Analyzing my favorite websites

In-class Assignment

• Youtube

Youtube contains text , images and hyperlinks. There is a youtube logo top left of the page and a search bar right after the logo . Youtube uses mostly movies because thats the point of the website , projecting videos . Youtube has a huge database because a lot of people uses it and a lot of data storage is needed . There is a certain structure and the videos are categorized . Underneath each video there is a description , the person that uploaded the video and much more information , as tags and video answers to this video .

• Wikipedia 

 Wikipedia contains text , images and hyperlinks . On the right top of the page there is the logo of the website (Wikipedia) , and underneath the logo there is a list of languages that you would possibly like to translate to .
There is a main page and a dsicussion page as well . There are some articles on the main page such as "Today's featured article " . There is another column with In the news... and On this day... 

• Friv

Friv contains images and hyperlinks. On the center there is a moving friv's logo . The page is filled with small images/links to play games . Friv is not the most structured website . When you are redirected to a game by clicking a game , there is the game's title on the left top and under that there are some instructions on how to play in picture form . Friv is only using flash .

Blog Assignment

Comment on the issue of monetizing in the social Network . What is your opinion ? Why is Facebook so successful?

In my opinion , I believe that monetizing , that is basically the advertisements , could be quite annoying in terms of a social network . Most of the users are not in favor of them and neither do I . Nevertheless , I think that before even considering monetizing a social network , that this social network must be succesful and very popular . Facebook , contains a lot of adveritsements and it's very successful . The reason is that it is quite innovative and somehow addictive . Eventually , I think that monetizing is essential if you see a social network as a buiseness , but it has to be a succesful and popular network so it wont discourage users by adds.

Is HTML important ?

Why is it important to learn HTML when designing websites?

     In my opinion , I believe that the HTML code is very crucial concerning desinging websites not nessecarily for practical reasons , taking into consideration the rapid growth on websites with ready templates and easy formats to create your own website , but because having knowledge on this code is helfpul on adding personal things that you like in your website as well as the providence of  "independency" on your website.
    Furthermore , I think that its essential to be aware of this code in order to have knowledge of the "old" way of creating websites , as a form of a knowledge of the Internet History . Finally I would like to think that the HTML code won't be eliminated on programming , but it will just progress as that is normal for everything .  

Internet Use

How often do you use the Internet and what for ?

I am try not to use the Internet very often , while its very addictive and I could easily lose a lot of time using it . I believe that Internet is very useful but it could eventually be very dangerous since we dont use it with moderation . Internet has helped a lot of people the last years , as it's potential is huge . Although , when I use it , I usually chat with my friends , listen to some music and sometimes I like playing Strategy games like World of Warcraft . A very famous strategy game . Finally , I am using Internet to download movies and music .

Copyright questions

How has copyright law benefited society?

The copyright law exists to protect the human rights , especially the rights concerning Internet . In my point of view the copyright law appears to be quite ineffective so far , as it needs a few improvements . Although this law is not effective it has managed to limit some copyright infringements . The majority of infrigments concern music , and I really believe that this law has flaws taking into consideration that a lot of singers lose their jobs because of this fact.

What would you change about copyright law, given the rapid growth of the Internet?

Taking into consideration the rapid growth of the Internet , I would change the present law and make it stricter and more efficient . I would also put some people , to check if this law works . Cyber police would also be efficient in order to fight against this problem .

About Me

           My name is Nicolas Stamou , I am 16 years old and I was born and raised in Athens , Greece . I am a part of a big familly , having two brothers and one sister , all of them younger than me . Currently and for the two next years I'll be living on Skopje , to study on Nova High school .

I like sports , even though I play computer games as well and what I like the most , is hanging out with friends. I am kind of nervous about this new experience of living on a total different environment , but it will help me to achieve my future plans easier .

I am thinking of studying Marketing , concerning I am fascinated by the idea of being a salesman , and I am especially intrested in studying either  in an American University or on a Greek University.