Assignment #1: "IT Doesn’t Matter" by Nicholas Carr Nicholas Carr wrote an article entitled IT Doesn’t Matter at first; it reads controversial and needs full of interpretations for the readers. As we read the entire story‚ the author might have a different interpretation of IT and probably points out that we really don’t need IT too much‚ the companies should not spend too much on IT and not more for strategic advantage. Carr said that having IT may delivered the business at risk; instead of
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Marcela Lopez English 110 B. Ruff 3 Feb. 2011 Deceptive Reality Television Unfortunately‚ today’s popular culture highly regards reality shows that are far from being real. Richard Huff’s title “Real or Not‚ It Doesn’t Matter” clearly states this fact; the public enjoys watching these shows‚ even though it knows that they are deceitful. Reality shows are fallacies‚ the work of the producers and editors‚ who work hard to make people believe that they are watching truthful situations. The impact
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1- Reflection on the article of Carr In May 2003‚ Harvard Business Review (HBR)‚ a magazine mainly addressed to business people in general such as managers‚ analysts and strategists etc.‚ and IT constituencies in particular such as vendors‚ researchers‚ engineers etc.‚ published a revolutionary article written by Nicholas Carr entitled “IT doesn’t Matter”. This article has created a huge debate within the IT industry‚ from opponents and proponents the opinions differ considerably. So in order
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In the poem‚ the narrator (allegedly Frost) meets with its neighbor to repair‚ as each spring‚ the wall on the dividing line of the properties. “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall‚” tells us the narrator in the first line of the poem and then tries to persuade his neighbor of the futility of that ritual that gets them together: the wall would be useful if one of the neighbors had cows‚ for example‚ but that is not the case. In addition‚ he tries to convince the other neighbor that there
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who mind don’t matter and those matter don’t mind”. At a first glance the quote might be small and obvious‚ but when dissected it has a enormous meaning. The quote gives way to the idea that people who don’t like you can be ignored while people that do like you cannot(Geisel). As Geisel wrote‚ those who matter don’t mind. This couldn’t be more true considering if someone really matters to you‚ and you matter to them‚ then they won’t mind you having opinions. An example that matter to a large sum
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Reshaping Our Thought Process The Internet and other forms of technology have been involved in the reformation of our lives. The article‚ "Is Google Making Us Stupid‚" by Nicholas Carr primarily focuses on the influence of the internet on our thinking behaviors‚ while in the article "Another Look Back‚ and a Look Ahead‚" by Edward Tenner mainly focuses on advances and setbacks of that go hand in hand with technology. In the modern world‚ technology has been an extremely vital well of knowledge
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Shlomi was misbehaving and was told to sit out for a few minutes to reflect on his behavior and the choices he should make. Shlomi started screaming and hitting his head on his knee. Staff asked Sholomi to stop hurting himself but he continued. Shlomi suddenly stopped‚ pick up his back pack and started to walk towards the park’s gate that opens to the road. Camp counselor‚ Jorge arrived at the gate before Shlomi and held it closed. Shlomi then ran to the west fencing and started too squeezed through
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The video‚ "Module 1: When a Child Doesn’t Play‚ Identifying Play Problems and Teacher Interventions" from the video file of Hand-in-Hand: Supporting Children with Play Problems‚ produced by Educational Productions Inc. (1992)‚ informs the importance of playtime for young children because the playtime is the learning time for them; therefore‚ if a child does not play‚ early childhood educators must carefully conduct an observation of the child‚ reflect gathered information‚ and set a goal of the
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Ed doesn’t care. He has lived long enough to realize it doesn’t matter what people think. His hair is balding on the top‚ goes down to about his shoulders‚ and is as white as snow. He wears the same outfit everyday: a battered pair of jeans‚ ford belt buckle‚ and boots. He doesn’t wear a shirt‚ I always think he wakes up and can’t find a shirt so he makes himself just decent enough to go outside. He has tattoos all over his chest‚ and could be the scariest looking person I have ever seen. When we
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and incarcerated in adult facilities. When I was made aware of this I took it upon myself to research juveniles tried as which in turn caused me to question whether juveniles should be tried as adult. Many claim that the age of the juvenile does not matter‚ if the child is old enough to do the crime they must do the time. On the contrary‚ I came to find that not only age but mental development in terms of cognitive development‚ the development of mental maturity and‚ formulation of personal identity
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