Jan Walker's CSIT 155 - Spring 2021 Class Blog

Social Media has dramatically changed the way we learn about products and services. In the dinosaur age we learned about new products by reading ads in newspapers or magazines, or seeing commercials on TV. Perhaps we would get a flyer in the mail, or hear a radio advertisement. Now our mobile phones hear us talking and magically Facebook sends us targeted ads for just what we were discussing! Google is just as mysterious for reading our minds. Do a Google search and an ad for that, or similar products, appear in any article we are reading. Looking for Lululemon workout attire but can't afford the hefty price tag? YouTube influencers have just the answer for you. Want to look younger, skinnier, sexier? Yes there are videos for that too. Everything we didn't know we wanted is there for our purchase, courtesy of social media. As for actually talking to people at a business; I'm old enough to remember days before we even had answering machines or number prompts. The days ...

 I commented on the following posts from members of my group (group 3). Sydney G:      https://csit155-sp21sgardner.blogspot.com/2021/01/my-theme.html#comments Justin H:           https://csit155-sp21-jhernandez.blogspot.com/2021/01/week-1a-intro-blog.html Anthony M:      https://csit155-sp21amccarthy.blogspot.com/2021/01/week-1a-first-blog-entry.html

  "One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple." --Jack Kerouac , The Dharma Bums One of my first champion Golden Retrievers was named Matigan Dharma Bum. I think I've always been a fan of Jack Kerouac and romance of the Beat Generation. The poetry. The creativity. The freedom. Art for art's sake.  I have to say, I don't find much inspiration in the Blogger templates. Hop on over to WordPress and the choices are downright paralyzing. Getting back to the opening words of Mr. Kerouac, there is something to be said about the simple, especially when the goal is to draw one's attention to the written word. Social Media is usually rooted in the written word. Brevity is key in the digital age. Our attention spans have atrophied. Twitter. Memes. Vine (RIP). TikTok. Short bursts of dopamine. My challenge as one of the older students in the class is to discover what the younger generation finds entertaining. Most likely not Jack.  For this template I de...