Tute task Week 9

For my essay i have decided to do number 2: The idea of the internet as cyberspace has been a part of our contemporary culture for some time, particularly in the popular medium of film. But is the concept of cyberspace still relevant to our contemporary society? Discuss with reference to your own experience of contemporary media.

When checking on the tute tasks earlier today this week's wasn't posted. I checked when i got home and now know what to do. All i'm saying is that i haven't got any book/journal references but i did my best to find useful online sources for my online essay.

1. http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/cybspace.html - this one tells me all about cyberspace and its definition. And also tries to grasp the concept of a non-existant/existant 'space'. This source will allow me to define 'cyberspace', and to better understand what i am writing about. "a continuous three-dimensional space is generated by computer, which reacts to the user's movements and manipulations like a real physical space would"
2. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=harO_jeoyUwC&oi=fnd&pg=PP15&dq=cyberspace&ots=JWSJbKftBQ&sig=4bS2Z6GQatgcR7P83P7m3M6KH4A#v=onepage&q=&f=false- This source, from a book, details information on the internet. Also talks about the net, cyberspace, the information highway etc. This source will enable me to speak about the internet in today's society. "instead of people talking to machines, computer networks are being used to connect people to people"
3. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=x_zOA24lvIIC&oi=fnd&pg=PP9&dq=cyberspace&ots=sgD8L5CF5Q&sig=7n1h67iddsHIxMMMZ1uKh4alMWs#v=onepage&q=&f=false - This source talks about virtual communities and how they are becoming a larger part of society. This source can help in generally answering the essay question. "The arrival of virtual reality and virtual communities... enframe the human body and human communication"

Puddle of Lecture Blog - Week 8

This week, my mind was forcibly filled with the wonders of cyberspace, and cyberpolitics. Learning about online democracy, or as the cool-cats say 'eDemocracy' learnt just how awesome politics really is..... not.... at allllll. The knowledge of representative democracy was bequeathed upon me, in all its glory; as well as the splendour of 'Direct democracy' which entailed a lot of blabber centring around thoughts, such as : everyone online has (or should have) equal rights in all the decisions made, even if tat means only casting a voluntary vote for something, once in a while.

Then we were told of the gaps in today current 'mass' media, which detailed the online community as one (or a whole) and their voting/participating power equally as one.

Then to my immanent disaggregausal (yep i invented that word - it means 'my disagreement') found out about internet censorship. And don't lie we have all been to sites we maybe shouldn't have been to, even if our excuse is that we were told it was a nice simple picture of a 'loving' family. A little too much love in that family, if u ask me. I never want to see that again... ever! So sure there is heaps of bad stuff on the net but some of it people do enjoy and people should have a right, as they do with speech, to go where they want online.

Then to the world of hacking. Those rapscallions! Nothing i didnt already know, but it's good to get a further understanding of the people behind the online usernames 'nighthawk911'and 'Deathdragon_32boom'. and hey u can tell i'm not a hacker my username is richardp09, but hopefully one day soon.... a hacker will consider my information valuable enough to steal and will change it to 'superdandycoolcat91'..... IT IS MY DREAM

Tute tasks - Week 8

1. Sign an e-petition
I have signed an e-petition against the importation of fur into the UK. (i am half british after all)
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/f/ACTIVE/petition/?id=7&campaign=living

2.Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site
So i responded "Naughty naughty Mr. Hanky Panky." on this site http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/22/georgia-congressman-wilsons-outburst-carefully-calculated/#comment-3006384
This just shows that even though i know absolutely nothing about the topic in question, I as a member of the online community can post a completely random comment to quite a serious discussion.

3.What is Barack Obama up to today?
ppppppppp

4. Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are
Local = Ronan Lee, State = Anna Bligh, Federal = Kevin Rudd

Puddle of Lecture Blog - Week 7

This week we looked at online collaboration, and the difference between free software (like Linux, GNU) and proprietary software (like Microsoft and Apple). We were told to think of free software as the key to sharing a recipe. If we can create a recipe and pass it on to others who then alter it, the recipe can become something newer and much better. This collaboration not only made the software better but made new relationships and created all new content for the cycle between the online community to continue.

TUTE task Week 6!

LAst week we had to make a one minute video of a topic of our choice, demonstrating how easy it is to create a video and add it online

It's a spoof MTV CRIBS video i made of my own house. Hope u enjoy

Watch it in full size here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xp6sErg29c

Tute task Week 7

During the mid-semester break my dad and i took a trip to Southern Africa for a 14-day 'adventure'. Starting in Johannesburg we visited the 'Lion and Rhino reserve' just outside the city (which is massive btw). We then went up through Kruger National Park where i shot a few of the photos, then continuing up Africa we visited Blythe's Canyon and God's Window, then further along to Livingstone in Botswana where we visited the Victoria Falls. On our way back down to Johannesburg we went through Chobe national park and the Karma Rhino reserve before heading back home.

Tute Task week 7 - 3 minute Video

To see video in proper size visit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IymOEYRRSqU

Puddle of Lecture Blog - Week 6

This week we looked at how people and media mix. We viewed some videos of movie trailers that had been altered to change the appearance of the original movie. We saw 'Shining' which was a remade trailer for 'The Shining'. It turned the classic thriller into a romantic comedy centred around a family who need to get away from the troubles in life, so they escape to a grand mansion, where they can reconnect with each other. We also saw 'Scary Mary' a trailer for 'Mary Poppins' remade into a thriller, which really turned it into something that would scare me. They were both great. We then watched a homemade video of a '28 days/weeks later' based film. It was hilariously stupid, but well enough made, with a similar style to 'Cloverfield (2008)'. It was good to see how interactive people are with the new medias of today.