Web 2.0 Website

• Pinterest
• Pinterest is a 2.0 website because people upload pictures that they like and create boards with them. Other people can repin and comment on the pictures.
• There are about 1,471,536 monthly users
• Users can use pinterest to create "thought boards" based on themes such as style, home interiors, and diy projects. They can find inspiration from other users' pins and comments. For example, I use pinterest for  house decorating ideas. I also have a separate board for recipes that I want to try. All of these pins have been suggested from other users. 
• Social issues are: intellectual property and people and machines. For the issue of intellectual property, some of the pins most likely have copyright laws which protect them from being posted. For people and machines, pinterest makes it easier to plan design projects and to organize inspiration, which makes designing easier. 
• The area of impact is arts, entertainment, and leisure because pinterest is a site where people can plan projects and find inspiration, which is fun. 
• Link to presentation

My Website

https://sites.google.com/site/morgenswebsite/

Technology Article

"Amazon lets you check out Kindle books from library websites, asks you to shush yourself at home" (http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/21/amazon-lets-you-check-out-kindle-books-from-library-websites-as/)

• Amazon Kindle is now letting customers check their books out from libraries. With a library card and amazon account, customers can download books straight to their Kindle. The libraries have a limited supply of each book and customers must return the books after a certain date checked out. 

• The stakeholders in this situation are library patrons who own Kindles. Instead of checking out physical books, they can now checkout virtual ones. 

• The social and ethical issues are people and machines and equality of access. It is a people and machines issue because library patrons can check out books through their Kindles. It is an equality of access issue because not everybody owns a Kindle or can even afford one, so many people cannot check out these digital books. 

• The area of impact is arts, entertainment, and leisure because it involves reading, which is a pastime for many people. Education can also be considered an area of impact because now more people can read free books, which provide education. 

• I am glad that Kindle is letting their customers check out library books. Although I do not own a Kindle, I know many people who will be happy to hear this news because it means that they do not need to spend a lot of money buying the books from Amazon. This news also means that more people have access to the library because they do not need to actually visit the library to check the books out. 

Computer Hardware Project

	Name	Price
Comparison Computer	HP Pavilion p7t series	$700.00
Case	GIGABYTE gz-ph1a3 Black SGCC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case	20
Power supply	RAIDMAX RX-380K 380W ATX12V Power Supply	16
Motherboard	Intel BOXDH61WWB3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard	70
CPU	Intel Pentium G620 Sandy Bridge 2.6GHz 2 x 256KB L2 Cache 3MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor BX80623G620	78
RAM (memory)	Crucial 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Desktop Memory Model CT25664BA1067	15
Hard drive	Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive	50
Video/graphics card	ECS NGT520C-1GQK-F GeForce GT 520 (Fermi) 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card	48
CD/DVD burner	LG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH22NS70 OEM - OEM	17
Monitor	Acer G185HAb Black 18.5" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 50000:1(ACM), 1000:1	80
Keyboard	DCT Factory KBJ-006B Black 107 Normal Keys PS/2 Standard Keyboard	9
Mouse	GIGABYTE GM-M5050 Glossy Black 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical 800 dpi Curvey Mouse	8
	Total:	$411.00
	Price Difference:	$289.00

The original computer that I chose was the HP Pavilion p7t series, which cost $700. If I had made my own computer, it would have cost $411, with a difference of $289 between the two computers. 

Newspaper Article

• Judge Forces Employer To Rehire Workers Who Vented On Facebook (http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/09/07/judge-forces-employer-to-rehire-workers-who-vented-on-facebook/)
• This article is about an employer, the National Hispanics of Buffalo, who fired some of their employees after they complained about a co-worker online. The co-worker claimed that it was cyber harassment. The case was taken to the National Relations Board who decided that under the National Labor Relations Act, the workers had a right to complain about their working conditions. As a result, the non-profit was forced to rehire the employees.
• The stakeholders in this situation are the people who post about their jobs online. 
• A social issue presented in this article is the privacy of the employees.  Employees should know that their employers have access to what they post online. Another social issue is freedom of speech. The employees argued that they should be able to complain about their jobs without being fired.
• The area of impact is business and employment. 
• I feel like while the employees should have the right to post about their working situation online, they should be aware of the consequences that may come out of it. A possible solution for them would be to put privacy settings on their facebook account so their employers would be able to view it. 

Did You Know? Video Responses

1. What 3 things surprise you? I find it interesting that Obama used social media to raise most of his campaign funds. Also, that some people have tvs in their bathrooms. That's just weird. Another thing that I found interesting was that 93% of American adults have cell phones. The statistic doesn't sound very surprising but it's interesting how so many people have this technology. 
2. What questions come to your mind? Where did the creators find their statistics?
3. What do you think the world will be like 5 years from now? 10? 20? In five years, I think that people will have less face-to-face interactions than they do now. In 10 years, I think that education will rely even more on technology. I don't think that books will be used in classrooms in the future. In 20 years, I think that the military will completely rely on technology rather than humans.
4. What kind of effects do you think that this will have on people? I think that the technology will make people less willing to interact with others. Also, I think that people will have longer life spans because of advances in medical technology. In respect to the military using more technology, I guess it would decrease the death rate in the military but at the same time it would make it easier for us to send out troops of machines to kill other people.