Preview/Trailor ideas

At this point I am still pretty unsure about what I want to do my trailor on. I love music and photography, but I want to do something that nobody in class is doing. I don't want to seem like a copycat. I interested in how relationships between people things like family, friends, etc. have changed since the advent of social networking groups like facebook, myspace, and twitter. I know that this is a popular concept for the assignment, so I am still not sure how to spin this idea. I do know that personally, my relationships have been affected by these groups. My 5 year class reunion is coming up in June, and the only way that we have to get in touch with one another is via facebook and myspace. I am also very interested in the idea of doing my trailor on how once you post something online it then becomes public domain even if it was intended to only be yours as well as to be something that is pleasureable, it can eventually come back as a bad reflection on you.

English 303 Trailor Brainstorming

While I'm online, I really like to look up news on different jobs in the advertising industry, mainly junior copywriters. I also admit to looking at the celebrity stories that pop up on random sites, mainly just because I am curious. I also look up different songs and poems to place in a book I am working on for my roommates as a graduation present. I have no idea what it is that I would like to do my trailor on.

"Rise of the Plagiosphere"

We have sadly reached a day in age where we have to constantly ask ourselves "Did someone already say/write this? And if so, do I have the freedom to express what I feel or think without being told I plagiarised? When companies and/or people can patent or copyright a word or phrase that is used in everday life and in casual conversation, you have to stop and ask yourself when is enough enough? There are apparently no truly original statements or conversations anymore if that is the case. In some situations, it really is a case of blatant plagiarism, and those who do commit this crime, should be punished, but if it is merely accidental, is it right to punish to offender? The effects of the internet have only increased the risks of plagiarism.

English 303 Required Blog post # 1

1.)I guess you could say that I am a "digital native". The internet wasn't used very often where I was from until I was in middle school. When it was used, it was mainly used for school purposes. While at home, I don't really remember there being any sites that people went to other than hotmail, but as I grew older, I found more and more sites myself, and as time passed by, I became more and more familiar with the internet and what it had to offer even though it has been in my life since I was in the 3rd grade.

2.) My earliest memories of using the web would be in my 4th grade computer lab class. Absolutely nobody had any clue of what we were doing, and now looking back, neither did our teachers. We were limited to a few websites that we were allowed to use, mainly google and yahoo. I felt terrified of using the internet because it was foreign to me.

3) I use th web constantly now. Anytime I want to know the answer to something, get a recipe, get in touch with people I grew up with, do research....the answers are always there. I guess you could say that I love the web, and I am the person that my family comes to when they have a question. My parents and grandparents now have myspace and facebook accounts! Which is somewhat sad....I feel as if nothing is sacred anymore knowing that they can see what I am doing everyday based on status and photo updates.

English 303 Week 1

Hi, this is my first blog. I never saw the point in blogging but this is a part of English 303 with Sandy Baldwin. So I am gonna give this a go.