Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Guest Speaker: Dietmar Dahmen



Dietmar Dahmen's presentation was very interesting. He entered the class room with a positive aura and brought a lot of energy in the class room. To be honest, I had a long night from my philosophy reading assignments and I expected a short presentation. Dahmen’s personality kept me awake because of how he connected towards the students. We were able to relate to things he said about nowism and firstism. I agreed with him in many ways. For example firstism, everyone wants to be first to get the new product. The first thing that came to mind was when the iphone 4S came out last year. People would order the 4S before it came out. The iphone 4 came out not that long ago and the only difference between the iphones was Siri. Everyone went crazy and ordered the phones even though they just got their new iphone 4. It was sold out instantly. This also leads to where Dahmen talks about how technology has change over the years. The evolution of phones has change. Before phones were for calling, but as years pass it has been use for games, paying for bills, and even selling products. It has even grown to the point where we do not need to text and now command our phones to do things for us. (Siri)

As he continues, I thought it was very interesting when he was talking about trust and use-vertising. I actually laughed a bit because I was able to relate to this. I can’t help but not use a product until I hear it from others. When I saw the slide of the makeup guru from youtube, I couldn’t help but smile. I always watch makeup guru’s reviews before I buy a product. I would not do much research when it came to my favorite make up guru’s because I “trust” their opinion on the product.  Seeing a magazine ad would not make me want to buy the product because I do not trust the ad, but hearing it from another person who has used the product would gain my trust more than the ad from the magazine.

By the end of the class, I did not know that class ended. I got caught into the presentation that I did not check the time. Dahmen made me forget about my lack of energy from the beginning of class. I learned a lot during the presentation and I wanted to learn more. 

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