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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Farmer Jones to the real-life Czar Nicholas II of Russia who was also overthrown by those he controlled. Nicholas II was the last czar of Russia. He was born on the 6th of May 1868 and this day‚ ominously‚ turned out to be the Orthodox feast day of St. Job the Sufferer. This seemed to foretell the dangerous and troublesome life that Nicholas had ahead of him (“Czar”). Unlike his father Alexander Alexandrovich Romanov‚ a giant and intimidating leader‚ Nicholas was merely 5’6” and had a gentle personality
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The Last Tsar On March 15‚ 1917‚ three centuries of Romanov rule in Russia ended with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . After decades of social‚ economic‚ and political turmoil‚ the Russian masses rose up against their monarchical leader‚ fuelled by a hatred for the brutal status quo. At the core of the Russian Revolution of 1917 lay Nicholas II’s inability to compromise in the face of changing social dynamics and his weak leadership‚ which led to massive defeats during WWI and widespread disapproval
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Individual consumers need to become more aware of technologies effect on craftsmanship because individual users are distracted from true craftsmanship by technology. Within Nicholas Carr’s essay‚” Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ technology and company’s such as Google are distracting one away from a desire for craftsmanship. Nicholas Carr raises the point
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mThe general goes zapping Charlie Cong‚ Nicholas Tomalin (1966) 1. Use the introduction to identify the genre of the text and explain how the genre differs from a “normal” news article or reportage (journalistic style account of a past event) The article is written in a journalistic genre called New Journalism. This genre depicts real events but borrows from the world of fiction as it uses a number of literary devices as e.g. interior monologue‚ flashbacks and the invention of imaginary characters
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When one attempts to answer the question of whether or not “Tsar Nicholas was fit to rule Russia” one must consider three main points‚ his character‚ his attitudes‚ the problems facing Russia at the time and how he dealt with them. Essentially‚ Tsar didn’t have the emotional stability and desire to rule‚ that a ruler should possess and his neglecting of his country‚ would prove to eventually see an end to the Romanov dynasty in 1918. To be a successful leader one must first posses the desire
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a clinical situation related to the endocrine system. The questions at the each segment of the case will test your understanding of the endocrine system. Nicholas T.‚ age 32‚ is a busy systems analyst for a computer manufacturer. Working his way up the corporate ladder‚ he travels extensively‚ putting in many hours without much sleep. Nicholas has a tendency to be overweight but continues to eat fatty foods and does not have an exercise program. He craves salty pretzels and potato chips. ? In recent
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information‚ for a research project in the past could take days of reading books and journals. Reading books has become almost obsolete. The attention span of a person reading a book is that of a goldfish‚ two seconds. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” author Nicholas Carr said “Immersing myself in a book used to be easy. Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages”(Carr‚ n.pag). Reading short stories‚ headlines‚ and blogs on the Internet has changed the way we read. When on the Internet
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Is Google Making Us Stupid? by Nicholas Carr is an article that is questioning the effect that technology is having on our brains. There are advantages to having any information available to us. However‚ there are imperative disadvantages as well. The longer we use the Internet‚ the more expected it is that we will be unable to concentrate on extensive pieces of writing. As a result of our recent lack of focus‚ we often skim what we do read; therefore the creators of Google are attempting to adapt
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Many people use the Internet in their everyday lives‚ but they do not understand the negative aspect that it has in their lives. In Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” he explains to us how the Internet affects our brains in a negative way. Some people disagree with Carr and say that the Internet is just a resource that we use in our everyday lives and it does not affect us negatively. Even though the internet has many positive aspects‚ the internet affects us more negatively
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