I wonder how the world as a whole used places like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Blogs and other social media? lets see!
With social media, we can connect, we can talk, communicate, socialize, and we can also provide information to those who desire to learn. in certain situations it may be the only way for a person to let the world know of a current event if their normal means of communication have been severed or squandered by a governing body or another, as we learned about in class.
I use social media to learn about topics i love, like Cisco, fiber optics, VOIP, Cloud Computing, VMWare, security, and many more!
so me personally can now with the use of social media look at and monitor new and upcoming news and current events
to be continued...
Sorry for the delay. I got cut off mid stream and had to hit publish so I could Leave to pickup my girlfriend from work before class. another side note IUPUI's wireless was down when I was at school yesterday so this is why I am continuing this now.
back on topic! => I can read about new and upcoming topics on the newest and latest and greatest things that are going to be developed and pushed into production. this gives me a unique advantage over others who use snail mail subscriptions like magazines, because even though magazines are good, they are already outdated by the time they are printed. and it takes about one week to a month to normally arrive. this is where social media can get you going. you can look and see instantly anywhere in the world about a topic that interests you and then join in a conversation to give your input.
Dr Thomas Ho said I should Narrow my Wide Field of Study on my course project down to a more specialized topic. and I do agree I was way out there, but I have always thought and dreamed Big. so as I stare at my Multi-Monitor setup I ponder.
He suggested "How about a CRITIQUE or analysis of the US National Broadband Plan by comparing to Singapore's iN2015?" this does seem like a very neat topic to look into because on the back end it still has to deal with all the topics I originally concerned myself. Here is what I originally Proposed:
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CIT 49900 -Jacob Neitling
*Statement of requirements
how to make the USA connectivity better and more efficient
fiber optics
why this would make for a better USA and a better business model.
*implementation
existing lines
future growth
*compare two countries
USA ~ Japan /Singapore ?
*universal service
-restriction of access
-net neutrality
Internet 2 infrastructure
*underwater cables
-ownership *why have an owner? does it hurt or help)
-implication of global outage
*cloud computing infrastructure
-intellectual property law
-where the data is located?
-analyze countries vulnerability
o Deliverables
-power point
-written report
-charts tables and pictures
* References and other resources you will need to fulfill
-websites
-books
-people over seas
-people in the USA
-companies I interview
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So after thinking about what I said I wanted to do and research and what Dr. Thomas Ho said, I agree National Broad Band is the way to go. It would appear this is a topic that can encapsulate many of the things I want to research. Alas, I need to Trim my proposal down and Harden it up to make it more compact and More precise. So lets take a look at some main points. the first point how to make the USA connectivity better and more efficient fiber optics, and why this would make for a better USA and a better business model.
really this should not be needed in the broad Band plan, even though on the back side it does deal with infrastructure I need not concern myself very in-depth about the physical architecture, i need to focus on how it will be delivered, and methods of delivery.
lets re write this as
how the USA Broad band plan compares to Singapore's. and how would they marked it to the public fairly?
this is a good start. next is future growth and i feel this is a needed topic to determine how it will be affected when the number of users jump from lets say 100,000 to 10,000,000. can the current infrastructure handle this traffic and still deliver what was originally promised in the proposal?
next we can compare two countries which would be USA and Singapore. Still using the Universal service and even restriction of access, and even better yet see if they have the right to filter information in and out of the countries like china does? also look into net neutrality and see how that would affect international laws?
I will completely omit the underwater cables part but I may still at lest mention it in the Infrastructure of the National broad Band proposal. how else do we communicated to another countries?
and just because I really want to I will still include the cloud and incorporate it into the Broad band plan. such as intellectual property law, where is your data located, and vulnerabilities as a countries? because broad band is a wireless technology, who is to say that on the border of the us and Canada that someone cannot use the Broad Band we have setup? look at other borders also? can this pose an issue maybe?
well this in a nutshell will be my rough new proposal now to Iron out the final details
