1-22-15 (PSA)

A public service announcement is an awareness campaign or an important message to inform or educate people about. They want to raise awareness about a subject that is really important and that the public should hear about it. Once example are the ones about suicide on the news and people killing themselves for really dumb reasons. It’s so sad to see a kid killing himself because of bullying! Another example are the smoking commercials on T.V. and what smoking can do to you. It can give you lung cancer and lots more, that’s why they make the commercials so disgusting to persuade you not to smoke. If you would like to learn more about public service announcements click here!

1-22-15 Who Am I?

1-14-15 Favorite App

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My favorite app as of the date of this posting would have to be the game aa. I chose this game because I like to be challenged and this game is very challenging. I also like it because you have to have eye/hand coordination, which I do. This game is very addicting and you have to pay attention very closely. The design of the game is with a ball that goes around in circles and has lines sticking out of it. Before you start, you then to tap your finger very carefully to try to get it in the middle of the lines that are already there or the ones that you have put down. It starts out easy by only having to put down a couple lines and the circle going around slowly. It then gets more challenging when the circle goes at various speeds. You cannot interact with others on this game, but you can show them what level you're on so they can try to beat you. Check it out and read more about it at the app store.

1-13-15 Collusion

I watched a TED video by Gary Kovac, titled: Tracking Our Online Trackers. Gary Kovac talked to us about tracker collusion. His subject matter is very interesting and talked us through the trackers that were following his daughter and himself, feeling suprised on how many people were looking through his personal data. He was concerened about people looking through his personal data without his permission. The reason that all the tracking was a concern for the speaker was that he wanted privacy and if you take a deeper look into it then it’s scary that people are trying to look into your personal data without permission. People can hack you and actually learn personal data you want to keep private. I think what the trackers are doing with my information is that they are looking up personal information and they can share it to different sources on the internet that I didn’t intend it to ever go viral. Tracking would be a good thing because if you lost a historic event thats really important and put it on the internet you could find it. Tracking would be a bad thing because you don’t want random people you don’t know looking at your personal data like where you live, social security numbers, banking information, your birthday, your relationships, and lots more. I was very surprised on how many dots and connections that were appearing because when we get on the computer or any technology device we go straight to our job to get it done and never think about anyone that can be getting into your personal information. I think there would be an average amount of dots because I don’t have many accounts that I can share my life on and what I do have I think before I post anything.