Unit 14 Cloud computing, Muddiest points

Muddiest Point: What is a 'mashup' platform mentioned in cloud computing.

1. Galen Gruman-Clould computing. this is over my head, reminds of the Jetsons (TV carton of a family in the future). Interesting, you can rent space as you need it and don't need hardware/software!

2. Youtube- I could understand this. Online services from any place, using the Web 2.0. Sharing documents in real time, like wikipedia? When mentioned the small notebooks, that didn't need loading software, I thought of the new Acer I just bought. It's great, wireless, I can work anywhere there's a connection!

3. Future of Libraries- They must reinvent themselves to survive. Come full circle from information being scarce to being free & available. (But to those not connected, it's still scarce.) Great identification of trends. I like the one that I think is currently happening, a library as a center of culture, not just of information. Where people come together to learn about each other. we've got to enjoy the journey and evolve or we will cease to exist.

Unit 13 no place to hide

Typing in the web address was so simple, don't know why I did not think of it sooner. Anyway. This was an interesting and disturbing read. Our lives will never be the same because of 9-11. However, how do we strike a balance between protecting ourselves and protecting our freedoms? "Freedom is a dual edged sword". Excess either way brings problems. Think of the fact that it appears that plans for what happened on 911 were found on the laptop of a 'terrorist', but nothing was done with this information. I don't know if it was true, but consider that it was true, who dropped the ball, who can we blame. Because that's a favorite, must blame someone.

And this do not even speak to the massive number of aliens, legal and not in the country and the world. Do they have less rights as non-citizens? I am considering reading the rest of the book.