Joshua Walker

Prof. Jensen

IST 1100

18 April 2015

The things that I learned in this class have been very valuable and things that I can and will use in my everyday life, even more so when it comes to technology. I really enjoyed the class and the structure of how the class was. I hope that in the nearby future for this class that nothing is changed for this class. The writing papers I enjoyed that since writing papers is something that I really enjoy and I actually take pride in so that made this class that much more enjoyable. All you need to do is read, understand the material and do the work and there is no reason why anyone should not pass this class.

As far as the book goes I think the book was ok. With the beginning of the book when discussing Friedman’s idea for the world being flat and how actually coming to find out that the world isn’t flat I feel that was more of a metaphor for saying how the world has evolved and basically it has become a much better place to live over time. With a reference to the world being flat I think he may have meant how the world as in us the people was flat and in this case technology was the subject and over time technology evolved and has become a driving force today. That’s how I would interpret the meaning of what he meant. I could be wrong but it is another way to look at it. I would like to see if Friedman felt the same or anyone else for that matter. It isn’t anything ridiculous to think that’s what he could mean as it is just my own opinion.

One of my favorite assignments that we were assigned to do was the one where when we were asked to find a movie with computers involved and if they could be related or used today. I picked the movie The Matrix because I know computers were a prominent use in the film and there is no way that can be used today. The usage for computers can be similiar but not the extent of what they were in the film.