I have been trying to upload my video and it turns out that videos on my phone won't work on the computer! I had to do my story all over again! But here is my new one anyway. My sad attempt at a fake news story. Try to enjoy...
Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Clean Feed
The Clean feed topic is really interesting!
Although everyone would agree that they don't want children exposed to age-inappropriate material it is too hard to put a filter on the Internet. Many problems have been raised about the use of the Clean Feed system that will have a 2 tier system that involves a controlled blacklist of certain sites and an aggressive filter that removes all inappropriate material. One of the problems with introducing the system is that the government isn't sure if the problem is bad enough to spend so much money and time on a project like this one. Apart from the cost of the scheme the government is worried about the scheme being ineffective and bad for the connection and speed of the Internet. If the filters become active there will be a big problem with the speed and performance of the Internet which will cause major problems for nearly everyone.
As I use the Internet daily, sometimes all day, a decrease in Internet speed will be very time consuming, not to mention irritating and frustrating. A high-speed Internet connection is nearly vital in our everyday lives as we rely on the computer for almost everything eg. checking bus times, movie times, assessment! information, contacting friends and family, banking etc. Anything that even risks a slower Internet speed should not be accepted!
Rather then effecting every one's Internet connection maybe the government should bring in some kind of law about how parents and teachers etc. should be watching children while they are using the Internet. Parents should take responsibility and teach their children about how to use the Internet correctly. They should watch to ensure their child is safe and if their child stumbles across something inappropriate they should be there to explain it to them. Maybe if computers had their own blocker to block certain sites it would be better. But overall, parents need to watch their children!
Some other important points have also been brought up as well. What about the content on television which is more accessible then the Internet, as your computer can be locked. Have they decided to block any inappropriate television shows or any of the advertisements about receiving messages on your phone, I'm sure we all know the ones. When you stay up late to watch a movie and every add is about 'sexy Russian babes' or 'college girls.' This is very inappropriate and they are played when you could be watching a totally appropriate show or film.
If anyone has anything to say about this topic go to http://nocleanfeed.com/.. It has all kinds of links so that you can voice your opinion about the 'Clean Feed' eg. Blog and Twitter.
Although everyone would agree that they don't want children exposed to age-inappropriate material it is too hard to put a filter on the Internet. Many problems have been raised about the use of the Clean Feed system that will have a 2 tier system that involves a controlled blacklist of certain sites and an aggressive filter that removes all inappropriate material. One of the problems with introducing the system is that the government isn't sure if the problem is bad enough to spend so much money and time on a project like this one. Apart from the cost of the scheme the government is worried about the scheme being ineffective and bad for the connection and speed of the Internet. If the filters become active there will be a big problem with the speed and performance of the Internet which will cause major problems for nearly everyone.
As I use the Internet daily, sometimes all day, a decrease in Internet speed will be very time consuming, not to mention irritating and frustrating. A high-speed Internet connection is nearly vital in our everyday lives as we rely on the computer for almost everything eg. checking bus times, movie times, assessment! information, contacting friends and family, banking etc. Anything that even risks a slower Internet speed should not be accepted!
Rather then effecting every one's Internet connection maybe the government should bring in some kind of law about how parents and teachers etc. should be watching children while they are using the Internet. Parents should take responsibility and teach their children about how to use the Internet correctly. They should watch to ensure their child is safe and if their child stumbles across something inappropriate they should be there to explain it to them. Maybe if computers had their own blocker to block certain sites it would be better. But overall, parents need to watch their children!
Some other important points have also been brought up as well. What about the content on television which is more accessible then the Internet, as your computer can be locked. Have they decided to block any inappropriate television shows or any of the advertisements about receiving messages on your phone, I'm sure we all know the ones. When you stay up late to watch a movie and every add is about 'sexy Russian babes' or 'college girls.' This is very inappropriate and they are played when you could be watching a totally appropriate show or film.
If anyone has anything to say about this topic go to http://nocleanfeed.com/.. It has all kinds of links so that you can voice your opinion about the 'Clean Feed' eg. Blog and Twitter.
CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY website!
Jason's website is nuts! But I like it!
I really didn't understand the games. There was so much happening. What he calls his 'poetry' is harder to understand then real poetry written by poets hundreds of years ago. But a lot more fun then to try and decrypt the old poetry . His site has heaps of wacky games and gizmo's to play around with and I was left totally confused and I have no idea what the purpose of the games are. The different doomsday events were quite funny, so much imagination! I think he is just trying to express himself in a weird and wacky way. Maybe to be different? He is very creative with all his drawings in the background on the games. I think he may make all original sound effects as well. Which is good as that is a quality hard to find these days. He expresses himself through his work on his site and I think we are meant to be left with a feeling of Loss or Frustration.
I really didn't understand the games. There was so much happening. What he calls his 'poetry' is harder to understand then real poetry written by poets hundreds of years ago. But a lot more fun then to try and decrypt the old poetry . His site has heaps of wacky games and gizmo's to play around with and I was left totally confused and I have no idea what the purpose of the games are. The different doomsday events were quite funny, so much imagination! I think he is just trying to express himself in a weird and wacky way. Maybe to be different? He is very creative with all his drawings in the background on the games. I think he may make all original sound effects as well. Which is good as that is a quality hard to find these days. He expresses himself through his work on his site and I think we are meant to be left with a feeling of Loss or Frustration.
This is How You Will Die!
Apparently I am going to die from forgetting to breath after a virus attacks my brain after I have got a role in a film. Hmmm. Doesn't sound like me.. But oh well.. Very interesting. Jason made a game out of his death fortune teller. If you die a certain way you get more goes at spinning the death wheel! My guess is that you get as many goes as you want. I mean, he would probably have to make it easy and accessible because its not very fun.
Doomsday Endings
The Doomsday Endings were representative of all those crappy horror movies that you watch and your like 'what a stupid story!' I think he is definitely on to something with his doomsday warning about how 3 mile long goldfish will mass produce and be soo big they can swallow cruise ships! He should really approach someone about it and make a film!
Game, game,game and again game
The 2nd level of this game was an interesting take on the Bible, it must be like Jason's personal Bible! As I am thinking he's probably a total computer junkie the things he wrote on this game could probably be his own crude version of a techno bible or something. I thought it was great how he used the 'Jesus Fish' as little pick-ups and had the various different 'contemporary verses' popping up everywhere. The splitting church in the middle is a bit weird. And the video is totally weird as well! Once again I was left confused but got stuck playing the game! I actually ended up finishing it after some minor setbacks! The finishing video, 'Possibly Evolution,' was Jason's evolution theory using potatoes, milk and 'capsule people.' Not to mention other crazy things. It is funny but I am once again left baffled!
Political Beliefs?
So I went online and wanted to discover how easy it is to voice my opinion online. And there were many avenues for me to somehow do this and find out about world leaders and what they are doing. It has now become easier for people around the world to voice their opinion to people who may actually care and feel similarly about certain issues. Here are some things I did and/or found out:
I had to sign an e-petition about Animal Welfare! I love animals and think that they all deserve a good environment to live in. So I went a bit crazy and signed a couple of e-petitions: Stop Animal Testing, Stop Animal Cruelty, Help Stop Animal Abuse etc... I was also tempted to sign the petition that was called THROWING PUPPIES OFF CLIFFS IS WRONG but when I read about it I decided not to because there wasn't much information about it. I feel bad now! But I did have more tasks to complete.
Soo.. What is our favourite president doing today?? As I am doing this late I believe that Barack Obama is giving a very 'inspirational' speech today. The speech is about the health reform in USA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdU2dxJgNsM Watch it here! It is excellent quality for a YouTube video! Just keeps getting better and better.
Our favourite prime minister also had something to say online. 'First news I got having arrived in the states was that the Broncos had won. Terrific. Important work this week with UN & G20. KRudd' I'm sure all the twitter obsessed people would have felt satisfied with such a meaningful tweet. I like the fact that he discusses 'normal people' topics on his twitter. Much rather then the boring political stuff which shouldn't have such a big influence on twitter anyway. That is what they made the government websites for. Once again impressed about how open and available politicians are becoming!
Then to our Premier! On twitter she also had something very important to say! 'Congratulations Titans on a great year- making the finals in 3rd season is a terrific effort - better luck next year guys.' Well politicians sure do love their NRL! We have really good leaders in this country! But this kind of tweeting doesn't bother me at all as I would much rather read about their interests and likes then any boring political stuff!
I had to sign an e-petition about Animal Welfare! I love animals and think that they all deserve a good environment to live in. So I went a bit crazy and signed a couple of e-petitions: Stop Animal Testing, Stop Animal Cruelty, Help Stop Animal Abuse etc... I was also tempted to sign the petition that was called THROWING PUPPIES OFF CLIFFS IS WRONG but when I read about it I decided not to because there wasn't much information about it. I feel bad now! But I did have more tasks to complete.
Soo.. What is our favourite president doing today?? As I am doing this late I believe that Barack Obama is giving a very 'inspirational' speech today. The speech is about the health reform in USA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdU2dxJgNsM Watch it here! It is excellent quality for a YouTube video! Just keeps getting better and better.
Our favourite prime minister also had something to say online. 'First news I got having arrived in the states was that the Broncos had won. Terrific. Important work this week with UN & G20. KRudd' I'm sure all the twitter obsessed people would have felt satisfied with such a meaningful tweet. I like the fact that he discusses 'normal people' topics on his twitter. Much rather then the boring political stuff which shouldn't have such a big influence on twitter anyway. That is what they made the government websites for. Once again impressed about how open and available politicians are becoming!
Then to our Premier! On twitter she also had something very important to say! 'Congratulations Titans on a great year- making the finals in 3rd season is a terrific effort - better luck next year guys.' Well politicians sure do love their NRL! We have really good leaders in this country! But this kind of tweeting doesn't bother me at all as I would much rather read about their interests and likes then any boring political stuff!
Well I researched some of the questions and I have discovered that it is very easy to access political information and have a say online now. It is amazing how leaders and politicians are using the Internet as a source to promote themselves and it is awesome how we can have our say about them online! The Internet is being used to voice opinions about everything and politics is definitely an important issue where some are very passionate about.
The PM and Brack Obama talking about important things like Footy
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Creative Commons and FLOSS
This lecture was about Creative Commons (CC) and FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software).
In the first half of the lecture Adam talked about CC. He seemed very passionate about CC as he was wearing one of their t-shirts, as well as a LINUX hat (I Think). I suppose it is understandable to be passionate about something like CC. CC is a good answer to the problems that face many artists with Copyright. It is a great way to share your creations how you want to share them. You control the restrictions on your work and let people use it how you think is ethical. As Creative Commons is a free, not for profit organisation it is evident that they have designed it to benefit its users not themselves. Well I suppose it benefits them as well. I think it is an effective way to ensure control of the content that you are willing to share online.
FREE SOFTWARE!!
I have tried Mozilla FireFox before and had no problems with it at all. My mum uses it on her computer as her 'computer whiz' friend put it on there for her. She doesn't really know the difference between the two and neither do I. They both do the job and that's all that matters.
I have no problem with any of the free software I have tried. I downloaded the Open Office program and I thoroughly enjoyed using it. I just had a bit of a play with it and I found that it was pretty much as good as Microsoft Word. It doesn't have all the perks, like the layouts and word art that Microsoft has, but who can complain if its for free! It has heaps of fonts and various different bullet points, backgrounds and even sounds to experiment with. I had fun playing around with it. The download process had no problems at all. Which is good because I hate waiting too long for anything. Overall a good program! It is definitely worth the ..... downloading time!
In the first half of the lecture Adam talked about CC. He seemed very passionate about CC as he was wearing one of their t-shirts, as well as a LINUX hat (I Think). I suppose it is understandable to be passionate about something like CC. CC is a good answer to the problems that face many artists with Copyright. It is a great way to share your creations how you want to share them. You control the restrictions on your work and let people use it how you think is ethical. As Creative Commons is a free, not for profit organisation it is evident that they have designed it to benefit its users not themselves. Well I suppose it benefits them as well. I think it is an effective way to ensure control of the content that you are willing to share online.
FREE SOFTWARE!!
I have tried Mozilla FireFox before and had no problems with it at all. My mum uses it on her computer as her 'computer whiz' friend put it on there for her. She doesn't really know the difference between the two and neither do I. They both do the job and that's all that matters.
I have no problem with any of the free software I have tried. I downloaded the Open Office program and I thoroughly enjoyed using it. I just had a bit of a play with it and I found that it was pretty much as good as Microsoft Word. It doesn't have all the perks, like the layouts and word art that Microsoft has, but who can complain if its for free! It has heaps of fonts and various different bullet points, backgrounds and even sounds to experiment with. I had fun playing around with it. The download process had no problems at all. Which is good because I hate waiting too long for anything. Overall a good program! It is definitely worth the ..... downloading time!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Tutorial 6- Video
Okay. I have finally uploaded my video. I tried really hard and this is what I came up with. I started with an idea and then it just morphed into a mash-up of different things.
I found the experience fun and a bit challenging at times. I can't believe how hard it is to cut out the face off a picture and put it on a PowerPoint! But the experience was interesting and fun above all. It is quite easy to make a simple video and upload it. The only problem I had was uploading to YouTube. So instead of mucking around I uploaded it to another video sharing site, Vimeo. Not as good as YouTube but there were no troubles so I was pleased. I uploaded the video onto the page and added the link to the video on Vimeo as well. The video on here isn't very good quality so it may be better to watch it on Vimeo.
G.I Kehoe on Vimeo- http://www.vimeo.com/6571795
Lecture 6
Consumption and Production was the topic of this Lecture. This was a really good lecture! I was thoroughly entertained throughout. I think we were supposed to be learning about whether or not we are consumers and/or producers. I think the answer to this is that many people are both now!
The lecturer, Josh???, broke the ways in which we consume media into two categories, Big Screen and Little Screen. Obviously Big Screen consisted of Cinema, TV and PC and the Little Screen was Media Players and Mobiles. This was all basic stuff which I understand quite easily, for once. I think he was just trying to show us the ways in which we view things and get information. He made a point about watching videos, Mobisodes or Episodic Stories, on I-Pod touches and Mobile Phones. He talked about watching them 'On the Fly,' a new term which may become useful to me. The problem with watching Mobisodes is 'that the file size is too big and the screen is too small.'
When the lecturer came to the Production part of the lecture he talked about ways in which Internet users are becoming Producers. This was the most interesting part to me, not just because he showed us some YouTube videos but because it showed me how easy it is to become a Producer myself. Well actually, I suppose I all ready am one! Although I don't make anything as entertaining as Fan-Films and Fan-Edits, I have put a couple of videos on my Bebo site, not for everyone to see though. I have done this for my friends and family to see.
The last part of the lecture was about Mobile Production. I think this last part was about what I would call 'Citizen Journalism.' Where lucky randoms in the world are just coincidentally at the right place at the right time. They get a photo, or a video that resembles something like the image they claim is on the shot and then news outlets will use it in their stories as they have no better images to use. This usually happens because the story is really good but there are no visuals available, apart from these ones. You usually can't really see the images too good and its hard to hear sometimes because they are usually filmed on mobiles or video cameras. A good example of 'Citizen Journalism' are the 9/11 hijackings. Many tourists and regular people took photos and videos of the planes before, after. during etc. the attack. The story was sooo big it didn't matter what the picture looked like. The dodgyness of the images have led conspiracy theorists to believe there were bombs in the tower and that the plane wasn't the plane it was said to be etc. The low quality pictures and videos captured are obviously to blame for these nonsensical theories! They are rubbish! Or are they???...
Here are some videos about some of the conspiracy theories......
The lecturer, Josh???, broke the ways in which we consume media into two categories, Big Screen and Little Screen. Obviously Big Screen consisted of Cinema, TV and PC and the Little Screen was Media Players and Mobiles. This was all basic stuff which I understand quite easily, for once. I think he was just trying to show us the ways in which we view things and get information. He made a point about watching videos, Mobisodes or Episodic Stories, on I-Pod touches and Mobile Phones. He talked about watching them 'On the Fly,' a new term which may become useful to me. The problem with watching Mobisodes is 'that the file size is too big and the screen is too small.'
When the lecturer came to the Production part of the lecture he talked about ways in which Internet users are becoming Producers. This was the most interesting part to me, not just because he showed us some YouTube videos but because it showed me how easy it is to become a Producer myself. Well actually, I suppose I all ready am one! Although I don't make anything as entertaining as Fan-Films and Fan-Edits, I have put a couple of videos on my Bebo site, not for everyone to see though. I have done this for my friends and family to see.
The last part of the lecture was about Mobile Production. I think this last part was about what I would call 'Citizen Journalism.' Where lucky randoms in the world are just coincidentally at the right place at the right time. They get a photo, or a video that resembles something like the image they claim is on the shot and then news outlets will use it in their stories as they have no better images to use. This usually happens because the story is really good but there are no visuals available, apart from these ones. You usually can't really see the images too good and its hard to hear sometimes because they are usually filmed on mobiles or video cameras. A good example of 'Citizen Journalism' are the 9/11 hijackings. Many tourists and regular people took photos and videos of the planes before, after. during etc. the attack. The story was sooo big it didn't matter what the picture looked like. The dodgyness of the images have led conspiracy theorists to believe there were bombs in the tower and that the plane wasn't the plane it was said to be etc. The low quality pictures and videos captured are obviously to blame for these nonsensical theories! They are rubbish! Or are they???...
Here are some videos about some of the conspiracy theories......
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