Monday, March 2, 2009
The World is Flat?
According to Thomas Friedman, it is! I think America's stance is kind of a scary one. We are losing our powerful position by someone else's use of our capital investment in the internet! The US seems to have done about as much as it possibly can to help out other countries, and unfortunately it's not possible at this point to take BACK those advantages, our only hope is to outgrow those that have used our investment to their advantage. We need to come up with the next best thing, the internet is so 90's. In order for the US to stay competitive, that's exactly what we need to do - STAY COMPETITIVE. Let's not stick with the tried and true old stuff, let's get innovative and knock the socks off of those that benefited from our attempts to globalize. And this time...maybe we can keep most of those advantages in THIS country...
Bobby The Robot
Will I own a Robot in the future?
OF COURSE I WILL!
Owning a robot would be fun, they might be expensive at first, but you would just depreciate that cost over it's lifetime, and I'm sure it'd be less expensive than hiring a person assistant! And if the conversation is pretty good - they'd be a great friend too! If they get more and more human and will be able to do stuff like really clean the house good, from floor to ceiling, and be able to fold laundry, send emails to clients, etc. I will most definitely be getting one!
- Ross
OF COURSE I WILL!
Owning a robot would be fun, they might be expensive at first, but you would just depreciate that cost over it's lifetime, and I'm sure it'd be less expensive than hiring a person assistant! And if the conversation is pretty good - they'd be a great friend too! If they get more and more human and will be able to do stuff like really clean the house good, from floor to ceiling, and be able to fold laundry, send emails to clients, etc. I will most definitely be getting one!
- Ross
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
NO INTERNET?!?!??!
How would my life be affected without internet?! What a cRAzY question!
My business, Ross Frazier Photography, is largely based on the internet - it is my only presence to my customers unless I want uninvited knocks on the door to my home office! I get numerous emails a day and all orders are placed online through my online shopping albums! My business would be close non-existent without an internet presence.
Also - I use internet to keep in touch with a lot of my friends that I don't see on a daily basis through websites such as Facebook. What would I do if I were unable to visit these websites? I would probably go crazy...for a little while....then I'd realize...oh wait, I have their phone number...if I REALLY want to know. I believe my life is now more productive thanks to internet. Research on any subject is merely clicks away and it's so easy to transfer information from one person to the next through bookmark sharing and emails. Getting class assignments off of blackboard is quick and easy and makes it easy to do class work from home. Signing up for classes using the online BOSS makes it easier on Tech AND the students who can do it from the comfort of their own beds!
I believe life as we know it would shut down without the internet. Would that be a bad thing? Who could say?
For once would we actually notice the phase of the moon instead of looking it up on google? For once, would we actually take the time to walk outside to decide what to wear for the day instead of visiting www.weather.com? Would we be forced to talk with our voices over a phone line instead of our fingers on a keyboard/keypad? Would we be forced to realize how great our lives really are, instead of reading about the fabulous lives of people we've never even seen?
Who's to say the internet failing would be a bad thing? Maybe not failing permanently - but a mere break from it...12 hours maybe? That's quite possibly all it would take.
My business, Ross Frazier Photography, is largely based on the internet - it is my only presence to my customers unless I want uninvited knocks on the door to my home office! I get numerous emails a day and all orders are placed online through my online shopping albums! My business would be close non-existent without an internet presence.
Also - I use internet to keep in touch with a lot of my friends that I don't see on a daily basis through websites such as Facebook. What would I do if I were unable to visit these websites? I would probably go crazy...for a little while....then I'd realize...oh wait, I have their phone number...if I REALLY want to know. I believe my life is now more productive thanks to internet. Research on any subject is merely clicks away and it's so easy to transfer information from one person to the next through bookmark sharing and emails. Getting class assignments off of blackboard is quick and easy and makes it easy to do class work from home. Signing up for classes using the online BOSS makes it easier on Tech AND the students who can do it from the comfort of their own beds!
I believe life as we know it would shut down without the internet. Would that be a bad thing? Who could say?
For once would we actually notice the phase of the moon instead of looking it up on google? For once, would we actually take the time to walk outside to decide what to wear for the day instead of visiting www.weather.com? Would we be forced to talk with our voices over a phone line instead of our fingers on a keyboard/keypad? Would we be forced to realize how great our lives really are, instead of reading about the fabulous lives of people we've never even seen?
Who's to say the internet failing would be a bad thing? Maybe not failing permanently - but a mere break from it...12 hours maybe? That's quite possibly all it would take.
WTF?! Economics?!
Why did I choose Economics as my major, you may ask? Well, quite simply - I enjoy it. Many times when I tell people this, they look at me as if I just told a bad dead baby joke...but I really do enjoy Economics. I find the interactions of consumers and producers in markets with concern to Supply and Demand and other external issues fascinating.
Not only that but I plan on attend Law School in the near future, and a 1996 Wall Street Journal Study shows that of the undergraduate degrees with the highest LSAT scores were graduates of Economics. I believe this is because Economics teaches us to treat each situation logically and abstractly - which is exactly what the Law School Admissions Test is - a series of logic problems.
THAT, my friend, is why I chose Economics as my major.
Not only that but I plan on attend Law School in the near future, and a 1996 Wall Street Journal Study shows that of the undergraduate degrees with the highest LSAT scores were graduates of Economics. I believe this is because Economics teaches us to treat each situation logically and abstractly - which is exactly what the Law School Admissions Test is - a series of logic problems.
THAT, my friend, is why I chose Economics as my major.
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