Blog #6: What I Learned About During EOTO Presentation

 Introduction:

During the EOTO Presentations, I learned a lot of facts about several different presentations! I was surprised at the large amount of information that people dug up about their communication topics, and thoroughly enjoyed learning about each and every one.

Through these presentations, I learned about facts on a wide variety of subjects, such as the film industry, social media, the postal service, the telephones, Bluetooth, and email!

What I Learned:

The first thing I was interested in finding out was that the first film ever created was only two seconds long. I don't know why I never considered this, but I always imagined it was a little bit longer, or something more substantial then just two people walking. But if you take that piece of information into context, it is still very impressive.

Next, I heard about carrier pigeons, and their use in wartime. The most surprising thing I learned about them, was that they are still used today, and criminals will try to smuggle drugs using them.

I also learned a lot about the current social medias and their past, like how Facebook was originally called "The Facebook", Instagram was called "Burbn" after the creators love for bourbon, and Snapchat was known as "Picaboo" which explains their mascot being a ghost! The most surprising thing I learned during that presentation, was that YouTube used to be a dating site, which completely caught me off guard.

Some more one off things I learned during some presentations was that Benjamin Franklin was the first appointed Postmaster, the term DJ stands for disc jockey, the first spoken words on a telephone was Alexander Graham Bell asking for his assistant, saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you", and the funniest one I heard, that the first spam email was sent in 1978!

Finally, I found out about the history of Bluetooth, and its different configurations. Bluetooth, is actually named after King Harald Gormsson, who was given the nickname "Bluetooth" do to his dead tooth that was blue in color. Following this, I learned there are two types of Bluetooth, Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy.

Conclusion:

Overall, I learned lots of interesting factoids about all the communication types, and I am very excited to add them in to my "fun fact" knowledgebase! I can not wait to do another one of these, and I'm excited about all of the facts I may learn next.