week 5 phone art

Being on Facebook a lot, I notice lots of my friends post beautiful pictures with their phones.
I enjoy my ipod for reading, writing and yes pictures, not sure about painting, but it seems similar to using a paint program on the computer.
I really enjoy paint on the computer because it keeps the kids occupied and I don't have to scramble around to find paper and picture!
One of my friends is really talented. I don't know exactly which program she uses, but her digital art is amazing! I myself created a painting of my dog using paint.

Week 4 Creative Commons

I am writing this week about creative commons, it is a non profit organization. They offer copyrights for the online world.
Basically for artist who want to get there stuff out there but also retain some rights.
They offer various forms of copyrights.

NonCommercial - A non-commercial license lets others copy, distribute, perform creative works and derivative works, but only for noncommercial purposes (anyone using the creative works cannot profit from it).

ShareAlike - A ShareAlike license allows others to distribute derivative works under a license identical to the one held by the original copyright holder.

NoDerivative Works - A NoDerivative Works clause allows others to copy, distribute, display and perform the exact copywritten works and no derivative works can be created.

Attribution - An Attribution license means creative works can be copied, distributed, displayed, or performed and derivative works can be created, provided that appropriate credit to the original copyright holder is given.

 

I found the video very interesting. It made me really stop and think. What else is possible? Will we be able to get our drivers licenses on line? Will long lines at the DMV be a thing of the past?
We can shop, fill out forms, do all our banking, pay all our bills,even buy a pet online! That is pretty amazing.
Soon we won't even have to go anywhere, we will be Skyping our Dr. or doing a job interview, I mean there are endless possibilities.

Week 2 my Cloud

I cannot imagine what my life would be like without my cloud! I have a blog I have had for several years and even though at first I was hesitant to join Facebook I don't know now how I lived without it!
I really enjoy reading on my Kindle and love watching movies on Netflix.
I also enjoy downloading new movies instantly to my PS3.
I shop online and have met so many of my friends online. Really good friends I would have never had met had it not been for the internet.
I have lots of info stored online.
Since the beginning I have stored pictures online. It is incredibly convenient to always have a fresh copy of the picture you want and just print it off if needed.