Thursday, September 25, 2008

Trinity: A Wireless Campus

My experience with the wireless network here at Trinity has been mostly nonexistent. My laptop mainly stays in my room where I use it to type my papers, check TLEARN and Blackboard for upcoming assignments or notes, and to email my professors or boss about questions and whatnot. Although, as my workload is becoming increasingly heavier, I finding it increasingly harder to do my homework in my room. I am sure that eventually I will find myself using the wireless network in the library like the majority of students here at Trinity do.

http://ventureblog.com/articles/2003/10/ubiquity_breeds.php

In this blog by Naval Ravikant, the author discusses how Dartmouth was one of the first wireless networks in America. He goes on to talk about the technical side of having a campus-wide wireless network and also all of the different uses for it. These conveniences include faster searches on the internet, faster email, and mobile internet access.