that they may need, but now finding information on anything is as easy as typing search words into Google. Someone new who is entering the workforce must be up to date on their internet skills. They must know the basics of computers and how to utilize everything that they can do. In today's business world if a potential employee of a company that relies on computers and the internet a lot doesn't know how to use them they are least likely to get the job. It affects them in another way due to the fact that if they have a previous blog, flickr, or any account like that previous to getting a job the future employee can possibly see it and find out more information about the person than they wanted to put out there.
It affects people who are already in the workforce because it is basically taking over. Everyone is going to have to switch over to using Web 2.0 eventually just to keep up with the competition. It is also going to take teaching people how to use it properly. While there are some drawbacks, the use of Web 2.0 will make the business world a different but better place where things can be done more efficiently due to the amount of things that can be accomplished through the internet.
I think the maker of the video is right in saying that we are going to have to rethink everything. By being able to link so many things together we are going to have to rethink how information is presented and how to do this in the best way possible. Also, by being able to link so many people together through blogs and other groups, people are going to have to rethink how they present their self.
Web 2.0 affects someone who is ready to enter the workforce because the workforce is changing into Web 2.0. Forty years ago, if even that long, businesses had to do most things on paper and it was much harder to find any information out in the world that they may need, but now finding information on anything is as easy as typing search words into Google. Someone new who is entering the workforce must be up to date on their internet skills. They must know the basics of computers and how to utilize everything that they can do. In today's business world if a potential employee of a company that relies on computers and the internet a lot doesn't know how to use them they are least likely to get the job. It affects them in another way due to the fact that if they have a previous blog, flickr, or any account like that previous to getting a job the future employee can possibly see it and find out more information about the person than they wanted to put out there.
It affects people who are already in the workforce because it is basically taking over. Everyone is going to have to switch over to using Web 2.0 eventually just to keep up with the competition. It is also going to take teaching people how to use it properly. While there are some drawbacks, the use of Web 2.0 will make the business world a different but better place where things can be done more efficiently due to the amount of things that can be accomplished through the internet.
I think the maker of the video is right in saying that we are going to have to rethink everything. By being able to link so many things together we are going to have to rethink how information is presented and how to do this in the best way possible. Also, by being able to link so many people together through blogs and other groups, people are going to have to rethink how they present their self.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
About me
My name is Johnsie Lanham and I grew up right here in Clemson. Some people say it's crazy to go to school here since I grew up here but it's like a completely different world and life being a student rather than just someone in the community...I guess I get the best of both worlds. I just changed my major to sociology from health science and I have a minor in Spanish. I love dancing and have done it for the past 14 years of my life along with going hiking, camping, or anything else that will get me outside to enjoy everything that is out there. Traveling is a big deal to me and I've been a ton of places but my favorite would have to be Honduras which I've been to for the past 6 summers to work with Habitat for Humanity. I guess that's about it other than the fact that I hope I'm doing this whole blog thing right.
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