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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

What Wireless Technology Has Had The Greatest Impact on Society Today?

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In truth, there has been so much technological advancement across the world, and much like everything else affected by this, wireless technology has become overly convenient to use, learn, and master. It is hard to pick one piece of technology being more important than the rest, simply because all technology was and is created in a chain. As in, one thing being invented leads to another related thing being invented as an improvement to the last. I could say computer, which chain lead to laptops, tablets, and even smart phones. I could say radio, which was the main means of communication for years and played a massive important role in our nation’s history, America, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt used radio to deliver his fireside chats. I could say TV has been widely important, as it gave everyone a chance to see and hear media, and it remains ever so popular today. I could also say the telephone, as it lead to many various means of communication, including cell-phones, car-phones, smartphones, and other great innovative products. If I were to select one wireless technology that transcended communication, enhanced convenience, and changed the way society today does things drastically, it would have to be the smartphone.

The technology that a smartphone introduced, from its beginning and up until now, is astounding. Although the development of smartphones can be tied to the evolution of cell phones, radios, and computers, nothing affects our society today as much as a smartphone. Simply said, the ability to have a computer in your pocket and to use that pocket computer no matter where you are to find anything you want is unbelievable. It can be said that a smartphone has become a person’s connection to the rest of the world, as you can see news, advertising, social media, sports scores, business schedules, and millions of other things all on a high definition screen that first comfortable in your pocket or hand bag. There will never be another moment where your curiosity will not be answered, because your second brain is less than an arm’s length away. Today’s society is all about convenient ways for consumers to live and easy ways for marketers to reach consumers. I do not think that there is a more effective way of doing both of those conjointly than the way it can be done through mobile means using a smartphone.

Disclaimer – Although smartphones are the specific technology making the biggest impact right now and have really shaped our society today, as we know it (think about how many times you see someone using a smartphone daily or even how many times you use your own if you have one), I think overall, computers may be the most impressive and important technological advancement that has even been made across all technologies. Specifically though, even though they have been around for far less than the other wireless technology available over the years, smartphones have reshaped everything in the matter of a few years, causing lifestyle changes and a massive amount of new content to view, listen to, and share.

Thank you for reading!
Joe
From http://wonderfulengineering.com/10-best-smartphones-to-buy-these-days/

Friday, September 12, 2014

A Message From Clint Dempsey

Disclaimer - This is purely fictitious and is being done for a school assignment. Clint Dempsey had nothing to do with this, beside being chosen as a spokesperson for this assignment. This was actually written by me, Joe Goense.

Hello All!

Clint Dempsey here with a message for you, the fans! We at MLS need your help for a competition of epic proportions. MLS is challenging the Super League, China’s top-tier soccer league. Much like MLS, the Super League is full of exciting, skillful players, much like myself……sorry just messing around. As I was saying, much like MLS, the Super League is full of loyal, exciting, top-tier fans. The cheers, claps, and respect of the millions of fans who follow us fuel both us players here and players over there. Let me take this time to thank you all, but there are more serious things for us to talk about today, like I said, we need your help.

This challenge between the Super League and MLS is scheduled to start two months from now on November 11th.  This challenge requires you, the fans, to vote in your top four favorite teams from MLS to face the top four voted in teams of Super League. The four teams that you choose will the verse each other with the top voted team versing the fourth voted team, the second versing the third, and then the winners of each versing each other. The last team standing will then verse the best the Super League has to offer, their last team standing. In other words, the fans have the power to determine how this tournament goes; as you will be selecting what teams will represent MLS in this battle of leagues. Now I know all who read this would immediately pick the Seattle Sounders into the tournament, which is totally fine by me. I mean, we do need to win this thing don’t we? All joking around aside, any MLS teams you vote for will give it their all as we represent you in our fight with a rival league. Though it may be us out on the pitch and you in the stands in a literal sense, it is all about you guys and gals, as the architects of this whole thing.

So, get voting! The MLS ballots will be open next Friday, September 19th, at 1:00 PM and will remain open until Friday, October 24th. You will be asked to vote for your top four choices, in order from one to four, with one being your absolute favorite. The votes will be revealed Saturday, October 25th and we start this fight together on November 11th. There have been bets among us players and coaches of what teams will get in and how many votes we will get. Don’t let us down, vote!

Look out for personal messages from other MLS stars like Graham Zusi, Landon Donovan, and Thierry Henry.

Go Sounders!


Clint Dempsey
Courtesy of  http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/06/22/pitch-please-firefly-music-festival-figured-make-soccer-exciting-americans/

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Thoughts on a Change in Event (Mississippi Changes Championship Venue)

The article I decided to read was written by Courtney Cronin, and it is entitled MHSAA announces changes to football championships venue. To summarize, this article explains the recent change made by the Mississippi High School Activities Association to play their championship games on four different college campuses by means of a four-year rotation. The former site of the game, Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, had been the site of the Mississippi High School State Championship Game for the last 21 years, but the Association decided to make the change. The first game will be hosted on the campus of Mississippi State with Ole Miss also being in the four-year rotation. Don Hinton, the MHSAA’s executive director, said a main reason for the move is to utilize the state’s best facilities. JSU, who as said before hosted the game for 21 years straight, hopes to have a future game played again on their field. Although they were expected to enter the bidding for a future championship game as part of the four-year rotation, they were still busy finalizing payment for the 2013 championship game, so they did look to further their involvement at this point. Eric Stringfellow, a spokesman for Jackson State, would say of this, “we are hopeful this will be resolved in a manner that will keep the high school football championships in our capital.”

I think this is a reasonable and acceptable path to take for the future of the Mississippi high school state championship game for a few reasons. Firstly, having a four-year rotation achieves the perfect balance of fitting in different venues while also developing comfortability with each venue. Although I appreciate the tradition of playing a game at the same place for so long, I think it will be good to implement a change to play at other venues across the state, especially since Mississippi has some marquee schools to and venues to play at when it comes to football. Secondly, this will help high school players, specifically, Mississippi high school players to check out their potential choices of colleges to attend and get a feel for the stadiums they may play in. There always seems to be a lot of players in high school that like to stay in state and take pride in it. This was the case with my high school as most of our senior football team when on to play in places like Rutgers and other New Jersey Universities. Thirdly, I think this plan changes the venue without drastically altering the event. To explain and if I remember correctly from studying seating, the former stadium at JSU and the new stadiums of MSU and Ole Miss all have similar capacities, which I believe is a little above 60,000. Also, a four-year rotation allows everyone to at least get used to each stadium/venue. Lastly, even though they may be losing their year in and year out hosting of the game, JSU still has the opportunity to enter the rotation and host the game in the future, as long as their current contract/financial agreement for the 2013 game is finalized.

Thank you for reading!
- Joe


Cronin, Courtney (2014, July). MHSAA announces changes to football championships venue. Clarionledger.com. Retrieved August 16, 2014, from http://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/high-school/2014/07/21/mhsaa-football-championships-venue-change/12941535/