Wednesday, April 28, 2010
CC
CC stands for Creative Commons. This nonprofit organization assists mashed-up and remixed creations. Creative Commons promotes a compliant license of which allows artists, writers, as well as educators to lend and borrow each others' works. The possibilities are endless when allowing the opportunity to enhance other people's works. Essentially, these copyright licenses that enable a free and legal way to share works, make room for an abundance of masterpieces to arise. With 6 Creative Commons copyright licenses to choose from (Attribution, Attribution Share Alike, Attribution No Derivatives, Attribution Non-Commercial, Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike, Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives) the artist can choose in which exact ways his works can be dispersed and to whom.
Creative Commons? Why not! What people can do together is out of this world... amazing! Be it building a pyramid, curing a disease, or creating the World Wide Web, those who work together can accomplish practically anything. Helping one another to build something even better brings our society and world to a whole different level; I do believe collaboration is the biggest tool of the future.
This year has been an exceptional one for Creative Commons hence a great number of organizations and corporations had joined in on the "Public Domain Day" celebration. Every year on January 1st, copyright licenses expire allowing an abundance of works to be adopted and revamped. Growth in awareness of such a great cause is groundbreaking.
Monday, April 19, 2010
In a nugget, I have studied the theories of media, technology, and communication over and beyond. In terms of my experience on the production side of those fields, I have hands-on experience with the Adobe CS4 Suite: PhotoShop, InDesign, and Illustrator. In a "Principles of Graphic Design" class, I became familiar with design and typography. With acquired tools, I have created press kits, logos, and business cards for clients.
Taking this Web Design class now, I am intrigued to learn the basics of designing and creating websites. Although I have HTML experience, I am interested in learning the strings behind web pages more in depth.
Other than enhancing and perfecting my Adobe Suite abilities, I hope to aspire skills in JavaScript, Flash, Video (FinalCut/ AfterEffects), and Dreamweaver in the future. I have dabbled in Audacity, yet I would like to further my knowledge in the program as well as others dealing with audio.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Digital Footprints
PEW: Digital Footprints
Based on: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2007/Digital-Footprints.aspx
These findings explore how Web 2.0 has altered our personal data. Once your information is put out there, whether voluntarily or not, it cannot be retracted. Although the article emphasizes that 47% of internet users have looked up their digital footprint, there are still many who do not have the slightest clue of what we are dealing with here. 38% of internet users who search for their digital footprint claim that they do no find much information about themselves on the internet, so they are uncertain/unaware of the free-floating of personal information scare.
It is mind-boggling to see that even college students do not use certain language with caution, monitor their photo content, and/or set their settings to private. Even with that being said, private settings do not always mean much. Speaking from experience, I have always had all my settings for MySpace on private and yet one can Google up many of the comments I have written to others and vice versa. The simple fact that anyone off the street can see any of your personal information is a little disturbing. Just as the Social Media Revolution Video demonstrated, we will no longer be finding the news/products/services; instead they will be finding us. Ahhh!!
It is quite apparent that internet users under the age of 50 are more wary of their digital footprint hence the younger generations most likely have career-driven mindsets and do not want to jeopardize their futures. Although this might be the case, most internet users, including the younger generations, do not mind the quantity of personal information they make available to the public (60% are not concerned with the amount of their personal information floating around). If you are smart about it and are on top of the information you let off about yourself than why would it really matter of how much you put out there? In addition, since the internet promotes a more bottom-up society and narrows the gap between consumers and producers, some users might be fond of the free-floating information concept hence it sets forth more exposure for them and in a positive light.
Personally, much of my digital footprint is made up of social-networking sites and blogs. I am on Facebook, Twitter, ModelMayhem, NaszaKlasa.pl (Polish social-networking site), Vimeo, etc. To blog, I use WordPress and Blogspot. I chose these sites to keep in touch with family & friends and/or professionally network. I have been blogging for class assignments and projects yet I have started to blog outside of class to share my views with others as well as acquire a better web presence in my field. When looking up my digital footprint, news articles/photos of fashion events come up as well. I am active in the modeling/acting industry in terms of being an aspiring talent. I also work freelance by coordinating fashion shows and events. Though all of my work is of a conservative nature, I am always wary of what exactly gets published/posted hence I am/will be pursuing higher education and distinct career goals. Although I simply want to kick myself for not doing so yet, I plan to create a LinkedIn profile this week.
Out of the four categories listed in the PEW article, I believe I fall under the “Confident Creatives.” Along with the 22%, I might ego-surf “every once in awhile,” yet I do not search for my digital footprint on a regular basis. I am not as much worried of how much of my personal information is out there as I am with what kind of information it is. I keep a keen eye-out on the information that I input onto the internet; I have always monitored my activities. I feel I do not have anything to hide; yet again I am not at ease with the fact that simply anyone can obtain my contact information such as my phone number, address, etc.
Based on: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2007/Digital-Footprints.aspx
These findings explore how Web 2.0 has altered our personal data. Once your information is put out there, whether voluntarily or not, it cannot be retracted. Although the article emphasizes that 47% of internet users have looked up their digital footprint, there are still many who do not have the slightest clue of what we are dealing with here. 38% of internet users who search for their digital footprint claim that they do no find much information about themselves on the internet, so they are uncertain/unaware of the free-floating of personal information scare.
It is mind-boggling to see that even college students do not use certain language with caution, monitor their photo content, and/or set their settings to private. Even with that being said, private settings do not always mean much. Speaking from experience, I have always had all my settings for MySpace on private and yet one can Google up many of the comments I have written to others and vice versa. The simple fact that anyone off the street can see any of your personal information is a little disturbing. Just as the Social Media Revolution Video demonstrated, we will no longer be finding the news/products/services; instead they will be finding us. Ahhh!!
It is quite apparent that internet users under the age of 50 are more wary of their digital footprint hence the younger generations most likely have career-driven mindsets and do not want to jeopardize their futures. Although this might be the case, most internet users, including the younger generations, do not mind the quantity of personal information they make available to the public (60% are not concerned with the amount of their personal information floating around). If you are smart about it and are on top of the information you let off about yourself than why would it really matter of how much you put out there? In addition, since the internet promotes a more bottom-up society and narrows the gap between consumers and producers, some users might be fond of the free-floating information concept hence it sets forth more exposure for them and in a positive light.
Personally, much of my digital footprint is made up of social-networking sites and blogs. I am on Facebook, Twitter, ModelMayhem, NaszaKlasa.pl (Polish social-networking site), Vimeo, etc. To blog, I use WordPress and Blogspot. I chose these sites to keep in touch with family & friends and/or professionally network. I have been blogging for class assignments and projects yet I have started to blog outside of class to share my views with others as well as acquire a better web presence in my field. When looking up my digital footprint, news articles/photos of fashion events come up as well. I am active in the modeling/acting industry in terms of being an aspiring talent. I also work freelance by coordinating fashion shows and events. Though all of my work is of a conservative nature, I am always wary of what exactly gets published/posted hence I am/will be pursuing higher education and distinct career goals. Although I simply want to kick myself for not doing so yet, I plan to create a LinkedIn profile this week.
Out of the four categories listed in the PEW article, I believe I fall under the “Confident Creatives.” Along with the 22%, I might ego-surf “every once in awhile,” yet I do not search for my digital footprint on a regular basis. I am not as much worried of how much of my personal information is out there as I am with what kind of information it is. I keep a keen eye-out on the information that I input onto the internet; I have always monitored my activities. I feel I do not have anything to hide; yet again I am not at ease with the fact that simply anyone can obtain my contact information such as my phone number, address, etc.
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