Evolution of Video games
Tax on pop
Bad photoshop
Google Street view
Ad of the past
Dove Campaign
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Hey, Guess What? I Can See You....
Google has ones again made a very exciting new feature in their website. They launched a new application called Google Street View last October 7, 2009. This application allows people to search addresses and view it from street level. This was made possible when Google decided to drive around different cities. They drove vans that had a 360 degree view video camera attached to the top. When they are done roaming around, they compiled all the images to create one large 360 degree photographic map. The way they thought of doing this was simply remarkable. It is indeed a very exciting technology. Who knew technology has evolved this great since the past. Although it is a new and artistic way to view streets around the city, there are a lot of issues at stake. I looked up my personal address and good thing there wasn’t any photograph of me. If your picture was taken in a public space, you won’t become part of the public domain. Privacy laws are being broken because of this. When you’re face is being used in public without your permission is a violation of privacy law. I disagree on what Google has done when they disobeyed human rights. Google thought of a way to protect our privacy. They blurred out the faces of people and the number of license plates in the vehicles. I don’t think this will be enough to help deal with the privacy concerns that many will have if they see their likeness online. Some people tend to be really careful and even though their faces are blurred. Some people are cautious and don’t want any part of them being in a public website without their permission because of personal reasons. Many things can happen because of this new application Google has launched. It depends on how you use it to know if the application is bad or good.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Is Taxing Pop Really a Solution?
This post was a bit surprising for me because I never thought that people are still very conscious on what they consume to be fit and healthy. In many years, different advertisements, campaigns, and commercials are being made to show people what food is right to eat and to know which is junk. Schools also support this program by replacing chips and chocolates with granola bars. Physical activities are also being instituted by schools. The cafeterias also cook healthy foods. Instead of frying French fries, they are now baked. One commercial was made by the New York Health Department where a man is drinking a pop but instead of the pop flowing into his mouth, it was fatty liquids. This kind of scare campaign was very effective; people will really be disgusted and stop drinking pop. When I watched the commercial, I was disgusted at first but it didn’t stop me from drinking. The good thing is I don’t always drink pop because I prefer to drink water. There is one problem though for pop-drinkers, after a while of refraining from drinking they will be back on the habit of drinking pop. The growing obesity in our nation is an epidemic of large proportions. Almost all of the food we eat are unhealthy and cause us to grow fat. Even though we eat vegetables like potato it can be unhealthy if it was turned into French fries which contain a lot of oil. Most of the foods we have are cooked with oil so it can be very hard to prevent having fatty foods. If the government of Canada put taxes on pops and chips, I would be ready to pay large sums of money on chips because I rarely eat them. I also prefer water than pop so It won’t bother me if they put taxes on pop.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Photo Manipulation on Hiatus in the Media
These advertisements which have been photoshopped badly are really embarrassing for the company and the model’s part. The company should be sued for making false images of people. I feel embarrassed for the models that let their bodies be changed drastically. I didn’t have any experiences in seeing these images when I flip the pages of magazines. This was my first time seeing these things and I was really shocked when I saw that mistakes like this happen. It really bothers me when companies allow these mistakes to be published and to let other people see the mistakes they have done. They should check all their work twice to make sure that there will be no mistakes when they publish it. This new trend doesn’t bother me at all. The trend where actors and models let their picture taken without wearing make-up and not letting the photographers edit their faces by using photoshop. This will show people what “real” beauty is. It is not as beautiful as the manipulated ones at least it is real. I don’t know if that trend will stick because more people will tend to want the faces and bodies which are edited because it is much better-looking than the original ones. The idea of magazines and runways using “normal” people meaning the ones who don’t have a perfect body like the young, the old and size-16 ladies is a smart thing to define what real beauty is. The thing is the magazine and runways would not be attractive as it used to be because the models are different. With these changes I don’t think more people would buy magazines and watch runways when “normal” people are being used. Even though the idea is to show people what real beauty is, people will have a hard time coping with it and tend to crave for the old type of models.
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