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| This caught my eye while browsing through some photos I took while I was in America last year and I thought I might share it on here with everyone to have a think about. This was taken in a Nike store a few blocks off Santa Monica Beach in LA. The quote is from Bill Bowerman, the co-founder of Nike. |
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Something Interesting...
Monday, 2 April 2012
Technology in the Sporting Realm
First off, my apologies for the lack of posts over the last few weeks, I've been buried by other classes lately.
This post will be focusing on Keith's presentation in week 7 about the ever increasing role of technology (like social media) in today's sporting industry.
Firstly I think the biggest advantage and the most obvious thing is its ability to provide a sharing medium for an unlimited amount of coaches, athletes, support staff etc. Open blogs, like this one, provide an endless source of information on basically anything and the way we share information is only going to improve and evolve, so I think sport (and everyone involved with it) is one of the industries that should be able to benefit most from this.
One thing that I did want to mention is the idea that technology could also present some new problems for sport that haven't been an issue in the past because the technology has not been around. Something that caught my eye was the recent legal battle between the telco Optus and the AFL/NRL. Having just done an excruciating assignment on sport and the law, its an interesting problem to consider given the age we live in of limitless sharing but also copyrights, trademarks and patents. It will be interesting too see how sport copes with the affect of technological sharing and law, both of which have very relevent applications withing the world of sport.
Anyway that's it for this week, hope you enjoyed it.
Leigh.
This post will be focusing on Keith's presentation in week 7 about the ever increasing role of technology (like social media) in today's sporting industry.
Firstly I think the biggest advantage and the most obvious thing is its ability to provide a sharing medium for an unlimited amount of coaches, athletes, support staff etc. Open blogs, like this one, provide an endless source of information on basically anything and the way we share information is only going to improve and evolve, so I think sport (and everyone involved with it) is one of the industries that should be able to benefit most from this.
One thing that I did want to mention is the idea that technology could also present some new problems for sport that haven't been an issue in the past because the technology has not been around. Something that caught my eye was the recent legal battle between the telco Optus and the AFL/NRL. Having just done an excruciating assignment on sport and the law, its an interesting problem to consider given the age we live in of limitless sharing but also copyrights, trademarks and patents. It will be interesting too see how sport copes with the affect of technological sharing and law, both of which have very relevent applications withing the world of sport.
Anyway that's it for this week, hope you enjoyed it.
Leigh.
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