Friday, September 25, 2009
Subject Evaluation
Overall I quite enjoyed this subject. I believe that writing the lecture summaries will benefit me when it comes to the end of semester exam. It was good to learn how to use other programs such as movie maker and audacity, as well as other software like Firefox and Google chrome. I’m also glad that we had the opportunity to incorporate political aspects into our technology studies. The different lecturers were all interesting to listen to; they seemed to have a lot of experience in different sectors of the technology industry. Thanks for stopping by, and stay classy!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Lecture Summary - Week 9
Once again, it’s great to be here, informing you about the weekly lectures. Don’t get me wrong, they are definitely a hoot! Unfortunately this will be my 9th and final summary, so please enjoy!
Everything about our social networking environment is constantly changing. The first of my online social networking experience was with MySpace. Once I moved to Brisbane for university, Facebook became my new substitute for MySpace. It is so much easier to use, and we don’t have to bother about keeping our profile looking up to date. Now I’m in my second semester of my first year at University and as a requirement for one of my subjects I have to use Twitter. If it wasn’t for this subject I don’t think I would have ever associated with the networking site. Is it good to have this environment where everything is constantly changing? What do you think?
The lecturer spoke about how Rupert Murdock bought MySpace for an extremely large sum of money and will most likely not be able to make that back because MySpace is not popular anymore. Everyone has merged to Facebook. A comment which was brought up was ‘Why do we spend millions of dollars on social networking sites just to watch them fall?’ This is because apparently social networking sites succeed most when they are specific. Examples of networking sites were shown in the lecture that do well, such as the Vampire site.
We looked at the website ‘Wayback Machine’ which takes old websites and archives them. We looked at websites such as Yahoo, Google and Griffith University to see how much their page structure has developed and advanced. Unlike Yahoo and GU, Goggle’s website has hardly changed. If something worked 10 years ago, why change it?
We had a different lecturer this week. I like it how we get different speakers some weeks. It keeps the subject interesting and we get to experience different people’s point of view. This week’s lecturer showed us his sweet as website of sweet as games. I was very impressed.
Everything about our social networking environment is constantly changing. The first of my online social networking experience was with MySpace. Once I moved to Brisbane for university, Facebook became my new substitute for MySpace. It is so much easier to use, and we don’t have to bother about keeping our profile looking up to date. Now I’m in my second semester of my first year at University and as a requirement for one of my subjects I have to use Twitter. If it wasn’t for this subject I don’t think I would have ever associated with the networking site. Is it good to have this environment where everything is constantly changing? What do you think?
The lecturer spoke about how Rupert Murdock bought MySpace for an extremely large sum of money and will most likely not be able to make that back because MySpace is not popular anymore. Everyone has merged to Facebook. A comment which was brought up was ‘Why do we spend millions of dollars on social networking sites just to watch them fall?’ This is because apparently social networking sites succeed most when they are specific. Examples of networking sites were shown in the lecture that do well, such as the Vampire site.
We looked at the website ‘Wayback Machine’ which takes old websites and archives them. We looked at websites such as Yahoo, Google and Griffith University to see how much their page structure has developed and advanced. Unlike Yahoo and GU, Goggle’s website has hardly changed. If something worked 10 years ago, why change it?
We had a different lecturer this week. I like it how we get different speakers some weeks. It keeps the subject interesting and we get to experience different people’s point of view. This week’s lecturer showed us his sweet as website of sweet as games. I was very impressed.
Tutorial Task - Week 9
For this week’s tutorial task we have to choose a topic for our final research essay. At this stage, I am currently set on topic number 5 which is ‘Creative Commons is both a solution and yet another failure to deal with authorship and copyright on the internet. Discuss and give examples.’ So far I have found 5 sources relating to this area of studies.
1. The first resource I am going to use is the article on Creative Commons provided on learning@griffith. Thank you very much Steven. The key argument in this article is that CC licenses are the best hope to the future. This is great because it backs up my argument very nicely. I also believe CC licenses are what the future of media needs. Media producers should be able to share their work so other people can enjoy it.
2. The second piece of information I’m using is called ‘Copyright – Only Dedication or Public Domain Certification’. This article is focused on defining what Creative Commons is. This article gives me good knowledge to help back up my argument throughout the essay.
3. The third article I’ve looked at for the essay is called ‘Commons Touch on Rights’. Different types of CC licenses are mentioned throughout this article which therefore will help me introduce other necessary information to my essay. The article also compares ‘Open Access’ with ‘Creative Commons’, as well as what industries would have troubles with deciding which way to go.
4. The forth article I found which may be useful is called ‘Made for Sharing’ from the Creative Review. In this article there is information on the values, attitudes and beliefs of music artists relating to Creative Commons. I believe my essay will benefit from source such as this.
5. The fifth article I’m going to use comes from a different direction in comparison to the other articles mentioned so far. This angle to the topic is created by the Creative Common Corporation itself. It is focused towards the fact that the team from the industry doesn’t want to develop a comprehensive directory or database of Creative Commons.
1. The first resource I am going to use is the article on Creative Commons provided on learning@griffith. Thank you very much Steven. The key argument in this article is that CC licenses are the best hope to the future. This is great because it backs up my argument very nicely. I also believe CC licenses are what the future of media needs. Media producers should be able to share their work so other people can enjoy it.
2. The second piece of information I’m using is called ‘Copyright – Only Dedication or Public Domain Certification’. This article is focused on defining what Creative Commons is. This article gives me good knowledge to help back up my argument throughout the essay.
3. The third article I’ve looked at for the essay is called ‘Commons Touch on Rights’. Different types of CC licenses are mentioned throughout this article which therefore will help me introduce other necessary information to my essay. The article also compares ‘Open Access’ with ‘Creative Commons’, as well as what industries would have troubles with deciding which way to go.
4. The forth article I found which may be useful is called ‘Made for Sharing’ from the Creative Review. In this article there is information on the values, attitudes and beliefs of music artists relating to Creative Commons. I believe my essay will benefit from source such as this.
5. The fifth article I’m going to use comes from a different direction in comparison to the other articles mentioned so far. This angle to the topic is created by the Creative Common Corporation itself. It is focused towards the fact that the team from the industry doesn’t want to develop a comprehensive directory or database of Creative Commons.
Tutorial Task - Week 8
For this week’s tutorial task we were asked to see how many opportunities we are able to achieve from the list below whilst sticking to our political beliefs. As well as, which ones can we find for political participation via the internet?
My main political belief is to give everyone the time of day to the best of my ability. For example, if a Christian or any anyone else willing to preach their views on their religion, we should take a minute to listen to them. That’s why I would be able to sign an e-petition without changing my political beliefs, however I don’t go around looking for such things, they have to come to me.
Sign an e-petition.
I didn’t sign an e-petition. I only participate with those things when they tap me on the back. I don’t go looking for them.
Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site.
I responded to Emily Jade’s blog on the Courier Mail website. The blog was about a teenage girl who wants a chance to redeem herself after doing wrong by her finance.
What is Barak Obama up to today?
Obama addressed us of his support and dedication to the relationship between Israel and the U.S. The speech was made in Chicago.
Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are.
Local: Desley Boyle
State: Julie Attwood
Federal: Arch Bevis
Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament.
September 17, 2009 was the last time Desley Boyle spoke in Parliament.
Let your local member know what you think about their last speech.
I honestly had nothing to say...a motion on Far North Queensland’s Regional Plan doesn’t interest me right now seeing as I’m spending most of my time in Brisbane.
What do you think of the Australian Government’s plans to censor the internet (the so-called “Clean Feed”)?
I would have to say my attitudes regarding this subject sway towards ‘censorship is a good idea’. When I have my own children I don’t want them experiencing porn and other explicit material at a young age. It is so easy to come across when surfing the internet, maybe a little too easy. But that’s just me; no doubt there are people out there who will say it’s a total waste of money and time.
My main political belief is to give everyone the time of day to the best of my ability. For example, if a Christian or any anyone else willing to preach their views on their religion, we should take a minute to listen to them. That’s why I would be able to sign an e-petition without changing my political beliefs, however I don’t go around looking for such things, they have to come to me.
Sign an e-petition.
I didn’t sign an e-petition. I only participate with those things when they tap me on the back. I don’t go looking for them.
Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site.
I responded to Emily Jade’s blog on the Courier Mail website. The blog was about a teenage girl who wants a chance to redeem herself after doing wrong by her finance.
What is Barak Obama up to today?
Obama addressed us of his support and dedication to the relationship between Israel and the U.S. The speech was made in Chicago.Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are.
Local: Desley Boyle
State: Julie Attwood
Federal: Arch Bevis
Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament.
September 17, 2009 was the last time Desley Boyle spoke in Parliament.
Let your local member know what you think about their last speech.
I honestly had nothing to say...a motion on Far North Queensland’s Regional Plan doesn’t interest me right now seeing as I’m spending most of my time in Brisbane.
What do you think of the Australian Government’s plans to censor the internet (the so-called “Clean Feed”)?
I would have to say my attitudes regarding this subject sway towards ‘censorship is a good idea’. When I have my own children I don’t want them experiencing porn and other explicit material at a young age. It is so easy to come across when surfing the internet, maybe a little too easy. But that’s just me; no doubt there are people out there who will say it’s a total waste of money and time.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Lecture Summary - Week 8
Political Possibilities – by Steven Stockwell
Welcome to another one of my exciting weekly lecture summaries. This week’s lecture is a little bit more difficult to write about seeing as we didn’t have one... YEEEOOOWWW!! Thank you to the lecturer’s of Griffith University for my day off. Your antics were much appreciated. As we all know the strike unfortunately lasted for one day only. Therefore, we got a quick rundown of the lecture in Thursday’s tutorial... Lucky us!
According to our tute, Daniel Hourigan, this week’s lecture was based on the link between the Military and the entertainment industry. The way he likes to describe it is as “a two way street”. Hollywood’s movie industry spent most of the 1980’s and 90’s trying to create sets in order to make movies based on these times.
Another topic which came up was E-petitions. We spoke about how they were very affective in relation to the regular face-to-face petitions. In accordance to the face-to-face petitions, there is more response online.
Several key words were brought up in today’s tutorial and we learnt about each one of their meanings when relating to politics and technology. The key words are:
• Access: which means your google results won’t be censored, when talking about democracy.
• Technologic Determinism: we don’t just use technology, as technological determinism determines the way we use it.
The following few terms are called Social Constructions:
• Encryption: Company secrets – something they won’t want the public to see.
• Commodification: to take a raw object and turn it into something or value.
• Anarchy: a complete loss of order.
• Liberalism: progress – going somewhere.
Welcome to another one of my exciting weekly lecture summaries. This week’s lecture is a little bit more difficult to write about seeing as we didn’t have one... YEEEOOOWWW!! Thank you to the lecturer’s of Griffith University for my day off. Your antics were much appreciated. As we all know the strike unfortunately lasted for one day only. Therefore, we got a quick rundown of the lecture in Thursday’s tutorial... Lucky us!
According to our tute, Daniel Hourigan, this week’s lecture was based on the link between the Military and the entertainment industry. The way he likes to describe it is as “a two way street”. Hollywood’s movie industry spent most of the 1980’s and 90’s trying to create sets in order to make movies based on these times.
Another topic which came up was E-petitions. We spoke about how they were very affective in relation to the regular face-to-face petitions. In accordance to the face-to-face petitions, there is more response online.
Several key words were brought up in today’s tutorial and we learnt about each one of their meanings when relating to politics and technology. The key words are:
• Access: which means your google results won’t be censored, when talking about democracy.
• Technologic Determinism: we don’t just use technology, as technological determinism determines the way we use it.
The following few terms are called Social Constructions:
• Encryption: Company secrets – something they won’t want the public to see.
• Commodification: to take a raw object and turn it into something or value.
• Anarchy: a complete loss of order.
• Liberalism: progress – going somewhere.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Tutorial Task - Week 6
This is the video I put together for the week 6 tutorial task. It's the photos from a trip I went on in week 3 to Fraser Island with the Red Frogs Crew. This is one of my first times using Movie Maker so please forgive me for the lack of quality to my movie.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Lecture Summary - Week 7
Community – Collaboration - Choice.
This week in the New Communication Technologies Lecture we covered 3 main topics. Today’s lecture follows on very nicely from last week’s. The main topics from this week’s lecture relate to the legal issues involved with the production of media (last week’s lecture).
1. What is Creative Commons?
In this week’s lecture, copyright was explained to be like a legally binding contract, and when you create something, you own all copyright creativity. That’s the reason for why ‘Creative Commons’ was introduced. Creative Commons refine your work’s copy rights so other people have the rights to reproduce/use your work. In the lecture we watched two short videos explaining why the creative commons is a useful idea. The first called “Wanna Work Together”, and the second “A Shared Culture”. I recommend sparing a few minutes to visit the following link and watch the short videos. http://creativecommons.org/videos
2. What is Free Software?
Free/Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS for short). Historically software was free; anyone could contribute, share and reuse source code. “Bazaar Style” (Raymond, 2001). Source code is the instruction written in Programming Languages that tell a computer to do certain things. It is what makes computer software work. The language used for the programming is called ‘Ruby’. The lecture slides imply that we should think of the source code as the recipe for making our favourite food. The source code is then translated into files that can run on specific computers. This part of the process would be like preparing and cooking the recipe from ingredients so it appeals to different people. The Free Software Foundation was created in 1981 by Richard M Stallman.
3. Proprietary Software vs Free Software
Examples of the Proprietary Software model, also known as the closed sources, are MS-Windows, MacOS,MS-Office, Internet Explorer, PhotoShop, etc). The ‘recipe’ metaphor also applies to this. Using Proprietary Software is like signing an agreement that says you can’t tell your friends how to make nice food. Whereas with free software such as Linux, OpenOffice, Firefox and VLC, source codes are freely and openly available. Under limited-rights licence (GPL) anyone can see it, use it and edit it. The software is developed and set by teams of volunteers from within the community.
This week in the New Communication Technologies Lecture we covered 3 main topics. Today’s lecture follows on very nicely from last week’s. The main topics from this week’s lecture relate to the legal issues involved with the production of media (last week’s lecture).
1. What is Creative Commons?
In this week’s lecture, copyright was explained to be like a legally binding contract, and when you create something, you own all copyright creativity. That’s the reason for why ‘Creative Commons’ was introduced. Creative Commons refine your work’s copy rights so other people have the rights to reproduce/use your work. In the lecture we watched two short videos explaining why the creative commons is a useful idea. The first called “Wanna Work Together”, and the second “A Shared Culture”. I recommend sparing a few minutes to visit the following link and watch the short videos. http://creativecommons.org/videos
2. What is Free Software?
Free/Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS for short). Historically software was free; anyone could contribute, share and reuse source code. “Bazaar Style” (Raymond, 2001). Source code is the instruction written in Programming Languages that tell a computer to do certain things. It is what makes computer software work. The language used for the programming is called ‘Ruby’. The lecture slides imply that we should think of the source code as the recipe for making our favourite food. The source code is then translated into files that can run on specific computers. This part of the process would be like preparing and cooking the recipe from ingredients so it appeals to different people. The Free Software Foundation was created in 1981 by Richard M Stallman.
3. Proprietary Software vs Free Software
Examples of the Proprietary Software model, also known as the closed sources, are MS-Windows, MacOS,MS-Office, Internet Explorer, PhotoShop, etc). The ‘recipe’ metaphor also applies to this. Using Proprietary Software is like signing an agreement that says you can’t tell your friends how to make nice food. Whereas with free software such as Linux, OpenOffice, Firefox and VLC, source codes are freely and openly available. Under limited-rights licence (GPL) anyone can see it, use it and edit it. The software is developed and set by teams of volunteers from within the community.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Lecture Summary - Week 6
The Consumption and Production of Media
I really enjoyed the lecture this week. It was based around the consumption and production of media on the big and small screen. The lecturer was really interesting. Not only did he tell us about the consumption and production of media, he also got us thinking about the problems involved within the media as well.
In the lecture we learnt about fan films and what they were associated with. I had never heard of a fan film before this week’s lecture, so I’m proud to say I actually learnt something for once. Fan films are mostly based around science fiction movies. We got to see the fan film of the movie ’80 days later’. I haven’t seen the real movie, but the fan film was definitely interesting to say the least, and on top of that, quite comical.
We also got to watch the re-cut/mash up/re-genre of the horror movie ‘Shining’. The way it was re-cut/mashed up/re-genre (from now on I’m going to just call it a mash up), made the movie seem like it was a romantic comedy. The way they put it together was brilliant. I would’ve never of thought to do something like that.
Another video we got to watch in class was the mash up of the family favourite, Mary Poppins. The way this fan film had been put together made the original movie look like a thriller. This part of the lecture was also very amusing. It’s weird to see one of your all-time favourite childhood movies be portrayed as a movie that would give you nightmares for weeks.
Coming near to the end of this week’s lecture, the lecturer filled us in on the popularity of video recording off a mobile phone. People can film things on their mobile phone and create movies from it. Mobile phones have become the easiest way to film ‘breaking news’ mainly because you are able to send it anywhere in the world at any time of day.
All in all, I would have to say that was my favourite lecture so far in the course. I enjoyed writing about it just as much as I enjoyed being there.
I really enjoyed the lecture this week. It was based around the consumption and production of media on the big and small screen. The lecturer was really interesting. Not only did he tell us about the consumption and production of media, he also got us thinking about the problems involved within the media as well.
In the lecture we learnt about fan films and what they were associated with. I had never heard of a fan film before this week’s lecture, so I’m proud to say I actually learnt something for once. Fan films are mostly based around science fiction movies. We got to see the fan film of the movie ’80 days later’. I haven’t seen the real movie, but the fan film was definitely interesting to say the least, and on top of that, quite comical.
We also got to watch the re-cut/mash up/re-genre of the horror movie ‘Shining’. The way it was re-cut/mashed up/re-genre (from now on I’m going to just call it a mash up), made the movie seem like it was a romantic comedy. The way they put it together was brilliant. I would’ve never of thought to do something like that.
Another video we got to watch in class was the mash up of the family favourite, Mary Poppins. The way this fan film had been put together made the original movie look like a thriller. This part of the lecture was also very amusing. It’s weird to see one of your all-time favourite childhood movies be portrayed as a movie that would give you nightmares for weeks.
Coming near to the end of this week’s lecture, the lecturer filled us in on the popularity of video recording off a mobile phone. People can film things on their mobile phone and create movies from it. Mobile phones have become the easiest way to film ‘breaking news’ mainly because you are able to send it anywhere in the world at any time of day.
All in all, I would have to say that was my favourite lecture so far in the course. I enjoyed writing about it just as much as I enjoyed being there.
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