We watched a video on Google. This is what I found to be interesting:
The people working at Google get to have a lot of fun, this allows them to keep people interested in and focused on their job.
Google started out as a research project and became amazingly successful with very high profits.
They rank their pages in order of how they come up by how many links are going to the site, a different approach than most search engines.
2/3 of internet searches are done on Google, they still have lots of competition (Bing and Yahoo).
Yahoo turned down buying Google.
Google keeps every search ever made, analyze it to make Google better. People worry about their privacy because of this. The history of your searches can be given to the government, but Google tries to keep he privacy of its users and does not misuse their data.
Google visual search allows you to take a picture and then search with it on Google if you want to know more about what you took a picture of. Google is trying to catch up to the Iphone with the Android.
Google Adwords is very helpful for small businesses by helping them advertise their company. Google makes a lot of its money with Adwords. This is what the sponsored links at the top of the page are.
This video was very interesting and showed a lot about what Google is doing and how they work. I think that Google Adwords was the most interesting because I have never heard of it before. I learned a lot about Google from this video and was very glad I watched it.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Pixar
We watched The Pixar Story in class. Here are my observations:
Technology Influences Art
Technology changed the way that art was viewed. It allowed for new art forms. They saw potential for new art when looking at new technology (Tron). Eventually it ws possible to draw right into the computer. Geometric shapes were used a lot because it was easier to do on computers. Basically technology allowed for stories to be told with art that can't be told any other way.
Art Influences Technology
The artists would ask if new technology could be created to do what they wanted. Specifically George Lucas want to do things after Star Wars so new software had to be created to make it possible. The artists wanted to animate reality and they needed to find a way to do this with technology. They needed technology for specific things and more powerful computers so they were made. Basically the artists wanted to do something and a way to do it was found with new technology.
The Creation of Toy Story
Pixar's idea was a story from a toy's point of view, Disney funded this idea to be made into a movie. Pixar wanted to make something different from what Disney did. They got Tom Hanks for Woody and completed the storyboard. They showed Disney the storyboard and Disney said to shut production down. Pixar, instead of shuting down, rewrote the script and made the movie the way they wanted to. Production was started back up and Tim Allen was brought on as Buzz. No one knew what the final product was going to look like but it ended up great. Toy Story paved a path for an animation industry.
Technology Influences Art
Technology changed the way that art was viewed. It allowed for new art forms. They saw potential for new art when looking at new technology (Tron). Eventually it ws possible to draw right into the computer. Geometric shapes were used a lot because it was easier to do on computers. Basically technology allowed for stories to be told with art that can't be told any other way.
Art Influences Technology
The artists would ask if new technology could be created to do what they wanted. Specifically George Lucas want to do things after Star Wars so new software had to be created to make it possible. The artists wanted to animate reality and they needed to find a way to do this with technology. They needed technology for specific things and more powerful computers so they were made. Basically the artists wanted to do something and a way to do it was found with new technology.
The Creation of Toy Story
Pixar's idea was a story from a toy's point of view, Disney funded this idea to be made into a movie. Pixar wanted to make something different from what Disney did. They got Tom Hanks for Woody and completed the storyboard. They showed Disney the storyboard and Disney said to shut production down. Pixar, instead of shuting down, rewrote the script and made the movie the way they wanted to. Production was started back up and Tim Allen was brought on as Buzz. No one knew what the final product was going to look like but it ended up great. Toy Story paved a path for an animation industry.
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