“www.flickr.com/photos/marklaflaur/5697717285/” Through the present time, most people have the financial resources to relish in simple luxuries such as air conditioning in homes and other finer establishments. Unfortunately, there are many people who struggle to put food on their table because they face economic strife on a daily basis. English writer Charles Dickens was deeply disturbed […]

Scratch is a programming language that is structured in the way in which someone can generate a personalized design of something and allow it to manifest into an image based upon their own ideas. It is a fun and interactive way of creating animations, games, and stories. In addition to its abilities, the creators primary […]

Preserving the past in the Digital Age is a necessary way to protect information from disappearing. For example, in the past information was written on acidic paper, paper that would literally melt away within years. Unfortunately, that is a prime reason for why the past has remained unknown.  The only way to preserve information is […]

In the article “From Babel to Knowledge: Data Mining Large Digital Collections,” the purpose of the article is to describe a process called data mining. The process of data mining is very useful in terms of collecting large amounts of data and analyzing a big part of the data in order to discover a needed […]

     Edward Tufte describes how PowerPoint degrades the educational system and any spectrum of communication in his article PowerPoint is Evil. He strongly highlights the point that students use bullets in presentations to convey brief describes of what they say on a certain subject instead of taking time to write a detailed paper. Although, […]

In The 2009 Feltron Annual Report, the author describes how a mass communication field is important because it requires other people to voice their opinions. Feltron, himself, monitored who he gave invitations to in order to enter their experiences using text form. Although he felt the information was unorganized, he was able to manipulate the […]

The article introduces “historical GIS,” or Geographic Information Systems to provide statistical analysis’s of any work to study anything from the past. It is very useful in the function of digital history that allow historians to conduct research. For example, the GIS can create numerous detailed maps and tables to show exactly what a certain […]

     Documents make presentations of any topic more organized and on target. They allow the creator to transfer whatever they think in their heads and formulate an image so it can be viewed by someone else. This is highly instrumental for students and business people because it provides a much necessary mean of constructing […]

Each of the selected readings has to deal with online security hacking and virtuous destruction, leading up to the eventual demise of a person’s cyber life. For example, in both of Mat Honan’s articles “How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking” and “How I got my Digital Life Back” include how […]