November 24, 2009
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/media-velocity.html
This article by Jakob Nielsen he talks about the development in the velocity of media consumption. He starts out talking about the first novel ever written and how slow the pace was because at the time there was nothing else to read so you had all day to read something. Now with T.V. and especially internet all that has changed. Nielsen begins talking about the differences in the way people approach watching television to people surfing the web. He breaks down the Usability, User Experience, Technology, Ownership and many other topics in contrasting T.V. to the Internet. He explains that when watching T.V. you make a decision every 30-120 minutes as suppose to the web where a decision is made every 30-120 seconds. He then wraps up the article with talking about web videos and how they should be only 2-10 minutes which indicates the usage velocity between Web and T.V.
This article is very important we are basically using the web as a mode of communicating and by that we are throwing quick information to others as suppose to us making a movie clip every week to show the class. That process is slow and would surely not be done in a week as suppose to just using a blog to give information. This shows a major difference in the technology of TV and internet because we cannot have a blog on television. We control the web and it is in our hands.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
YouTube + Univision = TuTube
The agreement allows users to view short clips and full-length TV shows from Univision’s three networks, Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision. This is another step by Youtube as continues to acquire rights to more professional content. This also targets one of Youtubes growing audiences and that is latinos in the United States. The two companies will share profits generated through advertisement.
This is a very important deal as we continue to see the evolution of the internet and its expansion from just plain english to more various languages. This however is twist as its not just text that is in spanish now we are seeing the next step in video.
This is a very important deal as we continue to see the evolution of the internet and its expansion from just plain english to more various languages. This however is twist as its not just text that is in spanish now we are seeing the next step in video.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Online Ads Are Booming, if They’re Attached to a Video
Published: November 10, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/business/media/11adco.html?_r=1&ref=technology
In this article by Brian Stelter he talks about the boom in online ads in regards to video. He goes over the statistics in revenue that online video ads has gone through and how many news sites have been using videos more and more on their homepage. The article talks about how in the next five years video ads will reach a peek of 5.2 billion in 2014 which still pales in comparison with search advertising which is projected to be 16 billion.
This article relates to this class in terms of design for the world wide web because in the recent past about 3 or 4 years ago video on your homepage was said to be a terrible addition to a website. This changes the way we perceive design for the world wide web.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/business/media/11adco.html?_r=1&ref=technology
In this article by Brian Stelter he talks about the boom in online ads in regards to video. He goes over the statistics in revenue that online video ads has gone through and how many news sites have been using videos more and more on their homepage. The article talks about how in the next five years video ads will reach a peek of 5.2 billion in 2014 which still pales in comparison with search advertising which is projected to be 16 billion.
This article relates to this class in terms of design for the world wide web because in the recent past about 3 or 4 years ago video on your homepage was said to be a terrible addition to a website. This changes the way we perceive design for the world wide web.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Networks: Sharks and the threat to communications
Published: November 2 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4557b69c-c745-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=4dce8136-4a24-11da-b8b1-0000779e2340.html
In this article by Jessica Twentyman she talks about how most of how communication data is fed through cables at the bottom of the ocean. She talks about how companies rather use subsea cables rather than satellites because they are cheaper in cost. She talks about how cables are damaged by rubbing against rocks, the threat of anchors falling on them and then off course fish bites. She gives information on the life span of those cables being 25 years but with the constant upgrading and demand the life is cut in half to between 10 to 15 years. There are some companies out there who have invested in finding ways to double the capacity of the cables.
Ths article relates to not just this class but to the global empire of internet and communications technology. There have been many instances in other contries like India where internet power has been shut off by damage to underwater cables and whose to say that the same might not happen to us in the US. On a lighter side Trey Parker and Matt Stone Creators of South Park made an episode of what would happen if the internet suddenly stopped working....click here.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4557b69c-c745-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=4dce8136-4a24-11da-b8b1-0000779e2340.html
In this article by Jessica Twentyman she talks about how most of how communication data is fed through cables at the bottom of the ocean. She talks about how companies rather use subsea cables rather than satellites because they are cheaper in cost. She talks about how cables are damaged by rubbing against rocks, the threat of anchors falling on them and then off course fish bites. She gives information on the life span of those cables being 25 years but with the constant upgrading and demand the life is cut in half to between 10 to 15 years. There are some companies out there who have invested in finding ways to double the capacity of the cables.
Ths article relates to not just this class but to the global empire of internet and communications technology. There have been many instances in other contries like India where internet power has been shut off by damage to underwater cables and whose to say that the same might not happen to us in the US. On a lighter side Trey Parker and Matt Stone Creators of South Park made an episode of what would happen if the internet suddenly stopped working....click here.
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