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.