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.

Daily blog 26th sept

Today I used Facebook in the morining to look at the latest posts by my friends and see what they had liked and commented on. I also went on the internet to go on YouTube and look at some of the people I have subscribed too called pewdiepie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc1XYAJCZ80&list=TLgl01qPosgAwl3e3u_HPKYXSynMWkI4rG
I also went on google blogger of course to carry out more work on my blog.
Also the itunes store to look at the chart for the top 10 music at the moment.

Yesterday in ICT was a good lesson as we got to watch my teachers movie he created and it added a kind of spin to the lesson and made it more interesting than the plain old usual ICT lessons.

Cloud Services

The cloud refers to a range of different computing concepts which involve a lot of computers connected through a real-time communication network such as the internet. Clod services are bt real server hardware, which is backed up by virtual hardware simulated by software running on one or more real machines. Put simply cloud services are services which provide a certain piece of software to all computers linked to that clod service. This is much more efficient as instead of all the software having to be downloaded to a compoter individually it can be downloaded to all computer connected to that clod service.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_services#Services



The “cloud” in cloud computing can be defined as the set of hardware, networks, storage, services, and interfaces that combine to deliver aspects of computing as a service. Cloud services include the delivery of software, infrastructure, and storage over the Internet (either as separate components or a complete platform) based on user demand.
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/what-is-cloud-computing.html

Cloud Service:
Google Docs
Google skydrive
iCloud
Zoho
Cloudo

bbc weather

Thusdays forecast on BBC weather site is that there will be light rain where I am.
There was light rain/ heavy rain so the forecast was pretty accurate.

The forecast for Friday is for light showers
The weather was actually light showers but then the sun came out later on in the afternoon

Saturdays forecast was for sunshine and clouds
The weather was cloudy with a bit of sun

Mondays forecast is that it was sunny
It was actually cloudy with a bit of light rain

Thursdays forecast was for it to be sunny with slight clouds
The weather was  sunny with slight clouds in the sky

Homework

Activty 10
Car

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

• From where I live by car it would take roughly 1 hour and 18 minutes.
• The journey is approximately 56.1 miles
• The estimated fuel cost

Public transport

https://maps.google.co.uk/

• From where I live if I left at the time 14:30 I would get there at 17:02
• The cost would be roughly £23 there and back

The different public transports I would have to take are;
-The X5
-Birmingham New Street to London Euston
-Northern line
- Walking in between

information services

Making the Modern World

Activity 14
The website Making the Modern World's purpose is to teach people about computers, network information, the internet and the dot com gold rush etc. It does this very effectively by providing a page of each information in order of events. starting from the early 20th century and onwards. The information is very detailed with plenty of facts and statistics. It basically teaches us the evoluition of online education and how IT has changed. Shows the technological advantages and what date these technological advantages occured.

activity 12
Ebay
Ebay's major pupose is for selling products online. It has a wide range of products sold on this site and will almost certainly have whatever you are thinkinig of buying.Both brand new or second hand products are sold on this site. The products sold online on this website belong to people who created Ebay accounts and allows members of the public to sell any unwanted ites they have or for small businesses to make sales. It is also a place for people to buy things at chaep prices.
The target audiane for Ebay is that there is no target audiance (from above 16 as thats when you can create an account) as nearly every product is sold on the site so the audiance is for whoever wants to buy a product.
The auction process works so that you can choose to make a bid on a item or watch the item to see how much people are bidding. The item is on the auction for a certain amount of time depending on how long the seller wants the item on auction. There is also an option to buy now if you cant wait through the whole auction process. Then at the very end in the last few seconds, when the clock reaches zero the person with the highest bid gets the item.
Benefits:

• You can buy products at cheap price
• Its online and shipped so you dont have to go through the stress of normal shops
• It sells stuff that normal shops dont
• Wide variety of products
• You can sell unwanted items easily
• Give feedback on purchased items

Limitations:

• Items can sometimes be damaged
• Buy faulty goods
• Get scammed as to what you are buying
• Items could never arrive
• The auction be stressful and even possibly addictive

Ebay is a successful shopping method as it has a wide range of products on sale. Most of these products are also very cheap to buy. The auction aspect of Ebay attracts new customers and keeps old customers as it is a exciting way of buying items. The shopping method is also successful as it will never run out of products to sell because it is the general public selling the products and because of this the site will create a never ending source of products in the site.

Pros and Cons of Chat and IM

Pros of using IM is:

•  that you are able to talk with friends and family when ever you want. From anywhere you are.
• You can chat with someone from the opposite side of the world. Its a quick, easy and efficient way of getting in contact with people. This makes it good way for organising things such as activities and events between people.
• With IM you dont have to always typoe formally.
• You can make groupo chats

Cons of IM is:

•  that you could talk to someone that you don't know which can be possibly dangerous.
•  If you want to chat to someone they have to be on at the same time.
• Anyone can type anything to you which could be offensive or rude etc.
• Can't show physical emotions
• Text talk can cause problems with the other person understanding it.
• IM makes iteasier for someone to be cyber bullied.

find example of real time information system short blog including link and screen shot.
London Underground Train Times
London underground have a real time time information system as they have a real time map of all underground train routes. Real time means that the map is updated regularly to any change that has occured on the underground. The map shows how well all train journeys are flowing and are able to show you if there are any lines closed, severe delays or minor delays in real time so that people can see if they expect the train to arrive on time or not or not to arrive at all. This makes it helpful to costumers as they know important things in advance.

http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/im/RD-T.html

Screen shot of real time London underground map.

Larry page

• Larry Page is one of the co-founders of Google.
• He is now a CEO at Googl since April 2011.
• He lives in Palo Alto, CA in the United States.
• He is married to Lucinda Southworth with 1 child.
• Education: Master of Science, Stanford University; Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Michigan
• Born March 26, 1973 (age 40)
• Born in East Lansing Michigan
• His father Carl was a pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence and his mother taught computer programming.
• His brother-in-law Mclain Southworth

Famous Graffiti artists (Banksy)

Banksy is one artist that I find fascinating as his street art is all about the message in the picture. I am inspired by how he portrays his views on things such as political and social views through his work on the street for everyone to see. His style of street art whish is a combination of dark humour and graffiti style done by stencil has made him infamous throughout the world and even possibly the most famous and well known of them all.



images were from:
commons.wikimedia.org
adsoftheworld.com
www.streetartutopia.com
www.artnet.com

Famous Graffiti artists (Zephyr)

I found the image and information from the site http://the10mostknown.com/top-10-famous-graffiti-artists-2/
I found the image and information from the site http://www.artofthetitle.com/designer/zephyr/

Zephyr is one of the graffiti artists who's work i find amazing and inspires me. Born Andrew Witten, Zephyr began his art career in 1977, painting his Zephyr moniker in subways and on random walls. He was part of the first wave of graffiti artists to make the transition to galleries, collectors, and commercial work. He is one of the pioneers in graffiti art and his style is considered as one of the standard graffiti designs.

Some of the popular blogging platforms are; WorldPress.com, Blogger.com, Tumblr.com, Medium.com, Sbvtle.com, Quora.com and there are many more blogging sites but these are the most popular and regularly used blog sites. For example WorldPress.com's platform powers nearly 19 percent of the web and has been downloaded more than 45 million times.

A blogosphere is simply a term for all the millions of blogs interlinked together on the internet. Its just like searching on the web except you search throught the millions of blogs which has peoples views on subjects of their choice.The term was first used as a joke in 1999 but then became the word to describe all the blogs that are conected to each other.

A few big companies that use blogs are;
- Dell (http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/default.aspx)
- Starbucks (http://www.starbucks.co.uk/blog)
- BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/)
- Amazon (http://aws.typepad.com/)
- Adobe (http://blogs.adobe.com/)
- Lenovo (http://blog.lenovo.com/)

The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger^[9] on 17 December 1997. The short form, "blog", was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999.
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Colourful graffiti wall art

I found these images by going on the website easeindesign.com & www.fanpop.com. I did this by going on google.

 

 

 

These are two amazing pieces of graffiti wall art that are absolutely exquisite. These bright eye catching colours have been designed by hand by a graffiti artist onto a bleak and desolate background and change the whole vibe of the street. Graffiti is seen as a form of vandalism, yet I wonder how come this view is possible when the quality of some pieces of graffiti challenge the quality of some of works of art and the skill of the artist?

Welcome to my blog. I will be posting up information and news about things that are happening related to graffiti. The blog will also consist of pictures of amazing and outstanding pieces of graffiti artwork which I think need to be seen.