Predictions that Failed

you often read us Failed predictions and I wanted to include some of my favorites
Include the Internet will Fail

My Definition of New Media

The Term New Media is an Over used catch all Buzz phrase that has swept over us like the plague. Any new item that came out is automatically ‘NEW MEDIA’, at least this is what I thought when I first started this class. To paraphrase Wikipedia, New Media encompasses most technology of the late 20^th Century and on. This doesn’t include Television or published material. I now know that it is a very difficult concept to explain. Any New media will allow the users to interact with a community of other users. Material is both created and used by everyone expanding the limits of the imagination. Paul Colligan spoke at Google in 2008 saying that affordable tech is here today, you can for under $1000 buy a recording studio and produce your own content. There is no need to pitch your idea to anyone, you simply put your concept out there and it can succeed or fail. It is because of corporate executives that concepts such as youtube and facebook did not arise sooner. New media allows an open world with endless possibilities.

The technology of new media is far more accessible than most realize
Above is the link to Paul Colligans Presentation @ Google.

Welcome To Popcorn Hour

This May just Revolutionize the Torrent

Really Funny

My Wikipedia Entry

Does anyone even remember this Movie...I used to watch it at least once a week when it was on channel 11.

The original post on Wikipedia didnt mention the lady who raised him
or a description of the main character.
Enjoy and please if u find this movie WATCH IT!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Thing_%28film%29#Synopsis

When will a Paperless office be possible.

In my office we just let go one of my managers and when I emptied her cabinets I found Piles of emails about Donor issues, Payment problems etc, etc. The three biggest problems with it were
1- They were filled with personal Information.
2- They were multiple copies of the same emails just a new line, even something as simple as a reply to an email -OK for example. the whole email would be printed out again.
3- this was the littlest but it bothered me the most a lot of them including mine said Please don't print if you don't need to.

So this got me thinking I have worked here for over 4 years and they have been taking about going paperless well before then, why haven't we...and I found this video on youtube and I think it helps explain...The biggest problem with most good ideas...PEOPLE.

Never Judge an elephant by one of its parts.

Who M I ?

My name is Nick.
I have a Wife.
I have 2 Sons
(my oldest son died shortly after he was born my youngest is 19 months old)
I live day to day in an ever changing world of ever changing technology.
I am inviting you to follow me through my journey. I work at a job that is going paperless and The computer arrives