Sunday, January 27, 2008

My life in ten years

Obviously, I can not possibly predict my life a decade from now, but I can think about where I would like it to be. Following in my education, I would like to be a well-established architect in the Upstate. My father plans on starting his own firm soon, as he too is an architect. I hope in ten years I will be his partner. Ten years from now, I envision myself married, possibly with a child. Now that I have explained what might actually happen within the next decade, I would like to dream about the impossibilities. Ten years from now I will be a residential architect based in Key West, Florida. My designs are desired by the Key's most respectable clients in the most remote locations. I will have a sixty foot sportfisher, in which would be a small studio where I can sketch ideas for new homes when the sailfish bite is slow. Like most college seniors, I have no certainties in my future; not in one year, and especially not in ten. I hope my hard work here will lead me to enough success to at least entertain my hobbies.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Web 2.0

I'd like to start by saying I enjoyed the format in which the video was created very much. I did a similarly styled video while in Spain about riding a bicycle in Barcelona. It is a recording technique that shows a common action, such as the use of a computer or the riding of a bike, in the manner that the action is experienced while being performed. I find it very absorbing. I think the video carries a very powerful message.
Web 2.0 means to me the revolution that the internet has created, 2.0 insinuating the new and refined digital lifestyle that accompanies the internet. Our new dependence on the internet has affected our lives in extreme ways. As related to the workforce, any new or current employee has his or her live revealed on the net. An employer can access any criminal information for any employee or applicant. Knowledge of the internet has become a prerequisite for hiring in many jobs. Internet-knowledgeable employees are viewed as being able to take a company into the next generation of technology and commerce, this revolution of the internet. Web 2.0 is the idea of total change. We will indeed have to rethink everything. People, especially the current generation of students, lead two lives. The internet has become so personalized that it call be almost thought of as alter lives, as can be seen by the Facebook and MySpace. In some extreme cases, it is a literal alter life. Soon, personal communication could be obsolete.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

1. Introduction

My name is Charlie Miraziz. I am 22 years old and a senior in Architecture. I am originally from the small country of Jordan. I speak Arabic fluently and am studying French as a third language. I am politically liberal. I spent the first six years of my life in the smaller country of Kuwait before moving to Jordan because of the Gulf War. My family moved to lovely Spartanburg, SC in the summer of 1997. Even though I was young, there was still some culture shock. I play soccer as do most foreigners. I am the president of the Clemson Indoor Soccer Club. I plan to start my professional career this summer in the Upstate. I hope to gather materials in this course to help me apply for jobs in the near future.