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Apple and Android, Walled Garden vs Open Source | an exterior view
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Just a Work in Progress. Apple and Android, Walled Garden vs Open Source. October 23, 2015. 8220;I think Android hurts them more than it helps them. It’s just going to divide them and people who want to be their partners.”. 8211; Steve Jobs, 2008. So Android’s device philosophy is all about it’s technology being open source. This means that you can root your phone since they give out the open source code, you can browse Android’s many unofficial app markets. Control over the platform, content and userbase.
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About | an exterior view
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Just a Work in Progress. Hello and welcome to an exterior view, just another boring blog! My name is Alan Chung, I’m a first year greenhorn studying Media and Communications at the University of Wollongong. This blog serves the purpose of expressing my very own personal views and opinions on all the issues and ideas that arise during the course of my degree alongside all of the boring stuff in between. Image courtesy of Hui Xu. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Blogs I’m Following.
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Jrnl Statement | an exterior view
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Just a Work in Progress. I’ve absolutely always loved to write. Whether it was building fictional worlds piece by piece, backed with an absolutely compelling narrative through creative writing, or creating the foundations of an English essay from scratch. I’ve always loved to express myself with words and storytelling. So journalism came naturally as an initial step towards making a career out of what I enjoy doing. Of course I’ve still got a long way to go. I’m an introvert at heart. Blogs I’m Fol...
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Just a Work in Progress. October 14, 2015. October 14, 2015. So the first journalist I’m following is Jen Dudley-Nicholson the national technology editor for News corp. Borrowing this lens from @sonyaustralia. Was clearly a trap. Testing it at @lonepinekoala. Jen Dudley-Nicholson (@jendudley) October 14, 2015. Continue reading →. Niches and The Extremely Long Tail Effect. October 11, 2015. October 11, 2015. 8211; Chris Anderson. So I’m going to explain a bit about the long tail. What is the long tail?
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What is Hidden: The Hardships of Long Distance Commuting | an exterior view
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Just a Work in Progress. What is Hidden: The Hardships of Long Distance Commuting. October 19, 2015. October 19, 2015. David Xu, 18 is currently studying the first year of his Commerce and Law degree at the University of Sydney, despite living in Wollongong. He spends 12 hours commuting to and from Redfern each week, with each trip lasting roughly two hours. The aim of this narrative was to explore the lives of students such as David, who travel incredibly long distances in the pursuit of education.
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Alan Ch | an exterior view
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Just a Work in Progress. The Internet of Things: The Quantified Self. October 23, 2015. 8220;It began with a small group of digital obsessives recording their heartbeat. Today the ‘quantified self’ movement is a gadget-filled fitness craze.”. 8211; (Sunday Telegraph Magazine, 2013). So why would people do this? Why would people force themselves to be measured every moment of every day? The main objective here as told by Gary Wolf is. That of self knowledge…of getting to know ourselves better. Achieving s...
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Mohamed Bouazizi, Social Network Revolutions & Citizen Journalism | an exterior view
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Just a Work in Progress. Mohamed Bouazizi, Social Network Revolutions and Citizen Journalism. October 23, 2015. October 23, 2015. 8220;…and on Jan 14, just 10 days after Bouazizi died, Ben Ali’s 23-year old rule of Tunisia was over.”. On the 17th of December 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi being a sole bread-earner, had his vegetable cart confiscated, and thereby immolated himself in the main square. These events encapsulate the importance of social media in citizen journalism, without these facebook groups used t...
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The Internet of Things: The Quantified Self | an exterior view
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Just a Work in Progress. The Internet of Things: The Quantified Self. October 23, 2015. 8220;It began with a small group of digital obsessives recording their heartbeat. Today the ‘quantified self’ movement is a gadget-filled fitness craze.”. 8211; (Sunday Telegraph Magazine, 2013). So why would people do this? Why would people force themselves to be measured every moment of every day? The main objective here as told by Gary Wolf is. That of self knowledge…of getting to know ourselves better. Achieving s...
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Dark Fiber: Flame (The Malware) | an exterior view
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Just a Work in Progress. Dark Fiber: Flame (The Malware). October 23, 2015. This is a map back in 2012 showing the amount of Flame infections discovered on customer machines. So what is flame? It’s a massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware that was infecting targeting systems in Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Sudan for at least two years. However, what was interesting was the spreading mechanisms that are typical with Malware such as Stuxnet were switched off, possibly to avoid accelerated detection by ...
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Anonymous & Hacktivists | an exterior view
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Just a Work in Progress. October 23, 2015. 8220;The word ‘hacker’ originally meant somebody who enjoyed exploring, playing with, or learning about computers. Like ‘phone phreak,’ it later shifted to have a negative connotation: somebody who breaks into or abuses computers.”. Hacktivism essential encapsulates online activism. Anonymous is probably biggest hacktivist collective, who are mainly known for their self-branding and their anti-authoritarian sense of online comeuppance. Especially when you consid...
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