Epic

So, watched a strange movie in class today. Where do these search engines get off scrutinizing my every keystroke, I'll never know. But they know where I go, what I look at when I get there, and they have all these insidious suggestions that are the product of this information which they sell for a song to advertising agencies. Now my grocery stores are keeping tabs on me? When do we just get supercomputers that jump from camera to camera, photographing your every move no matter where you are, no matter what you're doing? I understand why this information is valuable, but shouldn't I get a say in what information is being absorbed from my searches? And if I do, shouldn't I get a cut for selling my information to companies to better serve me and get me to buy there crap? I don't understand why it is that collective America either doesn't have a very good grasp on this or just doesn't care.

What I would never buy online

I buy things from trustworthy online-brand name catalogs on the internet. I'm not limited to buying christmas presents online. But I would never buy clothes online. Hands-down there's nothing more annoying than getting the shipment and finding out the article in question is too tight, or too large, or inadequate in any fashion-no pun intended.
It's just one of those things that the internet cannot do just yet. But I do see a time on the horizon where you can scan yourself and clothe your digital self to exact proportions. If you go that far you might be able to customize whole wardrobes as though you had been fitted out at the tailor's, all from the comfort of home.

Derek Young

Derek Young was a guest speaker we had in class, he offered his unique perspective and wealth of experience to the classroom by explaining the evolution of business in the constantly changing geography of the technology market. He went into great detail about business models where workers are essentially given contracts for a period of time, after which they must find another contract possibly doing different sorts of work along the way. Several companies that these people work for can be owned by an entrepreneur and maneuvered in equally diverse ways for a profit. This sort of model, for me, seems sort of shaky, but Mr. Young seems to have used it to great effect.

 I can't deny that the job market is changing, it's no longer feasible for many people to hold a single job from the beginning of their working career to the end. It seems like we're nearing the end of a transition from yesteryear's idea of working to a place where people are expected to work different jobs, possibly in different fields over their lifetime. Mr. Young was just the first person I met who seems to have picked up this idea of a diverse-worklife and run with it. 

Scavenger Hunt

We went on a scavenger hunt, I-as always-was late and was assigned to a group who had already answered a few questions. The tasks were of a personal/demi-public nature which I thought would be difficult to gather on the internet. Turns out all you need is a simple web browser or a subscription to a super-creepy information server to find out about any one body and anybody around them. This task was completed with ease in a reasonable amount of time-this frightens me people. Googled myself later that day, found out all sorts of stuff that you would need to know to steal someone's identity. I'm uncomfortable living in a world where all this is open to the prying eyes of any casual observer.