Ehthesham Ahmed

Social networking has been very beneficial to our community in many ways. One of which is aiding people to find jobs and helping recruiters find candidates all on the social media platform LinkedIn. I have personally used LinkedIn to find employers and jobs that are suitable for me. It is a great way to build a relationship with job recruiters and past employers to make sure a window is always open for you when things are tough. In the NPR article, "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting", it states, "Using Linkedin, Steckerl says he can scout a group of job candidates in just half an hour" and "Social networking technology is absolutely the best thing to happen to recruiting -- ever". Social networking sites like LinkedIn have helped people build their careers. However, there is another side of social networking sites that is becoming a threat. Sites like Facebook and Instagram provides a platform for users to post their daily lives for the

Blogs and Wiki's are a great medium of networking that is beneficial for everyone involved. However, they have their differences that set them apart. Blogs are mainly controlled by an admin who publishes work while others can add their thoughts on the comment section. Wiki's provide more open space and allows multiple people with access to collaborate on different topics. They can add, remove, edit content as they please which is completely the opposite of a blog. In the NY Times article, "Wal-Mart Tastemakers Write Unfiltered Blog" by Michael Barbaro, it explains how blogs are used to connect the retail giant, Walmart, with the consumers who buy their products. These blogs provide reviews on everything sold in the stores and it helps buyers decide what to purchase. This is a great example of how collaboration works with blogs because the whole process is dependent on everyone adding their reviews and comments on different products. When it comes to finding new use

The Economic, Moral, and Technological Impact of Amazon Amazon has become a behemoth in the technology and consumer products industry. They account for about 50% of the US eCommerce market and leaving their competitors, such as eBay and Walmart, in the wind. They have taken the market by storm and are still growing. Amazon Web Services account for almost 5% of all websites including Netflix, Reddit, and AOL. However, their rise comes at a cost which is the moral aspect of this research. I will examine the things they have given up to get to where they are now.