The Camera Advancement

In this week’s tutorial the subject of our 2 minute motion picture came up and we were talking about the different types of technology we can use as long as it was in High Definition.  The thing that I found interesting, and something that I actually didn’t realise, was that the cameras in the Iphone 4’s are, in fact HD cameras.  When you think about the first ever camera and how they have upgraded over the years its crazy how these days a HD camera can be found in something a very large percentage of people around the world use on a daily basis.  The first camera I remember having was one of those ones where you had to get the film developed and could had a 24 photo limit….many people not only didn’t have a HD camera back then but hardly anyone had mobile phones and now a days you can get both all in one for probably a cheaper price than it cost to buy both 15 years ago!  It is crazy just how much technology has advanced in just the 21 years that I have been alive and I can’t wait to see where it takes us in the 21 years!

The Facebook Revolution

Facebook is probably the main piece of new communication technology that I use today.  I joined the Facebook revolution just after I left high school I’m pretty sure.  I was never into the other social media Websites such as Myspace and Bebo even though pretty much everyone at school was because I just didn’t really see a point to it.  But when I left school I needed a way to keep in touch with everyone and Facebook had started to become more and more popular so I to, jumped on the bandwagon. The simple fact that it is free, easy to use, and is a great way to keep in contact with friends in other States or parts of the world is why I think Facebook has become so popular.  The downside to social media websites like Facebook has been in the news a bit over the last few years is things like cyber bullying and cyber stalking.  I think it is very important for parents to be watching over their kids shoulder (but still giving them some privacy) to make sure they are not speaking to people that they have only met with over the internet for the simple reason, you really have no idea if they are who they claim  to be.  Cyber bullying is another big issue and personally think it is great that kids shows like the Disney Channel promoting Anti-Cyber bullying and spreading the word.   Well that’s it from me until next week! 

Cheers,

Matty O

Advanced Communication

Here is a video I added for a bit of a laugh.  The general idea of it is to show just how advanced technology is becoming these days....whether it will get to this point or not I guess we will just have to wait and see!

Hope you like it!

Who is actually out there?

So week two of New Communications Technology is finished…shout out to Mr Ken Twohy for another awesome class! In the tutorial this week Twohy was telling as a story about “The Craigs List Murderer” and coincidently it was very relevant to my last blog and kind of back up my suspicions on the internet and how unsafe it is.  So I thought this would be a great topic for this blog considering it has links to my last entry.  So for those of you that do not know much about this story here is a little bit of background information.  “The Craiglist Murderer” got his name because of how the crime went down.  Basically Craiglist is a website similar to something like Gumtree.com where you can advertise pretty much anything you would like to sell…including yourself! So a guy by the name of Philip Markoff who was also an American Medical Student was the man dubbed “The Craiglist Murderer”.  Philip was charged with arm robbery and murder of a female escort in the American city of Massachusetts.  He would, using Craiglist, book a date with a high class escort and knowing they would have a lot of cash on them at the time would rob them of all their money.   Unfortunately one night the robbery went wrong and the female escort was found dead and after police investigation Philip Markoff was arrested and put behind bars…..scary stuff huh??!!  I thought this would be an awesome story to share with you guys just to prove how unsafe it really is out there on the World Wide Web!  So remember people be careful out there even if you are just using facebook or in fact you are selling something online….because you never know who your buyer might be!

Cheers,

Matty O

P.S If you want to look into the Craiglist murder in more detail I have added some thinks below!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Markoff

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/15/report-craigslist-killer-commits-suicide-jail-cell/

The Internet...How safe is it?

So my first tutorial for New Communications Technology is done and dusted!  I went into it not really knowing what to expect but I think I’m going to enjoy the course.  Some of the assessments are going to be challenging as they are tasks that I am not very familiar with, especially the 2 minute motion picture and as you can probably tell blogging is not one of my strong points.  Something that really caught my eye in this tutorial was how unsafe, in terms of keeping your private life private, the internet is becoming these days!  Mr Twohy (our tutor) had us googling ourselves to see what it would bring up and pretty much everyone in the class had their Facebook page brought up, someone had a Youtube clip they were tagged in, and pictures of one of our classmates formal were up on the internet.  Now I know these are all minor things and they all knew that they were out but it just shows how easy it has become to be able to track people down on the internet, once you are signed up to any kind of social media account your image is out there for the world to see.  My occupational goal in life is to be a sports journalist (hopefully a good one) or even go into the field of sports broadcasting.  One bad picture that a friend has tagged me in on Facebook or a video clip someone has posted on Youtube could so easily create a bad image for me, one that could easily be viewed by my employers or future employees.  Mr Twohy explained to us how hard it was to keep his picture off the internet and remain private and I must say he has done a very good job considering his occupation (Assistant Film Director)….there is only one picture of him on the internet!  So that’s what I found interesting from our first tutorial of New Communications Technology, stay tuned for an update on next week’s tutorial!

Cheers

Matty O

Welcome...

Well this is my first ever blog so don’t expect very much from me! So, let’s get into it.  My name’s Matt Oliphant, I am 21yrs old, born and raised in Brisbane but I am currently living on the Gold Coast with my girlfriend and another roommate.  I work at Wet ‘n’ Wild Water World and have been there for almost 2 years now.  It is a pretty cruisey job, I can’t complain about being outdoors and around some pretty cool water slides as an occupation.  I live and breathe sport, could sit down and watch pretty much any kind of sport but even better is playing them.  Rugby League and touch footy are my two main sports I play but love to get involved in all sports in general.  I am currently in my first semester of a Bachelor of Communications majoring In Journalism and Marketing.  With my big interest in sport I want to work myself into the field of sports journalism.  My ultimate goals would be to either write for a major newspaper as their sports journalist or more specifically write for the NRL (National Rugby League).   I have also thought about the possibly of T.V broadcasting for example on Fox Sports News in Sydney but will just have to wait and see where my career takes me! Well that’s me in a nutshell, and I look forward to discussing some of the aspects of New Communications Technology in future blogs.

Cheers,

Matty O.