Parmeet's Podcasts

File sharing is the act of sharing one or more files. These files exist on our computers and can be sent over a computer network and shared with someone in the same house, a team member at work, a friend in another country, or ourselves so that we can access your files from anywhere. The term P2P refers to peer-to-peer networking. On a peer-to-peer network, computer hardware and software communicate without the need for a server. P2P file sharing is used by file-sharing software clients. P2P technology helps P2P clients upload and download files over the P2P network services. Wendy Kaufman's article on npr  talks about P2P lending, which allows customers to secure lower interest rates for loans when compared to traditional loan providers. The articles states that "The system works like this: Investors put up the money to fund the loans; typically they'll have pieces of hundreds, even thousands of loans which are ranked according to risk. An investor's rate of retur...

Most of the new media platforms allow hundreds, if not thousands, of people to view our pictures and life updates through Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. What happens sometimes, specially with teenagers, is that they tend to post or write something that might be explicit. This leads to someone on their social media sharing that post, which leads to embarrassment or worse, bullying. As users of these platforms, we tend to blames the likes of Mark Zuckerberg when there's news of Facebook selling user data to third-party platforms but we forget that we aren't helping our case by sharing more than we should be sharing. Users tend to disclose their locations, credit card information, employment information, and family relations on these platforms. It is correct to say that social media isn't conducive to confidentiality, but we aren't helping ourselves by avoiding a risk-averse approach.

It is unfortunate that students tend to encounter a lot of problems with Baruch's infrastructure and resources due to the lack of funding available to CUNY schools. However, with the bright talent that is present on campus, there are several ways for creative minds to use new media to improve the student experience. Being a fan of podcasts, I would make a proposal to The Ticker  at Baruch to launch a weekly podcast. This podcast could revolve around topics such as academic/professional advice for students, alumni experiences and interviews with faculty who've had a relationship with Baruch for longer than a decade. Additionally, I would make Twitter a platform for Baruch's administration and student body to interact. Students would benefit by having a discussion around the problems they face, while the college's administration can give regular updates about new projects, and have a weekly Q/A session with Baruch students. Baruch does already have a profile on Twi...

Before an individual sets his/her sights on creating something new, they often have to be inspired by something or someone. YouTube was only officially launched in Pakistan this decade, and since then the Pakistani YouTube community has grown at an exponential pace. Over the past few years, there has been an increase of vloggers globally that post their videos on YouTube. Due to the internet, teenagers and young adults in Pakistan were able to take inspiration from western vloggers and design a vlogs that they believed would thrive in the Pakistani market. Even though the videos these vloggers churn out every week aren't 100% down to their own creativity, new media platforms allowed them to take an idea and play around with it to tailor it to their audience and their target market. This still requires an individual to be creative and come up with ideas to make their product distinct from that of someone with millions of subscribers on YouTube. Sasha Frere-Jones' article in ...

People tend to think of technology's biggest benefit being the exponential increase of convenience in our daily lives. However, technology has allowed for the creation of virtual worlds where humans can go through experiences that they haven't done in real life or don't want to experience in real life. Virtual reality or virtual worlds have already been used in the gaming industry and military training. Diane Mehta's article in Forbes  "After Second Life, Can Virtual Worlds Get a Reboot?" mentions, "But Minecraft is a virtual world. It’s digital LEGOs if you will, but it’s a space for kids to exercise their imagination and to connect with others to also want to build and create things. And it’s the biggest phenomenon today." This technology has also been used to test self-driving cars and other autonomous vehicles. However, the biggest problem with the virtual world is that it is expensive, challenging and time consuming to create. Also, it is impo...

When comparing discussions on Twitter and Blackboard, it is important to realize that there is a 280 character limit on Twitter. Discussions on Blackboard can involve a thread of a few posts that might be more descriptive and more detailed as there isn't a character limit. People can expand upon their points and provide multiple sources of evidence to support an argument in one post, which might not be possible on Twitter. The good thing about Twitter is that a discussion can be viewed by people who don't follow you through the use of hashtags. If someone retweets or likes your tweet, your tweet will appear on the timeline of that person's followers, thus increasing your reach. There are also some similarities between the two, however. Both discussion boards follow the format of a thread, where contributors can reply to any post in the thread. The discussion boards also allow for the inclusion of links, pictures and videos. Even though you can change settings to receive n...