Lecture Summary

- Tuesday, September 22, 2009

WEEK 7


Week 7 we had Jason as our lecturer and he spoke about free/open source software. He also talked about peer to peer sites which is basically a site where you can download cracked software of just about everything your heart desires. Jason spoke about how open software is a way to improve and tweak software to your own liking.

He also talked about different operating systems... Windows VS Mac and how these operating systems host other freeware. He showed us three site to download from, naughty naughty and they were: portableapps.com, freewaregenius and sourceforge.

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Week 6


The week 6 lecture lent itself to the title of consumption and production. After the obvious film/TV production then consumed by the public, the lecture explored the new wave of what I like to call productsumption. The merging and blurring of the lines between consumption and production. Consumers are becoming the producers which reenter the consumer market. Online outlets, for example, Youtube have allowed consumers to edit, reproduce or completely produce their own original products and post them for other consumers to view.

Can you count how many times I said a form of CONSUMPTION or PRODUCTION?
CONSUMPTION - 7
PRODUCTION - 6

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Week 4

During the week 4 lecture we looked at the timeline of cinema and how it has evolved over the decades. Some interesting facts included the first feature length film was produced by Australians and was a film about Ned Kelly.
Other facts about smell-o-vision and also 3D movies came about in the 50s were something I didn't know. I had no idea they had been around for that long. Even VCRs or some form of the VCR was also invented in the 50s surprised me. Video recording devices have some such a long way, considering we are in the forth/fifth or sixth generation - blue ray. I didn't even know that CDs or "laser discs" were invented so early in 80s in fact.

Film and all related film medias have come a long, long way since their beginnings to what we enjoy now.


The last part of Interaction...

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The is one more site I have yet to interact with but the dust storm outside is just tooo amazing and has captured 99.9 percent of my attention. During the quick glances back at the computer screen I have been cruising the generator site and found some funny and weird things to generate.

This is my Rap name:


Hey Sarah Palin!


Sketching

- Wednesday, September 16, 2009

My sketch is a little weird only because I don't actually have a mouse, I had to use the touch pad on my laptop. It is almost impossible to draw vertiually, becuase nothing ever turns out the way you want it to. This is my sketch, its quite colourful so enjoy.

Short films

- Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Youtube is a wonderful way to find films and other recorded material by the public and amateur film makers trying to get their work in the public domain.


Strangers by Erez Tadmor and Guy Nattiv is a film that contains no dialog. It is amazing to watch how the story evolves through tension and expressions. I am not sure whether or not this film is an internet short film, although it is really good and I though I would put it in. This film is a great short film because it has no speech and contains elements of religion and violence within common public places. The film has touched and amazed many people because it has 1247 posted comments in reply.





Another video I found was directed by Benjamin Reece and posted on September 15, 2008. It is titled "Fifty people, one question" and interviews 50 people on the street and asks them what they would wish to happen by the end of the day. Being a millionaire was very popular, but the simplicity of the film and style of shooting zooming in and out of focus was quite interesting to watch. I enjoyed this film because of the simple nature of the video and style of sounds and also the diversity in the people they interviewed.




The last short film I found is called muscle. It is really short and a little funny. They are trying to start an old pontiac and eventually get it going. They swear a little but I'm not sure if it adds or takes away from the video. The filming is pretty amateur but the online revolution has allowed these sorts of films to gain exposure within the public domain. Some of the people that have commented wanted sequels to find out what happens next.


Interaction.

- Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Some websites are fun, some are interesting, some are boring and others are just weird.

Wikipedia. One word that enjoys day to day interaction from individuals that believe they are the world of knowledge and edit pages according to this delusion.
List of social networking websites hosted by Wikipedia provides a list of all the known social networking site. Its interesting that the first website on the list is Adult Friend Finder focusing on adults only dating/"hook-up" network, although it has an open registration with 33 million users.

Others that are slightly weird... include:
  • Black Planet, 20 million users
  • Elftown, 185000 users, community and wiki around fantasy and sci-fi
  • Faceparty 200,000 users
  • Friendster, 90 million users
  • Skyrock, 22 million users
  • Vampirefreeks almost 2 million users
The most popular and well-known websites have an amazing amount of users:
  • Bebo, 40 million users
  • Facebook, 250 million users
  • Hi 5, 80 million users
  • Myspace, almost 264 million users
  • Twitter, 44.5 million users
  • Windows live spaces, 120 million users

Social network rankings site lists social networking sites in order from the most monthly visits the to the least monthly visits in a top 25 ranking. It is a re count of a previous ranking showing the changes in spots. Facebook, myspace and twitter battle it out in the top three spots with facebook taking over myspace's number one spot. myspace is back down to number two while twitter has jumped from number 22 to take out third position. It's quite interesting to find out what it most popular in the battle of the social networking sites.

Ployvore is a site that lets you shop online from an array of different stores, top brands and from home designers. It takes you through a list of the latest trends and other websites that contribute to plyvore. it also allows you to create and post your own advertisements under your profile using images of fashion objects that you can buy. Other users also post comments about the advertisements giving feedback. Some of the ads are really good while others are kind of lame.

Disaster Maps, powered by google, shows current weather events happening all over the globe. It gives a list of current emergencies, short time events, long time events, tsunami information, earthquake events, storm monitoring and active volcanoes. The site has a map and allows you to zoom in and out to have a look at different weather events in differing states and countries.



My map

- Tuesday, September 1, 2009

This is where I want to go and where I have been

Persona

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This is my internet persona.

This actual does represent me on the internet because my name is very unique and I could possibly be only person on the planet this this name. The sports section is the largest because my ballroom dance results are posted on the internet from dance competitions. Fashion is there because I love fashion and it is the area I want to write in once I have finished my Journalism course. Education comes up because I received a lot of academic awards during high school and it is most likely to be posted somewhere on my school's site.

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