"How is Facebook changing our privacy habits for the good (or bad)?"

Facebook is starting to affect our privacy habits for the good, by making us interact with strangers more easily, not to mention be more open. We can speak with others more easily, and eventually learn about them.
However, facebook is beginning to affect our privacy habits for the bad, as sometimes we cross the 'line' when we share information with them. As when we learn about them, there's a good chance they learn about yourself.
The 'line' itself is hard to see, as sharing information with someone may not be all that bad, but depending on that information, it could also be very dangerous.
Sure, it's alright to speak to others about whatever subject, but it would be best to keep things vague, not naming certain individuals or places.

Professional Typing - b)Blog About Your Typing

The subheading which I typed out, 'Targeting Your Likes", spoke about how Facebook is becoming better and better, how it works, and other information.

Facebook is becoming better and better by giving its user so many options. For example, it has a Like button on other websites (Facebook's logo is beside it to tell you it's for them) and if you were to click on it, the user would find it under their Facebook profile.
EX: If someone clicked it for the movie, 'Transformers", they'd find it under their Movies in their Facebook Profile, and not only that, they could share it with their friends/peers.
Not to mention, Facebook provides a social ground between users.

It explain how Facebook does what it does, with the support of other websites, and how something like their 'Like' button, or advertisements, provide them with data.

Travel Brochures

Iceland
The brochure’s goal is to interest people to go to Iceland to visit. Their audience is most likely the adults of the world. The brochure did a nice job balancing between words and pictures, and talks about many things. However, about halfway through the brochure, it begins getting a bit too wordy, cluttered even. It may be because the subject, such as shopping, was a long topic to talk about, or it may be because the businesses regarding that topic didn’t allow pictures to be taken of their place. Unfortunately, we have no way of proving either of these things. Overall, the brochure was made nicely, just a bit too wordy near the end, last half. They distribute this over the web, I believe.
http://www.tourismbrochures.net/icelandtouristguides/iceland/general_info/home.htm

Finland
The brochure’s goal was to interest people to head to Finland for vacation. Their audience was the adults of the world. This brochure did well towards its main theme, their 4 seasons. It displayed what their country was like in the spring, summer, fall, and winter, using the appropriate colors as well. Not to mention, it listed what their 4 areas were like, the north, east, south, and west. It also listed a variety of facts to help you when you stay in the country, such as how to get there, what you should expect the weather to be like, where to stay, etc. Or facts about their benefits, such as tax-free shopping. It also tells you where their tourism offices are, in or out of Finland. Distributed through the web as well.
http://www.tourismbrochures.net/finlandtouristguides/finland/4seasons_4reasons_en/home.htm

Denmark
This brochure is trying to interest people to head to their location; its audience is the adults of the world. This brochure begins nicely with a mixture of pictures and words about their main point, such as their culture, designs, towns, etc. It even uses fraises that would interest them into coming, such as “Active Holiday” and “Land of Festivals.” However, it easily became too wordy, and the pictures used gradually became tinier and tinier, not very noticeable. Overall, it began interesting, but eventually gave that ‘ah, this is a drag to read’, feeling half-way through. Also distributed on the web.
http://www.tourismbrochures.net/denmarktouristguides/denmark/general_info/home.htm

France – Alsace
Right off the start, it tells people to come to Alsace, in France. The audience, again, are the adults of the world, and possibly young adults. They start things different (at least with the five I have here) by having the pictures in the brochure placed in a slanted position. Due to this, the brochure managed to catch my interests a bit easier than the others. It never becomes too wordy, but there are times when I feel like the pictures are kind of overshadowing the words. They do well to display what the topic would be about, such as sports and having someone golf or skydive, but the words aren’t as noticeable. Overall, it seems very interesting, just that there are times where the words are a bit unnoticeable due to the pictures. It’s also fairly short, unlike the previous 3, meaning young adults may pay more attention to it. Distributed on the web.
http://www.catalogscout.com/france/tourism/tourist_guides/alsacez_vous_en/home.htm

Australia
A very short brochure, whose goal is to interest people to visit to Australia. Unlike the other four brochures, this brochure attempts to motivate people to come visit Australia, being brief about the location itself, and showing the main points of the country. It could have a bit more pictures, though, when it talks about the points its making. Also distributed on the web.
http://www.catalogscout.com/australia/tourism/tourist_guides/australia_tourism_board1_en/index.htm

Overall, when making a brochure it’s good to keep in mind:
-What your goal is?
-Who’s your audience.
-Balance between pictures and words
-Point out the main ideas, and
-Keep it focused. (Don’t talk about shopping, when you’re talking about something like say the environment.)
-Word it so that the place appears to be nice, make it so that it invites people to come
-Give a unique design to interest people
-Be brief, don’t drag subjects on and on
-And figure out how you’re going to distribute it

Digital Imagery

The Real-Life cartoon assignment was kinda neat, as we saw how people create those insane, strange photos. That being said, I still like the cartoons better than these real-life cartoon versions of them.

I like this picture as it was the first picture I made to create the reflective glass effect. It was a bit tricky, but overall, I found it neat.

I liked the animation assignment as well, as it's cool to see something you make move like something from a cartoon. The frames get awfully tedious after awhile, though.

Futuristic Keyboards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8IOlWmArBw

Keyboards of the future will improve typing for computer users, as they are created to give less strain to the users wrists, from typing over a long period of time. This 'computer' was created so that you could simply touch the 'computer' to do many things, such as sliding items from a restaurant menu to order them easily. You could just put your credit card down, and pay with that, along with a tip if you wish. In other words, when you type, you simply touch this 'computer'. That being said, the strain on your wrists will probably be less.

Is Typing Still Important?

As time goes on, technology advances. As it advances, things such as computers have begun to have a bigger role in all sorts of jobs. Because of this, typing skills are becoming more and more important. And so, being unable to type correctly, or fast, would put you at a disadvantage on certain tasks on certain jobs.
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/The-Importance-Of-Daily-Typing-Practice/83385

Computers are used for all sorts of things, from entertainment to work. Because of this, having good typing skills is important. Learning how to type fast and accurate would help greatly, as you can spend less time on tasks like messaging, and send accurate messages, so that the one receiving it won't misunderstand it, be able to read it. Basically, the whole purpose is to be able to lessen the time you need to spend to take care of a task, and do it error-free.
http://www.webzila.com/commonproblems/misc/issue02.html

Typing skills are important, as without them, working in college or a workplace becomes much more difficult.
http://www.boston.com/jobs/globe/articles/122803_type.html

Being able to type quickly, and accurately is important so that you may progress far in life, now that technology is advancing, and things like computers are becoming more important in our lives.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Typing-Skills-Are-Important-For-Your-Productivity&id=1869695

And so, I believe that good typing skills are important. As the previous statements say, technology is advancing, and so computers are becoming an important part is all sorts of jobs. Being unable to type quickly or accurately may hamper you in doing your job; much less finish your tasks. If you're able to type fast and accurate, error-free as well, no doubt you would be able to do your job a bit easier, and be more productive.

Age Of Persuasion

Entertainment or Nothing
http://www.cbc.ca/ageofpersuasion/2009/05/season_3_episode_entertainment.html

In this podcast, it explains that in order to influence, or persuade someone you have two choices. Entertainment or nothing.
When people hear things, or learn things, the brain decides which information 'stands out' from the rest. For most people, entertainment 'stands out' the most. They say information in the form of entertainment is absorbed more easily in the brain, and stands out more. That is because, in most cases, entertainment draws a person's interests. If something excites us, we learn and remember it faster.
It's because of this many people, be it a civilian or politician, use entertainment medias to have their messages spread out more and be more widely received. For example, using Youtube. This, in turn, makes it a type of competition between people. Some people use celebrities in their advertisements to make it have more of an effect on people, be more entertaining. That is because the only way to be noticed these days it to make things interesting and noticeable.
However, some find it difficult to balance the entertainment and information within advertisements. They wish to make it entertaining enough so that the audience will watch the advertisements. However, they also want to include enough information about their product/objective, so that the audience will understand it.

I think this information is true, in the fact that in order to have people listen to information you have to make it so that it lures their attentions. If someone with no interest whatsoever listens, the most likely case he or she will not really pay attention, much less remember it. If the information you give out is presented in a way that gains the attention/interests of the people you're presenting it to, they're bound to listen to it more closely, and may even keep it fresh in their heads.

Using Google Search Tips

To match a fraise exactly, you use double quotes (") around it like "this", and google will search specifically for that fraise. Ex: "Mount Everest", "German Sheperds"

Dashes are also able to do the same thing as double quotes, or the minus sign (-). You simply need to put it between what your looking for. Ex: Burning-Sun, Northern-Star

To exculde terms from what you're searching for, use a minus sign (-) and whatever word you wish to exclude to be put after it, unlike what we used from before. Ex: Cow -pigs, Spiders -webs

When you search for information on Google, it will automatically correct the word you spell if it looks wrong/is wrong. For example, rde (red) would automatically be corrected to red. Ex: rde=red, bl ue=blue

However, if you spelled a word that was supposed to remain as it is, say 'rde' was an actual word, you would put a plus sign in front of it, that tells the computer to not do anything with it. Ex: +rde, +geern (Note, not actual words.)

You could also type in the number of a package to track it. Ex: 2Z126X90100, 8Z000X00000

You could type in flight numbers. Ex: American flight 2005, American flight 9985

You could also see what time it was in different places of the world. Ex: Time in China, Time in England.

You could use it as a calculator. Ex: .05 * 105 = 5.25, or even logarithms, like log(5.0) = 0.698970004.

You could also use it to search for definitions, with define: (Whatever word you're looking for). Ex: define: squash
You could also type in a multi-word fraise, and the browser will ask whether you wish to find the definition, or provide a link to the said word/fraise. Ex: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

You could use to see the currency conversion. Ex: 10 U.S dollars is 894.694462 in yen. 10 Canadian dollars is 833.436521 in yen.

You could easily find documents/ppts/etc easily by writing down what you're searching for, space, filetype: (Whatever type of file you're looking for.) Ex: World War I filetype:ppt (Powerpoint) or World War II filetype:doc (Document).

You write down a question in the form of an answer. By using * for the answer, google automatically puts the answer down for it, or the fill-in-the-blank feature. Ex: Mount Everest is * feet high, or a shark is * feet long.

When you're searching for something, putting a number range will make it easier to, say, search for something not too expensive or not too cheap to buy. Ex: TV $100...$200 means it will search for a TV priced between $100-$200.
Not just limited to just money though. You could use this to limit measurements as well. Ex: Mount Everest base camp 10000...20000. This would help located Mount Everest's base camp that's somewhere between 10000-20000ft high, as we don't need to know how high Mount Everst is to find the base camp.

You could use google to find a movie that's showing somewhere in your area, in theaters. To do so you must put down the name of the movie along with your zip code. Ex: Avatar K22 L893, or Wall-E 36P E456. Note, these zip codes aren't real.

By using a site:, we can find information regarding whatever website (without the www in front of it) we put down after it, and only that website. Ex: video cards site:dl.tv, which means whatever we're searching for will only have information coming from that site only. If you put the 'www' in front of the site, it would limit the sites to select from to get information, as the 'www' asks specifically for this site.
You could also type site:(domain) in order to get information from a certain grouping. Ex: site:gov mortgages to find out what the government thinks about the mortgages.

This new knowledge will help me use Google better in the future, as no doubt I will have to find difficult and specific pieces of information. By learning how to use Google more efficient, I can spend less time finding these pieces of information and the information itself will be more accurate.

Yawn...

First blog I've ever made, not sure if it's any good.