1/21/15 PSA

A public service announcement is an announcement that is made by a company, organization or government agency. It is used to educate or inform the general public. Here are two examples of PSA's the first one is on preventing forest fires the second one is about not using drugs.

Who I Am

12/14/15 Favorite App

My favorite app is Crossy Road, I like it because it is a fun fast paced game that requires good hand eye coordination. Crossy Road is an arcade style game where you are one of many mascots. The game is similar to frogger. The goal is to get to the other side of the road without being hit by various obstacles including: cars, trains, boulders, trees, and water. Along the way there are coins you can collect to get more mascots. If you wait to long to move your mascot and end up at the bottom of the screen an eagle comes and snatches your mascot resulting in its death (game over). Crossy Road is played alone but you are able to connect with friends via Google plus to share high scores. Hipster Whale released the app on November 20, 2014. It quickly made it to the top of the charts; it was voted the best game of 2014.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossy_Road

Official website:  http://www.crossyroad.com/

1/12/15 Collusion

The tracking was a major concern for the speaker because many companies were tracking his information without his knowledge or permission. Many of these companies track information to target their product to a more receptive audience. Tracking is good for companies trying to sell their products. By using tracking they can market their product to a more select audience that is more likely to purchase their product. For individuals, tracking can be a bad thing because companies are taking your private information without your consent and you don’t know what they may be doing with that information. As I watched the video I was very surprised by how many connections and dots were made by visiting just a few websites. I don’t visit very many websites, I tend to go to the same few each day such as youtube, tumbler and Netflix but even just visiting these few sites I am sure I create many connections and dots.