Compare and Contrast Softwares

how software piracy impacts society vs how freeware and shareware impacts society
Software piracy impacts society on a negative way. It costs people a lot of money to make up for the mooney taken out of people's pocket. Copywrighting a software is illegal. Freeware and shareware impacts society on a negative note. It gives people a chance to use different types of Web 2.0 tools free and to share their creations or documents with other people. There are some rules to freeware and shareware, but if you follow them you will enjoy using them and there will be no consequences. These softwares are legal. Software piracy, freeware, and shareware are similar in the impacts on society. They keep people updated with the technology forms. They also can both have problems. Freeware and shareware softwares are sometimes a part of the software piracy. A lot of people take advantage of it and sell it to other people to make money off of the illegal distribution.

Definitions.

freeware (2 examples you use)
-Computer software distributed without charge.
2 exapmles are: Flicker; photobucket

shareware (2 examples you use)
-Computer software distributed without initial charge but for which the user is encouraged to pay a nominal fee to cover support for continued use.
2 examples are: Picnik; iTunes

open source (do you use?  if so, give an example)
- Intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is made freely available to the general public by its creators

commercial software (2 examples you use)
-Any software developed to be sold to consumers
2 examples are: jamster; Vision for Apache

My screencast on how to make a big photo collage.

The experience creating my tutorial was a very interesting one. I think I did pretty well on my screencast. I might of had too much mouse movement but i don't think I could have made it better. I also might have been a little quiet been when I tried to be louder it wasn't clear. The easy part about my screencast was picking the topic. The other easy part was presenting it. The hard part was trying to explain it clear without speaking too fast. Over all, I think I did pretty good on my screencast. (:

Here is the link to my screencast.
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cXVZIwlu7

My first screencast.

Here is the link to my first screencast I had to do.
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cXVYIulFe

What I Did on My Snow Day

On Wednesday January 12 we had a snow day that was well needed. On my snow day I first woke up at 5:30 to a text message from one of my best friends Sam saying that we had no school. So i turned on my television to check. Once it scrolled across that Bedford had to no school, I turned off my tv and went back to sleep. At 7:50 i woke up to a text message from my boyfriend. We talked for a few minutes until he had to go to school. After the last text message was sent, I went back to sleep. At 9, my mother came in and told me to wake up. I laid in my bed for about 15 minutes before i got up. I threw on a sweatshirt and walked into the kitchen to have some cereal for breakfeast. After breakfeast, I decided to do the dishes because they were bothering me just sitting there on the counter. When I was done doing the dishes, my cousin and I went into my room and got on the computer. We were on the computer for about 3 hours. After that I went and helped my mom put away the snow stuff. After that i decided to get dressed. Then, once my dad got home we started dinner. After dinner was over, I watched tv with my family. My snow day was pretty fun, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Arizona Shooting

My feelings towards what happened in Arizona are very strong. I am very sympathetic for all those people and their families that were shot or involved in the shooting. I think it is horrible some one would think about shooting another person like that. Who ever shot the Congresswoman and all those other people should be sentenced to life. He has not only taken the lives of the ones he shot, but he has also taken the lives of the ones that loved them. They have now changed the life of many people. Some will be without a life long partner, some without a daughter, and most without someone they love. It is a very big tragedy that hopefully will be resolved with an arrest.

Blog Research: "Rascal Flatts move to Big Machine for "Nothing Like This"

I researched a blog about the country band Rascal Flatts. The blog is about the trio changing to Big Machine Records from Lyric Street label for their album Nothing Like This in August 2010. It talks about how they were on tour and were stopping at Cincinnati on August 6th. It also gives many other tour dates. The tour's last show date was October 8th. Their album Nothing Like This came out in stores on November 16, 2010. The album has the song Unstoppable on it. Unstoppable was last year's chart-topping record that sold more than a million copies in seven months. Rascal Flatts has been a big hit for a long time and is one of my favorite bands. Hopefully one day i can go to one of their tour dates.