Nicholas Carr and "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" by Maykol Velasquez Varela https://padlet.com/mvelasquezvarela/u0953hafey2r Made with the best of intentions en-us 2020-02-22 03:19:47 UTC 2020-02-23 03:53:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Nicholas G. Carr BIOGRAPHY mvelasquezvarela https://padlet.com/mvelasquezvarela/u0953hafey2r/wish/448924101 Nicholas G. Carr is an American writer who has published a vast number of books and articles regarding technology in both businesses and cultures. 
  • Born in January 7th, 1959
  • Carr's career first became prominent after the release of his Harvard Business Review article, "IT Doesn't Matter;" and after the release of his book, "Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage." Carr's publishings caused for a number of large information technology industries to speak out. These companies included: Microsoft, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard.
  • in 2005, Carr expressed his beliefs on how future companies would incorporate the use of information technology in his controversial article, "The End Corporate Computing."
  • Published his second book, "The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google in early 2008.
  • in 2011, Carr's book, "The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to Our Brains," was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
]]> 2020-02-22 03:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mvelasquezvarela/u0953hafey2r/wish/448924101 HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS OF 2008 mvelasquezvarela https://padlet.com/mvelasquezvarela/u0953hafey2r/wish/449049854 USB 3.0
  • Universal Serial Bus (USB) became 10x faster in 2008. As we know, USB flash drives are crucial to the world today; we use it to save and share information everywhere. The speed boost makes handling information more convenient and worry free. 
Apple
  • The popularity of the Apple iPhone created a growth of interest for the App Store. The world began to understand just how simple new information technology could make their lives. Today, applications are known to bring convenience to any task imaginable. Little did they know of the possibilities in 2008. 
Social Media
  • More and more people were beginning to get their daily doses of news through certain social medias. The more popular social medias were Facebook and Twitter.
]]> 2020-02-22 23:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mvelasquezvarela/u0953hafey2r/wish/449049854 ABSTRACT -- KEY IDEA mvelasquezvarela https://padlet.com/mvelasquezvarela/u0953hafey2r/wish/449050991 The internet speeds up the process of research, but dumbs us down at the same time. 
  • In "Is Google Making Us Stupid?," Nicholas Carr gives us the idea that the convenience of the internet allows us to find the information we need in less then three clicks. As we get more accustomed to these quick searches, we begin to presume that all of our research is to be just as quick; though, that's not always the case. More and more people are admitting to becoming more lazy or giving up altogether when it comes to doing more research ( a.k.a. reading a bit more). Carr states that the new tactic people are using is "skimming," where people skim over long articles to get the main points only. Our minds are adapting to the new information technology, but becoming dull at the same time.
]]> 2020-02-22 23:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mvelasquezvarela/u0953hafey2r/wish/449050991 QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER mvelasquezvarela https://padlet.com/mvelasquezvarela/u0953hafey2r/wish/449051099 How has the internet become part of your life?

Like everyone else, the internet is able to bring convenience to most of my day. My days start off with use of the internet. All of my classes require me to constantly check online applications, like Blackboard and Google Mail, in order to keep up with my assignments. This is followed by the use of Architecture softwares which, from time to time, require for me to find certain blocks on the internet. These blocks add even more convenience to the design process I go through in certain assignments. The internet has made life a bit simple for me. I am able to find any news in the world in seconds. In Fact, mobile devices are now set to automatically bring news without having to ask.]]> 2020-02-22 23:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mvelasquezvarela/u0953hafey2r/wish/449051099