Monday, January 25, 2010
NO EUREKA?!
Believe it or not, there was no Eureka, no moment or revelation, and not a flicker of the light bulb. Tim Berners-Lee, the genius, the father of the WWW, took many years to process the idea of linking information together. He had to challenge his ideas and probably experience a series of trial and error before getting what he wanted. Berners-Lee, who was born into a family of mathematicians, followed his parents' footsteps. His inspiration of the WWW came from an old Victorian book of "how to do..." He knew it would become a challenge because the computer hierarchies then were designed for logical organization and processing and had no advanced application that could link things together (he was yet to develop the random association of information into what we call WWW). In the end, he finally archived his goal and created the wonderful system in which we now call the internet. Although he became famous because of this discovery, he kept a low profile and tried to stay away from the mass media. (I really admire this side of him!)
Monday, January 11, 2010
Welcome
Hi, welcome to my technology page! I am hoping that this blog will inform you of the things that I have learned in TelNetWeb class during these past few months. But for now I guess I’ll begin with a little introduction.
Being the senior that I am, it’s quite exciting to be back in school after a nice Christmas break because it means that the graduation date will be that much closer. High School has been a fun experience especially when this is my first time entering such a large and diverse school. I’m originally from Asia so diversity there is very limited. And if you don’t already know, I’m actually a mix blood (Asian-American) who speaks 5 languages. (The hardest language that I have mastered so far is Javanese; the dialects drive me crazy!) My favorite hobbies include painting, listening to music, taking pictures, and scuba diving. So I guess this pretty much sums up my life!
Anyhow, TelNetWeb has been a blast this year! In my previous class I learned of how Cyber Bullying existed and how it can affect the life of a person drastically. This was proven by the Megan Meier incident. Another thing I learned was how the basic structure of html codes consists of:
• html
• head
• body
Also the COPA act was an interesting subject to study. Since internet is such a large system it was only right for the people to try to regulate what kids were being exposed to. In conclusion, these are just some of the things we learned so far. Hopefully there will also be other fun activities and projects to come!
Being the senior that I am, it’s quite exciting to be back in school after a nice Christmas break because it means that the graduation date will be that much closer. High School has been a fun experience especially when this is my first time entering such a large and diverse school. I’m originally from Asia so diversity there is very limited. And if you don’t already know, I’m actually a mix blood (Asian-American) who speaks 5 languages. (The hardest language that I have mastered so far is Javanese; the dialects drive me crazy!) My favorite hobbies include painting, listening to music, taking pictures, and scuba diving. So I guess this pretty much sums up my life!
Anyhow, TelNetWeb has been a blast this year! In my previous class I learned of how Cyber Bullying existed and how it can affect the life of a person drastically. This was proven by the Megan Meier incident. Another thing I learned was how the basic structure of html codes consists of:
• html
• head
• body
Also the COPA act was an interesting subject to study. Since internet is such a large system it was only right for the people to try to regulate what kids were being exposed to. In conclusion, these are just some of the things we learned so far. Hopefully there will also be other fun activities and projects to come!
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