Hans Rosling

After watching Hans Rosling presentation of the third-world myths, I found this useful material very helpful to watch. Hans gave a lot of great information on the third-world myths. One of the things I like from his presentation how he uses some humor to keep the audiences interested into the presentation. I think the technology he used was some what like a flash video presentation which I believe helped explain what he wanted to say in his presentation. I think it helped because he could really talk in depth of the data he was talking about compare to just using images or charts. I like how when he talked about different years and how the myths were compare from then to now, but what I really like about the comparing of the different years is how with in the video it change with the years as well as the data at the same time. Another thing I like what Hans said is about data. When I was listening to him about data, it made a lot of since that data is out there but to reach it you have to do so much like have passwords, and ect. I find that very true because I know when I am looking for data on the web its hard to do. For example this last summer I took a class that require me to look up some data, and I was having a very hard time trying to do this. So since I had a hard time with that data that I was trying to find, I had to find a different topic to write about which I did find data for but it just shows that with different data out there, some are harder to find compare to other. Either way I agree with Hans on how data should be more available to everyone. I believe that if data becomes more available to everyone, not only will it be easier for everyone to get but also help everyone understand the data out there more clearly. After watching this movie I can take away a lot from it. One of the things I will be taking away is how to use more media in my presentation then just using images. I know my presentation well not be at the same level as Hans but I sure could try and the more I use Power Points then maybe some day it will be as good as Hans. So in other words my goal for my presentations is to improve them and to some day get close if not as good as Hans. I really like watch this movie very much.

Kindle for all? maybe not

After doing my research on the new Kindle 2, I found this new device amazing. When reading about how audio books are trying to to slap a law suit on Amazon, I found this to be something else. It seems like audio books are just trying to get some kind of money out of Amazon. Its not like Amazon is not charging money for their books because they are. I think if audio books did not want Amazon to use text-speech for their books then they should not sell their books to Amazon. After reading about the law suit and Kindle 2, I really believe that this whole law suit is a joke. I also believe that Amazon and this new device is just trying to reach out and connect people to reading a book compare to reading articles or other materials that have taken so many people away from reading a good old fashion book. I hope in the long run that if the law suit goes to court that the judge looks at it and throws out the case, and rule in favor of Amazon because I believe they are in the right.

To be or not to be

After doing some research on a topic this week for one of my classes, I found this topic very unique. In the news their was a guy named Shepard Fairey who found a picture of our president Obama and edit it to his own. After this happen the company that took the picture he found online (Associated Press) claimed that Mr. Fairey violated the use of their picture. This claim has been an on going battle between the two parties. My thoughts on this is if AP used a type of copyright system like Creative Commons to copyright their picture then there would be no means to go though all of the courts, lawyer's fee and ect. I believe that Mr. Fairey did nothing wrong because in all the reading I did on this topic stated he did not received any money for his poster. I think if he had received money then he should have credit AP. Now on the other hand if AP put some kind of copyright on their picture then Mr. Fairey was at fault for not saying where he go the picture from. I think the best way to stop stuff like this from happening is to simple credit where you got the picture or whatever you are working with that is not 100% yours. If you do not know about a picture you are editing then you need to find were it was from, ask about it and remember if you are not using that picture for money or anything else that would violate the fair use provision of the copyright law than you are in the right to use that materials. Now for the companies out their, if you do not want people taking your work then simple slap a copyright on it and be careful where you put it on the web. Copyrights not only say who gets the rights of that material but also lets others know they cannot use that material. It is a nice system when everyone knows about the material they can and cannot use.

IPod Art

If you look at what is now compare to back then in art, it has change a lot. After looking at some of the things you can do with the IPod/IPhone app known as Brushes, I was amazed of how great some of these pictures/painting looks. I think the more our Cloud modifies with apps like this, the more it will look like anyone could draw/paint a picture and also improve peoples creative minds. With more technology changing the art world, I believe that it will be more good then not because it will make people want to express them self more. With apps like this you could also save on lots of money from buying the art supplies you would normally buy. I do not have apps like that on my phone but I do take pictures on it. I normally use photoshop to edit my pictures. I find this program simple to use and quick once you know what you are doing. I cannot draw good so I just take a lot of pictures of different things, some of the things I take pictures of is sunsets and animals. Last year I took a digital photography class and some of my pictures I would say was amazing. So to answer your question on if I'm a phone photographer, well sometimes I am but I like to think of myself more of just a photographer. So what does everyone else think about after reading this article about the app known as Brushes? I think it is a good idea to use today's technology for something good and creative so people can express them self more, we need it in today's world.

Creative Commons

I read the article, "What is Creative Commons." www.rss-specifications.com/creative-commons.htm is where I read the article. This article is an intro into creative commons. I found that after I read this, I got more understanding of copyrights. This article really help a lot because I like to make movies/music and I always wanted to use copyrights for my work so people cannot use my work. Even though this article was short, it did explain the different types of creative common license options to pick from which was good to know. I think now that I've read the article that I will try finding the creative common site so I can read more about it and also see if it is something I want to sign up for. I believe that copyrighting your work helps not only you and your work but also makes it so others cannot take your work. I think everyone should check out this article for a quick intro on creative commons.