Discovering how to post pictures on my blog

Friends

I accidentally photo- shopped it and I hope you forgive me!

Ignoring the words, this image represents friends because they are people who accompanied me on my birthday, choose to spend time with me that night and most of all enjoy the time they had with me. They also helped me finish my drink! Overall the people are my friends because they spend time with me, enjoy being around me and are also very helpful towards me.

High-tech

I believe this is high-tech, because of the version of the computer. It appears to be a highly developed equipment and very stylish and thin when comparing it to the old, thick computers that were accompanied with their big towers. The Cd could represent a lot of things; everything you want to find will be as easy as finding it on a disc, the computer is as thin as the disc. All this requires high-technology and everyone knows that computers are high-technology, since everything they want and need can be found on the computer. If the computer wasn't high technology than people wouldn't spend most of their time on them!!

News

This is a very traditional representation of the news. It looks like a television, radio or newspaper station that transmits information to the public. You have your journalists, bosses, technicians and so on. The news is printed on paper as seen in the image, you have your recorders, and machines that control the printing press or whatever it seems to be.

Summer

How can this image not represent summer? It has all the necessities that makes it summer, the sun, the lunch shades, the people sun-baking,the beach, the sunglasses, the hotel resorts, (holiday destinations are usually always at the beach), the sand, the gorgeous women in their bikinis and not to mention hot bods!! And I have to mention Borot, his togs are as summer as you can get, if that's not summer, I don't know what is.

Unconventional

How often do we see this in our daily lives? This image is very eccentric and looks very artisitic. Someone with a good imagination must have designed this. I like the idea of the weeds growing out of the toilet bowl becasue it is very unconventional and I have seen such an idea before.

University life

I strongly beleive this represents University Life. At Uni you will usually see me doing what is shown in this image; sitting in the library, studying at one of the desks. I walk in the library and always see the desks taken. Study is one of the most important priorities for a University student and in most cases, you will find that they spend most of thier time studying, alone and with friends.

Scavenger Hunt

1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?
The new world record pumpkin, weighing an incredible 1262 pounds, was grown by Geneva Emmons of Washington state.
http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/10/102201t_pumpkins.jhtml
www.yahoo.com

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?

The quickest way to contact Grant is to write to the Miami Swimming Club, their address is:Miami Swimming ClubPO BOX 2461BURLEIGH QLD 4220 http://granthackettonline.free.fr/?page_id=107

seekers
3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?

A giraffes tongue can be as long as 22 inches in length! http://www.bellsouthmspioneers.org/ZooGiraffes.htm

www.hotbot.com

4. How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean ?

Ontology is a vocabulary that describes objects and the relations between them I'm pretty sure, something to do with the existance and being.

Ontology: What is real??

5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?

David Cronenberg's first 'feature' film (at 63 minutes it is as long as many B-features) was called The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg
www.amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Artist-Monster-Cinema-David-Cronenberg/dp/0802035698
6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?
1986 by the mentors.
http://www.technozen.com/manifesto.htm
7. Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?
Due to the "low fill" of the 555 code, Hollywood was encouraged to quote 555 numbers in their productions to prevent real subscribers being harassed by members of the public trying out the numbers quoted on the screen. Generic and satirical advertisements and commercials often used 555 numbers. In the early days of exchange names the prefix KLondike-5 was used as this exchange did not exist.
Of course, there was a 555 code in each city (or each locality with its own area code). Therefore there were a lot of 555 codes around the USA being under-used. And with the advent of long distance dialling, anyone could call anywhere by adding an area code to the 555 number
www.ai.com
http://www.omegarobot.com/article/555.html
8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?
The cheapest way to travel to Rhodes from Crete is by a Ferry
http://www.athensguide.com/ferries.html
9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?

Seekers
Source: onmc

10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?

Black Assassins.
http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2005/content/standard.asp?name=StockwellS


2b Questions
What is a search engine?

What is a search engine? Internet search engines (eg Google, AltaVista) help users find web pages on a given subject. The search engines maintain databases of web sites and use programs (often referred to as "spiders" or "robots") to collect information, which is then indexed by the search engine. Similar services are provided by "directories," which maintain ordered lists of websites, eg Yahoo!www.liv.ac.uk/webteam/glossary/

How do search engines rank the stuff they find on the internet?

This depends on the search engine, there are mutiple ways of doing so... many search engines count the numer of times that the search criteria is included in the article / on the website.Google does it by using their PageRank technology which is able to find out how important the matches are and how much relevance they have to the search criteria.


who, or what, makes one page (that you might get in your search results) more useful than another one, so that it is put at the top of your search results?

The search engines list the hits according to how closely they think the results match the query. Most search engines use search term frequency as a primary way of determining whether a document is relevant. If you're researching diabetes and the word "diabetes" appears multiple times in a Web document, it's reasonable to assume that the document will contain useful information. Therefore, a document that repeats the word "diabetes" over and over is likely to turn up near the top of your list.
http://www.monash.com/spidap4.html

what are some of your favourite search engines? why do you like one more than others? My most favourite one is Google. Google is the first search engine I was introduced too. I have chosen to stick with google because it gives you the most about of answers form your search research and I find them to be the most relevant. Even in todays course I was asked to find answers to questions from other search engines like a9, mooter, altavista and there was no comparision between them and google. The questions i typed into them resulted in irrelevant answers and a couple showed "no results".

If i wasn't allowed to use google, my next source would be yahoo, it is not as good as google but it's close enough.

Can you find some current news stories about search engines? (for example, Google has been in the technology news a bit lately).

March 22, 2007 4:32 PM PDT
Analyst: Google doing mobile phone software, not hardware
Despite all the rumors and speculation about a Google Phone, the Web search company is working on software to run services on mobile phones rather than building its own phone, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray says.
The Google mobile phone software would work with, not compete with, Apple's iPhone and other mobile phones, Munster wrote in a research note on Thursday reported on by Reuters.
The head of Google in Spain and Portugal confirmed last week that Google is working on a mobile phone, but she gave no details. Google spokespeople in the U.S have refused to provide further comment, except to say: "Mobile is an important area for Google and we remain focused on creating applications and establishing and growing partnerships with industry leaders to develop innovative services for users worldwide. However, we have nothing further to announce."
There have been reports that the Google Phone would be a Blackberry-like device and that Google was partnering with Samsung, and other reports that Google was in talks with France Telecom Group's mobile-telephony division Orange. Google bought mobile software maker Android in 2005, among other mobile software companies.
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More current news found on http://news.com.com/2060-10812_3-0.html


A new alternative to Google’s YouTube
News Corporation and NBC Universal to launch new video distribution service.
Google’s YouTube has become the major portal for publishing and searching for online video content. Google bought the site for one major reason: access to eyeballs. The number of visitors represent a huge audience for online advertising.
YouTube is mostly known for all the amateur videos available, but Google is also trying hard to get access to syndicated footage, TV series and such.
Now wonder other parties would like to get a piece of the pie. News Corporation and NBC Universal is to “launch the largest Internet video distribution network ever assembled”. And the goal is to distribute TV programs and movies.

The content will be distributed via AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!
It is unclear whether there also will be a separate site giving users access to all this free content. Probably not, as the main point seems to be to skip the site and brand building altogether:

continued on webpage: http://www.pandia.com/sew/402-video.html#more-402



Google defies US over search data

Google has been resisting the government request since AugustThe internet search engine Google is resisting efforts by the US Department of Justice to force it to hand over data about what people are looking for.
Google was asked for information on the types of query submitted over a week, and the websites included in its index.
The department wants the data to try to show in court it has the right approach in enforcing an online pornography law.
It says the order will not violate personal privacy, but Google says it is too broad and threatens trade secrets.
Privacy groups say any sample could reveal the identities of Google users indirectly. And they say the demand is a worrying precedent, because the government also wants to make more use of internet data for fighting crime and terrorism.
However, the Department of Justice has said that several of Google's main competitors have already complied.

continued....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4630694.stm

My experience with communication technologies

My experience with communication technology?

Well, I hadn't had the chance to use my home phone much when I received my first mobile phone at age 13. Even before then, I never kept in contact with friends as much as I did with my mobile phone. I guess becauseI didn't have any privacy, your whole family could hear what you and your boyfriend where up to, let alone allowing them to know I had a boyfriend. Mobile phones where just more privite.

Texting was my primary source of communicating because phone calls were expensive. Having a phone was also very helpful in contacting my family to tell them where I was, or that I'd be staying after school, or if I got lost in public places, we could always find each other. My Dad lives in Sydney so it was always good to have a phone with me, just in case he needed to contact me and I wasnt home.

My first social interactions with others via the internet was through msn messenger at age 14. There I added all my friends from school and experienced customising my msn page. For example, I experimented changing my font, background colour, learning how to add emotions and so on. Adding friends from other schools was also really great because it gave us a chance to catch up. I started using msn messenger a lot more often and wasn't dependant on my phone as much.

Through much persuasion from friends at school, I became a member of Myspace at 17. Myspace is probably where I spend most of my time socialising with everyone. Through the phone, I was talked through on how to set up my page. This took hrs and hrs. Soon I had added numerous friends I knew from school, and it became a social time for us. Myspace gave me the opportunity to talk to some friends I wouldn't have had the opportunity to talk to at school. Commenting on myspace was just a more comfortable way to talk to people. You didn't have to feel intimidated, worried,under pressure, you just went ahead and wrote to anyone, feeling very comfortable in the process.
Communicating through myspace and in person had it's differences. You had the time to think of what to say when commenting them. You didn't need to feel pressured in person to strike out a good conversation then and there. You didn't need to worry about how you looked, smelt or what you wore which for some people, not me in particular, makes a huge difference.

You'd sometimes come across strangers who requested to be added as one of your friends. I usually don't accpect, but there have been some exceptions. Myspace gives you the opportunity to make new friends. Meeting new people through friends is also a great advantage on myspace. I have used myspace ever since, which is around 5 months now. There are times when I even used myspace as my primary source for contacting friends because some people never have credit on their phones, so I use myspace instead!!! Myspace is also great for advertising social events which contacts you with friends.

In conclusion, I have only experienced three communication technologies that I used in order to contact and communicate with friends or family, I dont know any more. Are there any more ways to communicate with friends???

Let me know if there is!

Other than that, I have to say, I am very glad I joined to myspace and have a phone. Without them, I would never have had the chance to make new relationships and fix old ones as much as I would have in person. Life would have been more difficult to me.

The Beginning of New Technology

Hello!!!!

Welcome to my blog.

I'm Natasha and already I make myself think that I am dependant on someone else to help me set up my blog. I am quite frankly, too afraid to work independantly on my own computer. I find working on Microsoft word, browsing myspace and google a great ease but that's probably about it.

I'm a first year student who is studying a Bachelor of Journalism. New Technology is a compulsory subject I must complete. I'm not and never was or will be, interested in computers, I find them frustrating and confusing at times. My house had its first computer when I was eight years old. New technology has dramatically revolutionized, and I feel as if I am never up to date with the latest trends on the Internet. Computers were just never in my domain.

I'm mostly interested in very social and active activities, such as performing arts, sport, dancing But I realise that learning about New Communication and Media from this course will help me acquire the skills necessary to survive as an affective journalist.

Technology such as the Internet, is widely used by everyone, everywhere. Digital revolution has as stated in the text book, fundamentally transformed modern life. Becoming a journalist, I must be up to date with the modern life and learn how to set up, write and publish my work, or the work of others on the Internet if asked. I think this course is very useful not just to me, but to everyone, Regardless who they are, where they work and from what generation they are from. This course will help me to extend my skills in communicating to the world.

Week ones lecture had its pros and cons. Firstly, Steve is a terrific public speaker who can communicate effectively to the audience. Some of the lecture notes however, involved definitions and the process of discovery of new technology, or how technology was invented and that seemed to be tedious because I wondered how I was going to remember such facts.

Steve told us to read the first four chapters of our text book called 'New Communications and Media'. When I read it, I found it difficult to understand compared to Steves Lecture which I found easy. I came across words such as dialectic, meme, political economy, vector, convergence. At first I thought this subject was going to be about how technology and media affected, influenced and changed the society during its own epoch and from decade onwards, however, I was wrong, I realised it won't get that easy. I am sure to find out what this subject will offer, or maybe, I should really go and read the course outline, which I have only just now, found out where to find and how to print off.

From weeks two lecture, the movie that was shown was the only thing I remembered (I think I response well to visuals rather than verbal) I enjoyed the movie and compared it to today's technology and I thought to myself,
"My God, how much has technology improved and from all aspects; colour, shots, quality of the screen, movement, voice........"

I am looking forward to finding out if technology has changed society, or has society changed technology. I hope I can make sense out of the topic because the text book confuses me and learn as much as I can!!!