Linux

I know nothing about Linux before I research about it.

QUESTIONS

What is Linux?
Why is it important?

LINKS

How Stuff Works
Linux

WHAT I LEARNED

Linux is an operating system that has grown in popularity in the last few years.
It is a competition to Windows and Mac OS.
The creator of the Linux kernel is Linus Torvalds.
Linux is free, and that is one of the main reasons it has increased in popularity.
Computer engineers and fans use Linux to have more control over their operating systems.

CONNECTION

This operating system connects to my life because it is an alternative to the mainstream Windows or Mac OS operating systems. However, I don't think that I will install it in my computer because it is still in the process of being created.

REMAINING QUESTIONS

Will it someday surpass the other two operating systems in popularity?

Google Glasses

I have no prior knowledge about this topic.

I want to know two things before researching:
   What is Augmented Reality?
   Will Google use it as an advantage against Apple?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hRCAg9jFu8&feature=fvsr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb2uojqKvFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh-liQDE3cM&feature=plcp

What I learned

• Google Glasses are glasses that have a screen in which you can manage your daily tasks. It uses
• They use Google Maps and GPS in order to help you reach destinations.
• You can manage your messages there and you can reply by speech to text. 
• It has a camera and you can take photos whenever.
• It has video calls in which you can show  people what you are watching, with your glasses!

This connects to my life because in the twentyfirst century, people are dependant on technolgy. Having spectacles that are able to manage all your stuff in the day will be very convenient for people around the world. However, in Colombia, there is no such technology and information to be able to use all of Google Glasses's advantages. 

Will people really want to use it?

Digital Nation

Agree

• That the internet be used for good purposes. For example, globalization. This is good because it allows people to learn things anywhere in the world.
• Controlled multitasking. That people can concentrate doing various things at once. This will help them do many tasks and work efficiently.
• I agree with the movie that humans aren't capable to focus on several things at once. 
• Internet that can be accessible to anyone and everyone like internet cafes in Korea. This will  allow them to connect with each other at all times.
• People relax their brain while reading a book. That is good because it is like a "time out" from other activities that have to do with internet.
• Programs that make children camp for 10 days without internet, so that they have a break from their addiction.
• Online classes like blogs, websites, and interactive activities. Technology that is used for education.
• Schools that promote a responsible use for technology. They will train the students to use technology fluently and responsibly, in order to do well in life. 
• People of all ages that can interact with the internet. Bubbe uses her cooking show and now she says that it has added more years to her life. 
• Massively multiplayer online games that make people interact with each other in a world that is imaginary.
• Guilds that are created by people who don't know each other but consider themselves close friends.
• People that were married and that they met in online games.
• Games that make people interact and that make people behave better because they feel physically close to the other characters. 
• Using programs such as Second life that will allow the people in the same company to express themselves better and also be able to play anywhere in the world.
• People can work anywhere in the world, without necessarily meeting each other. Also, they don't have to go to the office to work.
• Military using technology to treat retired soldiers with trauma. They also train themselves for real life situations, such as flying a plane or raiding a house.
• Also, remotely controlling planes in the Iraq war from Las Vegas without really being there.

Disagree

• That people are obsessed with the internet.
• That they have to be looking at a screen all the time. 
• In universities, the students are distracted all the time by the web. They are not paying attention to the lectures because they are checking Facebook, games, email, YouTube and other pages.
• Young people spend more than 50 hours a week in internet.
• PC bombs in South Korea that get out of hand. People that die in these internet cafes are addicted to screen looking.
• Internet overuse that affects people's grades and that kids stay up all night playing video games.
• That adults can monitor the children's screen without them knowing it. It is clearly an invasion of their privacy.
• Students that don't read books due to multitasking and obsession with screens. Now professors cannot make students read a novel that is more than 200 pages long.
• Multitasking that is not productive. For example, when people write a paragraph and then check Facebook they will finish their homework in two hours, when they could spend only 10 minutes. 
• People that spend a lot of time playing World of Warcraft and that have to quit their jobs and break up their relationships just because they spend a lot of time in the game. 
• People that don't let children and teenagers use technology, just because they think they can't handle it.

Green Computing

What I know about the topic. Absolutely nothing.

Two Questions About Topic.

1. What ate the basics of Green Technology?
2. How is it important for today's world?

Useful Links

Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices

Green PC

What I learned

• Computers have added a great amount of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
• They use a lot of energy and the energy plants are suffering.
• Also, the disposal of computers are harmful for the environment. 
• Many companies such as Green PC sell refurbished and recycled computers.
• There are a list of things you can do in order to help Green Computing (turning off the system when not in use, using energy saving methods.etc.)

How it relates to my life

I use computers all the time, and the computer in my house is almost always turned on. Since I use it so often, I may have a low amount of green computing. After seeing all the effects of green computing, I will try to reduce the amount of energy I use with my computer. This involves many different techniques such as the ones I told in the last point of the "what I learned" part.

Remaining Question

In our search for the sustainable world, wouldn't it be better to create less energy consuming computers or any other methods of green computing?