EPIC 2015: The real and the fake

After watching the EPIC 2015 video there was about a 50/50 split in terms of what was accurate information and what was false but served as a satire for the future of the internet and how information is shared. I'm looking at you googlezon.

The video starts our covering the basic foundations of the internet such as Tim Berners-Lee creating the world wide web in 1989 and then that being followed by amazon be founded in 1994. Continuing on following those events were the creation of google in 1998 and blogger in 1999. Moving on into the 21st century friendster was introduced in 2002 along with google's launch of google news that is edited by computers. Other information that fits under the factual category is the creation of Picasa in 2002 by the company LifeScape, which was bought by Google in 2004. Also in 2004 there was the introduction of Gmail and Microsoft's Newsbot.

In the video all of the information talked about up until the creation of gmail and newsbot is factual, however after this point it begins to shift to a false timeline of events as a means to give the viewer a satirical look at the future of news and the internet.

The false information stated was:

• Google Grid
• Googlezon
• MSN buys Newsbotster
• New York Times opts for online paid subscriptions
• Googlezon opens streaming to it's users
• Microsoft and Googlezon compete for the market
• New York Times sues Googlezon
• Supreme court rules in favor of googlezon
• Evolving Personalized Information Construct "EPIC" is created
• New York Times bails on internet subscriptions and prints strictly for the elite and elderly

My "First" HTML Page

So back during my sophomore year of college (last year) I took TINST 312 thinking that it would be a good preparation class for my IT major. Overall it was, but on the first day as we went over the syllabus I noticed there was a group project involving creating an entire website for a fake company and I immediately started to panic. I had never coded anything except for some messing around on code academy (great website by the way) and even then I still didn't have the slightest clue what to do. Luckily for me as the quarter went on I got the hang of things and began to figure out the basics of coding in html and css, which helped me a lot with this assignment in particular. When I began to go to textedit on my Mac and start working on my webpage I automatically knew where to start in terms of adding a header and giving the page a title. However I was definitely rusty because I forgot to close the brackets at the end of the line properly and was immediately reminded of all the late nights I spent cursing at my computer screen for doing the exact same thing in my TINST 312 class. Once I regained my footing I flew through the assignment, adding pictures, creating a body, and successfully created my webpage all while having time to mess around with it afterwards. As a whole this assignment wasn't to difficult for me since I had prior practice and knowledge, but if I didn't have that I would have had to undergo the whole trial and error process until I figured it out.

Email vs Mail: Similarities and Differences

When looking at email and standard mail it would be easy to assume that they are simply different because one is digital and one is not. However that is not the case, while these two forms of communication may have their differences they also share similarities. One similarity shared between email and mail is that they both require an address to which the mail will be sent. The one difference between this though is that if an address is written wrong on an envelope there is a chance for that letter or package to still get to it's intended destination with the help of the local post office trouble shooting to find the right address. While on the email side of things if the email address is wrong, even by one character, the email will fail to send. Another similarity shared between these two mediums, which can also be considered a nuisance is spam and junk mail. In you email these types of messages will appear in your spam or junk folder while regular mail users will receive the junk mail mixed in with their regular mail. One major difference between email and mail is speed. With email you can have a message sent anywhere in the world with the push of a button and it'l be there in seconds. Whereas with standard mail it could take anywhere from 5 days to weeks depending on where the mail is heading. All in all while there may be similarities between email and mail, email has the upper hand in terms of efficiency and speed while standard mail simply offer the ability to receive large bulk items, but who knows maybe even something like that could change in the evolving world of technology.

All in all while the interface for email may be similar to standard mail, email has the overall advantage in speed and effiency while standard mail is still the go to service for recieving large items, and reaching those without Internet access.