Google faces more government demands for user info — (Article Review #6)

Article Title:
Google faces more government demands for user info

Article Author:
MICHAEL LIEDTKE , AP Technology Writer

Article Publication Date:
October 25th, 2011

Url: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-google-demands-info.html

Article Summary:
There has been an increase of government demanding information
and censorship from google. They see google as a site that holds
valuable information of what people do online and also want to
protect their country laws. Google is very sensitive with personal information and denied
their requests.

Relevance to Class:
Google is a huge library where users can get public information. The big bad government steps in
to demand more personal information from google users for their needs.

Key Quote:
"the government takes the threat of online extremism or hate content very seriously."

New Adobe Plugin Removes Photo Blur — (Article Review #5)

Article Title: New Adobe Plugin Removes Photo Blur

Article Author:
Charlie Sorrel

Article Publication Date:
October 18, 2011

Url: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/sci-fi-tech-new-adobe-plugin-removes-photo-blur/

Article Summary:
Adobe introduces an early prototype plugin called the "Deblur Tool" that can remove blurs from both photographs and text.

Relevance to Class:
This would attract web designers and people who photoshop to see this as a good thing. As for this tool
it takes the blurry image and conjures the pixels to give you a clear image. More like structuring your
information in IA.

Key Quote:
" The plugin — currently in the early prototype phase — first examines the image to work out what kind of blur it has.
This generates a grayscale map which can be visualized as a line, with direction."

OCCUPY WALL STREET REVIEW

What information is made available on the site?

•   Videos of speeches and signs.
•  Information about what is going on at the site and why they’re protesting.
•  Twitter Feed to display what is happening live and updated news.
•  A blog called ADBUSTERS that provides in depth information on the protest.

How is Navigation Structured?

·         I barely caught the navigation at the top, but it makes up for the home page when

You scroll down to see articles and links to the blog.

How might you categorize the different types of users who might visit this site?

•    Students
•   The Working Class
•   The Unemployed
•   The Struggling Poor
•     Conspiracy Theorists
•   People who work at Wall Street

How does the format of the site serve the needs of different groups of users?

It provides a variety of information based on facts and also corruption within Wall Street.

What about the tools integrated into the site? 

 Youtube – Is generating more supporters for the protest and also exposing the corruption of police officers unintentionally.

Twitter – Providing real time information.

Livestream – Providing real time video of the protest.

Does the site make direct use of the Twitter hashtag #occupywallst?

Yes.

Any other observations?

The user can download posters.

How does it fare in search results?

Excellent. Pops right up.

Do they use variants of their URL to capture traffic that might otherwise be redirected elsewhere?

No.

Too much Information? There's no such thing — (Article Review #4)

Article Title: Too much Information? There's no such thing

Article Author: Mark W. Smith

Article Publication Date: October 6th, 2011

URL: http://www.chieftain.com/life/local/too-much-information-there-s-no-such-thing/article_81bae09a-f138-11e0-baa8-001cc4c03286.html

Article Summary:

Jeff Jarvis is a prolific blogger and twitter user who is very open on the web who is very open. He post sensitive details of life events

which drawn in a lot of users to comment who had the same exprience. He feels that sharing things publicly would make us better, the web better and more usable.

Relevance to Class:

This guy provides details about the things in his life on the web. The context would be the emotions or the outcome of the event, the users would be people who experienced it or not and the content would be his experience. This would lead to draw others in to also share their side as well.

Key Quote:

‘The changes brought on by the Internet today already appear huge in the mirror, but we are still early in this revolution,’’ Jarvis writes. ‘‘We ain’t seen nothin’ yet.’’

Why Do Some People Learn Faster? (Article Review #3)

Article Title:
Why do Some People Learn Faster?

Article Author:
Jonah Lehrer

Article Publication Date:
October 4th, 2011

Url: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/why-do-some-people-learn-faster-2/

Article Summary:
People learn faster if they learn from their mistakes and hard work. A study proved those who respond to mistakes by learning from it are placed in
a growth mindset class because they are willing to improve. While those who don't learn from their mistakes are placed in a fixed mindset class.

Relevance to Class:
If we learn from our mistakes from this Information Architecture course it would lead us to being better Information Architects for the future and also
placing us into the growth mindset class because we are willing to improve.

Key Quote:
Samuel Beckett had the right attitude: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”