Non-ICT related job

Architect

Architect is a job where people plan, design and oversee the construction of buildings. They create an image of the building and how it should be laid out. A part of their work is to consider the public safety so they consider things such as stability of the building so that it won’t collapse from the inside or topple over. They can work on individual buildings or on large redevelopment schemes, and can be responsible for the design of the surrounding landscape and spaces.

Description in 1987:

In 1987 architects would have hand drawn the blue print for the building with great care and precision because if there calculations were wrong it could cause the building to collapse. They would of done all calulations in their head and from their knowledge of physics. All measurements would have had to be done by hand.

How ICT Affected Architects:

Now with technology they can create a 3D blueprint of a buliding to create an all around view of the building to show a better idea of what the building will look like. Using computers they can do all calculations to work out the physics behind the construction and the use of technology makes it much more accurate. Geometry software which can work lengths, angles, etc which improves efficiency which reduces time taken to plan or design. The use of ICT in general for architecture is useful as it improves the accuracy of the calculations which is needed as just one small mathematical error can cause the whole building design to fail. The use of ICT improves the speed of the whole process as the blue print designs for the buildings are done much faster on computer than by hand.

 

Downloading

Downloaded items:

• music from iTunes
• Movies from Lovefilm
• Mini games from app store
• Ebooks from kindle
• Software such as photoshop

 Reasons why me and my family downloaded rather than buying the physical goods:

• Didn't have to go through the trouble of traveling to the stores.
• Didn't have to deal with the stress of shopping stores.
• Things such as apps can only be brought online.
• Some things are cheaper if downloaded such as Ebooks or Music.
• Easier finding the goods to download online instead of searching through stores.
• Software is easier to install sometimes if it's brought online.
• Sometimes goods have to be downloadedto work on devices aka Ebooks can only be downloaded to work on a kindle. 
• Some downloads are free such as Ebooks from a college or university library service with a site license or special offers on music from the ITunes store.

The downloading service I used managed to fulfil their purpose very well. With iTunes I just pay for the song I want download it on to my computer and I have that song forever in a file and on my apple account in case I lose it on my computer. Buying ebooks is a very good service as well because once you download it onto a device such as a kindle you can read it immediately just as if it was a book just in digital form. Most downloading services provide good quality transactions so long as you have a good enough computer and broadband connection to download it. Just choose a trust worthy service to download from.

Problems with downloading:

• Virus can be included in insecure downloads
• Spyware can also be in insecure downloads
• You can't always tell how good the quality of the download you paid for is before its too late.
• Giving credit card details online for downloading goods is quite risky.
• If you don't have enough MB/GB for the download you cant download it.
• Downloading can take a while where as in a store, hand to hand transaction are much quicker.
• Some downloads aren't compatible with your machine and will not open.
• Downloads have the possibility of being lost.

In the last 3 months all the online entertainment technologies i've used is:
PS3
Xbox 360
Ipod
Laptop
Computer
Phone (HTC s8)

Games consoles I used such as Xbox and PS3 main audience is mainly young kids to young adults with even some occasional middle aged adults get enticed. By making PS3 online with Playstaion network and Xbox with Xbox live it adds another level to gaming by connecting people to play together online. This attracts people as they can now play with friends and have even more ways to play then just on their own. Limitations of PS3 and Xbox is the console and the games to do with them can be very pricey but is worth while for the amount of entertainment you can get out of them.

Laptops and computers purpose is to use for general online things such as visiting sites and do things on software such as Microsoft word where you can write on or photo shop where you can edit photos.
These two devices have no general targeted audience apart from babies who obviously cannot use them but computers and laptops have something to do on them suitable for any age. By making computers and laptops online they have so much more potential as they can be used to surf the web which is the main function and without that there usefulness would be drastically reduced and they would just be like a pad and a big calculator rolled into one.

Phones and Ipods are both hand held devise capable of downloading apps where as ipods are more used for listening to music and phones are for texting and calling people. They can both be used for contacting people by SMS and IM on social websites. There target audience is also generally anyone as they have something for every age whether its a way to play little mini games or a means of communicating with people phones and Ipods have a purpose for everyone. By making Ipods and phones online they are able to have the whole function of downloading all kinds of apps on them, if they weren't online this wouldn't be possible and make them dull and ipods practically useless. Phone and ipod both fulfil their potential as phones are still a very quck and easy way to contact people and ipods are the main devices used for music and downloading apps from iTunes.

Daily Blog 27th sept

Today I used the computer for photo shop in graphics were i carried on editting my image of barack obama. I also went onto youtube and watched some videos of video games by big youtubers as usual and some music videos by variuos artists such as Knife party and tinie tempah.

I also went on the inertnet to play some mini games on sites such as ninja kiwi and happy wheels in the free time that I had. I used my phone throughout the day to make long distance calls and to SMS my friends on my phone to talk to them.

Global Digital Divide

Global Digital Divide


advantages of developed world for bridging the global digital divide is that now countries can communicate better with each other. This allows more developed countries to contact less developed countries and start shipping technology over there that is needed increasing the digital development in areas such as digital products and hospital equipment. Also because the world is more developed it is easier to deliver digital technology to other countries slowly closing the gap on the global digital divide.

Advantages for the poorest countries is that with the digital divide being bridged they have more access to digital technology which can advance areas of their county which would definitely need it. There would now be better hospital equipment reducing the death count and also the amount of sick and ill people. They can now create a better energy supply as they have the digital tech needed to do so. New jobs are being created because of the digital bridge closing such as IT help assistant and computer programmers etc.

Charities such as computer aid do more good then harm as they give computers to hospitals which gives hospitals access to the internet which can be needed so they can determine illnesses or other information on problems people are having. It can allow hospitals to have another means of communicating with other places via the internet. Universities and schoolsnow have computers that allow the students to study things much easier online and allow them to learn more than they ever could from a book. Computers and laptops give more possibilities with how to be educated and how students can complete there work as they can now use programmes such as microsoft word and powerpoint.

 computer misuse act (1990)

• Illegal access to computer material aka cracking
• Illegal access and modification of any computer material
•  Illegal access with intent to carry out malicious activity

This act helps protect peoples computers from being corrupted by another person or being personally attacked while on their computer by another individual.  Protect yourself from being influenced by evils of the society who do the same mis-usage of computer technology.This act was introduced to deter more serious criminals from using a computer to assist them.

A disadvantage of the computer misuse act is that it has been see by enforcement agencies to be ineffective to repel offenders from breaking this act and has been notices by some others to be potentially problematic from a net neutrality standpoint.

copyright, design and patents act (1988)

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, is the current UK copyright law. It gives the creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the right to control the ways in which their material may be used. The rights cover: Broadcast and public performance, copying, adapting, issuing, renting and lending copies to the public. In many cases, the creator will also have the right to be identified as the author and to object to distortions of his work.

Copyright arises when an individual or organisation creates a work, and applies to a work if it is regarded as original, and exhibits a degree of labour, skill or judgement.

Interpretation is related to the independent creation rather than the idea behind the creation. For example, your idea for a book would not itself be protected, but the actual content of a book you write would be. In other words, someone else is still entitled to write their own book around the same idea, provided they do not directly copy or adapt yours to do so.

Names, titles, short phrases and colours are not generally considered unique or substantial enough to be covered, but a creation, such as a logo, that combines these elements may be.

Normally the individual or collective who authored the work will exclusively own the rights. However, if a work is produced as part of employment then normally the work belongs to the person/company who hired the individual. For freelance or commissioned work, rights will usually belong to the author of the work, unless there is an agreement to the contrary, (i.e. in a contract for service).

Only the owner, or his exclusive licensee can bring proceedings in the courts against an infringement.

info from: http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/uk_law_summary

Advantages of the copyright, design and patents act 

• No one can copy your ideas
• Cant steal your artwork, music, designs
• Ensures any idea you have patented isn't stolen

disadvantages of the copyright, design and patents act

• You have to pay to patent ideas
• The punishment for breaking the act isquite intense at up to 2 years in prison

Haiku poem

A haiku poem is a five syllable line, followed by a seven syllable line and then a five syllable line.

An SMS haiku poem would be;
b4 i c u
br8 me if  u 1 2
jus c me l8r
An SMS haiku poem would work best for IM and SMS on your phone as these are both informal ways of writing to someone and good English is not necessary as you can use slang and text talk, where as with email it should be a formal letter and an SMS haiku poem wouldnt work as it should be done in text talk and can include slang.