Home Phone vs. Cell Phone?

The article I found this week involves decrease of households using landlines. Surprisingly enough, the leading states in the cell-phone only category are Oklahoma and Utah. For me, the idea of getting rid of the landline has been discussed for a few years at home. My mom really wants to get rid of house phone, which barely anyone, except telemarketers call. The service of our house phone is so basic that no long distance phone calls can be made from it, leaving that up to cell phones. I think the idea of getting rid of landlines in houses is a good idea. When we want to reach someone cell phones are the most direct way. It is unfortunate that the infrastucture involving landline telephones has costed millions of dollars, only to be gradually left behind. However, I do not think landline telephones will every go away 100%. Think of office, school, etc. telephones that are linked to each other, requiring landline connections. They serve a function that cell phones would not be able to. For family households, landlines are not necessary. Families/people who move constantly can keep one phone number no matter where in the country they may be. Overall, I support the decrease in household landline phones. Cell phones are a more direct way to reach someone and we will no longer battle changing phone numbers.

HTML practice

My Favorite Things!!

I'm going to write some of my favorite things so you can learn about me.

• IMS.. of course


• Miami Student Police Beats


• Pop Culture


• FmyLife.com

The Myth about the Digital Divide

I found this article about the myths of the digital divide from a trade publication to be very interesting because it talked mostly about the “second level” to the digital divide. While many sources I looked at blamed race, education, and socioeconomic class for the cause of the divide, this suggests otherwise. The gap is said to begin when people own old technology which leads to connectivity and online skill problems, and the inability to use the Internet effectively. Current technology is now almost critical. Students who do not own updated technology are limited because they are unable to access or run software on their computer that is essential for their studies. Also there are situations where broadband access is not available leaving users with an outdated dial up connection which in turn hinders their ability to effectively use the internet. This article would be useful for readers because it explains different causes of the digital divide and though some people own computers and have dial up access to the Internet, they are not necessarily successful users of technology. The information in this article is very relevant to our class and I can draw many parallels between the two. Without updated technologies we would not be able to access the applications that we use in class defeating the course’s purpose of technology literacy.

Album Cover!

Horray for photoshop! The random band name and quote I got for this picture didn't turn out too bad. I think it looks like a real album cover.

Effects:
This picture already had several lense flares to I added the one in the upper-right hand corner to give it some color in the sky. I added the grainy look for texture and to give it a more "city" feel. I also darkened the sky which was a bit more gray so "John Shirlow" would look better in white and the colored streaks on the highway would be accented as well.