The video we watched in class last week about the imaging software was pretty exciting to see. I imagine that online advertising would take a huge turn if that sort of technology were actually available to the public.
While we can think of many good things that could come of this technology, we must think of the bad. Imagine all of the bad photos [read: incriminating/embarrassing, etc.] that could be embedded and/or hidden in a sea of high resolution photos. Zooming in and in and in - there could be information hidden within the information, within the information!
OK, you get where I am going with that. It could all be very useful in saving space on a website or on your desktop. It would be great for hand held devices too, me thinks.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
DESIGN SHIFTS IN LEBANON
I just read an article about design in Lebanon - apparently it's really taking off. The article also discusses what graphic design is - you can read it here if you like.
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It's interesting - after writing a paper for class, and just reading articles like this one, I start to think more and more about what graphic design means to me. In the past when people ask me what I will do once I am done with school, the answer always seemed so obvious - graphic design = magazines, ads, packaging, etc. But that is all commercial work.
I should really be thinking about other options/venues to use my graphic design skills/knowledge that isn't directly related to making money or selling a product.
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It's interesting - after writing a paper for class, and just reading articles like this one, I start to think more and more about what graphic design means to me. In the past when people ask me what I will do once I am done with school, the answer always seemed so obvious - graphic design = magazines, ads, packaging, etc. But that is all commercial work.
I should really be thinking about other options/venues to use my graphic design skills/knowledge that isn't directly related to making money or selling a product.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
ICONIC?
This is my poor excuse of an attempt for animating my icons - this is why I am neither an animator or an artist, lol.
Monday, June 23, 2008
HOW DO I COMMUNICATE?
I communicate in many ways - and different people will pick up varying messages depending on how well they know me, or depending on how they themselves communicate and interpret the world. But let's break this down to make it more clear.
Non-Verbal [In Person]
Often I have been told that I roll my eyes a lot, which probably gives many people the wrong impression about what I am thinking. The eye rolling is often not a conscious thing, and probably is off-putting for many people.
Verbal [In Person]
I act one of two different ways in person - chatty or quiet - which I'm sure is something that applies to everyone. Over the years I have been leaning more towards the quiet side of things. I'm not sure how my quiet ways are interpreted.
When I do get chatty I am sarcastic - very sarcastic. I remember on an episode of Friends when Chandler talked about his sarcasm as a defense mechanism - it probably started off that way for me, but it has just developed into a part of who I am and how I present myself to others. I love dry, sarcastic humor. I love people that can hold their own and throw the sarcasm and confidence back at me.
Non-Verbal [tech and other]
MSN, pictures, text messages, blogs, written letters, assignments for school - there are so many ways to communicate through technology and other art forms - so many mediums to choose from. But for me, most relate directly to my computer in one way or another - web sites - video editing - there's just so much. Yay for technology! But I love getting out a piece of paper, grabbing a pen and just writing - writing about anything that comes to mind. I love my computer, but nothing really beats that.
Verbal [tech]
I used to love talking on the phone. This love dropped when I was introduced to the internet. It dropped again when I got my first mobile phone. It dropped once more once I worked at a call centre for a phone company. Now I use my phone as little as possible. I am not great at carrying a conversation over the phone. I will do it, but I don't like it.
I'm sure that there are other ways that I have left out - if I think of any important ones, I'll post about it.
Non-Verbal [In Person]
Often I have been told that I roll my eyes a lot, which probably gives many people the wrong impression about what I am thinking. The eye rolling is often not a conscious thing, and probably is off-putting for many people.
Verbal [In Person]
I act one of two different ways in person - chatty or quiet - which I'm sure is something that applies to everyone. Over the years I have been leaning more towards the quiet side of things. I'm not sure how my quiet ways are interpreted.
When I do get chatty I am sarcastic - very sarcastic. I remember on an episode of Friends when Chandler talked about his sarcasm as a defense mechanism - it probably started off that way for me, but it has just developed into a part of who I am and how I present myself to others. I love dry, sarcastic humor. I love people that can hold their own and throw the sarcasm and confidence back at me.
Non-Verbal [tech and other]
MSN, pictures, text messages, blogs, written letters, assignments for school - there are so many ways to communicate through technology and other art forms - so many mediums to choose from. But for me, most relate directly to my computer in one way or another - web sites - video editing - there's just so much. Yay for technology! But I love getting out a piece of paper, grabbing a pen and just writing - writing about anything that comes to mind. I love my computer, but nothing really beats that.
Verbal [tech]
I used to love talking on the phone. This love dropped when I was introduced to the internet. It dropped again when I got my first mobile phone. It dropped once more once I worked at a call centre for a phone company. Now I use my phone as little as possible. I am not great at carrying a conversation over the phone. I will do it, but I don't like it.
I'm sure that there are other ways that I have left out - if I think of any important ones, I'll post about it.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
COPYRIGHT OR COPYWRONG
OK, lame title for a post but whatever, get over it. :P
My sister brought this issue to my attention earlier in the week and she said that I should do a posting on it. The title of the article she sent was "Tories eye $500 fine for illegal downloads" - Hmm... You can pretty much guess where the rest of this post is going.
Does anyone remember a program/company called Napster? Remember when those mp3 files were still new and really kinda cool? Remember when the big music corporations started suing single mothers and 13 year old girls for tens of thousands of dollars for a handful of downloaded music? Well, if new copyright laws go through, this is potentially what we will be seeing again.
What's that you're saying? It didn't work the first time so why try it again? Yeah, pretty much. Targeting all the people they want to have access to their music is not the answer.
The changes in the copyright laws would mean that if you own a CD or whatever, you can make copies for yourself to your heart's content. Burn a copy to your computer - to your mp3 player - even to another CD - but don't you dare think about sharing with your friends. Hopefully you weren't planning on making a mixed tape/cd for a friend or that girl/guy you've been crushing on - because that would make you target to potentially hundreds, even thousands of dollars. Did I mention that if you do make all of these backup copies for yourself, the moment you no longer own the original CD, those copies in your possession are then deemed illegal. Good times.
Ahh, sharing. Apparently it's bad. Sure, I get the issue with downloading music - there is lost revenue for the people who make the music. But not being able to share your music? It's no wonder that more and more people are bypassing the large music corporations.
But what if you do own all of the music yourself - can you prove it? Crossing the border with your tech may be harder in the near future. "Border officials may seize iPods under trade deal" You could have your tech confiscated for no good reason beyond being suspicious [read: quotas and random grabs]. How do you really regulate something like this? How do you single people out?
Excuse me ma'am, I'm going to have to confiscate your ipod - sorry for the inconvenience.
These articles are just the tip if the iceberg. If you do some searches on your own you will find tons on all of this.
So what do you think of it all? I know that there are some avid music fans out there, and I know that many of them enjoy sharing their music finds with their friends.
- More Spin than Win-Win
- Criminalizing everyday Canadians
My sister brought this issue to my attention earlier in the week and she said that I should do a posting on it. The title of the article she sent was "Tories eye $500 fine for illegal downloads" - Hmm... You can pretty much guess where the rest of this post is going.
Does anyone remember a program/company called Napster? Remember when those mp3 files were still new and really kinda cool? Remember when the big music corporations started suing single mothers and 13 year old girls for tens of thousands of dollars for a handful of downloaded music? Well, if new copyright laws go through, this is potentially what we will be seeing again.
What's that you're saying? It didn't work the first time so why try it again? Yeah, pretty much. Targeting all the people they want to have access to their music is not the answer.
The changes in the copyright laws would mean that if you own a CD or whatever, you can make copies for yourself to your heart's content. Burn a copy to your computer - to your mp3 player - even to another CD - but don't you dare think about sharing with your friends. Hopefully you weren't planning on making a mixed tape/cd for a friend or that girl/guy you've been crushing on - because that would make you target to potentially hundreds, even thousands of dollars. Did I mention that if you do make all of these backup copies for yourself, the moment you no longer own the original CD, those copies in your possession are then deemed illegal. Good times.
Ahh, sharing. Apparently it's bad. Sure, I get the issue with downloading music - there is lost revenue for the people who make the music. But not being able to share your music? It's no wonder that more and more people are bypassing the large music corporations.
But what if you do own all of the music yourself - can you prove it? Crossing the border with your tech may be harder in the near future. "Border officials may seize iPods under trade deal" You could have your tech confiscated for no good reason beyond being suspicious [read: quotas and random grabs]. How do you really regulate something like this? How do you single people out?
Excuse me ma'am, I'm going to have to confiscate your ipod - sorry for the inconvenience.
These articles are just the tip if the iceberg. If you do some searches on your own you will find tons on all of this.
So what do you think of it all? I know that there are some avid music fans out there, and I know that many of them enjoy sharing their music finds with their friends.
- More Spin than Win-Win
- Criminalizing everyday Canadians
Thursday, June 19, 2008
THE MASS MEDIA
I am only posting this video because I think it's always funny when people poke fun at some of the more obvious aspects of our society. That, and it relates a lot to what Chomsky had to say.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
PAPERLESS SOCIETY
We all know that when computers were becoming more mainstream that there was a promise of a paperless society - computers would free us from the burden of the endless pieces of paper piling up on our desks.
We all know that this never happened.
In class the other day the topic of e-books came up very briefly. We talked about the generation gap. Sure, we people like myself and those with more life experience all enjoy the tactile nature of a book bound in paper.
But what about the people being born right now? They basically get a free ipod just for being born. Who is to say that they will not embrace the e-books just as we have all embraced computers, ipods and cell phones?
A writer for the New York Times wrote a short article about her first experiences with an e-book reader - you can read that here.
I don't feel as though I will ever give up my paper books, but who knows - stranger things have happened.
We all know that this never happened.
In class the other day the topic of e-books came up very briefly. We talked about the generation gap. Sure, we people like myself and those with more life experience all enjoy the tactile nature of a book bound in paper.
But what about the people being born right now? They basically get a free ipod just for being born. Who is to say that they will not embrace the e-books just as we have all embraced computers, ipods and cell phones?
A writer for the New York Times wrote a short article about her first experiences with an e-book reader - you can read that here.
I don't feel as though I will ever give up my paper books, but who knows - stranger things have happened.
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