Not goodbye but see ya later

The class multimedia apps and tools was more then I thought it would be. Each week we learned something new or if some already knew the lesson then they could improve on their skills. It sadden me to say that I will miss this class and all of the great people in it. The class was taught by a teacher that really thought for the students and how to teach the material was really well develop. So to all the students who gets to read this, thanks for all the feedback and hope to hear from you either on facebook or twitter. Well I hate goodbyes, so I will say best of luck to you all and hope to see or hear from you guys in the future. Take care and keep on smiling. Class was a blast.

Remix that copyright shortie

Copyrights is a tricky thing to follow. With so many saying what we can and can not do, I wounder about remixes. I have heard music remix, watch video mash ups, and see photos tweaked to fit the remix part of the law. Even though Stephen Colbert made fun of Lawrence Lessig, and I did laugh a few times but when it comes down to it is remixing breaking the copyright law. When I think of the answer for this, I think back to the famous Obama poster that was made. I think when someone remix your work and does not use it for money or any time of commercial use then it should be find, but if they do then they should get the original artist's ok before doing so. I believe even if someone is selling a remix that they should say who the original artist is and even share half the money to them. I know if I spent a lot of time working on my song that I am working on now and someone remix it without telling me then I would get mad just like anyone, but if they remix it and for some reason it got me known faster then I would be ok with it however as long as they tell people that I am the artist. But when it comes down to it, do we really want to hear a lot of news about remixing and who is in trouble doing it, I know I do not. One of the things I try doing because I am a facebooker, is try not to post so many pictures of me online or any other media that people can just take without me saying so first, it's hard to do but I try to.

Welcome to Facebook

After reading about this week article, "The Facebook Generation vs the Fortune 500" I found the article really well written. When asked how the online life that the article talked about, will change ones life whether it's work or even just your life. Well, I believe that the 12 online life that was talked about, has already change most of our lives. Most sites today have links to their twitter and facebook sites to help their audiences receive updates quicker and faster. Most college's are using the Internet for online classes. I agree with the 12 online life and how they are. I have seen a lot of changes in just the five years whether it was business's add more links to their site or more people using mass social media like Twitter and Facebook. The Internet has given so much to us, but at the same time has also taken away some stuff that has long been forgotten or at least fading away. I remember reading the old Spiderman comic books, and one thing always stuck out to me when he says, "with great power, comes great responsibility." Thinking about that quote, made me thinking about technology and the mass media on the Internet. With all of the great things that mass media on the Internet and technology can do, there has to be some kind of responsibility too. I think we have gotten a little side track with that.

Lets go ride the Long Tail

After reading this week article about the "Long Tail", I could not wonder about how this would effect me. I am not a normal online shopper unless I am getting my CCV books on the school site. I have kept up with online shopping and all that it has to offer because my aunt does a lot of shopping on my dad's side of the family, and also I have looked at some of the sites they talk about in the article like Itunes, Walmart, and ect. But over the last two years have made me think about maybe starting to shop online more. This past summer, I went to my best friend's house and his mom was talking about a food she use to eat, when she was younger. She told me how it has been years since she saw the food she liked in Vermont. I told her if she remember the company's name then type it in Google. So she did and as soon as she did it pop up. Since that time, I to have looked up somethings that I like and just like my friend's mom it to pop up. So now that I have found somethings I thought, I would never find again in Vermont, makes me want to do some more online shopping. As for the entertainment side of things like music and movies, I have found Netflex and Itunes something I am going to sign up for. I have known about both companies for sometime now, and have study them from friends that are using both companies, and personal research. When the article talks about how it is 99 cents per track, well I think that is a good price because everyone has to get paid some how. So I say if your not on the "Long Tail" now, you will soon be just like me. The way technology is today compare to back then, time will only tell, but one thing is for sure and that is the fact that the Internet makes shopping, entertainment, ect to a whole new way we interact with one another.

Give me that podcast

Before this week in Multimedia Apps&Tools class that I am taking at CCV, I knew very little about podcast. I have heard the term before and people talking about it but never really understand it full until this week in class. When I did a little research on podcast, well I came across a web site that I felt helped me a lot on understanding about and how to make a podcast. After reading the site, I found myself scratching my head saying, "really that's all that a podcast is." I was amazed to learn that a podcast is like a radio show and the only difference that really stuck out was the fact that you do not have a lot of guidelines like radio broadcast does. I believe that podcast would be good to have one that would want to voice their opinion without so many guidelines. I listen to a few podcast online, and would have to say that some sound really good, as to some that sound not that well at all. I like the fact how you can update your device that you are using for podcast without the hassle of waiting for a new link to download the newest show. I found it very unique that not only one can have more freedom on what they talk about, but how quick you can get them on your device. It was amazing to also learn that the podcast was develop by a former MTV VJ, Adam Curry who hosted hits in the 80's. I think sometime in the future that it would be neat to have my own podcast/talk show to talk about real things going on in the world.

My home town

I just want to point out a quick information. In my vlog I said that I have know my best friend for 20 yrs now and we meet back in 1992, but we have meet in 1990 because we have know each other since 1990 so it's been 20 yrs now. Just wanted to point out that the date was wrong because my best friend told me that I had the wrong date. Hope everyone enjoys this week's vlog.

My vlog

Here is my first vlog, hope you guys enjoy it