Sunday, November 25, 2012
GUD Norm 7 - Speed
Use one of the current events sources linked at http://mrsfridaysclass.wikispaces.com/Current+Events to find a recent news article that relates to, supports, or refutes Tapscott's assertion that SPEED is a "norm" of the Net Generation. Your comment should include the title of the news article, a link to the article, and a summary of the article including an explanation of how the article relates to this point. Don't forget to check your rubric for evaluation criteria!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20645740 The article "Broadband blackspots: the quest to improve the UK's coverage" supports the idea that speed is important for any business in modern day. Therefore, Tapscott states that speed has been a very important factor in business, as he sees it the quicker the employer gets their information, the better. The Net Gen lives in a world of constant communication and expects their work to involve the same speed as texting or instant messaging. Thusforth, this article supports this idea by discussing the importance of using speed in the internet for HD video conferences, or using this speed to access the studies the students need quicker and easier. With speed comes need for extremely fast broadband networking systems. Finally, this article supports Tapscott by saying that it would even be useful in the more rural areas, so they could begin to have the same corporate speed as the others.
ReplyDelete"Digital Generations: High-Speed Withdrawal"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4194518
In this broadcast, NPR interviews college students who have had to adapt to slower internet connections since they have gone to college. At home, these students would log onto a website and have the page pop up instantly. When they go away to their schools, though, it is much harder to find good, powerful Wifi networks causing students to avert to dial-up and slower forms of internet access. These students are part of the "Net Generation" or generation that grew up with fast technology all around them, so obviously the students interviewed were not pleased about now having to wait a few minutes for an internet page to load. In Tapscott's "norms" where he addresses the normal behaviors and values of people of this digital generation, he says one of the norms is "speed." This broadcast completely supports and reinforces the idea that people of this generation are used to and like things speedy since the college students who have lost their fast connection are now pleading for it back. Students complain about waiting a mere few seconds for a web page whereas adults who grew up without internet and speedy technologies are far more patient.
"America: Land of the Slow"
ReplyDeletehttp://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/america-land-of-the-slow/
Throughout this article, the point is made that America, a massive consumer of internet and new technology, is hardly comparable to other countries such as Romania, Norway, Sweeden, Lativa, Congo, and even Moldova. Even though with the United States as a super nation, it still can not out power smaller less significant countries in downloading time. It is currently ranked 26. Even some cities out weigh the United States such as Hong Kong. With all of America's net geners it would be hard to understand why America is so far behind. Tapscott states that net geners are used to speed and except it. Many net geners expect an online ordered item to arrive in a matter of days now. For many net gener email has become outdated except at work where it is deemed as a more formal way of communication. Now they use instantaneous messages such as IM or texting. Many net geners make snap decisions because thinking requires a process. Unlike the data demonstrated the "America: Land of Slow" net geners in America continue to thrive on speed and instant arrivals.
"For Impatient Web Users, an Eye Blink Is Just Too Long to Wait"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/technology/impatient-web-users-flee-slow-loading-sites.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
ReplyDeleteIn the seventh norm of "Speed", Tapscott discusses how Net Geners have become increasingly impatient and expect faster and faster responses from technology. This article refers to web surfers switching from site to site just because the loading time is a few milliseconds faster. According to the article, large search engines such as Google have caught on to this lack of patience and are trying everything to make their sites fast enough. The article also mentions that this cry for speed would not pose such a problem if limited to a few sources, but everyone with a phone craves more and more immediacy, creating internet traffic. Hence, Tapscott's prediction of a yearning for speed is not only proven by this article, but enhanced.
"Home Internet May Get Even Faster in South Korea"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/technology/22iht-broadband22.html
Mark McDonald ellaborates on Tapscott's focus on speed for the seventh norm. McDonald points on that South Korea by far lead across the globe for the fastest internet connectivity. President Barack Obama mentioned in this article that the outlandish updates to South Korea's internet have made greater improvements than the United States'. Also, the United States speed falls behind the Lativians and Romanians, making America one of the slower countries. Similar to Tapscotts response to the increasingly rapid access to online applications, Mc Donald points out the flaws that a faster broadband is contributing to society. He explains a story of a couple arrested for starving their three month old baby to death, because they didn't have the patience to maintain her care. However, they were able to watch the more intense growth of their virtual child. In addition, as Tapscott contemplated about net-geners having trouble waiting on updates, but have adapted to performing tasks simultaneously, the reason behind South Korea's update is to prepare to be able to do cloud computing, a way for net-geners to manage several things at once. In conclusion, both authors bring up valid information on the development of internet connections to prove the rapid motion in which the universe is moving. The speed of computers will affect average humans like me because we will be able to perform actions faster and recieve information even faster.
"Mobile Revolution in Myanmar is on the Cards, but Too Slow for Many" http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/21/us-myanmar-telecoms-idUSBRE90K01Y20130121
ReplyDeleteTapscott's seventh norm of speed explains how fast today's generation is. The Net Gen wants speed in everything they do from texting, to IM conversations, to video games, and even Google searches. They don't want to wait for new products to arrive or be made. They are quite simply impatient when it comes to technology. This article reinforces Tapscott's theory. It states how many people want a phone. All of these people want it quickly and are tired of waiting. The company behind it is trying their best to move quickly and make products as cheap as possible, but the people are upset with the slow speed things are going. This supports Tapscott's theory in that the people are being very impatient and want the phones quickly.
“Data Slowdown Looms for Smartphone Users”
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21118906
The seventh norm Tapscott reveals discusses the Net Generation’s need for speed. Tapscott believes that net generation members want instant responses to questions, whether this is through e-mail, instant messaging, or texting. A study showed that 56 percent had very little patience and they want to receive everything as quickly as possible. Unfortunately for members of the Net Generation, their internet speeds will begin to slow down on their mobile devices. This article discusses the problems that will occur with the increased number of smartphone users and the increased amount of data these users consume. Service providers will not be able to handle the number of smart phone users by 2016, and internet speeds on mobile devices will slow down. This will cause a massive problem for the net generation because one of their norms in speed. Teenagers and young adults will not have the capability to receive information quickly without smartphone internet. A decrease in internet speed will be detrimental to the net generation norm of speed.
"UK average broadband speed faster, Ofcom reveals"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19267090
Tapscott argues in this chapter that the net geners expect speed and nothing less. They cannot live without high speed. This article states the increasng speed for internet users in the UK. Their government states that they want to be the fastest country in Europe by 2015. With such a high demand for speed, the chief executive from Ofcom says that there research shows that moving to a faster broadband has increased services. Customers (net Geners) are highly benefiting from the high speed services that Ofcom has to offer them. With increasing speeds comes increasing services to Ofcom. Tapscott explains in “Grown up Digital, Net geners feed off of speed. They expect texts, instant messages and other forms of communication to instantly be responded to them within the matter of a blink of an eye. This generation is highly impatient and does not want to wait a possible few minutes for the internet page to load. This articles demonstrates Tapscott's arguement on how the Net Gen has the need for speed.
"iPhone 5 Wireless Plans And The User Experience"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.npr.org/2012/09/13/161050149/iphone-5-wireless-plans-and-the-user-experience
The seventh norm that Don Tapscott states in his book, "Grown Up Digital", is speed. Having grown up digital, the Net Generation expects speed with everything they do; receiving an item they have purchased online, instant messaging, video games, etc. For example, if a member of their peer group does not respond instantly to a text message, they become irritated and anxious. In addition, the Net Generation also expects speed in their career/job. It's hard for them to work in a conventional office due to the lack of urgency. Loyalty is strengthened when Net Geners receive feedback regularly in their company. In this article, it states that the iPhone 5 is much faster than any of the other iPhone's because that is what their customers want. If they did not increase the speed, their customers would be irate. The Net Generation needs a cell phone with incredible speed or else they will start to feel anxious and worried. This article reinforces Tapscott's argument that the Net Generation has a need for speed.