Write a memo that gives a brief summary of the article that you read for today’s class, quotes one sentence from the article with a parenthetical citation, and provides an APA-formatted bibliographic citation.
Your imagined audience for this memo is a co-worker who is collaborating on a project with you. You want to share the key information in the article with your co-worker. Make up a name for your co-worker to use in your memo.
First, begin your memo with the memo header information: TO (make up your co-worker’s name), FROM (your name), DATE, SUBJECT (make up a short, to-the-point descriptive subject).
Then, write two or three sentences summarizing the article that you read for today’s class. Among those sentences that you write in your own words, I would like you to include an important quote from the article in the following format:
According to Author’s-Last-Name, “quote” (Author’s-Last-Name, Year, p. Page-Number).
For example: According to Vader, “The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force” (Vader, 1977, p. 23).
Or, The author stated, “Students often had difficulty using APA style” (Jones, 1998, p. 199).
Then, conclude your memo with an APA-formatted bibliographic entry.
For example:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
Or,
Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April). Making the grade in today’s schools. Time, 135, 28-31.
Your memo should look something like this:
TO: Kylo Ren
FROM: Jason Ellis
DATE: 9/10/2019
SUBJECT: Magazine Article About Lightsabers
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus id urna non magna bibendum placerat. Donec rhoncus maximus nulla id placerat. Nulla dictum ut orci ac dignissim. According to Clarke, “Proin a eros sodales, venenatis felis quis, imperdiet felis” (Clarke, 2012, p. 16). Quisque nec lorem velit. Cras porta sit amet nisi sed feugiat.
Clarke, C. (2012, August). New lightsaber designs are more efficient. Jedi News, 145, 16-20.
NB: I used this Lorem Ipsum generator to create the filler text above.
TO: MD. Atif.
FROM: Masum Hossain
DATE: 9/8/19
SUBJECT: Ecommerce and Amazon
Engaging with technology has great impact on our daily life. One of the great example is Building a business on amazon It’s open a great opportunity for ordinary people. Amazon is a online platform, where people can do business without regular business instrument also people can do business anywhere from world. Amazon business can attack not only local customers but whole over the world. It also gives opportunity for trader to trade and earn money 24 hours a day, 7 days a week because customer can buy product at all the time.
Miranda, L. (2019). America’s Orthodox Jews Are Selling A Ton Of The Products You Buy On Amazon. BuzzFeed.News, 1-12.
To:Mike Jones
From:Karmoko Sillah
Date:09/10/2019
Subject:Summarizing an article on cloud computing as a reliable resource
This article on cloud computing goes into depth about the importance of cloud to various companies, and industries around the world. Companies are putting vast amounts of money into cloud security in order to protect their data, and protect themselves from malicious outsie attacks, According to the author, “Malicious cryptomining is one of the leading types of attacks since September 2017, according to Malwarebytes Labs. With the volatility in the Bitcoin market—described as the next gold rush—it’s no surprise that hackers who need massive processing power to verify and confirm transactions to blockchain have found their way to cloud servers in an attempt to earn more digital currency” (Richards, 2018, p. 5). The author goes into depth about the security risks that come with the new innovations in technology such as cryptocurrency, and the need for cloud storage.
Richards, K. (2018, April). Companies Aren’t the Only Ones Migrating to Cloud. Tech Target, 1-6.
(Left article home, scanned magazine into pdf )
TO: Thomas
FROM: Ervin
DATE: 9/10/2019
SUBJECT: It’s flooding
On this article I’m reading lately, a national problem is surfacing around the Mississippi river, “In recent months, precipitation in the lower 48 states reached all-time highs; the rains swelled the tributaries that lead to the Mississippi” (Upholt, 2019, p.59). It seems like water level of the Mississippi River have raised over the past couple of years and is causing a huge problem because the old plan the government initially have is now outdated and need new solutions for the issue.
Upholt, B. (2019, Sept). Mississippi Rising. Times, 194, 56-61
To: Saint Judes Hospital
From: Daniel Lawrence
Date 9/10/19
Subject: Magazine Article Summary
There’s a new invention I’ve come across in readings of a device marketed towards the epidemic of heart defects in infants. Quoting the article there’s a part that stuck with me from Abbott “ The most personal technology is technology with the power to change your life.” (Abbott, Sept 2019, p2). If not already I truly recommend you look into the company and their new device to incorporate in your services.
Abbott. (2019). A Tiny Heart A Big Breakthrough An Entire Lifetime of Possibility. Wired. 27.09, p2
TO: MD. Atif.
FROM: Masum Hossain
DATE: 9/8/19
SUBJECT: Outsourcing and Job Security
Outsourcing is an effective cost-saving strategy. It is help the producer with affordable cost. A manufacturing company deciding to outsource any of its operations mostly for cost of labor. So the fundamental question come up with our mind that does outsourcing mean less job security for local worker.
“Let’s face it – there are some parts of your job as paralegal that highlight your strengths, education, best personality traits, and value in the law firm environment.”(Penn Dodson 25)
Dodson, P. (2015). Outsourcing. Cybersecurity Law, 25.
TO: MD. Atif.
FROM: Masum Hossain
DATE: 9/8/19
SUBJECT: Outsourcing and Job Security
Outsourcing is an effective cost-saving strategy. It is help the producer with affordable cost. A manufacturing company deciding to outsource any of its operations mostly for cost of labor. So the fundamental question come up with our mind that does outsourcing mean less job security for local worker.
“Let’s face it – there are some parts of your job as paralegal that highlight your strengths, education, best personality traits, and value in the law firm environment.”(Penn Dodson 25)
Dodson, P. (2015). Outsourcing. Cybersecurity Law, 25.
TO: Carlos Gonzales
FROM: Hector Dextre
DATE: 09/10/2019
SUBJECT: Magazine Article About the benefits of mesh systems.
One benefit of the kit is that is easy to install and includes a wireless router and one or more access points (hubs) to put around the home to deliver fast and consistent speeds in every room. Another benefit is that you do not need to change the name of the network, as your Wi-Fi enabled devices will automatically join the closest and strongest signal. Finally, as another benefit, the author stated, “Newer mesh systems might offer handy parental controls” (Saltzman, 2019, p.23), which allow parents control and restrict what their kids are watching for.
Marc, S. (2019, August) What a mesh!. Costco Connection, 34, 23.
To : Silver Grey
From : Tariq Hemraj
Date : 09/10/2019
Subject : I want you to check out this article on Apple’s latest release.
Apple has just announced the upcoming release of their new upcoming phone, the iPhone 11. Their new device contains a new three rear-facing camera, comes in a six and a half inch Oled display with a matte finished glass. This new release has a ton of new features but I want you to look at this, According to Marvin, “The new “low-power design” only lights up the sections of the chip that need to function at any given time, which is why Apple says the iPhone 11 Pro has 4 hours more battery life than the XS, and the 11 Pro Max gets 5 hours more than the XS Max. The phones also come with a fast-charging 18W adapter. “ (Marvin, 2019, p.1). I feel like this information from Marvin’s article would be key to our upcoming project, you should definitely read this article.
Marvin, R., Marvin, R., & Marvin, R. (2019, September 10). Apple Touts Camera Improvements on iPhone 11 Lineup. Retrieved from https://www.pcmag.com/news/370655/apple-touts-camera-improvements-on-iphone-11-lineup
TO: Professor Ellis
FROM: Amir Radoncic
DATE: 09/10/2019
SUBJECT: Lifeline of the living games/ DAILY WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Summarizing an article about how gaming/games can reach out to a person through the friendships it creates, communities flourish and new adventures arrive like clockwork. It mentions popular games such as WOW (World of Warcraft) GTA(Grand Theft Auto) and how businesses thrive from dedicated player bases and “farmers”. According to the author “not all content is received warmly, and player bases can fall off quickly if a developer falters in its efforts. Diablo III was met with a cold reception and forced blizzard to make sweeping changes to appease the players.”(David,2019, P23). What the author means by this is they had to make dramatic changes to the game for the business, this meaning in an economical way to save the games publicity and to basically save the player base.
David, L (2019 Sept.).Lifeline of The Living Games. Gameinformer, 317, 22-23.
TO: Professor Ellis
FROM: Amir Radoncic
DATE: 09/10/2019
SUBJECT: Lifeline of the living games/ DAILY WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Summarizing an article about how gaming/games can reach out to a person through the friendships it creates, communities flourish and new adventures arrive like clockwork. It mentions popular games such as WOW (World of Warcraft) GTA(Grand Theft Auto) and how businesses thrive from dedicated player bases and “farmers”. According to the author “not all content is received warmly, and player bases can fall off quickly if a developer falters in its efforts. Diablo III was met with a cold reception and forced blizzard to make sweeping changes to appease the players.”(David,2019, P23). What the author means by this is they had to make dramatic changes to the game for the business, this meaning in an economical way to save the games publicity and to basically save the player base.
David, L (2019 Sept.).Lifeline of The Living Games. Gameinformer, 317, 22-23.
To: Space Explorers
From: Eric Llerena
Date: 9/10/2019
Subject: Article about developing life support systems for human exploration
Space Exploration is the only way for humans to know about space. This involves sending astronauts to space farther than any human has been before in history. It’s a priority to make these astronauts as comfortable as possible. This is critical because astronauts can lose their mind being up in space with no sign of home. In fact the article mentions “An effective Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) will be critical to the survival and well-being of crews” (Jernigan, 2019, p. 58)
Jernigan, M. (2019). Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth. Room The Space Journal Of Asgardia, 2, 58-67.
To: John
From: Jeremy
Date: 09/10/2019
Subject: An Article I read about altruism in open source projects.
I read this article in WIRED magazine today about altruism in the modern day of technology. In the article the author creates a scenario, asking what a person from the 1970s would think of the internet age. He doesn’t think a lot of the obvious technological advances would surprise him more than concept of open source projects. He references giant technological collaborations such as Wikipedia and Linux. These projects have millions of peoples actively volunteering in their free time contributing to something larger than themselves and not for personal gain. Of course, with good comes the bad, while the projects could benefit greatly from support of big companies, instead they “free ride” these projects and open source software for personal gain and do not contribute a thing.
“Humans aren’t incorrigibly or universally selfish, but we’ve built plenty of institutions that do act that way.” (Tufekci, 2019,p.24)
Tufekci N. (2019). Free Riders. WIRED, 27(9), 22-24.
TO: Professor Ellis
FROM: Zhao
DATE: 9/10/19
SUBJECT: Sonos Beam Soundbar
The Sonos Beam is a wireless voice-controlled speaker, it’s packing 4 Drivers, 5 Amps, and a Tweeter. One of the biggest draws of the Beam is play music from virtually any source. The Beam supports HDMI, can be synched to Amazon Alexa Device, also can connect directly to IPhone. According Guyton, “that it’s relatively small {though weighty-you could knock someone out cold with this thing}, the depth of bass is incredible”(Guyton, 2019, p. 93). The Beam is more than just a soundbar.
Guyton, C (2019, September). Sonos Beam Sounbar. MaximumPC, 93.
TO: Thomas Edison
FROM: Marco M
DATE: 9/10/19
SUBJECT: Magazine Article about power
The electrical grid is what powers up your neighborhood with electricity through transformers transmission lines and etc. From hacker’s perspective, this is the master control center where they can control everything. According to Hetling, “Engineers have three days before food spoils, medicine and water run out, batteries die , and the public loses its collective marbles.” (Hetling, 2018, p.6). Food start going bad and water will run out. Unfortunately, most of the people behind these button panel aren’t specialists in in cyber security yet they are making specialists decisions every day.
Matt Hongoltz, H,(2018, February) Hack the grid. Popular Science, 2(142), 6-7.
TO: Jay Ell
FROM: Dominick Denis
DATE: 9/10/2019
SUBJECT: Magazine Article about kids coding
The children of today are being offered a head start in gaining the ability to utilize knowledge and skill. Compared to the conventional method of learning, as well as the evolution of technology over the decades children are being taught at a much faster rate. Research groups are offering curriculums in an introductory programming language. As generations thinking expands, so will society. According to Rust, “Kids need to be creative thinkers, innovators, have an armory of skills and mastery of tech to survive in a technology-driven workplace” (Rust, 2019, pg. 68). Coding serves as an essential tool, especially when the new generation are stuck to their technology.
Rust, E. (2019, August). Kindergarten Coders. Wired, 68.
TO: Samantha Lemmone
FROM: Julia Shin
DATE: 9/10/2019
SUBJECT: Magazine Article About The War On Fake News
After incriminating information about Maria Butina, a suspected Russian agent sent to the US, was deleted from Wikipedia, the fear of widespread propaganda across the site grew. Even major companies like Youtube and Facebook are including information from Wikipedia to their respective platform. However, Wikipedia is taking charge in this war against false information. According to Benjakob, “while other platforms are mired in debate over the borders between free speech, propaganda, and trolling, Wikipedia has taken a different route from the onset: community-driven fact checking” (Benjakob, 2019, p. 23). This route that Wikipedia has taken requires there to be a reliable source to back up any claim that is made. Another quality that allowed Wikipedia to take responsibility for cleaning up the mess is that there is complete transparency whenever edits/changes are made whereas companies like Facebook are opaque. It seems that Wikipedia deserves much more credit for its unique approach as it is effective in detecting false news.
Benjakob, O. (2019). Verified: Wikipedia is our unlikely champion in the war on fake news. Wired, 07(19), 22-23.
To: Daniel Kuang
FROM: Huzaifa Anas
DATE: 9/10/2019
SUBJECT: The Weird Joys of World Building
Over the past few years, content creation has become more and more commonplace through outlets like YouTube and Steam providing easier routes of monetization and more and more tools letting content creation become easier for people. This trend is just accelerating over time and something worth discussing now as it even goes to the point of amateurs creating virtual worlds.
According to Thompson “For years making immersive digital environments – was the province of pros, but the story of media in the past twenty years has been on creation tools becoming cheaper and easier to use and then eventually mass market” ( Thompson, 2019, 28). This excerpt summarizes the recent changes in gaming over the past decade. 3D tools like Tinkercad and Sketchup let enthusiasts mess around with architecture and industrial design, while other things like Minecraft let ordinary joes create wonderful things like castles in the sky, although lower quality than the previously mentioned software. Minecraft is especially influential because it has trained a generation of kids to think in XYZ and world-building. It has created many communities and cultures, due to the unique situation of the game.
The trend of more and more people being involved in world-building or content creation is here to stay and what should be discussed is the effects of this. Pepe the Frog for white supremacists, Hilary as the Joker, and other things are just the result of the democratization of content creation, but what is the influence of the virtual world on our real world?
Will people eventually make buildings based on non-professional work or something along those lines?
APA Citation of the article
THOMPSON, C. L. I. V. E. (n.d.). THE WEIRD JOYS OF WORLD BUILDING. THE WIRED, 27(09), 26–28.
TO: PROF. ELLIS
FROM: ALAIN PALMER
DATE: 9/10/19
SUBJECT: AMAZON PLANNING A HOME ROBOT
Chris Lloyd article about amazon planning to design a home robot is quite interesting. It will not just be a home robot; it will be a smart robot about waist height. It will also be equipped with wheels and cameras and will be able to follow its human around the home. My guess is that these will be some pretty high-tech cameras and sensor. “Amazon has no public announcements on its project, although something is brewing at Lab126, because engineers have been pulled from other projects to work on It.” (Lloyd, 2019, p.13). Researchers have estimated that people with smart speaker spends $1700 annually, so this should be interesting.
Lloyd C. (2019, September) Amazon Planning a Home Robot. Maximum PC. P.13
TO: Joaquin P
FROM: Fernando
DATE: 9/10/19
SUBJECT: Astronomy about Sun History
Researchers want to find out the how many rotations the sun managed to do based on the moon’s amount of potassium and sodium samples, these researchers managed to find out basic info such as; a matured star usually spins slower than a small star. According to Haynes, “Regardless, the Sun did rotate faster – some nine to 10 days per rotation, instead of today’s 27-day average – during the solar system’s first few hundred million years” (Haynes, 2019, p. 11)
Haynes, K. (2019, October). Scientists read the sun’s history from moon rocks. Astronomy, Vol. 47, NO 10, 10-11
TO: Christopher Melville
FROM: Devina Budhan
DATE: 9/10/2019
SUBJECT: How to protect your devices against botnets
I am writing this memo to inform you that smart homes are becoming a danger to everyone. Anything connected to the internet can be vulnerable to any hacker such as the malware called “Mirai”. In 2016, Mirai pinged Twitter and Spotify via devices which overloaded the site and caused it crash. However, a botnet “vaccine” called RATtrap is a home firewall that was created to stop hackers from recruiting your information. It filters out network activity to suspicious websites and is a lifetime membership or in other words it advances as time goes on. You never have to buy a new version of the security device. According to Atherton and Feltman, “Protecting your network isn’t just about guarding your own information anymore; gadgets are primed for infection, and herd immunity is the only way to stop the spread” (Atherton & Feltman, 2017, p.49)
Atherton, K. D., Feltman, R. (2017) A botnet vaccine. Popular Science, 6 (N/A), 49.
To: Mr. Pascal
From: Mr. Barry
Date: 9/10/19
Subject: Construction Robots Learn to Excavate by Mimicking Humans.
The construction of an AI Robots lead to imitate and mimic humans’ actions. It turned out that these robots are now capable to do many more task that encounter human being. According Yang “As Quinn manipulated blocks in a virtual 3D space, the software learned a set of ordered instructions to be carried out in the real world” (Yang, 2019, p1).
Lynne Peskoe-Yang. (2019). Construction Robots Learn to Excavate by Mimicking Humans.
From https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/robotics/robotics-software/construction…
TO: Dannie T.
FROM: Liuming Chen
DATE: 09/10/2019
SUBJECT: Building a virtual world to express yourself
With video games such as Minecraft and easier tool such as Tinkercad and Sketchup, people nowadays don’t need to be a pro to build a virtual environment. According to Thompson, “People love world-building and see it as a new way to express themselves” (Thompson, 2019, p.28). This trend becomes not just a new way of expression, but also creativity, and communication.
Thompson, C. (2019, September). The Wired Joys of World-building. WIRED, 27(09), 26–28.