Erik Hanberg’s visit to our class was very interesting. He gave us insight on what it’s like to be an entrepreneur in the age of the internet. Erik talked a lot about how he created income for himself through his various interests. He currently self-publishes a wide range of novels. Erik does through tools at his disposal the internet. He hires people to edit his writing, create book covers, and give him audience feedback. I thought this was extremely cool that he could do it all on his own. This reminded me how much the internet has truly changed this. It has given people the freedom to pursue many opportunities within their interests. It also gives people more accessibility than they had before. People can do so many more things independently. Like become their own publishers. Erik also described all the steps he took to get his name out there as a budding author. He talked about buying email addresses and sending them information about one of his book he did not yet write. On top of the publishing, Erik took on responsibility of doing marketing all by himself. Another thing, Erik talked about creating a Tacoma podcast station. He has a channel named Channel 253 (after Tacoma’s area code). It is fairly new and features various different shows. Erik’s business is essentially giving people the space to host their shows. The podcaster pay his company for the service of being hosted by the Erik’s platform. Overall, Erik’s presentation gave more of perspective of using the internet to work for yourself.
The film had such a unique framing device. It uses a documentary style that seems real at first and then twists into science fiction. This made it so much more interesting for me. It made it interesting because I didn’t expect this twist at all. I assumed it would be an educational video about the history of the internet. The film was so much more in-depth than that. It gave an early shocking prediction of what news on the internet would look like. Surprisingly, it was kind of accurate. Online news truly has taken over the journalism industry. Google and other tech companies have killed the print news industry. There are more people who read the news on electronic devices than watch it or read newspaper. Many companies made the news so much more accessible. People can now find exactly what kind of the news they want and not have to deal with the spectrum of news that comes with newspapers. They can also create their own news. It’s pretty acceptable to not fact check or have any j...
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