Wireless carriers are utilizing 3G networks to offer advanced applications such as high speed mobile data and streaming media. Also, 3G has enhanced multimedia capabilities tremendously. In urban areas where 3G has been implemented, there have been greater numbers of users in voice and data. This creates higher data rates at a lower cost than 2G. “The implementation of 3G networks led to the launch of new devices, such as smartphones and PC Cards that support a wide variety of access methods and applications. Operators have been quick to create applications based on multiple platforms, including the open Java standard and QUALCOMM's BREW platform” (Beamen).
In October 2001, 3G was implemented in Japan. It was a very difficult to launch this generation, but it has proven successful. In March 2003, 3G technologies were established in the UK and Italy. At this point in time, 3G phones are just starting to take off on their own. But it has been changing rapidly as the days go on. “While 3G is going to enable telephones to also become Internet computers, video phones and television receivers, its maturity phase will find it competing with wireless VoIP telephone services on Wi-Fi, WiMax, WiTV and the new wireless mobile standard 802.20, which doesn't seem to have a catchy name yet. The slug-fest between analog wireline phone service and wired VoIP seems likely to be continued on the wireless front” (Shepler).
]]>After that she then moved onto the Walt Disney Company and became the Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Disney Consumer Products Division. She was there from 1989 to 1992. But Meg’s adventures didn’t stop there. In 1992 she became the President of the Stride Rite Corporation’s Stride Rite Children’s Division. She was responsible for the launch of the highly successful Munchkin baby shoe line. Also, she repositioned the Stride Rite brand and the retail stores. Meg then held the position of the Executive Vice President for the Keds Division and also the Corporate Vice President for strategic planning.
Prior to eBay, Meg was general manager of Hasbro Inc.'s Preschool Division, responsible for global management and marketing of two of the world's best-known children's brands, Playskool and Mr. Potato Head. She oversaw the reorganization of the Preschool Division during her tenure. Then when she least expected it, she received an offer from eBay in March 1998. She took the position and has been there succeeding ever since.
Currently Meg Whitman is on the Board of Directors of Procter and Gamble and DreamWorks Animation. She is 51 years old and still the current President and CEO of eBay. She is worth 1.3 billion and she made her fortune all by herself. She is married and has two children. Also, she has recently donated $30 million to Princeton University to build Whitman College. “Whitman is a member of the University's executive and finance committees and head of the Princeton Women in Leadership Initiative” (Princeton). She has also donated to many political candidates, both Republican and Democratic.
Meg Whitman is an inspiring woman. Not only is she one of the top richest females in the world, and also Jewish. She has worked her way up to the top and made a name for herself. As for myself, I hope I can make it to the top one day just like Meg. Time States that Meg Whitman has set the standard for a new kind of CEO. Meg has created eBay into a fun company in the social discovery space. One of the lessons learned, is that you have to “you have to evolve your organization. You have to have the right people, in the right job, at the right time” (BusinessWeek). Hearing her say this finally makes me understand why Dr. Steele made us read the book, Good to Great. The same values are mentioned in that book, and it seems that after hearing this interview, Meg Whitman read this book as well.
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As I continued my search for the meaning on the information renaissance, I happened to find a website about a company that has been created to promote the use of the internet to empower citizens to participate more fully in the functioning of the democratic state. This company is called Information Renaissance and it is a nonprofit corporation. It was created in January of 1996. This company’s goal is to provide a focus for public sector networking among the many groups that were collaborating on networking efforts in the Pittsburg area at the completion of the Bridging the Urban Landscape and Common Knowledge. (info-ren)
As my other blog states, I have defined Information Renaissance as the rebirth of information. This company is not exactly what I was looking for, but it still is important to see how other people define this issue. The company’s goals however, try to inform the audience that making use of the internet and to make networking technologies more available, helps broaden the community.
I feel that my definition of Information Renaissance still remains the same. It will stand for now, as the rebirth of information. It is an explosion of technology and information in the world today. Since information is rapidly increasing and the technology is ever-changing, it has become more important today to work for a company that is constantly developing and keeping up with the changes of technology. Innovation is the key to success. As we learn in the CICS program, innovation is where the world is at right now. Everyone in the technology field is racing to be the most innovative.
As I continued my search to find out exactly what the European Renaissance was, I happened to stumble upon an article about the Fashion in the European Renaissance. Being a pretty in style girl myself, I decided to read the article. I found it extremely interesting! The article discusses how the fashion came from both Italian and Germanic designers. In the Renaissance, the popular fashion styles ranged from wide, to barrel-shaped and square fashions. It was very interesting to find out that “Clothing then, as now, was a “status” symbol. However, it was an even bigger status symbol during the renaissance” (realarmorofgod.com). If you were wealthy back then, fashion and clothing was a priority. The wealthy literally wore their wealth on them. The richer you were, the more expensive fabrics were used in your clothing. These fabrics ranged from silk, brocade, velvet, and cotton (which was very expensive back then).
Pawning clothing was also popular. If times got rough, people would pawn clothing, because this would retain value and had significant societal importance. Even kings and queens would pawn their clothing.
During the European Renaissance, it was “typical of many cultures, the ruling class often drove Renaissance fashion trends because they were the only ones who could afford the designers prices” (realarmorofgod.com). The commoners or the lower class invented the technique of ‘slashing’.
Consequently, the royals were in control of the fashion. They would restrict luxuries from the lower class. They would pass laws on certain colors that the commoners could only wear. This is where the ‘slashing’ technique was invented. The commoners would layer clothing and slash shapes into their clothing so the other colors would show through. This was a great thing they did. I can just imagine how upset this made the royals.
As Ted Fishman takes us through China, I really was able to see how the county was in such poverty and shambles when it was being run by Communists. It’s overwhelming to me how this one county could pull itself up so fast and in Fishman’s words, climb the technological latter and become the worlds largest maker of consumer electronics. It only took 30 years to transform China into a market superpower. Now, China is producing some of the greatest experts in biotech and computer manufacturing as well as moving into industrialization very quickly. Also, he explains the cities so vividly and how they went up so quickly but fell just as fast with drugs and money.
“The urgent privatization of roads and other infrastructure utilities reveals another key to understanding why China is growing so fast. The government has unlocked the value of the land it owns beneath everyone’s feet. Every newly developed block in Chinese cities takes shape in part because the land under it gains a price from the government- or a connected official” (Fishman, pg 122). Consequently, China’s rise means that the world will need to get used to a different type of economic superpower. A superpower that has huge numbers of people poorer than those living in countries that china has surpassed in its uprising. The only thing holding China back from being at the top with the U.S. economy is the per capita income. If it doubled, that would then increase the standard of living in China to two and a half times that of the U.S. The Chinese government through all of this expansion has declared that it is only interested in a “peaceful rise”. Personally, I think that is wonderful and in these days, the world could try to be more like this and not so unbelievably competitive.
http://www.amazon.com/China-Inc-Superpower-Challenges-America/dp/0743257529
John Battelle is an exceptional writer that discusses Google and search in general. He writes it from a business like perspective and tries to help the readers understand how Google is on top today, but to keep in mind that they were the latecomers and have grown extremely fast. It all began on September 7, 1998; Google Inc. was formally incorporated with Page as CEO and Brin as President. These two founded Google while attending Stanford University graduate school of computer science while hacking and just doing a research project. It is interesting how they came to the name “Google”. It was named after googol, which I have learned is the term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
Overall, The Search was at times dry, but it seemed to give a pretty good overview on the term search and why it is virtually everywhere on the World Wide Web. This book has inspired me to think bigger and look at the broader view of search and how it’s not just about Google, but about the entire internet and the way we search. And finally the question, Is this book of value? Honestly… Of course this book is of value. Anyone who uses Google on a regular basis should read this book. It explains the secret of how and why things work. It’s not magic, its genus. However, this book is not entirely about Google. It teaches us about many other people who are brilliant and basically know how to take initiative. For instance, I really enjoyed the story behind Bill Gross. He was a born entrepreneur, and incredible man. He was one of the people that got involved with Google early on and helped them grow to 3 billion in 5 years. This book discusses the life of Google, the ups downs, and struggles that this company had to go through to succeed. Search is changing industries today, and as The Search states, tomorrow as well.
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I felt that this book was of great value to me and should be of value to everyone in the CICS program. Each and every one of us are striving to be leaders. In the future, I would like to lead, influence, and persuade in whatever career I pursue. This book discusses the history of powerful people and how their stories influenced the world today. “Stories not only capture, they expand, our attention, and with it, our enjoyment of time” (Walton, pg 14). The use of these strategic stories helps to capture and manage others and exert tremendous influence and power. To develop this story to tell others, you need to first set a goal and determine your buy-in objective. Then establish your story line, and after that develop a story line in three chapters that target your audiences agenda. Finally, call your audience to action. These steps are important to keep in mind when generating buy in towards the positive future, especially in crisis management situations.
Overall, I think this book would be an important tool to keep with me as I move into the workforce. The steps that Mark Walton uses would be especially beneficial to the marketing and advertisement field. “The route to real buy-in- to generating peoples understanding, commitment, and ultimately, their action- is to impact, not just their thinking, but their emotions” (Walton, pg 15). I learned from this book that the age-old secret to generating buy-in is to strategically design, target, and deliver a story that projects a positive future.
]]>After reading this article it provided me with some insight as to what the World Summit Awards (WSA) was. They were handed out by the European International Telecommunications Union and its Global Forum 2007 conference held in Venice. “Since 2002 the International Telecommunications Union has been recognizing technology projects across the globe that overcomes the “digital divide” to produce a “digital dividend” (Gillette).
I then decided to further my research and find out more on the World Summit Awards. Apparently WSA is a global initiative to select and promote the world’s best e-Content. This was started in 2003 and is held every 2 years. It is an invitation project and a global hub for everyone who sees the importance in e-Content creation. There are 168 countries involved today. To me, it would have been an honor to go to this conference in Venice.
Network World is the leader in Network Knowledge and is the leading provider of news, analysis, reviews, events, and education on information technology. This is why Dr. Gillette wrote an article on the Global Forum 2007 conference. I am very happy that Dr. Gillette also introduced this website to us, because it is a wonderful tool to use for our research in information technology. I wish I knew about this earlier, it would have come in handy when finding some web 2.0 technology.
Tim O’Reily known as the Father of Web 2.0. He is a computer book publisher and the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media. He is also a large activist for open standards in software development. “In the year and a half since the term "Web 2.0" has clearly taken hold, with more than 9.5 million citations in Google” (Tim O’Reily). Tim O’Reily created different levels in the hierarchy of Web 2.0. First there is Level 3 which is mainly the applications that derive their power from the human connections and network effects. Examples would be eBay, craigslist, and Wikipedia. Level 2 applications operate offline but gain advantages from online. Flickr is an example that incorporates community and photos. Level 1 application also works offline but gain features online. An example would be Google docs and spreadsheets and iTunes. Lastly, level 0 applications would work well offline too. Some examples would be MapQuest, Yahoo maps and Google maps.
Overall, Web 2.0 is a complex and evolving technology that includes server-software, content-syndication, messaging-protocols, standards-based browsers with plugins and extensions, and various client-applications.
]]>First off, “There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it” (Dale Carnegie). This quote was one of Carnegie’s principles that he proposed that people learn to live by. I believe that this man was brilliant. He basically took what people were afraid to ever say or do, but knew it was right and put it in a book. For example he has many techniques that he has published and labeled his fundamental techniques in handling people. First, don't criticize, condemn or complain. Second, give honest and sincere appreciation, and third, arouse in the other person an eager want.
Overall, I feel that Dale Carnegie was a wonderful teacher and everyone should read his book. Especially if you want to work in the corporate world and have people like you. This quote is extremely important because it is true. Even in Graduate School, I see firsthand how people are evaluated on what they do, how they look, what they say, and how they say it; especially when it comes to interview time!
]]>This physical need is an extremely important part of my theory. I believe that people need to communicate with either themselves or others daily. When there happens to be an interaction between people, it involves the encoding and decoding of messages. This means that both people engaged in a conversation need to speak the same language. However, I have also realized that non verbal cues also play a huge part in human communication. Reading people’s facial expressions and hand gestures help out when there is a language barrier.
Littlejohn explains that, “a theory focuses our attention on certain things- patterns, relationships, variables- and ignores others. This truism is important because it reveals the basic inadequacy of any one theory. No single theory will ever reveal the whole “truth” or be able to totally address the subject of investigation. Theories function as guidebooks that help us understand, explain, interpret, judge, and communicate” (Littlejohn, 2007).
As I look back at other theories that have been developed, I have come to realize that my own personal theory resembles that of the Shannon-Weaver model of communication.
“The source (transmitting side of communications) signaling systems/needs to encode the information to be transmitted to fit onto the medium or channel being used to convey the information. The medium can be a range of possibilities: air, copper wires, or even fiber-optics. When we speak to another human, we determine whether or not the person understands the language and put it on the medium (air) to be delivered to the other person. The receiving end will need to decode the language into one that he or she is able to understand. The return signal from the receiving end may ask the transmitting source, “Is this what you are trying to tell me? If it is, then we can discuss this topic further.”This type of transmit/receive/confirm format is the basis of human communication and is also employed in data networking transmissions” (Jones, 2003).
The Shannon-Weaver model basically consists of a source, encoder, channel (noise), encoder, and a sink. Then the sink will send the message back by a decoder, channel (noise), decoder, and back to the source. Personally, I did not use the same exact words as Shannon and Weaver, but it is the same form of communication.
In today’s society communicating has advanced tremendously. Computers are used daily to communicate, as well as telephones, cell phones and text messaging. The world is making communicating with others so easy that basically anyone and everyone can participate. Tom Peters explains that you need to “listen constantly, congregate, or share ideas/information, and recognize achievement” when you engage in a listening situation. (Peters, 1987). Overall though, human communication is anything that gets a point across while maintaining a relationship. In Conclusion, as language changes and evolves so does Human Communication.
]]>The key attributes of communication discussed in Dr. Gillette’s class on Monday, August 20th, were based around comprehension and understanding messages. Sending and receiving messages by either using verbal or non-verbal cues is also part of what human communication is all about. Verbal cues are the same as oral communication which emphasizes the tone of a person’s voice or the language that they choose to use. Sound is the major factor in oral communication. Non-verbal cues rely on symbolic representation. This means that facial expressions, hand gestures, and body movement are added into the communication process. Language needs to be understood on both ends of the spectrum so that the message that is being passed through the channel can be decoded. Human Communication is therefore an act of communicating in any form with another human being.
It is also a discussion, a relationship between others either verbally, or non-verbally. In today’s society communicating has advanced tremendously. Computers are used daily to communicate, as well as telephones, cell phones and text messaging. The world is making communicating with others so easy that basically anyone and everyone can participate. Overall though, human communication is anything that gets a point across while maintaining a relationship. In Conclusion, as language changes and evolves so does Human Communication.
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