for the task sign an e-petition i first researched what they are and where they come from. An e-petition is a form of petition which emerged from normal petitions when the internet was created it is used online as a quicker form of petition that can be mass emailed in order to achieve greater feedback.
I choose to sing an e-petition which is trying to stop the cost of registration in Queensland from rising by 20%.
I discovered this e-petition after google searching e-petitions and then linking from the forum on... http://www.topix.com/forum/world/australia/TESO66PC1PMS9BPT4
I commented on Ben Groundwaters blog in the Travel section of the Sydney Morning Herald as travel is a topic which simply fascinates me, his blog was 'A little slice of somewhere else' and was on the idea of food & beverage being a major part of travel and a good substitute when travel is not quite achievable
The local reprasentative for southport is Councillor Dawn Crichlow....
Division 6 extends westward from the east coast of the Gold Coast and includes the suburbs of Southport (part), Ashmore (part), Parkwood and Molendinar.
The state member is Peter lawlor & im a little bit unsure about who is considered our federal representative as Peter Lawlor also represents the area at a federal level.
The last time Peter Lawlor spoke in Queensland parliment was on Thursday 17 September 2009. Lawlor spoke on the subject of personal Property Security Bills otherwise known as the Commonwealth powers bill
This is the link to the pdf files containing the written recordings of what Lawlor said...http://parlinfo.parliament.qld.gov.au/isysquery/0361da54-70d3-45b1-9954-cbddac3c0dbd/27/doc/Peter%20Lawlor%20spk%20Southport%202009_09_17_61.pdf#xml=http://parlinfo.parliament.qld.gov.au/isysquery/0361da54-70d3-45b1-9954-cbddac3c0dbd/27/hilite/
To stalk Barrack Obama i checked out the super creepy and ultra obsessive site www.barackobama.com it didnt quite have a report on what had been happening with Barack today however it did inform me of what he had been up to lately going as far back as i would want to...the latest blog was by Christopher Hass whom had a report on Obama hosting doctors from all 50 states at the white house with a convention on Health reforms...
What do i think of the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet?
My personal thoughts on the censorship policy are that it is an unnecessary step to take as I feel that although the government believes such a resource like the internet should be filtered the material that there trying to filter is an everyday part of life and should not be regulated. What is considered harmful and inappropriate is a part of growing up and learning. As children find themselves more and more often confined to a luminous screen instead of out embracing the challenges of everyday life due to restrictions and limitations put in place by overzealous and constricting parents. In todays society children are restricted to such a level that when freedom is given to them they often do not know how to handle it which i think is a big part of some of todays youth's problems. To confine the internet so restrictively is just going to further more limit their freedom as although the material being filtered may have a short term negative impact it is a part of ones self evolvement to be able to acknowledge the material and determine right from wrong on your own. The internet as a whole will be slowed down by such a filter as well as the cost to the government of the implementation of such a program. These factors also contribute heavily to my disagreement with such a plan.
The use of censorship in democracy allows political control over the masses by the government. Such a tool allows the regulation of ideals and policies to the masses enabling political control and influence over ones thoughts due to what one sees and does not see in the media. The same can be said directly through eDemocracy, a part of CyberPolitics. This is the internet integrating into politics which are not usually found on the internet. Censorship of such material is much the same online as it is in the real world. in order for democracy to be successful the implementation of such censorship must not be to strict.
Today Jason Neilson guest spoke on portable applications (re. the explored links in my previous post)
It is required to download one of the free ware apps and check it out...so I choose to download the free ware app called heliospaint1.4.1 which I downloaded from http://www.freewarefiles.com/downloads_counter.php?programid=45628
This was a particularly primitively written program however it came in handy as I used it to edit my artwork 'Super Guitar Man & friends.'
The basic set up of the program reminded me allot of basic Microsoft paint found on all windows computers... a stock standard program that Apple does not come out with.
This film i have just embedded below i found while cruising through youtube. I was completing a business degree last semester but have since moved to communications. I think that the style of learning and some of the negative opinions of students involved in the film relates to the broader courses and more blanket styled teaching involved in bigger courses. The first thing that i noticed when changing degrees to communications was the closer involvement students have with both teachers and other students and the actual care and thought that the courses put into current issues.
The site 'http://mashable.com/2007/10/23/social-networking-god/' is a website which compiles lists and lists of smaller more personal networking sites. I think the idea behind the website is quite handy however the actual site is covered in adds which makes viewing the pages terrible and feel like you are on a dodgy site. The given links where pretty good with some being networking sites and others sites to exchange things such as Read It Swap It – A free service that allows users to exchange books with others and Socialbib – Book swapping network between students.
http://blog.compete.com/2009/02/09/facebook-myspace-twitter-social-network/ this site was a very interesting site that ranked the top social networking websites in order of popularity by number of members, in the lecture Jason quoted that it is predicted that twitter will soon overtake myspace in popularity by number of members.
I particularly enjoyed the random youtube hater on http://generatorblog.blogspot.com/... a site with many different apps for different useless reason like the above stated as well as 'The Lego character' where you can picture yourself in plastic and the word mosaic which shapes your words into shapes
I found the link a very helpful and handy link. I can see it being useful in the future for sending someone a detailed individual map, say if they where looking for buried treasure. In the future i think this technology will be improved more and more so customized maps will be a far more prominent thing in tourism agencies and the like. I think this is a very good example of convergent technology.
Here is a google map of where i grew up, done to my own specifications. Its a little different to other maps of the Byron Shire that i have seen ...
The Sketchcast website is probably one of the most useless websites i have ever signed up too, however it was a very cheap laugh and i still signed up. I dont think it is the type of technology that will catch on in the future. This is evdient due to the dates of peoples posts all within a very short period of time with each other giving evidence that it is just a fad. However i think the actual creation and putting together of such a project is pretty neat and it has been quite well made.
here is my sketchcast the story of a man chased by bees....
Hey everyone, just updating my blog.... finally after missing a lecture and a tutorial I have found myself behind and need to catch up!
I was not to sure wether the films I was supposed to upload where to be actual movie like films or just anything so i choose 3 documentaries and a short film, I hope you enjoy!
The 3 videos I have tried to upload I intended to embed the films off the site www.vivecoolcity.com of which I am a subscriber. However it was not possible to do so from their website so i choose a few random clips of youtube taken from the vivecoolcity website.
The first short film was an interesting story about spending a night inside a mental asylum, Australia's first mental asylum, one of the scarier places I can think of sleeping over at. I found the vivecoolcity crew really went out of the ordinary in the way they choose to do such a story. In all an excellent idea and a very interesting watch.
The Second short film was called 'The Walkabout man' telling the story of the man who is walking his way around
Australia's surfing coast. I find David and his alter-ego 'Benjamin Safari' very interesting and different characters.
I choose this next film simply for humorous reasons as it reminds me of my friend Leon so much. Once i have posted this im going to facebook him the link.
I never new the sloth was such a lazy creature until I actually observed it. I feel that this film really did link back to my own involvement in the last lectures as my behavior has been nothing short of sloth-like!
The short movie below Black Button was a very well directed but incredibly twisted film based on ones choices shaping there future. It relates to the christian belief system of heaven and hell with a god like figure deciding who shall be saved and who wont.
it really stirs ones emotions. What would you choose?
