Layla Brownfield

   Tristan Harris' Ted Talk is one of the realist, most interesting Ted Talks that I've listened to. I was interested from the beginning of his Ted Talk-- he did a really amazing job at capturing the listener's attention right away. It really made me start to think; so many websites and tech companies have subtly managed to somewhat run our lives.    The autoplay comments he first pointed out made me see and realize how true it is. There have been times where I'll be on Facebook, scrolling casually through my newsfeed, before one interesting video begins to play; without me even clicking on it! From there, similar videos begin to autoplay. Before I know it, I've spent twenty/thirty minutes watching silly videos on Facebook. The same goes with YouTube's autoplay, as well as the simple autoplay of Netflix's next episode, like Harris mentioned.    Harris mentioned the reaction of outrage, followed by saying that outrage is one of the best ways to get a react...

   So, a group project is coming up and I'm sure the question on everyone's mind is the same: What are we going to write about?    Obviously, this class revolves greatly, if not one hundred percent, around social media. We've covered the history of social media and how we've gone from the classic version of the BBS to what we've got today, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. It's been incredibly interesting, in my opinion, to learn of the history of it all and we've gone from that to what we know now in 2017. But, what about the future?    What about blogs? Blogging is still a huge component of interactions between people on the Internet; but it has been twisted slightly. Ever heard of vlogs? Vlogs are video versions of blogs. People log onto their computers, phones, tablets, or whatever else they use, sit down, and begin to type for their blogs. A vlog is almost the same, but not quite. People grab their phones, cameras, tablet, or wha...

Question 1: What set Google apart from previous search engines such as Yahoo, AltaVista, and WebCrawler?  Why did they become so successful? Google is different because it continues to grow. It's a search engine that provides email, ways to chat (hangout), has a cell phone product (android), and so much more. They made it easy to look up what you needed and find an answer as quickly as possible without having to deal with annoying ads, spam, and pages redirecting you to something completely different than what you clicked on. Other search engines tend to lag and be a bit slow, but Google as always seemed to be the quickest.  Question 2:  Briefly describe the corporate culture of Google and how it differs from other large companies.  Do you think this model has helped to make them more successful and why? Google, unlike other companies, weren't focused on only money. They weren't even trying to start something. In the article from 2011, it states Page " be...

   It's truly amazing to see how the use of the Internet and social media has grown from the time it had first began to now. I never knew what a BBS was until this week when I had learned about it for this class. The furthest back I can remember in social media is AOL's message system. Now, it's 2017; the time of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and so much more.     So many aspects have definitely changed with social media, especially the design and layouts of web pages. It's crazy to think of how Internet web pages have gone from this , to this:    The article, "Social Media, A Phenomenon to be Analyzed", pointed out so many things that are true about the way social media is used among different types of people this day in age. I agree with the article one hundred percent. People use the Internet and social media so differently than one another, depending on what their intentions are and why they are even posting in the first plac...