Convergence of Voice and Data Telecommunications Transmissions

I was assigned to give my comment on an article written by Bob Cullen, Vice President, Sales & Marketing from Hollingsworth & Vose Company which I found very informative and interesting to read.

It was about the convergence of voice and data telecommunications transmissions lately which has change the lifestyle of most society in the world. Many giant companies has venture into telecommunication technology business nowadays because they have done studies and believe the big return of investing in such businesses. Companies like Microsoft, Motorola, AT&T and Nortel have started to venture into new businesses that involves new networking technology and telecommunications transmissions.

Today, E-Commerce has taken place in the business world and the number of customers using E-Commerce has increase tremendously. In fact, many companies are strategizing their use of E-Commerce in order to keep current with their respective industries.

As a conclusion, I share the author’s view on the changes of data and information technology has somehow changes not only companies in doing their business but also the lifestyle of today’s generation. More changes is expected to come into place as technology changes very fast lately.

Communication Technology Keeps Getting In The Way of Communication!

I just read an interesting article written by Helen Wilkie about how communication technology has given a negative impact to our daily life. Just imagine, two people in an office sitting next to each other but communicating among themselves using the e-mail and not confronting or facing each other to discuss about work matters. Truly, this is what happened nowadays anywhere in this world.

Human touch is no longer an important element these days as the generation today has a high tendency of doing things in a more easier way using communication technology. The question is how can we resist using the latest technology in communicating as it is being exposed every day through mainstream media. The government is also encouraging the people to be up to date with the latest communication technology with the hope that Malaysians will not be left behind in the fast moving world.

Apart from making human more individualistic, communication technology has also made some of us to be inconsiderate especially when using the cell phones, selfish by not caring about other people and also sick due to lack of exercise. As mentioned in this article, many surveys in fact has shown that young people in high school to be over weight and unfit due to the amount of time they spend in front of their computers.

Now that most of us are aware the negative consequences of communication technology to human, it is very much important for scholars to sit down and discuss on how to minimise these problems. I couldn’t agree more the fact that we really need to keep a close eye on where communication technology is taking us.

The Digital Ages of Man

This article was written by Richard Naish, a games consultant, published in a magazine this year. It is about the pitfall of having Digital Immigrants (DIs) from the baby boomer generation purchasing and designing learning for the Digital Natives (DNs) of the Generation Y and Millenial Generations.

I must agree with the fact that the older generation has to use its age-grown wisdom to accept the natural arrogance of the new generation and adapted to their needs. In other words the DIs do need to adapt both their e-learning purchasing habits and their e-learining design techniques for DNs.

There are 8 common differences between DN learners and their DI teachers which includes DN Learners prefer receiving information quickly from multiple multimedia sources while on the other hand DI Teachers prefer slow and controlled release of information from limited resources. Another significant difference between the two parties is that DN Learners prefer parallel processing and multitasking while DN Teachers prefer singular processing and single or limited tasking.

DNs have been brought up using digital technologies simultaneously. So, it is natural for them to prefer multitasking in terms of utilising gadgets involving technologies. Surveys also shown that most youngsters today owned personal computers, mobile phones and even logged on 24 hours a day using the Instant Messaging System.

As a conclusion, whether we like it or not, there will always be differences between the two parties as they have different mind settings and agenda due to the generation gap which is obvious.