After our final status update...

1. Nowadays, most of people have a media presence composed by all our footsteps on Facebook, Twitters, Tumblr, etc… Adam Ostrow asks many questions in this conference like what comes after life ?, can we hope (if the technology permit it) that our presence will be preserved after our death ? can this way permit us to continue to communicate with our deceased loved ones ? and principally what it means for the definition of life and everything that comes after it ? His conference is really an solicitation to us to reflect about this subject !


2. According to this speaker we can said that the technology is all around you (like this funny anecdote of a internet service who call to proposed him to create a video or a text message that will be published after his death). It's a part of us. Like I've said earlier, most of people use internet and principally social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Naver, Cyvorld, etc... And that's why after our death, our virtual personnality can't die ! Adam Ostrow thinks it's really fascinating and that technology can creates many opportunities. His mainly example is the hologram of Will.I.Am during a TV show on CNN ! Maybe one day we be able to project the hologram of a relatives deceaded... Anyway, I think it's very interresting and marvelous... BUT really frightening too !!!


3. I think that this "incredibly rich digital archive" can be a really good opportunity like said Adam Ostrow. Because, of course it's hard to lost a relative so for some people holograms, robots, or websites like MyNextTweet or IfIdie.net permit to keep their presence a little longer... However in my point of view, it's a little "ridiculous", I think when you are dead, nothing can replace you ! It's only an illusion to believe the opposite :(. All these examples are funny, but it's only a "game". I'm a little afraid that some of these websites be created to take advantage of the weakness and misfortunes of people ! They sell dreams to people... but unfortunately dreams are dreams, not the reality :'(

Good tips for freshers ?...

To be a freshman at university is very stressful but I'll try to give you some advice to make it more pleasant ;)

My first tip should be about the paperwork... haha like you have maybe already noticed, the organisation in French university is rather popular for its slowness and incompetence. So please, be providing, when you have an appointment, take with you all the papers that you can imagine !!! This advice seems so childish but believe me, it can make your student life less stressful and avoid you many roundtrip !

My second tip is about the school work... yeah I know, "school work" is a terrible word and when you arrive at university and see that there are no exams before january, it's really tempting to only enjoy the student life and learn your lessons later... later... later XD haha but you know, it's really a trap ! Because when you arrive at january, it's TOO LATE ! You can't learn all a semester in few days, believe me, I already tried and... it was an epic fail !!! So try don't lose the rhythm and do your best ^^

Anyway, my third tip will be more happy ;) indeed you're at university, it's wonderful ! You are finally rid to your teachers and parents so enjoy your student life !!! At the beginning uni is a little hard, you don't know anyone and all around you looks unfriendly but go to other people and you'll see that everybody are like you... You can join many associations, I think it's a good way to make friends with same interest than you and there's something for every taste ! Go to theater, cinemas, mall, in a nutshell ENJOY ! Furthermore in Grenoble we really have a big chance: there are many foreigners students so...

Don't be shy and open your mind on the world !!!