Web 2.0

I found the Time article on Web 2.0 to be really interesting. Each year, Time Magazine chooses one notable person to be the Person of the Year, and it is very exciting to see who they choose and why they choose them. For the magazine to choose "you" (or me) as the person of the year is a very bold statement in regards to Web 2.0. I agree with their foresight, because I have seen firsthand the unbelievable growth in social networking sites and wiki pages, and I also believe that they will continue to evolve and grow.

That is to say unless the government and special interest groups become involved. Web 2.0 is already getting a bad name for copyright infringements and sexual harassment cases, and at some point I do believe that the government will pass laws limiting the freedom with how people can use the programs.

Despite that, Web 2.0 is freedom of speech and expression at its best and I am not embarrassed to say that I have participated in a few YouTube videos.





Cheers!

Katie Markovich

Previous Word Experience

My word experience is really limited to writing papers and e-mails, which is pretty basic as it is. I would really like to just hone those basic skills since I am going to be writing many papers throughout college.
Some things I saw and wanted to learn more about in the Chapters was positioning graphics, since that was giving me a hard time for the homework. One other thing would be the Find & Replace tool, since I have never used it on any of my typing.

Cheers!
Katie Markovich