PowerPoint Presentations

I am a huge fan of PowerPoints when doing a presentation; I think that it really explains things and makes it easier for the audience to follow along. You can add pictures, charts, words, and many more. I think they are better when there is just a quick statement that is about what is going to be explained instead of having the slide word for word - this makes it easier to follow along so that the audience is not reading everything that is on the slide and not paying attention to the speaker. A lot can be done with PowerPoints; there are different background available, different colors, and pictures. I think that Hans does a great job at explaining all this and also does a great job with animation in his powerpoints.

Kindle vs. Copyright Law

When I first began to watch the video about the Kindle and read about it not once did copyrighting come into my mind. I don't believe that it should be against the law for this technology to read out load. Does this mean that when a teacher reads a book to a class thats against the copyright law? Or singing to a song? I understand that this will take away from the books on tape, but isn't this part of competition? This shouldn't go anywhere in court because it shouldn't be illegal. I really like the idea of a Kindle and I think that if you read a lot of books it's a lot cheaper to buy the books on the Kindle.

HOPE poster of Obama Argument

There were posters, stickers, and fliers made of the the HOPE picture. There was huge controversy in regards to whether this picture should have been against a copyright law. The picture was taken from the internet that a photographer had taken of Obama and Shepard Fairey had manipulated the picture with changing the color, adding text, and adding graphics. I am in between on this topic because I agree that a picture should not have been taken from a photographer because the photography is an art that was created by someone. Also i think that there may be enough manipulation done to this photo for it to be presented differently. I don't think that it should have been a big deal in the first place because its not a HUGE issue. I am glad that the charges were dropped and I think that it was a great picture that was changed and got out to everyone across America.

Digital Art

Personally I am not a big fan of art in the "cloud" (the internet) because i find that it doesn't give a true meaning of your talent. I believe that it is harder and I would rather sit down with a peace of paper and some paint and just go at it. A good thing about it though is that there are no messes! As far as doing art on an iphone with pictures; I think that it is pretty cool that it can go anywhere with you. Not only is the art world advancing but also the technology in the world to be able to do all of this.

Creative Commons Reading

This week I read about Creative Commons which I thought was a great thing. Creative Commons basically has a copyright on peoples music, writing or art. There are many different types of copyrighting that can be done from people not being able to use anything having to do with your music, writing or art to companies being able to use it as long as they get credit for it. All I was thinking about when i first started reading this was my little sister: she is a very talented singer and writer, and I would hate for someone to steel the stuff she worked so hard to put together. I took a graphic design class two years ago in college and I remember my professor saying that we could not use a picture off the internet unless we manipulated it at least three times due to some sort of copyrighting. This amazed me because I didn't think that it was a big deal taking someones stuff. There are also a lot of people out there that steal music from things like Lymewire and it is against the rules, but they don't care.

Kevin Kelly Video

This video talked about how the web is less than 5,000 days old and asks the question; what do you think that the web will be like in 5,000 more days? I believe that anything is possible, but i don't see how a laptop can get any smaller than whats already out there. I think that computers will all be touch screen maybe like a large phone with a slide out keyboard. Some things that really caught my attention in this video was the fact that there are 10 billion clicks per day and 55 trillion links in the world. It's crazy to think about how much the internet has affected the world today. I see myself whenever a question is asked and I don't know the answer I always say "Google it". 5,000 days ago here is no way I would have thought we would come this far with computing now there are 2 million emails a second going over the web. Kevin Kelly describes the fact that the web works like a human brain for every part of the brain there is a part of the web that matches it. Another thing that I thought was funny is that he mentioned about the first fax machine, and whoever bought it was an idiot because obviously there was no one else to fax to.

Cloud Toward Success!

My cloud represents everything that i am working for. I have included my place of work right now, and this represents what I do for a living. Eventually I would like to save up the money that I make there and start my own business. Now this is where my cooking skills come in. I love cooking (mostly Italian food). I think that not only does cooking make me feel better, but it is also a coping mechanism. In order to have my own business I would also like to have a degree in business which is where my college (CCV) comes in. I am looking forward to knowing all about the business world so there will be a less chance of the business failing. Also along with all of these things I have had great passion in designing floor plans since I was a little girl. All of these point off from the one big picture -- Owning my own business!! I would love to have my own business where I could put all of my own recipes in to one location. I want to have an Italian restaurant.