Collaborative Writing

To be honest I don't even think we should do this sort of project. I don't really understand how this has anything to do with writing in the 21st century. I mean I'm pretty sure that this type of writing has been around for years. I also don't want to write a story with someone else because I think it's best if everyone lets their own ideas out in their own individualized stories. If we did do a collaborative story though, I think we should do some sort of fiction novel. I've never been intersted in poetry and I think that screenplays wouldn't be a good idea. I think we should use Google Docs because I've used it for other classes and it's worked out pretty good. I think that everyone should contribute a minimum of one. What we would do is someone starts the story off and then one person would write the next page, and then another person would write the page after that and so on. I do see one potential downfall and that's that some people in this class wouldn't take it seriously and ruin a story that others actually put effort into.

Future Of Social Media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu0ztxdsFis
I think that this video is something that is really far off from what's going to happen. This video was created in 2007 and already I think it's really outdated. The creator of this video talks about supposedly the tv is dying, which is arguably true but it's not dying at the extreme rate that this guy says it is. I think that tv (or something very similar to it) is going to be around for awhile. Take 3DTV for example. Just this past year many tv companies have begun to release the next generation of tvs and I think that this is the future of television. One thing i do agree with though is that the future is all about experience. The 3DTV is a great example of this and how people will watch 3DTV for a long time. Also he talked about the government is going to make copywrite illegal which i think would be absolutely horrible for a society. Not only would this take the jobs of thousands, if not millions, people would have no incentive to create anything worthwhile if everyone was able to get it for free on the internet.
The author of this also makes it sound like this illegal downloading is something that should be acceptable even though it's costing companies millions of dollars which ultimately lead to less jobs.

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Focus Freewriting Social Media Revolution

Although i thought that the actual video itself was well done, i don't like the message that it talked about. it talks about how we're going through some supposed social revolution that's just as big as the industrial revolution. I like the idea that people can learn information almost instantly, i just don't like the fact that people are replacing human to human contact via in person, with human to human contact via the computer, cell phones, twitter, etc... I think that some of these sites are useful for keeping touch with people but i think that our society is one that is too into getting what they want as soon as they want it. This isn't saying that i'm anti-technology or something, im just saying that i think that the way the world is going, the route of twitter, and facebook, isn't a good one.
it does have it's benefits though. last year during the iranian elections, one of the things that inspired people were all the videos that were being spread through youtube which helped them form protests. i think the same thing could be useful in the Chinese government collapse.

Freewriting Activity

Today I work from 1 to 7 today and then after that I'll probably go to see Clash of the Titans with friends. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. A lot people I've heard talk about clash of the titans have said that it's a lot better in 2d instead of 3d but i kind of want to see that 3d version instead. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. my schedule this quarter is almost exactly the same as last quarter. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i woke up at 4 am this morning and couldn't get back to sleep until 5, but my alarm clock is set for 6 so i lost an hour of sleep which is starting to affect me. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i don't know what to write. i have to get up at 6 in the morning tomorrow morning which is