jeZpace: Musings on Information Technology

"Laziness is the mother of all human progress." This quote really stuck with me ever since I heard it from a random anime I had watched from when I was 19 years old. The main character was so laidback it was infuriating because even when he was always chill , calm and collected, he always managed to get through any adversity that came his way. He wasn't on a high horse but you see, the protagonist's halo was prominent. While everyone was so determined to make use of the traditional approach to any problem (which usually involved violence and bloodshed in the story's context), his solutions were always seemingly out of the box, and seemingly...lazy; but that was mostly because his methods were those that technically made use of minimum effort yet posed the smallest of risks and loses. When you think about it, that was kind of how most technologies were born: someone or some people, at several points in time in history, basically got lazy — in the case of informatio...

    WEB 3.0: WEB OF THE FUTURE is a small video discussion about what Web 3.0 is, especially when compared with Web 2.0, its defining features, pros and also disadvantages.

I've been on this Earth for 24 years and along the way, I realized that, next to studying and learning new things, there seemed to be nothing more fun for me than collecting and doing hobbies. To make it sound a bit more profound, I have been looking for ways to fight off boredom while maximizing my capabilities. Among my many hobbies, I have my main three subjects of interests: music, stories, and art. Correspondent to them, of course, are softwares or applications that enable me to do them more conveniently, process and storage-wise. Starting with the first one, music. I used to be a singer. Not just because I sing for fun but, you know, as in -- I was someone who was called upon, requested or invited to come up on stage and sing for entertainment or competitions. It all started with intermission numbers at an early age of five, to joining contests in school or from town to town at the age of six and onwards. Like most good things, however, it came to an end; something happened t...

Man, I don't know about you, but I think I've only been looking at one of the so-called two faces of computer technology. From what I can recall, since the day I started using computers, it has been nothing but a blessing to me. If I consider the experience of others, however, I could say this subject is...well,  subjective. It might be because I use computers well and wisely that I have never tasted its wrath. I have never been a victim of cyberbullying, hacking, scamming, and all those deceitful and threatening operations. Refrigerators and other such types of computers do malfunction at times but I see those as my own fault for not maintaining them enough. Function and malfunction alike considered, I still think computer technology is a gift to humanity. Whenever I need something, I just know there's a certain computer technology for it that makes it easier, faster and more convenient. The curse side of using computer technology, in my opinion, would be if the users beco...

  Here's what: I'm one of those common folks who are always on their phones, fiddling with applications but then, do not really understand the intricate processes going on inside the phone that makes all that possible; and, I wasn't in a rush to find out either. The diagram above looks simple by itself - it shows a relationship, and more so, a cyclic type of relationship between the user, the application, operating system, and the hardware. It's pretty obvious that the user would be me, or any other people who make use of applications; an application is whatever software we download on to our phones that perform specific functions for us; the operating system (OS) — well, this one is a bit complicated — it's like the middleman that facilitates between the application and the hardware; and the hardware is the phone, as in the machine or computer that it is, together with its memory, processor, etcetera. Interpreting the diagram, I gather it's the way the data is...

  Note: This was created after the discussions — which is a good thing, by the way. I've never really been good at constructing concept maps. Imagine if we were asked to make one before everything else... hah..