User talk:George Berrie

This is my discussion page - please feel free to comment. George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 10:08, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

=Current Discussions= Hey George, that also sounds good. We can bring it up at next weeks meeting to see how we can engage with the other groups and the best way to do so. Perhaps we could add to their own user discussion pages and see what differences they have/what they deemed as important? GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 14:12, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi George, wasn't really sure where to put this. Within my group I'll be looking at danah boyd, we're yet to properly assign roles to everyone though. Bouncing some ideas around sounds good though! SiobhanDMC (discuss • contribs) 19:36, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Hey George, it's Kathryn from 4KR. The work your group has done looks really great! As of yet, my group hasn't allocated certain topics for certain people so, as far as I'm aware, we will just be contributing to each subject if and where there is anything to add. KathrynHairUpAndGlasses (discuss • contribs) 13:39, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi again. I was just wondering which referencing style your group used so that I can ensure that I use the same one. Thanks. KathrynHairUpAndGlasses (discuss • contribs) 14:34, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Kathryn, we will be deciding on a final referencing style on Monday at our team meeting, once we know I will get back to you on that one. Have your group been adding to their discussion pages or to the Yearbook page? I'm kind of confused as to how it's going to work because people have already submitted work to it and a lot of the ideas will be roughly the same. Any thoughts from your group on this? GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 12:00, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi George, this is just a reminder that we are now going to use the APA style of referencing for now. Gemma posted on your page already about the wikipedia referencing link, but here it is for convenience: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/RefCodeHandout.pdf Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 16:10, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi George, I'm part of the 4KR group also doing always on culture. The work your group has done looks great so far! Has all of the work come from your group or have you been communicating with the other group? We're just collecting the last of our information and getting ready to add our stuff tonight. Katrinamcaleer (discuss • contribs) 13:40, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi George, should we begin adding our information to the main page today? Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 16:28, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi George, about what you said on my page regarding the hyper-links: do you reckon we should include hyper-links to the other topics which are mentioned on my discussion (On-line Identity and Cognitive Surplus)? This will provide navigation to other pages from the "Always-On" chapter emphasising their connections with the other chapters in the yearbook. Do you know what I mean? GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 19:07, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Also, forgot to say, could you please have a look at my discussion page and find the note I left on the "References" section? I would appreciate it if you could let me know which articles you referred to. Thanks GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 19:10, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi George, just got your message. Yes, I am going to add my content to the page now. In terms of the glossary I think we should add new content that we have that is missed. Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 20:49, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hey, I get what you mean with the others putting content straight on there. We've just started putting content straight onto the book now too since its getting nearer deadline day. We've got a sort of draft page on the discussion page of one of the girls in my group just now so we have a lot more stuff still to go on there. It's quite hard to tell who has posted what on the book unless you bother scrolling through all of the edit history too! I think this would've been a lot easier if Wiki was easier to navigate lol. Katrinamcaleer (discuss • contribs) 10:00, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hey George, in reply to your comment on my discussion page, I have now moved all my content over to the main page but I am yet to edit it with the content that is already there. Also, I don't know either were to put the three tides. Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 10:22, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hey george, I seen your message on Siobhan's wall and I think it would be a good idea just to build a glossary together, so everyone add their own little bits and people can just add more of their own terms or anything people have missed instead of everyone individually writing a glossary as I am sure we all have a grasp on the main terms anyway I hope! JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 11:57, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hiya, in reply to your message, we sign the three tides under the "List of Contributors" title on the contents page of the Yearbook. I've done mine just now so hopefully people will be able to spot it easier. Here's a link: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Digital_Media_and_Culture_Yearbook_2014 GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 15:03, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the help George! Yeah, that sounds like a good idea! Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 16:02, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Tidying up references sounds good, once we have the glossary up and running we should definitely have that put in alphabetical order as well. JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 16:50, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Just to add on to what I just said, I just looked at the glossary that is already there, I have ordered it in alphabetical order but I do think it maybe needs some padding out. Or a bit more information. So definitely something the groups could be looking at tomorrow/closer to when it's finished JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 17:04, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Another thing to add on...I've been talking with Kelly another girl from another group and we have noticed that the references on our over all page are mixed and they should all be the same... i.e some are foot notes and some is APA. I know you have spent time looking at them so we wanted to get your opinion on changing it all to the same, we are swaying more towards foot noting and Kelly says she is happy to do, obviously we could help her. We are discussing this on the Talk page/Discussion page on the actual 'Always on' project page, so it would be good if you could get the general consensus from your group before we go ahead and footnote it all. JustHollie (discuss • contribs) 18:32, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hey, did you manage to sign your name on the book? I'm not completely sure if we're thinking of the same thing here but Greg was saying in this weeks seminar that we can sign our name on the main page of the book under the list of contributors. I'm not sure if this is what you meant. Katrinamcaleer (discuss • contribs) 20:43, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi George, I'm (almost) done with the definitions, the only thing I need before posting it on the year book page is a name in one of the paragraphs that you posted on my discussion page. The name somehow got lost when I tried to do the in text referencing, and I can't seem to get back. I think it's supposed to be Lanier, but I can't really post it without knowing.

Hi guys! I am now finished, and I have posted my contributions on the main wikibook page! StineEliseJ (discuss • contribs) 12:32, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi George Connor here, was wondering if you could now post your section on technological determinism on our book with the references. I think it would be best going under the section titled Marshall McLuhan-Extensions of the Human Body. Thanks Connor Zahariev (discuss • contribs) 13:39, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi George, did you get my email about not being able to make it on Monday 7th to arrange the presentation as I have another meeting at the same time? Do you know if we can reschedule as I feel I need to be there in order to put together the slides effectively. GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 16:00, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

=Being 'On': the different means of getting connected=

Being ‘always on’ means taking into account both technical networks and social networks according to danah boyd. When we cannot connect to the technical network we can often feel frustrated, angry, or worried that we can’t get access to a particular piece of information, or that our productivity will fall, or we can’t make a particular social connection at that precise point in time (Boyd 2012). This section looks at the how the internet developed and the legacy issues from that development, the technical network today and how each part has advantages and disadvantages.

Origins of the Internet and its Legacy
The internet’s origin began in the 1960s with a network created by Advanced Research Projects Agency which was part of the US Defense department. It was called ARPANET and was originally designed to connect universities and laboratories (IEEE, 2014). Many other networks were subsequently created in different organizations and countries but the networks themselves could not effectively interconnect (BBC, 2012). In 1974 Vint Cerfand Robert Kahnwrote communication protocols to enable information to be easily sent from one network to another and this was published in the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers magazine in May 1974. The protocols they wrote were called TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and IP (Internet Protocol) and now form the protocols that run the internet (IEEE, 2014). Despite the clear benefits at the time of allowing the internet to flourish, TCP/IP might now be categorized as a ‘Lock-in’ as described by Jaron Lanier (Lanier, 2011), and we are now somewhat constrained by a major tool we use to understand the world.George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 14:54, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

The Wireless Network: 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi
There are a number of ways that we get 'on' the internet and it can often be a combination of wired and wireless methods. This section looks at wireless connections and some of the advantages and disadvantages.

3G and 4G
3G and 4G are short for 3rd Generation and 4th Generation Technology. These developments have allowed for an increase in the speed of communication but also gave the user the addition of video calling, live streaming, mobile internet access and IPTV as the 3G/4G spectrum provides the necessary bandwidth to allow this: 3G technology is specifically designed to cater for multimedia communication (Engineersgarage.com). This advancement of generations means we have better and faster access to visuals, graphics and animation that would have appeared less sophisticated previously (about.com, 2014). GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 12:24, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

3G speed can provide up to 2 Megabits per second whereas 4G's speed of up 200 Megabits per second (Ibrahim, 2002) is significantly faster and is able George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 17:03, 31 March 2014 (UTC) to provide much faster speeds for High definition video streaming than 3G and Wi-Fi (about.com, 2014). GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 12:24, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

4G is now widely available and has an expanded coverage in comparison to 3G, so provides more or less constant connectivity. Although, it is still not available in many locations of the globe and is still a new generation so users may experience glitches and bugs with the technology (about.com, 2014). GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 12:24, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is wireless technology that uses microwave radiation to transmit and receive signals between devices and because of its method of transmitting and receiving it is thus vulnerable to interference (Clout, 2014). The existing wireless standard is 802.11n and is only capable of 150 Megabits per second. In addition, the greater the number of users accessing a wireless access point at a given time, the greater is the degradation of service experienced by those users (Clout, 2014).

However the need for greater speed when multiple users are using Wi-Fi has led to a new much faster Wi-Fi standard being developed: 802.11ac. The 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard has the potential to transfer information at 7 Gigabits per second which is more that ten times faster than the current standard. The new standard was approved in January, 2014 (IEEE, 2014) thus enabling new devices to be designed and manufactured. Whilst the new standard makes it comparable with wired Gigabit Ethernet it will still retain the problem of interference as radio waves struggle to get through dense building materials and the signal deteriorates over a fairly short distance. (Digital Trends, 2013).

Networks which use wireless technology are more difficult and expensive to secure compared with wired networks and are thus vulnerable to identity theft and unauthorized surveillance (Clout, 2014).

•Advantages of using Wireless:

-Wireless provides convenience and the ability to work anywhere.

-There are less/no cables so more people can connect to the one access point.

-Ability to use internet on phones and tablets, providing a cheaper alternative for browsing.

•Disadvantages of using Wireless:

-There is a limited signal range, so speed will decrease the further away you go from the access point.

-Wireless provides low security as signals can be intercepted.

-Signals can also be affected by other signals/radio waves/walls/other physical barriers.

-Wireless connection is not as fast as wired networks.

•Wi-Fi VS. 3G/4G

-Wi-Fi has the advantage when it comes to raw speed.

-3G/4G give you increased mobility as they cover a wider area

-Having access to both Wi-Fi and 3G or 4G on smart phones gives the user a degree of resilience if one or the other is not available. Wi-Fi is dependent on wires delivering the internet to the wireless/wired router.George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 10:27, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 14:54, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Gigabit Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet is a multi-core cable in which the data transfer speed is 1000 Megabits per second and so is about four or five times faster than Wireless. It can run over 100 meters which is much farther than existing Wi-Fi (Digital Trends, 2013).

George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 15:49, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

•Advantages of using an Ethernet cable:

-Cannot be intercepted down the wire.

-High connection speed/high bandwidth.

-Long cables are relatively cheap.

-"Plug and play" aspect

GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 14:54, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

In terms of improved social cues, high bandwidth matters: video-based communications are of 'high fidelity' in terms of the cues we transmit to others and compares with 'low fidelity' for text-based comms and a lack of interpersonal cues (Sproull, L. and Kiesler, S., 1986). George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 10:28, 26 March 2014 (UTC)George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 20:30, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Fibre Optic Cable
Instead of using metal wires to send signals, fibre optic cables work using thin, flexible strands of glass and pulses of light to send information (About.com, 2014). The current industry standard for fibre optic broadband is 10 Gigabits per second and is about 66 times faster than wireless (IEEE, 2014).

Fibre optic technology has none of the reliability problems faced by wireless technology. It is claimed that fibre is even more reliable than metal wire cables as information moves through fibre optic cables in a way that makes it less vulnerable to interference from other data traveling along the same fibre cable (Clout, 2014).

Future Direction
The advance towards true "Always-on" connectivity globally, and in particular wireless connectivity, has recently been the subject of intent from two of the world's largest technology companies: Google and FacebookGeorge Berrie (discuss • contribs) 17:07, 1 April 2014 (UTC) On the 28/3/14, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced that he has plans to expand the boundaries of the internet to ensure every person in the globe has affordable, basic access to internet services. He expects to do so through the use of wireless drones, satellites and lasers, thus creating a fully "Always-on" world (Pimental, 2014). Zuckerberg provides competition for Google who intend to do the same with balloons and radio signals rather than drones and satellites (Simonite, 2014). GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 12:47, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

DRAFT of our Always On project
Team,

I've had a go at putting the main headings for our project - please feel free to hack this to bits and edit it as you please - its just a start. Within each heading I've used the module handbook wordings to keep us right so that we put the right material in.

Also, I've tried to capture what we agreed at our first meeting - apologies if I have got any names wrong! I thought we could use this as a framework for our work. From the workshop I've got a note of some of the markup codes for headings and so on - but I'm sure they exist in a more comprehensive way some where on the wiki - let me know if you find them please! Ok, so here is the framework - as I say feel free to edit it as you think fit ...

Introduction
We should put in here a brief overview of the subject we are writing about

Main Concepts
In here we put the concepts associated with "Always On", where the concepts came from - that's stuff like the theorists and what they had to say). Here are the concepts we thought we should have in our project:

Theorists/Speakers
This was allocated to Aj (Wiki name is amandajayner) for Sherry Turkle and Ania (cool Wiki name is Ania-polish accent) for danah boyd

Definitions
This was allocated to Elise and was to include 'Disinhibition' (Wiki name is StineEliseJ)

Engagement with other Groups researching "Always On"
This was allocated to Gemma (Wiki name is GemmaMiller)

Getting "On": the different means of getting "connected"
This was allocated to George (Wiki name is George Berrie)

Examples of "Always On" Culture e.g., Text/Email/SNS/Web Pages/TV Red Button/Blu-ray Live
This was allocated to Kelly (Wiki name is Kellymcdonach)

Has anyone heard from Kelly as no contributions have been made by her yet? GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 11:57, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Glossary
This is where we identify our key terms and provide concise definitions - so it ties in with what Elise is doing.

Early Comments
Hi George, see you at the social study with our media group later! Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 15:55, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Hey George, I hope at least someone in our group has a clue how to work this, because I'm lost. GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 15:54, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi George, the topic that has been listed for me below is different to the one I thought I had. What do you mean by "engagement with other groups", and do you reckon that is a title? What would this entail? I've discussed other topics which relate to "Always-on", not collaborated with other seminar groups. GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 13:25, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Gemma, I thought that you were going to engage with the other groups doing 'always on' to see if we could share stuff - but I've probably picked it up wrong because the stuff you've done already looks spot on! Maybe we should all just ask the other teams what they are doing when the time is right? 'Group X' and '4KR' also doing 'Always on'. Should we bring this up at next Monday's meeting?George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 10:11, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Hey George, in terms of glossary it looks like people are just adding things to it as they crop up. That's probably the best way to go about it so everyone can check what is already there before adding more. I think that way there won't be any repeats, and just one person won't be doing work that has already been done SiobhanDMC (discuss • contribs) 19:40, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hey! Just trying to send all the Always-On people a message about the boyd section. In the discussion page it has been decided that we will write her name in lower case throughout the wiki page, so that it remains consistent and coincides with her actual wikipedia page. Thanks! SiobhanDMC (discuss • contribs) 19:52, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Hejka! Just to let you know that I have added first points about the psychological aspect of 'always-on'.(Ania-polish accent (discuss • contribs) 13:10, 2 April 2014 (UTC))

Things to Discuss at our Meeting on 31st March (1pm - 2pm in the Library)
1. Should we all individually contact members of Group X and 4KR (who are also doing 'Always On'), or nominate one of our team to do this. George Berrie (discuss • contribs) 10:18, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

2. The organisation of our page we are making and what information to use

3. Check over referencing and make sure that it is consistent Amandajayner (discuss • contribs) 11:07, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

(Guys, this page might be of use to us regarding references as we need to use code when doing so. We can refer to this at the meeting: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/RefCodeHandout.pdf) GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 14:00, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

4. Discuss whether we have covered all main concepts, and if not, delegate topics to group.

5. Discuss everyone's contributions and whether certain topics need more work/content added GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 14:16, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

6. When to start posting things on the "Always-On" Chapter in the Yearbook. Some groups have already started doing so. GemmaMiller (discuss • contribs) 14:16, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

7. Maybe we can look also at the psychological damage that 'Always-On' can do to some people? Here is an example article: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/micwright/100009425/the-always-on-culture-smartphones-stress-and-suicide/ (Ania-polish accent (discuss • contribs) 20:14, 30 March 2014 (UTC))