Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Weekly Blog Post- The World is Flat

The world is flat or at least we as a technology have become flat according to Thomas L. Friedman. I found the speech very interesting. He brought up many intriguing examples throughout his speech. One of which was about out sourcing, Friedman said that when he was in Washington DC. he went to a McDonald’s drive threw window. He later found out that the person he spoke to, through the microphone, was not inside that McDonald’s store location, but instead across the country somewhere in Colorado. Out sourcing like this has become adopted by many companies throughout the world for, little to no difference, to what it would be at the company’s location.
Friedman also spoke on the topic of airplane flight tickets. When the consumer first started purchasing their ticket you had to speak to an individual who could book the seat, time and location of your flight for you. The future evolved to do it yourself machines, and these days you can book your flight, and print out a ticked from your home computer.
Changes such as the ones that Friedman spoke of are why he says the world is flattening out. The whole world is at your hands grasp with out you even realizing it, everyday.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Weekly blog Post

For this weeks weekly blog post I am going to be talking about the current democratic candidate standings. The other day I was listening to the news and I heard that Clinton offered Obama the position of Vice President. Many people may argue that she was implying that her win was a sure thing, however, I believe she is scared. I think Clinton proposed her offer because she is afraid that she is going to lose and she wants Obama out in order to put odds in her favor. I hope Obama wins.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Weekly blog post?

Well, it said that there was one due but there was no topic to go by, so I am going to write about something else. we are normally given a topic so I am going to write about insomnia. I think I may either have some of it or maybe I am just really good at procrastinating. because I will find any excuse to no do my homework for as long as possible. I am working full time as well, I am a full time student. this leaves me with not much free time. so when I have free time I like to relax. I like to spend having a bite to eat while watching my favorite show the office. Last night I could not sleep, I think I got about 10 minutes of sleep. Lets see how the rest of the day goes.