http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10206051-54.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0
Saturday at 8:30, in every time zone, the lights will be out, hopefully. Earth hour was started in Australia 2 years ago and spread throughout the world like wild fire. It is an attempt to save the world by cutting back on our energy dependence. By shutting of all the power for an hour, they hope to save some kilowatts, and save some money. The program is a great idea and a good start towards a greener future.
I think the program has potential to really make a good impact on our society. If everyone turns the lights off in the world at 8:30 til 9:30 in their separate time zone, it has the potential to help our world greatly. I think it is about time that someone started to take some initiative against our growing problem with the environment. I hope that this catches on even bigger and we can soon start going from once a a year doing this to maybe once a month doing it. Then maybe for more than an hour eventually. The Earth Hour has even been endorsed by big celebrities who support it, showing their concern also. Once they endorse it and it becomes more popular, it only gives it more potential to grow.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
How Web 2.0 is changing medicine
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7582/1283
This article was included in my annotated bibliography, which was centered on Web 2.0. This article talked about the ways in which Web 2.0 is changing the medical world today. It talked about how with the increased use of blogs and rss feeds, doctors can update daily and keep in touch with each other in real time. Any new information that is found can be published almost instantly on a doctor's blog.
I think this is very important to the medical world because it really helps the number of resources a doctor has. The more resources the doctor has, the better it is for the patient. I think that we, as patients, benefit the most from this recent update. I also think that we are moving closer to a instantaneous world where everything is updated in real time. The closer and closer we get to having everything be published in real time, the closer and closer we get as a people. As of right now, through social networking and blogs, we could potentially know what everyone we know is doing, at all times. For example, if you make a post on facebook, it gets sent to everyones phone who knows you and has it set up to do that, then they know exactly what you are doing at that time. I think this could be good but also has its down sides too.
This article was included in my annotated bibliography, which was centered on Web 2.0. This article talked about the ways in which Web 2.0 is changing the medical world today. It talked about how with the increased use of blogs and rss feeds, doctors can update daily and keep in touch with each other in real time. Any new information that is found can be published almost instantly on a doctor's blog.
I think this is very important to the medical world because it really helps the number of resources a doctor has. The more resources the doctor has, the better it is for the patient. I think that we, as patients, benefit the most from this recent update. I also think that we are moving closer to a instantaneous world where everything is updated in real time. The closer and closer we get to having everything be published in real time, the closer and closer we get as a people. As of right now, through social networking and blogs, we could potentially know what everyone we know is doing, at all times. For example, if you make a post on facebook, it gets sent to everyones phone who knows you and has it set up to do that, then they know exactly what you are doing at that time. I think this could be good but also has its down sides too.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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