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What I have learned in this course so far?

I feel that I have become more aware with what i interact with and and how I interact with it. I am aware that my data is being used to either improve services or re-distributing it for profit. I have also gained experience with developing a presentation for a product idea or invention and really getting into the nitty gritty and getting cost margins down, production costs and how we will source the parts. It isn't just one component that makes a product tick. I've realized that we have a huge over-reliance on tech and if this tech were to malfunction globally today, I think there would be mass panic all accross the globe as even developing countries are using tech to grow. I've also learned how to create great personna's and how creating solutions and targeting personna's accurately can maximise the effectiveness of your campaign.

My personal relationship with internet technologies and how their outage affected me on July 8th 2022

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I woke up on July 8th expecting a barrage of notifications from all of my friends on sms and social media platforms. However, I was awakened to absolutely nothing. At first I didnt think too much of it, however as time dragged on - i grew increasingly nervous as to why I wasnt receiving any notifications. By 11:00am, I was frantically trying to get on the internet but it was hopeless. What proceeded was hours of me being unable to contact my family or friends in different provinces accross Canada as well as my local friends in Ontario. I thought at least I could get a coffee at my local Tim Hortons, right? However, I had a nasty surprise awaiting me at 3:00pm as I entered the Tim Hortons cafe. I was welcomed to a place was filled with complaining customers that were unable to pay for their drinks. Why? Because all of the transactional systems, including Interac e-Transfer, were powered by Rogers Telecommunications infrastructure - the same infrastructure that had been throughout the wh