11/29
http://acovel.blogspot.com/2010/11/assignment-6-website.html?showComment=1291089226242#c7536339157570354205
12/3
http://batlis2600.blogspot.com/2010/12/assignment-6-website.html?showComment=1291426286059#c7521968562238808075
12/4
http://acovel.blogspot.com/2010/12/week-13-reading-post.html?showComment=1291443908708#c3761634869158881451
Friday, December 3, 2010
No Place to Hide
In a world where more and more information is being created, it is not surprising that there is more and more information being created about people. What is most intriguing is that, while many of us struggle with keeping up with commerical technology, there is so much being created that is kept in secret or not public knowledge. It is this technology illiteracy that can be taken advantage of because you can't guard against what you don't know is there.
TIA
It's like the ultimate search engine for people. While I think it is a good thing that this project fell through, I am not comforted. So much of what we do is automated now that we do not give it a second thought. We live in a database society and our lives function based on which ones our names appear in. The website shows that it is important to remember who you are giving your information to and why. What really bothers me though is the number of people who think it is okay to collect information about you that you don't know about or that you are not privileged to see.
"Explosion in commercial collection, use, and sharing of personal data."
Discussion Youtube Videos
Lacking the required reading video, I watched the discussion board videos. I really get the impression from these videos that the Internet is the Wild West, the lawless land. We try to put our laws into it but the virtual world is so different from the actual one that the laws do not apply. If you try to impose laws, someone will simply work around it. This is why it is so hard to maintain one's privacy.
In a world where more and more information is being created, it is not surprising that there is more and more information being created about people. What is most intriguing is that, while many of us struggle with keeping up with commerical technology, there is so much being created that is kept in secret or not public knowledge. It is this technology illiteracy that can be taken advantage of because you can't guard against what you don't know is there.
TIA
It's like the ultimate search engine for people. While I think it is a good thing that this project fell through, I am not comforted. So much of what we do is automated now that we do not give it a second thought. We live in a database society and our lives function based on which ones our names appear in. The website shows that it is important to remember who you are giving your information to and why. What really bothers me though is the number of people who think it is okay to collect information about you that you don't know about or that you are not privileged to see.
"Explosion in commercial collection, use, and sharing of personal data."
Discussion Youtube Videos
Lacking the required reading video, I watched the discussion board videos. I really get the impression from these videos that the Internet is the Wild West, the lawless land. We try to put our laws into it but the virtual world is so different from the actual one that the laws do not apply. If you try to impose laws, someone will simply work around it. This is why it is so hard to maintain one's privacy.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Assignment #6
Here is the link to my website:
http://www.pitt.edu/~jvp3/index.htm
It was driving me insane because I was typing it in without the "index.htm" part and wondering why my pages were not there! After an hour or so of banging my head against the keyboard, I looked at other people's sites and realized I wasn't typing the complete address.
Anyways, comments and constructive criticism (not that anyone would be mean) always appreciated. I'm particulary interested to know if the colors look okay. They look fine on my computer but I know other screens may be different.
http://www.pitt.edu/~jvp3/index.htm
It was driving me insane because I was typing it in without the "index.htm" part and wondering why my pages were not there! After an hour or so of banging my head against the keyboard, I looked at other people's sites and realized I wasn't typing the complete address.
Anyways, comments and constructive criticism (not that anyone would be mean) always appreciated. I'm particulary interested to know if the colors look okay. They look fine on my computer but I know other screens may be different.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Comments for 11/21 to 11/27
Comments for the days including and falling in between November the twenty first and November the twenty seventh, two thousand and ten.
11/26
http://lostscribe459.blogspot.com/2010/11/assignment-6-website.html?showComment=1290823294017#c2403492476335415426
11/27
http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-12-social-software.html?showComment=1290912238117#c4089830660148872951
http://lostscribe459.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-12-reading-notes.html?showComment=1290913355450#c7285430667825782658
11/26
http://lostscribe459.blogspot.com/2010/11/assignment-6-website.html?showComment=1290823294017#c2403492476335415426
11/27
http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-12-social-software.html?showComment=1290912238117#c4089830660148872951
http://lostscribe459.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-12-reading-notes.html?showComment=1290913355450#c7285430667825782658
Friday, November 26, 2010
11/22/11 Muddiest Points
Google History
How does Google keep a record of search queries? Does it follow IP addresses? I would imagine that there are privacy issues concerning this especially if Google can keep records of search queries for years. I would also assume that this history would be less useful in a library setting where you have multiple patrons using the same computer and making a variety of queries.
Web Crawling
If web crawlers only have a certain amount of time to go through pages before they have to start over, what happens to the pages at the end of the queue? Are they part of the massive list of web pages the search engine can never cover or does the crawler send out an "alert" indicating that it either needs to be given more time or that the other pages need to be picked up by another crawler?
How does Google keep a record of search queries? Does it follow IP addresses? I would imagine that there are privacy issues concerning this especially if Google can keep records of search queries for years. I would also assume that this history would be less useful in a library setting where you have multiple patrons using the same computer and making a variety of queries.
Web Crawling
If web crawlers only have a certain amount of time to go through pages before they have to start over, what happens to the pages at the end of the queue? Are they part of the massive list of web pages the search engine can never cover or does the crawler send out an "alert" indicating that it either needs to be given more time or that the other pages need to be picked up by another crawler?
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Comments for 11/14-11/20
11/15
http://pratt2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/1115-reading-notes.html?showComment=1289835684953#c8519360147575111377
11/20
http://mszewczak.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-notes-week-11.html?showComment=1290309366089#c3817390433239058446
http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-11-web-search-and-oai-protocol.html?showComment=1290309928178#c901832122227664093
http://pratt2600.blogspot.com/2010/11/1115-reading-notes.html?showComment=1289835684953#c8519360147575111377
11/20
http://mszewczak.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-notes-week-11.html?showComment=1290309366089#c3817390433239058446
http://archivist-amy-in-training.blogspot.com/2010/11/week-11-web-search-and-oai-protocol.html?showComment=1290309928178#c901832122227664093
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