Tech Trailblazers #11

Steve Ballmer
1. Steve Ballmer hasbeen the CEO of Microsoft ever since he knocked out Bill Gates in 2000. He is number 46 on the Forbes billionaries chart.
2. The impact that Steve has had on the technology industry is that he know is the CEO of probably the most well known company in the world, Microsoft.
3. The impact Ballmer has had on me is that i go on the computer 24/7 when i am at home.

Eric Schmidt
1. Eric Schmidt is a former member of the board of directors at Apple.co, he is the current executive officer of Google.
2. The impact of this man is that he is part of the Apple crew as i would call it, he also is the executive officer of Google which people use everyday.
3. I use Google everyday mostly because its fast easy and hassle free.

Monster.com
1. This website is the largest and most known employment website because they shown what jobs there are out there that are open.
2. The effect that Monster.com has had on technology is that Monster.com reinvented getting a job, now people can find one right in their own homes.
3. the weffect on me is very little because i dont need a job because i work with my dad.

CNET
1. CNET provides product review, downloads and much more information.
2. The effect on technology is that they give people information to make the users computer life easier.
3. The effect that it has had on me is very little because ive never been there or even heard of it

Tech Terms #8

Donn Parker
1. Donn Parker has had over 50 years of computer engineering and programing behind his name.
2. He has worked with most of the major software companies and helped us get more computers.
3. The impact he has had on me is very little because i do not really know how to program a computer.














Clifford Stoll
1. Clifford Stoll has published books about technology and what he does for it and did with it.
2. Stoll has published three books about technology and him catching a major computer hacker.
3. The influence that Stoll has had on me is that i read books alot and i go on my computer alot so they kind of go hand in hand.

Tech Terms #7

Meg Whitman
1. Meg Whitman served as the executive in the Dreamworks films and hasbro items. Meg was also the CEO of Ebay from the year 1998 through 2008. After she left the company grew enormously.

2. The impact Meg Whitman has had on the technology industry is huge, alot of people use Ebay to buy and sell items. Other people bid on them and the price will keep going up and then the last person to bid on them with the highest price will win the item.

3. I use Ebay alot but i mostly look to see whats all on, there are probably millions of items on Ebay, ive only bought a few things off that are little like shoes and clothing.

Mark Dean

1. Mark Dean was the inventor of one of the first computer chips and he also invented the ISA bus.

2. The impact he had on technology is that he was the inventor of one of the first computer chips and we can not run a computer without a computer chip.

3. The impact he has had on me is that i go on the computer everyday to check whats all going on on like Facebook, Yahoo, or Ebay.

Tech Trailblazers #2

Tim Berners Lee
1. Tim is the co founder and was credited for the invention of the World Wide Web. He started the invention with a student by the name of Robert Cailliau who helped him all along the way.
2. The effect that Lee has had on the technology industry is huge he invented the World Wide Web which people use every single day.
3. The effect that he has had on me is that i go on the computer every single day and what i go to is the internet and to go to a website i have to type in www which stands for World Wide Web.

Anita Brown

1. Anita Brown is the founder of the organization Black Geeks Online. She wanted colored people to be part of the internet to so she started this non-profit organization to help colored people be involved.
2. The impact that Anita had on the technology induystry is huge because she incourageed black people to join the internet and get out there because Anita wanted to push technology.

3. The impact that Anita Brown has had on me is that i have made a lot of friends over the internet and some of them are of differnet races and colors so i have to owe it to her for me getting to know them.

Tech Trailblazers #3

Dan Bricklin

1. The reason that made Dan Bricklin so famous in the computer industry is that he was the co founder of the Vista-calc spread sheet program, which was the first spread sheet program for the personal computer.

2. Dan Bricklin had the effect on technology by creating a spread sheet program that would allow the personal computer to make a spread sheet on the computer, so when you made a mistaske you didnt have to erase as much if you did it on the black board.

3. By Dan Bricklin creating the computer spread sheet program it hasn't really effected me because ive never done anything with a computer spread sheet.

Masayoshi Son

1. He is the founder and is also the cheif executive officer of the companys SoftBank Capital and SoftBank Mobile. He is known as the richest man in Japan. He is the richest man in Japan but yet he has lost the most money than anyone else.

2. The impact that Masayoshi Son has had on the technology industry is that he was the one who got the idea of a Capital bank and the idea of mobile banking.

3. The impact he has had on me is that i got a new phone about two months ago and it has the mobile banking app so whenever i get checks i can just take a picture of the front and back of the check and it will go strait to my savings account.

Tech Trailblazers #4

Jack Kilby
1. He is so successful because he invented the hand-held calculator. Most students use that everyday in Mathematics calasses. He also invented the thermal printer in which it uses thermal heat to produce an image instead of ink, another invention of his is the Integrated circuit which is most commonly known as a microchip or a circuit.
2. The effect that Jack Kilby had on technology is that he invented things that people needed but never thought of.

3. The impact that Jack Kilby has had on me is that he invented the handheld calculator and i use that almost every single day during algebra because its faster, more efficient, and easy to use.

Gordon Moore

1. He is the co-founder of the large company Intel in which whenever we go on a laptop we are most likely using something by Intel.

2. Intel corporation is built into some of our computers to help make it better and more efficient.

3. Gordon Moore hasnt really had an effect on my life because I dont have a computer with Intel built into it.

Mark Zuckerburg

1. Bill Gates is what id say the god-father of computers he is the one who got it all started with creating Microsoft. Microsoft is something that we use each and every day when we go on the computer. Alot of the parts in the computer is made by Microsoft.

2. The effect that Bill Gates had on technology is  that he started the computer run and everyone followed in his foot steps. Microsoft was a genius idea that Bill Gates founded.

3.Bill Gates liked computers alot so he decided to create something that would make them faster better and more efficient. I like computers to im almost always on a computer when i am at home, its just how I live. I grew up with a family computer and now i use my laptop all the time.

1. The thing that makes Mark Zuckerburg so successfull is that he created something that other people would not even think of. He created Facebook which is an internet site that people can chat with friends and post things like their relationship status or what they might be doing.

2. Facebook has created sort of a new demention of technology because now almost everyone has a Facebook. Once people log onto a computer they usually go to Facebook. Facebook runs in Billions of dollars each year because of all the people that have a Facebook and because of people constantly checking it daily.

3. Some connections with me and Facebook is that i have one and almost every person has one i check mine probably once or twice a day which i dont think is as bad as some people. I really like Facebook because it allows us to conncet with friends and family that we may not be able to see everyday. Its all part of being social and making new friends. I have alot of friends that i made over Facebook that i may never see in my lifetime but they are some of my best friends.