Metcalf's Law Is King (Blog 2)

I think that Metcalf's law is the best out of the three laws for networks.  This is because it applies best to internet and the internet is becoming the strongest and most dominant media that exists.  Print can exist on the web as well as anything else, and networks are comprised of people that interact with each other.  Although these networks might not always interact with each other they have the ability to. Metcalf's law details this and supports that network worth is based on how many people are in the network and the connections they can make to everyone else that exists within the network.  This becomes exponential as the number of people in the network grows, and this law really defines how networks work these days.  Even if the network is just created through a VOIP program the connections that people make within these networks last, and Metcalf's law really drives the point home that each new person that enters a network increases the value a lot because the interactions increase. 

In five years I think that people will have a new way of gathering information which will probably be something like being implanted into ones head via some kind of chip that connects to the internet. With the recent developments in google glass and the Microsoft Hololens it could certainly be possible.  The idea is not that farfetched because googgle glass projects things right in front of your eyes without the need for a computer, this could probably be attached to one's brain somehow kind of like how dreams are implanted into people's minds in the fictional world of Futurama.  For now we will have to stick with the internet and get our information from there as well as a variety of sources that are becoming archaic.

Why Do We Blog?

In the article "Why Do We Blog?" there are many different facets of the blogging world, and they all have a place on the internet. Different people express themselves differently online, but most choose to set up a code of ethics or a moral code to live by while blogging.  This can sometimes include staying away from politics and other things that are distasteful. Sometimes blogs can develop communities around them and create a tight knit group that expresses themselves within the blog and use it as a forum. In short blogging can be used in a variety of ways to express oneself and sometimes build a community around the content posted.

I would argue that this is not so true anymore as people have moved to social media as a way to live blog their lives.  Instagram and other platforms have taken the internet by storm and blogging has fallen by the wayside for many teenagers and people in their early twenties.  This makes it hard for bloggers to maintain a solid community that revolves around their posts if they are starting up in 2015.  Other platforms are much more successful in keeping a community if that is the forte of the person generating the content. Blogging can still be good to offer insight into different subjects, but people have turned to other places to get their entertainment.  It's sad because bloggers sometimes have good insight, and perhaps there will be a resurgence of their popularity. For me though; it is not in the foreseeable future because other platforms are doing a better job at reaching people.

The article we read is also out of date and if it was written in 2015 it could be about something completely different. The age of the vlog and other forms of media are upon us and blogging is falling by the wayside, but with the ability to embed these forms of media blogging could make a resurgence as a secondary place to post content to expand a person's audience. It all depends on what today's youth wants to do with their time on the internet.

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