My second blog presentation

This is my second blog presentation...IN TWO DAYS! Thanks, Donna.

No, just kidding. For this presentation, I thought I would take you all to the forefront of blogging. The most instantly gratifying way to cover breaking news: Moblogs. Moblogs are blogs that are posted from mobile devices, like cell phones or PDAs. Although this technology has only recently went mainstream, the first internet post from a mobile device was made in 1995 by Steve Mann, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. He made this post from a wearable computer. Here is a picture of Mann with this device, I'm NOT MAKING THIS UP:

Looks more like he's preparing to time-travel, not post on the internet. And he bears a striking resemblance to Turbo-Mech, the Tank transformer:

Oh well, thank god we don't live in that age anymore. Now the extent of equipment needed to post to the internet can fit comfortably in your pocket.

And unlike their predecessors, Mobloggers are now able to use their phones to post pictures and video on the internet mere seconds after capture. With all of this technology literally at your fingertips, blogs are leaving conventional news media in the dust. An article from USC Annenberg headlines Moblogs Seen as Crystal Ball in New Era of Online Journalism. Keep in mind this was posted 3 years ago, and Moblogging has only gained popularity since then. Futurist author Howard Rheingold is quoted from his book, Smart Mobs asking, "What if smart mobs could empower entire populations to engage in peer-to-peer journalism? Imagine the power of the Rodney King video multiplied by the power of Napster. ... Putting video cameras and high-speed Net connections in telephones, however, moves blogging into the streets. By the time this book is published, I'm confident that street bloggers will have constructed a worldwide culture." Well, Howard, you were right. Moblogging is more popular today than ever before and as cell phones are becoming ever more powerful, the potential of Moblogs is continuously growing, and no end seems to be in sight. But as we all know: Moblogs, Mo' Problems. This is the extreme in the battle between bloggers and conventional news media. The main complaint of the mainstream news with bloggers has always been with reliabilty. Can you really trust your news when potentially anyone with a computer can post whatever they want, calling it truth with no verification to back it up? After all, Moblogs are usually posted immediately after the fact, and we all know how stories can change, even in professional news. We've all seen a story on the news start out as something and develop over time as more details come out. And moblogs run the risk of posting news with little or no investigation.
Obviously, if you want ROCK SOLID news watch TV or read reliable newspapers. But if you're one of those cutting edge, "gimme-it-now" news people, check the latest moblogs. You'll see news from anywhere, as it happens.