Journal Blog #3: In the next 20 years.

So far, we have read about inventions like the telephone and how Alexander Graham Bell is credited with one of the most important and life-changing innovations in history. Suddenly, people from long distances did not have to travel or send a letter, which took a long time. They could instantly connect with each other. Later, came other inventions like the radio and the television, which expanded media innovations with LIVE reporters, so we can see things happening AS THEY WERE HAPPENING.

Most of us carry mobile phones in our pockets, coupled with the internet, and I think we're still quite amazed at how these innovations have changed our lives, and it is even hard to imagine our lives now without it.

So... what happens next? In the next 20 years, what do you think could be the most important new innovation? What do we desperately need (or want?) that could change the world... again?

Include your ID# in your post. I look forward to reading your thoughts. Aj. M

Journal Blog #2:Multiples

In this journal blog post, show your summary of multiples as we read in the Malcolm Gladwell's essay, In the Air. In the essay, three stories are presented: 1) Myhrvold, Horner, and the dinosaur bones; 2) Bell, Gray, and the telephone; and 3) Myhrvold and Intellectual Ventures.

For a good summary, you need to define the idea of multiples and use the examples of these three stories to support that definition. Choose your supporting details carefully. Don't change the meaning. Write it in your own words.

The best examples will be reviewed in class. Remember to include your ID# in your post. Aj. M