Some Things from this year

Insanity

1. that I managed to log into my old Blogger account.
2. that my last post is nearly a year old.
3. it feels like and eternity and yesterday all at the same time

I never went sky diving, although its still something I want to do. especially with my dad.
moving far away from Texas for college, its funny, but this one came true.
I'm in maine. thats about as far away from Texas as you can get.
To anyone out there. hello.

New Year, New Goals

This year my goal is to move far from Texas and attend college! I also hope to become more fit, perhaps take a dance class, although my first year of college is probably not the most convenient time to do so. Becoming more organized is definitely another small goal of mine; however, my most important goal by far for this year is to GO SKY DIVING!

Self Assessment

     Through my two years in Journalism class and my own previous experiences I have possessed some of these qualities that a good journalist possesses. Self-direction, self-confidence, communication skills, listening skills, speaking skills, interpersonal skills,  and curiosity and awareness have all been accumulated through various experiences such as having to do presentations, and speaking in front of my peers. I can recall becoming comfortable with this for the first time in my eighth grade speech class. Curiosity and awareness I would say was an innate quality for me. However, among the qualities a good journalist should have, I would need to work on a few. The first would be writing skills. Although, I am a fairly decent writer, I feel I can work on my journalistic writing. To do this I could begin by reading more articles and newspapers to become familiar with other experienced journalist writing. Another thing I feel I can do is simply look at past articles I have written and correct them for grammar. By doing this I would hope it would help me to naturally develop good habits when writing such as proper usage of commas, capitalization, etc. The third and final thing I could do is simply practice. Writing articles is the only thing that will ultimately benefit writing skills. Practice, practice, practice !

i phone

1. Are you or people you know less likely to buy any of the products listed as a result of the development of smart phones?

       Yes, products such as GPS devices and MP3s are definitely being made impractical with new smartphone technology.
2. In general, do you think it is an advantage or a disadvantage to have so many of your technological functions in a single device?
     Ultimately, I think it is an advantage certainly not a disadvantage, however I think it is impractical as smart phones, have many technological problems.
3. How have smart phones improved our lives?
      Making information easier to access at an given point. If you're lost, theres an app for that, need a good restaurant to go to you can find it on your phone.
4. What do you think has been the most important invention of your lifetime? How do your answers compare with the most important inventions of your parents’, grandparents or great-grandparents’ lifetimes?
       I think the most important invention of my life time was MP3 devices, or the idea of storing thousands of songs in a single unit also the idea of electronic files in things like USBs. Compared to important devices in my parents and grandparents lifetimes with things like the television and the computer, i think the inventions of our life time are not as fundamentally changing as those were but rather the icing on the cake.
5. “There are plenty of studies which insist that smart phones will begin to replace the PC as the common vehicle for accessing the Internet.” Do you agree? If so, does this mean PCs are on their way out? Would you ever stop using them?
     I agree that they are a common vehicle to accessing the internet however I do not agree that they will replace PCs because a PC still serves many functions a 4 inch screen can't. For example, writing documents, creating presentations, and the ease of using a keyboard rather than taping buttons on a screen.
6. Do you have any need for TVs, radios, and other devices, rather than just using your computer for everything? Would you ever want to use your phone as a TV or radio? What are the barriers to either of these things happening? 
      I wouldn't want to use my phone as my TV or a radio. I think at times that the real thing isn't around, it is a convenience to be able to watch your favorite show on the go or listen to the radio from time to time. However, Its exactly for the for the convenience when you are not around the real thing. I think we'd all prefer to still use or Televisions and radios, personal cameras and other devices. 

VOTE

 I suppose this goes to the anger people are having, due to conflicting theories in how to run our country. People are angry and upset and I guess this cartoon is saying,  your resolution is to vote. Your voice is the medicine.

PHOTO TIPS>

I would say that the photo techniques I need to work on or perfect would be watching the light and being a director. Many times, I take a picture and looking through a lens it looks good but upon review i realize that the subject is blocked out by the sun or have come out darker than I would like. The other technique would be being a director and practicing having an eye for which poses look best. The things I already do well would be taking different angled photos using flash in the proper range.
The difference between these photos and newspaper photos is that these can be posed and newspaper photos are preferably candid or action pictures.