In this week’s tutorial the subject of our 2 minute motion
picture came up and we were talking about the different types of technology we
can use as long as it was in High Definition.
The thing that I found interesting, and something that I actually didn’t
realise, was that the cameras in the Iphone 4’s are, in fact HD cameras. When you think about the first ever camera
and how they have upgraded over the years its crazy how these days a HD camera
can be found in something a very large percentage of people around the world
use on a daily basis. The first camera I
remember having was one of those ones where you had to get the film developed
and could had a 24 photo limit….many people not only didn’t have a HD camera
back then but hardly anyone had mobile phones and now a days you can get both
all in one for probably a cheaper price than it cost to buy both 15 years
ago! It is crazy just how much
technology has advanced in just the 21 years that I have been alive and I can’t
wait to see where it takes us in the 21 years!
Thursday 16 August 2012
Thursday 9 August 2012
The Facebook Revolution
Facebook is probably the main piece of new communication
technology that I use today. I joined
the Facebook revolution just after I left high school I’m pretty sure. I was never into the other social media Websites
such as Myspace and Bebo even though pretty much everyone at school was because
I just didn’t really see a point to it. But
when I left school I needed a way to keep in touch with everyone and Facebook
had started to become more and more popular so I to, jumped on the bandwagon. The
simple fact that it is free, easy to use, and is a great way to keep in contact
with friends in other States or parts of the world is why I think Facebook has
become so popular. The downside to social
media websites like Facebook has been in the news a bit over the last few years is
things like cyber bullying and cyber stalking.
I think it is very important for parents to be watching over their kids
shoulder (but still giving them some privacy) to make sure they are not
speaking to people that they have only met with over the internet for the
simple reason, you really have no idea if they are who they claim to be.
Cyber bullying is another big issue and personally think it is great that
kids shows like the Disney Channel promoting Anti-Cyber bullying and spreading
the word. Well that’s it from me until
next week!
Cheers,
Matty O
Advanced Communication
Here is a video I added for a bit of a laugh. The general idea of it is to show just how advanced technology is becoming these days....whether it will get to this point or not I guess we will just have to wait and see!
Hope you like it!
Who is actually out there?
So week two of New Communications Technology is finished…shout
out to Mr Ken Twohy for another awesome class! In the tutorial this week Twohy
was telling as a story about “The Craigs List Murderer” and coincidently it was
very relevant to my last blog and kind of back up my suspicions on the internet
and how unsafe it is. So I thought this
would be a great topic for this blog considering it has links to my last
entry. So for those of you that do not
know much about this story here is a little bit of background information. “The Craiglist Murderer” got his name because
of how the crime went down. Basically Craiglist
is a website similar to something like Gumtree.com where you can advertise
pretty much anything you would like to sell…including yourself! So a guy by the
name of Philip Markoff who was also an American Medical Student was the man
dubbed “The Craiglist Murderer”. Philip
was charged with arm robbery and murder of a female escort in the American city
of Massachusetts. He would, using Craiglist,
book a date with a high class escort and knowing they would have a lot of cash
on them at the time would rob them of all their money. Unfortunately one night the robbery went
wrong and the female escort was found dead and after police investigation Philip
Markoff was arrested and put behind bars…..scary stuff huh??!! I thought this would be an awesome story to
share with you guys just to prove how unsafe it really is out there on the World Wide Web! So remember people be careful
out there even if you are just using facebook or in fact you are selling
something online….because you never know who your buyer might be!
Cheers,
Matty O
P.S If you want to look into the Craiglist murder in more detail I have added some thinks below!
Thursday 2 August 2012
The Internet...How safe is it?
So my first tutorial for New Communications Technology
is done and dusted! I went into it not
really knowing what to expect but I think I’m going to enjoy the course. Some of the assessments are going to be
challenging as they are tasks that I am not very familiar with, especially the
2 minute motion picture and as you can probably tell blogging is not one of my
strong points. Something that really
caught my eye in this tutorial was how unsafe, in terms of keeping your private
life private, the internet is becoming these days! Mr Twohy (our tutor) had us googling
ourselves to see what it would bring up and pretty much everyone in the class
had their Facebook page brought up, someone had a Youtube clip they were tagged
in, and pictures of one of our classmates formal were up on the internet. Now I know these are all minor things and
they all knew that they were out but it just shows how easy it has become to be
able to track people down on the internet, once you are signed up to any kind
of social media account your image is out there for the world to see. My occupational goal in life is to be a
sports journalist (hopefully a good one) or even go into the field of sports
broadcasting. One bad picture that a
friend has tagged me in on Facebook or a video clip someone has posted on Youtube
could so easily create a bad image for me, one that could easily be viewed by
my employers or future employees. Mr
Twohy explained to us how hard it was to keep his picture off the internet and
remain private and I must say he has done a very good job considering his occupation
(Assistant Film Director)….there is only one picture of him on the
internet! So that’s what I found
interesting from our first tutorial of New Communications Technology, stay
tuned for an update on next week’s tutorial!
Cheers
Matty O
Welcome...
Well this is my first ever blog so don’t expect very much from me! So, let’s get into it. My name’s Matt Oliphant, I am 21yrs old, born and raised in Brisbane but I am currently living on the Gold Coast with my girlfriend and another roommate. I work at Wet ‘n’ Wild Water World and have been there for almost 2 years now. It is a pretty cruisey job, I can’t complain about being outdoors and around some pretty cool water slides as an occupation. I live and breathe sport, could sit down and watch pretty much any kind of sport but even better is playing them. Rugby League and touch footy are my two main sports I play but love to get involved in all sports in general. I am currently in my first semester of a Bachelor of Communications majoring In Journalism and Marketing. With my big interest in sport I want to work myself into the field of sports journalism. My ultimate goals would be to either write for a major newspaper as their sports journalist or more specifically write for the NRL (National Rugby League). I have also thought about the possibly of T.V broadcasting for example on Fox Sports News in Sydney but will just have to wait and see where my career takes me! Well that’s me in a nutshell, and I look forward to discussing some of the aspects of New Communications Technology in future blogs.
Cheers,
Matty O.
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