Guest Speaker
November 10th, 2011
Today in class, we had a guest speaker. She mostly talked about virtual identity. She gave examples of people who have multiple identieis online, like different names, hobbies, personalities, etc. The speaker referred to the book “Alone Together” and how it invloves interpersonal interactions. She also showed a very interesting video clip. It was a documentary about the younger generation on the internet and how they have different personalities online, feel more comfortable and can be thereself more, and the dependence on technology. The speaker left us with the thought of the “virtual footprint.” Basically saying that things on the internet can be there forever, and can harm our future. Do we want that?
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9:45 am - 11-28-2011
How about yourself, Danny? Do you want it? I hope (and believe) that virtual footprint would not harm most people, but am sometimes concerned that private companies, which have a vast amount of server storage all over the world, have my information.