If you want to have your own website, you need to purchase a domain name, (i.e. www.yourname.com) and sign up for a hosting service. When you first sign up with a hosting service they often give you a free domain name, so I would recommend choosing the host first and then see what deals they offer on domain names.
Here are some popular hosting services:
http://www.hostgator.com
http://www.godaddy.com
http://www.bluehost.com/
http://www.greengeeks.com/
There are many others available and it is good to do some research. Once you sign up with a company, they should send you the information to plug into the "Manage Sites" window in DreamWeaver. Remember your homepage needs to be called index.html and should be saved in your root folder. Then you upload your files just as we have been doing this semester.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Another Tutorial Page
http://flash-effects.com/
In searching for tutorials and such to find ideas for the final project, came across this site. There are a few cool ones I saw, but in case anybody needed anymore ideas, here you go!
-Derek Applegate
In searching for tutorials and such to find ideas for the final project, came across this site. There are a few cool ones I saw, but in case anybody needed anymore ideas, here you go!
-Derek Applegate
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Locative Media
Locative Media -- How have new technologies changed our sense of space (personal and private), location and community?
New technologies are a commodity that we might take for granted, but at the same time it has changed our sense of space. Since the creation of smart phones with GPS chips in them, personally I feel the world has become a smaller place. The advantage of course is that we may get to learn about places we'd never be able to go, however with technologies like GPS, digital photography, etc., these places seem too familiar. For example, I've always wanted to see the Northern Lights in person, but it has become so easy with technology to be able to witness the crazy sight on a computer with live streaming or pictures, which I feel can sometimes take away from uniqueness. As far as personal space, it has become too easy for others to be able to follow you, especially when involved in talks about big brother/always being watched.
If I were at a bar one night and introduced myself to somebody as Derek, a Temple student, it has become to easy for that person to be able to find me on sites like Facebook, and eventually find out all this other information about me. The scariest part becomes when people use the GPS chips in their phone to "check-in" at locations. For an odd reason, these sorts of technologies have become like a friend us, in which we (now subconsciously?) share information with, sometimes not thinking of exactly how many people might be able to see that "Derek has checked in at home"... with my complete address and conveniently a little map showing exactly where that is.
New technologies have made personal and private space more scarce, of course for those who want it. For others, it can be a way to get attention. A friend I used to work with constantly fills up my Facebook newsfeed whenever I log on, checking it at every single location she goes to, and even though people will comment and ask her nicely to stop, she takes advantage of it as a way to meet new people or get attention from those able to see the information. Needless to say, not only Facebook and GPS chips are to blame for this, as any new technology always seems to change communities, more specifically the ways people communicate, or watch, with one-another.
Derek Applegate
Blog # 3 -- Kathleen Welter
Locative Media -- How have new technologies changed our sense of space (personal and private), location and community?
Locative media describes a set of locations based on different types of technology. This would include wireless networks, surveillance, tracking and positioning tools. All those have allowed information to be tied to some sort of geographical space. Although today, that space is no longer personal or private because everyone and anyone could find someone’s location. For instance, there is now a “check in” tool on Facebook which allows all of your friends to be able to see what you’re doing and where you’re doing it. There is no sense of privacy anymore due to these tools.
However, these new technologies haven given some people some good advantages. Some tools such as Google maps or Google earth have allowed some people to discover new places visually. Although, it might be hard to differentiate between online visuals and reality, but that depends on the person using the tools. During the This American Life podcast describing mapping gave viewers a new sense of community. Actually it seemed to bring communities together. The mapping done in some communities had tracked specific events such as the pumpkins distributed in some homes or tracking leaves which gave each community something unique to share with one another therefore bringing everyone closer together.
Locative media describes a set of locations based on different types of technology. This would include wireless networks, surveillance, tracking and positioning tools. All those have allowed information to be tied to some sort of geographical space. Although today, that space is no longer personal or private because everyone and anyone could find someone’s location. For instance, there is now a “check in” tool on Facebook which allows all of your friends to be able to see what you’re doing and where you’re doing it. There is no sense of privacy anymore due to these tools.
However, these new technologies haven given some people some good advantages. Some tools such as Google maps or Google earth have allowed some people to discover new places visually. Although, it might be hard to differentiate between online visuals and reality, but that depends on the person using the tools. During the This American Life podcast describing mapping gave viewers a new sense of community. Actually it seemed to bring communities together. The mapping done in some communities had tracked specific events such as the pumpkins distributed in some homes or tracking leaves which gave each community something unique to share with one another therefore bringing everyone closer together.
Locative Media
Question #3 – Locative Media – how have new technologies changed our sense of space (personal and private), location and community?
New technologies have changed our sense of personal and private space in many ways. One way is by allowing us to engage in some sort of communication from far and short distances. An example would be the telephone; the phone allows us to talk with computers and with each other at our own convenience. Today programs like SKYPE, and many of our hand held wireless phones are used in the same way as a land line phone but with more functions. One function is Goble Positioning System with GPS your location is tracked and recorded for various reasons. A good example would be the North Star System for GPS travel in cars; this system will call for help if needed automatically in an event of an accident. The military uses it to navigate and locate vital object while in and out theater. Consumers today use it as entertainment by redirecting their intended uses into either art of studies for new media. While using locative media in so many different ways a map has been made and the space around us becomes more familiar or realized to be in existents, therefore the way communication takes place and why is changing.
Montes Carrasquillo
New technologies have changed our sense of personal and private space in many ways. One way is by allowing us to engage in some sort of communication from far and short distances. An example would be the telephone; the phone allows us to talk with computers and with each other at our own convenience. Today programs like SKYPE, and many of our hand held wireless phones are used in the same way as a land line phone but with more functions. One function is Goble Positioning System with GPS your location is tracked and recorded for various reasons. A good example would be the North Star System for GPS travel in cars; this system will call for help if needed automatically in an event of an accident. The military uses it to navigate and locate vital object while in and out theater. Consumers today use it as entertainment by redirecting their intended uses into either art of studies for new media. While using locative media in so many different ways a map has been made and the space around us becomes more familiar or realized to be in existents, therefore the way communication takes place and why is changing.
Montes Carrasquillo
Blog Post 3: The Internet and Personal Space
I think it is wonderful that people from all over the world, given a common language, can come together and talk. Of course, there are geographical constraints, like time zones. But it is easy enough to find an insomniac in Asia to talk to or to be an insomniac who ends up talking to someone just waking up in England. So, to me, language barriers plus the inequality in socioeconomic classes (who owns a computer; who doesn't?) end up being a greater obstacle than physical space.
Of course, sometimes, there's a dark side to this ease of access: Is this person really who they claim to be? This can lead to many problems.
In that vein, it's really interesting for me to see how people have shifted from being anonymous at all times to swapping Facebook pages tied to their real names. In the past, the Internet was the scary place where a pedophile, known only by his AIM screen name, would try to hit on your 10 year old daughter. You never gave out your real name - at most, you would only give out your first name, but people usually went by aliases. Today, the Internet is a place where respectable businessmen engage in social networking using their full names. People post their cell phone numbers online, which was once unthinkable and very taboo.
I do, however, feel that some newcomers forget that the Internet is a public space. For example, on Facebook, one of my friends asked me a question about substance use using the new Questions feature. This was inappropriate because any number of my Facebook contacts could have seen the exchange occurring. This also happens when people do things like post pictures of themselves doing keg stands online. When posting things on the Internet, I try to remember that everybody in the world could potentially see it.
Also, personally, the Internet has been great for connecting with other Deaf people. The Deaf community used to be a lot more tied to geography. I knew zero people who were Deaf when I was growing up; I still don't know a lot. Today, however, I can join Youtube and vlog in ASL to communicate with other ASL speakers. There are even Deaf messageboards that are based entirely upon video: A person posts something, then a person films a video response using a webcam, and so forth. This is just amazing and makes me feel as if we are moving out of a dark age of communication and into a new era of interacting with each other.
-DJ Crosby
Of course, sometimes, there's a dark side to this ease of access: Is this person really who they claim to be? This can lead to many problems.
In that vein, it's really interesting for me to see how people have shifted from being anonymous at all times to swapping Facebook pages tied to their real names. In the past, the Internet was the scary place where a pedophile, known only by his AIM screen name, would try to hit on your 10 year old daughter. You never gave out your real name - at most, you would only give out your first name, but people usually went by aliases. Today, the Internet is a place where respectable businessmen engage in social networking using their full names. People post their cell phone numbers online, which was once unthinkable and very taboo.
I do, however, feel that some newcomers forget that the Internet is a public space. For example, on Facebook, one of my friends asked me a question about substance use using the new Questions feature. This was inappropriate because any number of my Facebook contacts could have seen the exchange occurring. This also happens when people do things like post pictures of themselves doing keg stands online. When posting things on the Internet, I try to remember that everybody in the world could potentially see it.
Also, personally, the Internet has been great for connecting with other Deaf people. The Deaf community used to be a lot more tied to geography. I knew zero people who were Deaf when I was growing up; I still don't know a lot. Today, however, I can join Youtube and vlog in ASL to communicate with other ASL speakers. There are even Deaf messageboards that are based entirely upon video: A person posts something, then a person films a video response using a webcam, and so forth. This is just amazing and makes me feel as if we are moving out of a dark age of communication and into a new era of interacting with each other.
-DJ Crosby
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