My experience on blogging

Well, this is my last post during my time with the Intro to New Media class. Things have come and gone and I wonder, has blogging changed anything about me?

If anything, I am person that wants to keep a low profile. My "presence" in the internet is near non-existent. As I already knew how to use social media sites, blogs, and traversing online communities, I feel like I can go on the internet with "privacy set as default." I mean, really, search me up. I think my only presence online are in the pictures some of my friends posted. Anyone can hack and see your profile online. For me, there is nothing for hackers to see (probably except for my name).

When I started this class, I knew about blogs, but I never seem to want to start one. As blogging was necessary for my grade, I feel that instead of wanting to start a blog, I was made to have one. Casual Airy is my first ever blog. Although I did not post frequently (as it is hard for me to make blogging as an habit) it was a nonetheless an unique experience.

Will I continue to post on this blog?

I don't really know.

I'll probably stop posting from here on. I'll keep this blog however. You never know, something big may prompt me to restart this blog.

I would like to thank all the viewers on my blog. I appreciate it.

さよなら！

Looking Back...

In finals week, I tend to use the week to look at the future and the past (instead of studying and cramming things). Last post, I briefly talked about the future. This time, let's take a look at a short list about our past....about 10 years ago.

10 years ago (2004)...

• Gas was $1.85 per gallon. For $20 dollars, that is about 10.81 gallons
• Nokia and Motorola were the most popular phone brands worldwide.
• Collecting DVDs were growing. Rental video stores like Blockbusters were alive and active
• Google was only a search engine...(yep no Google maps, Google drive, Google news, Google calenders, Gmail was first released in the beta stage)
• Facebook was born

Now let's look what's going on now

• Gas is currently holding at $3.69 per gallon (Wish I knew where). For $20 dollars, that is about 5.42 gallons. 
• Apple and Samsung are the main brands in today's market. Nokia still sell phones and Motorola is...somewhere.
• It's all about Youtube and Netflix instead of renting DVDs from any video rental store that is still alive. (I think we use Redbox instead.) 
• Google is everything
• Facebook has over a billion users.

For those graduating, congratulations! 10 years from now, I hope things are well. That gas won't be about $6 per gallon. That all graduates are not still paying their student debt. That all things are happy and connected in one network. 

Our Upcoming Future

In a few weeks, summer will begin. A few months later, summer will end and fall will come. Then winter, then spring, then summer all over again. Another year will come and end...

It will never stop. Type flows constantly. It is an endless cycle.

Have you ever stop what you are doing, and think about the past? Or are we like technology where we are constantly moving forward? (Or maybe we don't move at all?)

Recently, I received an email from Microsoft talking about a report on the future of Cyberspace by 2025. The report discusses three scenarios of the status of cyberspace in the future: Canyon, Plateau, and Peak. It is pretty interesting and easy to read for those who do not know complex technological terms. While I can or should discuss about the report in this post, I'll save it for another time. Link to the report here.

What do you think?