Sign an e-petition- I “signed” a fur trade petition. If you want to feel motivated to do so, go here and watch this.
Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site- I commented an article by Kristy Clements found at the couriermail.com
What is Barack Obama up to today? Obama is commenting on the protester gathering at the g-20 summit.
Find who your local, state and federal representatives are- Vicky Darling, Vickey Darling, Wayne Swan
What do you think of the Australian Government's plans to censor the Internet?
I think its absolutely ridiculous. Not only will this mean blocking of websites that the public should have the freedom to utilise but it will waste millions of dollars of taxpayers money, and slow down Internet access, which must mean at my house, it will stop. ha.
What place does censorship have in a democracy?
Very lttle.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Week 8
The lectures and tutorials weren’t actually on this week do to the union strikes, thanks for letting me go all the way in to Nathan to find that out. No, I really, really, appreciate it.
Anyway if there had of been a lecture on today not only would I have been the only one at it, but we would have learnt about e-democracy and politics, which I’m not completely familiar with, and probably don’t want to be, because one politics class is enough honestly. But due to my background with the News and Politics class I found the fact that Politicians have cottoned on to the popularity of the internet are using it to blow their trumpets, where the demographic can be quite a lot younger than their usual audiences, making their campaign even stronger.
Lecture 7
For the week 7 tutorial Adam dressed to theme. He wore a creative commons logo t-shirt, and a Linux hat, complete with the cute little penguin. I appreciate he made the effort to co-ordinate his wardrobe with his teachings.
So as my lecturer’s shirt suggests, creative commons was the topic.
Just in case you didn’t know (where have you been?), Creative Commons is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright licenses known as "Creative Commons licenses". These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators.
So basically it allows other users to access, re-create, add upon or remix music, pictures, writings, and video. I think it’s a great way to build a creative community based on the internet where things aren’t so strict and confining, where artists can share and collaborate, and also get themselves out there as a name, especially for musicians.
So as my lecturer’s shirt suggests, creative commons was the topic.
Just in case you didn’t know (where have you been?), Creative Commons is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright licenses known as "Creative Commons licenses". These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators.
So basically it allows other users to access, re-create, add upon or remix music, pictures, writings, and video. I think it’s a great way to build a creative community based on the internet where things aren’t so strict and confining, where artists can share and collaborate, and also get themselves out there as a name, especially for musicians.
Lecture 6
This weeks topic was on Consuption and Production. Consumption can be defined in two different ways, small screen and big screen. Consumption using the small screen involves media players which can be either shared or privately consumed or personal media players and mobile phones which are both generally private. Big screen consumption consists of the personal computer, cinema and television. Through these mediums we consume.
Also the point was raised that we as consumers are ever becoming the producers, which I found interesting, as it makes you wonder- will consumers produce so much that they will render professional producers useless? I’m not even sure if that makes sense.
Also the point was raised that we as consumers are ever becoming the producers, which I found interesting, as it makes you wonder- will consumers produce so much that they will render professional producers useless? I’m not even sure if that makes sense.
Week 5
To compare the differences between instant messaging services (MSN, AOL, etc) and 3d chat-room (second life, imvu, active world) is really quite simple. Despite the obvious visual addition 3d chat allows you, they both aim to allow you to communicate. However it is who you communicate with that separates these two services in different worlds (almost literally). MSN, most commonly, allows you to add people to your contact list, by entering their email address- which means you must have some knowledge of who the person is. How else would you obtain the address silly?
3D chat-rooms however is almost free-range in the way it works- you log on, create an avatar, and go about meeting new people, building houses and doing all sort of other things in a strange virtual world. The avatar you select is not meant to be a replica of your face, in fact, its encouraged that you create a new persona- maybe you’d like to be “Lyd Vicious, the non-conforming, atomic-pink hair coloured punk”, or perhaps “Destiny Sizemore, the sexy stripper trying to break into the acting game”. The point is to create a new person, meet people you have absolutely no idea of who they may be, and the fact is Brad Witt, the more handsome, funnier version of Brad Pitt, could really be some 54 year old, greasy haired, Slovakian man.
Personally, I think both are equally safe and not safe, as I use MSN for people I know, meaning that my personal details are relatively safe being displayed. The 3d Chat, which I do not actually use, but if I did, it would be using a character, which means you’re not actually allowing people to access your personal information.
3D chat-rooms however is almost free-range in the way it works- you log on, create an avatar, and go about meeting new people, building houses and doing all sort of other things in a strange virtual world. The avatar you select is not meant to be a replica of your face, in fact, its encouraged that you create a new persona- maybe you’d like to be “Lyd Vicious, the non-conforming, atomic-pink hair coloured punk”, or perhaps “Destiny Sizemore, the sexy stripper trying to break into the acting game”. The point is to create a new person, meet people you have absolutely no idea of who they may be, and the fact is Brad Witt, the more handsome, funnier version of Brad Pitt, could really be some 54 year old, greasy haired, Slovakian man.
Personally, I think both are equally safe and not safe, as I use MSN for people I know, meaning that my personal details are relatively safe being displayed. The 3d Chat, which I do not actually use, but if I did, it would be using a character, which means you’re not actually allowing people to access your personal information.
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