Official Start Time: 9:30 p.m.
Date: 1/30/09
Official End Time: 10:30 p.m.
A person's digital footprint can be valued at how much space they take up on the Internet: how many websites they have, how many picture and videos they share, and how much content they are creating. Like a carbon footprint, the idea is to reduce how much of an impact we have on the Internet by not re-uploading content that already exist and being considerate of the space that's available: creating a website that has no activity or significance.
I think in the years to come, life is gonna be driven more towards efficiency than anything else. Limitations are gonna be put on how much we can share and with who more importantly. One possible idea I feel might come into play is linking content with tags that carry all the information of the content being shared to prevent someone from uploading the same video or picture twice. It would really reduce the amount of duplicates that are out there.
Another idea is creating an "I.D." that follows you from website to website. Similar to a Ning I.D., you could visit a site and sign up using the same password and username from all your other accounts. It would however suck if you get hacked in that kind of situation where the hacker would have access to all your stuff. Ultimately, the Internet would be slowly but certainly be compressed to major service providers: Google, YouTube, Photobucket, etc. that moderate and provide the services we enjoy.
This however kinda kills the creative spark that the Internet is known for. The everyday Joe would be limited in how much they could share on the web without just copying someone else's original work. In retrospect I think the Internet in the future will become divided into resources that people will refer to when wanting to create new content.
For example:
Ning - For creating social networks
YouTube - For sharing videos
Photobucket - for sharing pictures
Google -for all your inquiries
The Internet has become so large that its hard to group all the different forms of multimedia that are out there. Little by little however I think we can reduce our digital foot print and introduce new ideas that enhance the user experience and are more efficient.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
Date: 1/30/09
Official End Time: 10:30 p.m.
A person's digital footprint can be valued at how much space they take up on the Internet: how many websites they have, how many picture and videos they share, and how much content they are creating. Like a carbon footprint, the idea is to reduce how much of an impact we have on the Internet by not re-uploading content that already exist and being considerate of the space that's available: creating a website that has no activity or significance.
I think in the years to come, life is gonna be driven more towards efficiency than anything else. Limitations are gonna be put on how much we can share and with who more importantly. One possible idea I feel might come into play is linking content with tags that carry all the information of the content being shared to prevent someone from uploading the same video or picture twice. It would really reduce the amount of duplicates that are out there.
Another idea is creating an "I.D." that follows you from website to website. Similar to a Ning I.D., you could visit a site and sign up using the same password and username from all your other accounts. It would however suck if you get hacked in that kind of situation where the hacker would have access to all your stuff. Ultimately, the Internet would be slowly but certainly be compressed to major service providers: Google, YouTube, Photobucket, etc. that moderate and provide the services we enjoy.
This however kinda kills the creative spark that the Internet is known for. The everyday Joe would be limited in how much they could share on the web without just copying someone else's original work. In retrospect I think the Internet in the future will become divided into resources that people will refer to when wanting to create new content.
For example:
Ning - For creating social networks
YouTube - For sharing videos
Photobucket - for sharing pictures
Google -for all your inquiries
The Internet has become so large that its hard to group all the different forms of multimedia that are out there. Little by little however I think we can reduce our digital foot print and introduce new ideas that enhance the user experience and are more efficient.
Sincerely, Hector Guzman
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