Gadget Failure?

Apple's iPad looks like a glorified iPhone, and the iPad's features do not seem to make it more exciting than any other Apple product. I do not think that buyers will benefit from it unless they do not already own a laptop. It certainly looks like a neat gadget to have, but my iPhone is more portable and can do almost everything that the iPad can do, and my laptop can do everything else. Unless the price of the iPad falls below the price of a delicious meal, I will not buy one.

Women in Hard Sciences

It is surprising to me that some people believe that women are discouraged from pursuing an education in mathematics, science, or engineering. I have never heard that fact from any man or woman in my life. I have observed that there is more focus put on women to get an education than men, at least in computer science. A quarter of the flyers specific to programming are directed towards women, and none are directed solely towards men. The women that I have had the opportunity to live with and work around have generally been smarter and more dedicated than men. From my own experience, women choose to get an education specific to what will help them the most in the future or what they enjoy the most, and it is not because of what others tell them to study.

Bill Gates on Twitter

This past Tuesday, Bill Gates joined the blogging site Twitter and has become one of the millions of users who are already blogging fanatics. I think it is great that celebrities and business giants try to connect with their fans on a more personal level. It is interesting that the day after Mr. Gates joined Twitter, the site crashed temporarily. I have often wondered what retired billionaires do with their free time, but I have never thought that one would spend his or her time updating blogs. If I happened to be retired and have more money than I could imagine, I like to think that I would be able to spend all of my time traveling throughout the world, buying expensive toys, and helping people.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/ptech/01/20/bill.gates.twitter/index.html?hpt=Sbin

Smallish Post 1

I recently read 4 articles assigned to read before class. They were about technology, but not praising it. They all looked at the power of technology today, and 2 of the writers/speakers seemed unhappy with how technology has taken control of the world. I do not completely agree with the opinions of these men. Neil Postman's spoke about technology change and gave 5 ideas about it. He made many assumptions about information and the effect it has had on the world. I did not agree with all of his ideas or assumptions. He seemed to be trying to send out the message that new improvements in technology are bad or not beneficial to the world. That is something that I strongly disagree with. Technology saves and improves lives. It gives sources of information to those who need it. Improvements in technology benefit the entire world. One of Postman's 5 ideas is that technology is not part of God's plan. I believe that all advances in technology are because of God - if you believe in God, that his goal is to help his children and that he is the reason that your heart beats and that every breath you take is because of him, then it is also true that he helps people who are trying to help others. New technology is created because the inventors think and hope that it will benefit others. Then why wouldn't god help those inventors find improvements to technology to improve lives?

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First Post

I am required to make a blog for my CS 404 class. I've never done blogging before, but my wife has, so I know I have someone to help me with all of the technical stuff!