The Hippy With A High IQ

Lecture Review 6 -

Today’s lecture we pretty sweeet. Really it was. Bravo for whose ever idea it was on this topic. I found listening to this hippy really interesting. And duude I’m not being sarcastic. Adam Muir his name was and he talked about New Media & the Internet. It was really interesting. I had no idea there was an internet crash before the 90's and apparently because of that there is a new internet called Web 2.0. He talked about how there are many theorist out there that have studied the internet before it became popular and how there were virtual communities being formed.

This I thought was very interesting. I already knew about individual identity and how people use the internet to show who they are. For example, this blog and how it is laid out and compares it to someone else’s who has completely re-arranged their blog and put in a different background picture. We both have different identities. The hippy raised some really interesting questions at the end of his lecture that we were going to discuss in the tutorials like - Who owns the content you put on the internet such as on Facebook, YouTube or MySpace, and, do you own the rights to this stuff.

Listening to other peoples view about these 2 question in the tutorial we very surprising. Most people believe, like me, that we have no right to stuff we put on the internet. Once it’s up they have every right to do what ever they please with it. And that’s kind of freaky when you really think about it. I really wouldn't like some Facebook employee using my photos they way they like without my permission. Some people in my class have even said they've had people use their pictures without their permission on other website and you have to send and email to the headquarters to have it taken down. Weird right?? Anyways, all in all this was a very good lecture and the hippy did a really good job. I hope we do get to listen to him some more soon!!

Before I go, my group and I have finally decided on a rumour we are making for our "Culture Jamming" assignment. I'm not gonna give too much away but we all feel very passionate about this topic and we think something should be done about it. It’s something to do with.......drum roll please.......PARKING!!! Your probably thinking "Why they hell would they choose to do parking"?? Well, your just gonna have to wait and see what we are going to do with parking and hopefully a newspaper will pick it up!!!!


Tutespark -

Who owns the content you put on the internet on various sites? -
That content that we (users) put up on any website is not ours to own. No mater what we put up or displayed such as putting up videos or photos, music and even comments. Usually in the terms and conditions (which most people never read), it clearly states that anything we put up belongs to the website. For example Facebook, here is what part of their terms and conditions say on what belongs to us and what belongs to them -

1. For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos ("IP content"), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook ("IP License"). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it (Facebook.com 2010).

2. When you delete IP content, it is deleted in a manner similar to emptying the recycle bin on a computer. However, you understand that removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but will not be available to others) (Facebook.com 2010).

We don't have any right to anything we put on. Companies have every right to do what they want with it to. If they want to use you comments to turn into a book then they will do that. You won't get any royalties or anything.

This includes pictures, video, text, etc? -
Yes! This includes EVERYTHING we put up on any website no matter what it is from videos to photos to music. As I stated before in question 1, we don't have any right with what happens to our information. Companies have every right to do what they want with it.

Think about all the content you upload onto social networking sites - Do you own it? -
Technically speaking No! Even though we took the photos or video and the bio and information is all about us, once it goes on to a website like Facebook then THEY own it. That’s where allot of people get confused. They say they own and no one has any right to use their stuff with out their permission but legally companies can because of what is said in their Terms and Conditions.

Who has the right to use your creations? -
Companies have every right to use our creations as it's usually stated in their Terms & Conditions. If they what to use your photo as an advertising campaign then they will, without your permission, If they want to sell your information, again they can without your permission. We, as users, don't have any legal right with what happens to our information once we have uploaded it to the company’s website.


References -

Facebook.com (2010) Terms & Conditions
Retrieved at: http://www.facebook.com/terms.php
(Online) 7th September 2010

Jamming With Culture Jackson

Lecture Review 5 -

Again i didn't go to today's lecture because I had to go buy dvds from Big W because they were only $5 dollaz eeaaach. What a bargain aye! $5. So I had to go early before all the good ones went hahaha. Again I read the lecture in the course content at Learning at Griffith. I kind of wish i went to this one as reading it is really boring. But from what I've read its about how we, as consumers, are displayed content such as advertising on the big screen or on TV etc. I didn't read much as it was really boring. However, I learnt more in my tutes by Jules who explained to me that we are "Culture Jamming". What is Culture Jamming I hear you ask? Well my fellow negro, Culture Jamming is where consumers disrupt mainstream social movement. Basically trying to change the world for the best utilizing the media. Culture jamming re-figure logos, fashion statements, and product images to challenge the idea of "what's cool," along with assumptions about the personal freedoms of consumption. Now with the idea of culture jamming in our heads, my group and I need to create a rumor in order for us to change the world, well in our case the city of GOLD COAST haha. I will let you guys know soon what this rumor will be once we have finalised it.


Tutespark Questions -

1. What Is The First Considered Culture Jam?
I can't find when or what was this first culture jam but I can say how culture jam was shown to the public. Before email became popular (1990's) markets and organizations relied heavily on print materials such as newspapers and magazines, but one print that usually got people talking and looking was billboards. A well known company that specialises in marketing on billboards is the Billboard Liberation Front (Center For Communication & Civic Engagement 2010). This is an group of culture jammers that are devoted to improving and/or radically changing key words to alter a message (see pictures)








2. What Is The Most Influential Culture Jam?
I can't seem to find anything on what is the most influential culture jam, but I don't think there is a right or wrong answer as this is a matter of opinion, right? Well, for me, the most influential culture jam is the Nike story (see question 3 for more detail). I never head of Nike using sweatshop kids to make their clothing until late 2002 or 2003 in high school for an assignment of child laborers. When I found out I stopped buying Nike clothes altogether. I could support a high profile company that was doing this. Weren't they supposed to be changing this, not supporting. I looked up to Nike when I was growing up. The athletes who wore or were sponsored by Nike made me want to wear it. Everything they standard for I believed in. A lot of people who I spoke to about this feel the same was as I do on this subject. They thought it was influential as when this came out, it was all over the front pages of newspapers and magazines, internet forums we coming out expressing their great dislike over what Nike was doing. It ruined their reputation big time. Although, honestly, I still do at times buy their products if I really like it. Hey I know what your thinking "man he's contradicting himself here". I know but I just can't help it, these sweatshop kids make some really cool shoes but that still doesn't change the fact that their only being paid like 50cents for a 12 hour work shift. NIKE YOU NEED TO CHANGE BIG TIME!!!!







3. What Is The Most Damaging Culture Jam?
The most influential culture jam was probably in 2001 when political activist took a swipe a giant athletic brand Nike for the companies dealing in Third World countries. "Nike is seen as a high profile example of a company that cares more about its brand image than the human rights in Third World countries" (Micheletti, Follesdal & Stolle 2006, p. 127). The story goes like this....Back in 2001, Nike began a custom made shoe for order online on their website and you could have an I.D written on your shoes with a choice of colour. Well, Jonah Peretti, a internet entrepreneur and the founder of BuzzFeed and Hufington Post, tried to buy a custom pair of Nike shoes with the word "Sweatshop" as his i.d because he wanted to remember the toil and labor of the child that made his shoes. Nike, however, felt that this word was a little too close to heart and decided to send him a little email explaining why he was not able to have that i.d. From there countless emails were exchanged between Peretti and Nike about the use of this word, until, Peretti decided to send an email to his friends containing these emails (see bottom for email). This email sparked a chain and was emailed from friends to other friends until it because viral and millions of people had hold or read on websites about this email. This emails damaged Nike's reputation as athletic brand and as a high profile human rights company. Nike responded in its own way but deciding to play on with these emails and launched numerous campaigns (see pictures).




The shoes that started all this.........






NIKE SWEATSHOP EMAILS (2001) -
From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Your NIKE iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.
1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.
If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.nike.com
Thank you,
NIKE iD



From: "Jonah H. Peretti"
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Greetings,
My order was canceled but my personal NIKE iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.
Thanks and Happy New Year,
Jonah Peretti




From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000Dear NIKE iD Customer,Your NIKE iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".
If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.nike.com
Thank you,NIKE iD




From: "Jonah H. Peretti"
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Dear NIKE iD,
Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.
Your web site advertises that the NIKE iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share Nike's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.
Thank you,Jonah Peretti




From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000Dear NIKE iD Customer,
Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the NIKE iD web site that "Nike reserves the right to cancel any Personal iD up to 24 hours after it has been submitted".
In addition it further explains:
"While we honor most personal iDs, we cannot honor every one. Some may be (or contain) others' trademarks, or the names of certain professional sports teams, athletes or celebrities that Nike does not have the right to use. Others may contain material that we consider inappropriate or simply do not want to place on our products.
Unfortunately, at times this obliges us to decline personal iDs that may otherwise seem unobjectionable. In any event, we will let you know if we decline your personal iD, and we will offer you the chance to submit another."
With these rules in mind we cannot accept your order as submitted.
If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.nike.com
Thank you, NIKE iD


From: "Jonah H. Peretti"
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000Dear NIKE iD,Thank you for the time and energy you have spent on my request. I have decided to order the shoes with a different iD, but I would like to make one small request. Could you please send me a color snapshot of the ten-year-old Vietnamese girl who makes my shoes?
Thanks,
Jonah Peretti
{no response}


References -


Center For Communication & Civic Engagement (2010), Culture Jamming Culture Jamming and Meme-based Communication
Retrieved at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccce/polcommcampaigns/CultureJamming.htm
(Online, 07 September, 2010


Micheletti, Michele, Follesdal, Andreas & Stolle, Dietlind 2006, "Politics, Products and Markets" Exploring Political Consumerisim Past and Present", Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey


Nike Sweatshop Emails (2001) the life of an internet meme
Retrieved at: http://www.shey.net/niked.html
(Online), 07 September, 2010

Loony Loomie

Lecture Review 4 -

Today's lecture was kind of boring, No offense to Jules or Josh as you guys were great, but I kind of already knew this stuff as I was told this but Albert Moran who is my Introduction To Screen Analysis teacher. However, you guys put so much effort to lectures that I did pay attention. There were a very things that I didn't know such as when the first commercial video player was released and how much it cost. Its really amazing how far film has come from first being released by the Lumiere Brothers to now being 3D (which is a gimmick). I would love have to been born in the early 1900's in Paris and witness the birth of film. I don't really think the Lumiere Brother knew how much film now plays a vital role in our lives. We watch it for entertainment, to escape our boring lives and imagine being in someone elses shoes. The Lumiere Brothers paved away generations of new film makers. I think we really ow it to them!! I do anyways. Whats also interesting is how far the actual cinema has come. Being shown in little theater rooms to megaplexes with massive screens and surround sound. Its fantastic. What was really interesting, that I didn't know, what Australia was the only country set up to regularly produce feature-length films before 1911. Now that I didn't know. So how come you don't here about this. Usually Australia is proud of its film culture so wouldn't you think something like this info most people would know. I really would like to see this films made in Australia!!

JEWISH PIMP

Movies That Will Never Win An Oscar

Internet ONLY Movies!!

Here is another assessment piece for New Communication Technologies. For this piece we had to find 3 or 4 short film made PURELY for the internet ONLY!!!

This website, inetfilm.com, is purely a site for internet movies. Its for amateur film makers. Kind of like YouTube, but in order for your movies to be shown on this website they need to have a storyline, unlike most YouTube clips which are most of the time stupid clips (inetfilm.com 2010). This movie called "Vendetta" is about a rogue Santa Clause. Its a reminiscence of the old 80's cop shows. Unfortunatly I was unable to download the full length movie, but, don't fear as I have found part 1 on YouTube. Although if part 1 makes you want to watch the rest then here is the website on where you can watch the full length movie -

http://inetfilm.com/movies/action/vendetta.php

This next film found on YouTube, is created by a group of young Melbourne film makers called SuperWog1 (YouTube 2010). All I can say is about this short film is....watch it, However, PARENTAL GUIDANCE RECOMMENDED!!

This next films, created by Shane Dawson for his channel on YouTube, is an amature film producer (YouTube 2010). All I can say about this film is that its funny and that you need to watch it...A.S.A.P. haha

Lecture Review 3 -

I was unfortunately unable to make it to this lecture as I fell. Hahaha. However, I did review the content that Jules & Josh put up on Learning At Griffith. I really wish I hadn't missed out on this lecture as reading it was really interesting so it probably would have been more fascinating coming from the lecturers. The lecture was about the internet and how it was created and became popular. I've always wondered about this question - "How was the internet created and when"? I always thought it was Bill Gates but he created Microsoft and he is a billionaire, yet, we don't know who created the internet and why isn't he or she mega rich?? It’s interesting to learn how each company became started and what they became known for - Microsoft for its software and Apple for their single circuit boards. What was more interesting was how the internet was created but it was still a little confusing. What was even way more interesting was how the web became popular around the 1990's. That I didn't know as I always thought the internet was popular since the early 80's. Probably because I grew up with the internet I just thought that. It was really surprising that people only really started to know the webs true potential from the 90's. It’s really interesting how far the internet has come. In 2 decades, the internet has gone from being only recognised to a must have thing in every home and what the internet is able to do for us now. I can't imagine living without it in anyway. I wonder how people before the 90's really got their information.

References -

inetfilm.com (2010) Vendetta: A Christmas Story Retrieved at: http://inetfilm.com/movies/action/vendetta.php (Online), 16th August 2010

YouTube (2010) How To Be A Bimbo (Slut) With Superwog Retrieved at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JHI-19Crvg&feature=player_embedded (Online), 16th August 2010

YouTube (2010) Ghetto Prom From Hell Retrieved at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SujI9V9RVf8&feature=player_embedded (Online), 16th August 2010

Gold Digga!!

Week 3 Treasure Hunt

Answer these questions without using Google or Wikipedia, and then write your answers in an entry in your blog. Provide the URL (with the date you accessed it) of where you found the answer, and include extras like images, embedded videos, etc.


1. What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?
The weight of the world's biggest machine is Bagger 288 which is the world's largest digging machine. It weights 45,500 tons which is equivalent to a bumper to bumper of jeeps 80 miles long and cost $100 million dollars to make.

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Trencher.htm


2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Ozzy Osborne?
You can contact ozzy osborne through his manager or through his twitter page. However if you are a crazy ass psycho stalker then best way to contact him is hop on a plane to LA and go to his home....

Ozzy Osbourne's Manager:
Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne Management
9292 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: 310-859-7761

or

http://twitter.com/OfficialOzzy

http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Ozzy_Osbourne/Contact.asp


3. When and what was the first example of global digital communication?
The first global digital communication was obviously the internet. However it wasn't the first digital communication device invented, it was the Morsecode. The internet was the first digital communication system gone global. Even though the internet had been invented since the 1960's, it was until the early 1990's that the internet really took off and became really popular.

http://www.wrvmuseum.org/morsecode/morsecodehistory.htm)


4. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?
The cheapest form of travel to Melbourne from the sunny place Gold Coast is by a plane. It would only cost you $73 a ticket, one way of course, to get there and this is with Tiger Airways. Obviously is you want leather seats and a baby free zone then you will need to pay more cause Tiger Airways is usually catered for families with 6 - 20 kids and have never heard of contraceptive pills or the really really old angry folks who always think their number one.

http://www.flightcentre.com.au/travel/product/1032390?WT.srch=1&gclid=CJTp__qxtqMCFROnbwod8Q47ag


5. Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?
Hatsune Miku is a voice synthesizer application created by a company called Crypton Future Media, her voice was created from a voice sample of Japanese voice actress Saki Fujita who was born on October 19th 1984.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/miku-hatsune-vocaloid


6. Find a live webcam in Antarctica. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.
Live webcam - http://www.antarctica.gov.au/webcams/mawson
Place to stay - http://www.selectlatinamerica.co.uk/destinations/antarctica/accommodation


7. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1980?
The number one song during this period of the mullets and puffy sleeved dresses was the song "Call Me" sung by the band Blondie.

http://mag.weddingcentral.com.au/music/songs/songs1980.htm


8. How would you define the term 'nano technology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?
Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. This covers both current work and concepts that are more advanced

http://www.crnano.org/basics.htm


9. What type of camera is used to make ‘Google Street View’?
The type of camera Google use to make their "View Googled Street" is a Dodeca 2360 Camera System and was created and designed by a company called 'Immersive Media'


10. Translate these questions into Klingon.
Q1: nuq 'oH [the] [weight] vo' [the] [world’s] [biggest] [machine] chay' 'ar ta'ta' 'oH [cost] Daq chen

Q2: nuq 'oH [the] [best] [way] [quickest] HochHom [reliable] Daq [contact] [Ozzy] [Osborne]

Q3: ghorgh 'ej nuq ghaHta' [the] wa'DIch [example] vo' [global] [digital] [communication]

Q4: nuq 'oH [the] [cheapest] [form] vo' [travel] vo' [the] SuD baS [Coast] Daq [Melbourne]

Q5: 'Iv 'oH [Hatsune] [Miku] nuq [company] ta'taH ghaH [belong] Daq nuq 'oH Daj qoS

Q6: tu' [a] yIn [webcam] Daq [Antarctica] tu' [a] Daq Daq [stay] Daq [Antarctica]

Q7: nuq bom ghaHta' [top] vo' [the] [Australian] [pop] [charts] vam [week] Daq

Q8:chay' [would] SoH [define] [the] [term] ['nano] [technology'] Daq lIj ghaj mu'mey nuq ta'taH 'oH [really] [mean]

Q9: nuq [type] vo' [camera] 'oH [used] Daq chenmoH [‘Google] [Street] [View’]

Q10: [Translate] Dochvammey [questions] Daq tlhIngan

http://www.mrklingon.org/

Trapped MotherFucker!!!

16/08/2010

Wow I haven't used this blogger site that much aye. I guess it’s because we have to do this for assessment. I don't really have any interest in blogging about myself. Anyways since this is for assessment, here is a 30 second video my group and I created. Made with only 30 photos from a camera, edited on Apple's editing software and music "stolen" from YouTube and edited with garage band.

Here it is. Enjoy...................


Lecture Review 2 -

Today’s lecture was about film and the types of cinematography that films us such as close up, long shots, medium close ups etc and why they are used. It wasn't a very interesting lecture for me as I already know all this stuff such as Rule of Thirds. However, it was better coming from Josh then say Albert Moran because Josh puts allot of effort and enthusiasm into his lectures where as Albert Moran is very boring and doesn't put in any effort. The good thing was Josh said we need to put these types of shots to good use as we were, in our lectures going to making a 30second video clip about a topic utilizing these shots. All in all it was an ok lecture even though I knew most of this.

Old & New Communication

Hey guys!

How we all doing today?? As most people who know that read my blogs that I only created this account for Uni as this is part of our assessment. We need to blog our assessments on here and this is how our lectures mark us......pretty easy I guess!!

I'm not much of a blogger though. I don't mind reading other people’s blogs but I've never been a fun of blogging about myself and my personals life, but who knows I actually might like do this.

Anyways for my first assessment we have to do a weekly task answering a certain question.

Here is my first question -
"How Do We Distinguish Between Old and New Communication Technologies? Under What Circumstances Will New Communication Technologies Become Old Communication Technologies?"


Answer:
Well for me, the most basic way to distinguish old and new communication was through the media. The media usually says when certain things become old and new, for example MySpace and Facebook. MySpace was in a couple of years ago and then when Facebook came, the media said that MySpace was getting old.

"Facebook is the company to watch, while MySpace is falling off the radar," Silicon Valley analyst Rob Enderle told ABCNEWS.com. "MySpace is increasingly irrelevant. Unless they change that, they'll go the way of Netscape or Friendster or any number of other Web properties." (ABC News 2008)

As quoted by ABC News, MySpace is getting old. A perfect example of how a new communication becomes old by the media. They decide. However we still use old communication such as radios and newspapers and letters. We now live in a world where a lot of people favour fast, wireless, mess free communication. Also when new communications are released they automatically become old even though companies say they are new such as mobile phones. Because technically, when companies release a new product, they start working on a newer, faster and better version of the product they just released.


Lecture Review 1 -
This week was the first week back to the second semester of uni...did that make sense?? Coming to this lecture I had no idea what to expect. I thought they we may have this old boring fat lecture but instead we go 2 funny young guys, Jules & Josh, who seem to know what their on about..and they don't treat you like kids, which is good. Anyways they really didn't say much other than the usual orientation crap such as what to expect blah blah blah. What they did talk about was how new communication becomes old and it really got me thinking "who decides what and when does communication become old" (see my answer up the top). Allot of interesting fact were brought up about this topic that I would never have thought of such as how far communication has come within a frame of 10 years. I'm really looking forward to the next lecture to see what they say next about communication and also because Jules and Josh are quite funny.


References -
ABC NEWS, (2008) Is MySpace Over? Experts Say Social Network Lead Won't Go Down Without A Fight
Retrieved at: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4223303&page=1
(Online), August 9th, 2010

YO HOMIEE !!...haha.

Hey guys. Your probably wondering who is this person who speaks like a black guy, maybe he's not even black, maybe he's a white guy that acts like Eminem.......maybe I am white but I can definitely assure you that I don't act like Eminem haha. Now let me introduce myself.

My name is Jay but to most of my friends, I'm known as......... Jay haha. I'm a very creative person. I love photography and making films. Food...who doesn't like food. Playing my guitar and listening to music. I'm a big music freak. I listen to all types of genres and many different artists.....I really have noo idea what else I'm meant to say about myself other then the usual I like this and that. However, the more I post on this blog, the more you'll get to know about me..so keep reading and Happy Bar Mitzvah!!

P.S. I'm not Jewish haha