Aaron Lam's Blog

I haven't start to contribute our class wiki yet. However, I did some of the research about specific areas that I want to contribute. First, I want to talk about gaming. Although someone already contribute information about this area, but I want to add few of things, such as Rockstar, which is a video game company that creates a lot of interesting and good video games, such as GTA 5 and Red Death Redemption 2. Those are two of the most popular video games so far, and I also play them in my free time. Second, I want to contribute information about Tik Tok, which is a mobile application that creates and shares videos as well as live broadcasting. This app is becoming more and more popular in China, and it starts to spread out to other countries. Third, I want to contribute some information about VR gaming. This is new and interesting experience about gaming. It creates a 3-D artificial environment, and users can experience real feeling when they are playing. I believe VR gaming will

P2P filesharing stands for peer-to-peer file sharing, which allows users to access media file through the use of networking technology. Nowadays, people can access movies, songs, videos, books, and games that were shared by another user. In our daily lives, we often use google drive to drop file and share to other users. It becomes much more convenient because we can access the files in any device. In addition, iCloud is a good example of P2P filesharing. It allows users to share files from one device to another without any difficulty. According to the article, Peers Find Less Pressure Borrowing From Each Other  written by Wendy, Kaufman, it talks about P2P leading. Google and other big corporations teamed up to create a platform for people to borrow and lend money in a more easier and cheaper way. Leading Club allows borrowers to borrow money in a lower rate and lenders to lend money to more people by using this technology and platform. The online platform can tremendously reduce th

Although new media has a lot of advantages, it has disadvantages in a subtle way. The biggest and serious issue is privacy. The biggest internet corporations collect our information when we are using the software. They collect our informations and provides and sells them to other big corporations. Those informations include website we visit, our shopping hobbit, and our interests that are analyzed by computer. Some websites of the biggest corporation put tracking software in our computer when we visit their websites. It clearly violates our privacy, but the supreme court ruled that it is ok for them to put tracking in our computers. I was shocked to hear that. In addition, the biggest internet corporation, Google, is monitoring our face and voice when we are using Google. There is a Youtuber who did an experiment. He first found out what kind of advertisements appeared on the website, which are mixed with different products and news. Then, he closed the website and pretended to talk ab

If Baruch College hired me to use new media to improve the college, I would implement 3 things. First, I will make a open online Baruch library where has all the textbook students need for different courses. By doing so, students can download the textbooks either for free or cheaper price. The problem is copyright. Therefore, Baruch should negotiate with the publications for a greater deal. We all know that if the textbook is too expensive, we can still find free online textbook online in some ways, but it might takes longer time. Then why don't publication lower the price for college students, so we can download the online version in a cheaper price. It benefits both sides, the publication and students. Second, I will implement a new and updated ID card which allows students and professors entering the building without swiping. We all know that it is annoying to take out our ID card and swipe every time we enter a new building. With a updated ID card, students can enter the buildi

GTA 5 is a online game which is somehow similar to Second Life. They both are virtual world models that represent the realistic environment, and users can talk and interact with each others, but GTA 5 is more violent than Second Life. New media gives people an opportunity to express their creativity in many different ways. For instance, I use GTA 5 as a platform and its sources to create and modify a Lamborghini's car which is shown below. Users can use their creativity to modify their cars and planes. There are numerous combinations which allow users to choose. In GTA 5, you can see cars and planes that are modified by other users, and some are really cool and fascinating. 

All new media and new technologies are created by creativity. All those "new" things are came from use of imagination and original idea to create something that never happened before. People have so many thoughts and ideas in their minds, and sometimes, it is hard to turn their imaginations and ideas into reality. People need resources to do that. According to "The New Math of Mashups" by Sasha Frere-Jones, the article mentions the beginning of mashups during 2003. Jeremy Brown saw the potential of two songs, and combined them together using his software. Great example of mashup song will be "Frontin'on Debra". This song is created from one vocal from one song which is laid with the music from another song. Sometimes, original song is not the best because there are many others beats, lyrics, melody and tempo that are more suitable with the song. This is the power of creativity. Some people can see the strengths and weakness of the song, and they are