Tech Ideas From Twitterland

This is not gonna be a long post but what I really find interesting in the newspaper was about what we want... and how we found it on twitter.

Ok... so Steve Jobs, the Apple guy as you know it. Came back out of in jury.. with a new iPod Nano that has widescreen and a fuckin camera.

I'm seriously thinking that... could we add anymore camera into things in our life? That's what i wanna leave with yall.

And finally witht he twitter, some shit that they came up with is kinda good.

A kinetic motion charging cell phone... I mean we have it for watch... thats moneyyy.

orrr the other one that i really like is the keyboard that could pop out crums...

for me, i dont use tho qwerty keyboard like everyone else. I use Dvorak... seriously... they need to make a kefboard that doesnt have that letters on it. but have light show through it when you change you keyboard style.

But What i have a problem with is... how could we get even more camera into our lives? thats alll im saying

Newspaper #1 Being a democrat... you know what I'm gonna task about

So... lemme talk about Obama's speech.

WAIT... NO... LEMME TALK ABOUT THE FUCKIN REPUBLICANS who are fuckin rude enough to "boo" the president who was giving a speech on one of the biggest problems in the US.

How dare you dumb asses boo our president who is trying to give a really important speech. When they were booing him... it was when he said that the illegal immigrants will not have health insurance.... well duh and now they're calling him a liar.

Illegal immigrants wont be able to get it anyways. So what was the point of booing him? Yeah fuckers.

Health care in this country is soooo expensive. So many people in this country just cannot afford it. Per person... its about 200-300 dollars.

I know that people are thinking... oh its not that much but are you kidding me? When its not just you.. its your whole family... your kids... your husband... your wife. It really adds up.

What Barack Obama is trying to do is to make it accessible to everyone in this country by making it lower in cost and not having the health care providers turn individuals away whose had previously existing condition.

From experience... I know this lady who had cancer and the provider tried to send this paper full of rubbish on how their insurance would cover the cost. Well she thought that it was a bit weird. So she didnt sign shit. A couple of months later... they started paying for the cancer cost.

These people who are suppose to help us dont help us but actually are hurting us. If theyre gonna hurt us... it makes us think of why should we have insurance if its gonna cost us a lot too?

Thats stupid. Either help us or dont help us.

This is whats good about his plan is that its going to help us. There are those fuckers... who dont wanna get it and cant pay for the shit that they go through. Well fuckers... its tax payer like me that have to pay for your shit. And you say how you dont give a shit. Welll think of yourself that if you have to pay for oher peoples shit all the time, the shit that they get and you get stuck paying for it. GEE... I wonder how youd feel.

The president says that this is going to provide us security and stability.... welll bitches.... if it does... welll we know that our president is the shit.... if he cant..... he's a fuckin liar and then we'll know how he is.

Yes I am a democrat.... I'll admit it. But at the same time... we are a country of freedom. There should be a choice for people who dont want health care too. Because... we are not a communist.

BUT... going back to my original point, if its hurting someone else... then we need to put a stop to it.

Thats my view on it. So how it ends up... I dont know. But I think we should have health care that will provide stability for everyone NOT just people who already have it.

We have come soo far for this plan. Its been furthest along than its ever been,which is amazing.

From Roosevelt now to Obama... its taken almost a century... I think its time for this action to move forward.

Guerilla Marketing Tactics

The Guerilla Marketing Tactic is something that was defined by Jay Conrad Levinson.

It is a tactic that create a buzz and provoke feelings. When using this method, it should be something small, cos those tend to work better. It should be something that is in the public's eyes. It should be working on the human psychology becos its the first thing that is going to affect our thoughts. You want to evoke the shit that comes to our first mind first. You dont want to care of what other businesses are thinking but you want to think of what the consumers are thinking cos you want them to think what you want them to think.

Do Good Design by David Berman

When we design any form of products, we need to not only make a good design... like Berman said... do good.

In 1997, designers had to redesign the emergency sign in the airport of Germany. Why did we have to do that?? Because it was too small and people died from the result of poor design of the necessity. NOw we fuckin know that we need to design it with a purpose and a beauty. As Bill Max said.. we need to put in 90% for the function and something to work and the other 10% to make it more beautiful. Our job is to not only make something beautiful but make it work. As designers, we need to have a voice.

How we decide to do shit.. it is up to us. But we obviously know that its a world of business. When I think of this situation... I think of the quote that I live by, "Take what they give you, but dont just imitate or duplicate it, but mold it and shape it to your own use."

We get a job. We do what they want but we want to do it our way that they are satisfied with and that we get our message across.

We are not gonna be just designing to the people but we need to be designing for the people. That is totally important. We think of it as... we need to please them but what we need to do is make their life better. Just because they have our product doesnt mean that they're gonna be better. They're happy cos they they have shit, not cos they affected by shit.

Edward R. Murrow said how the instrument give us ability but it doesnt determine our ending. Just because the world around provide us with the ability to provide... doesnt mean that its going to determine our lives. WE alone determines our lives.

The future that is held in front of us is the project for all; to some, it is a project to use it better, to operate it smoother, and to make it stronger, but to many of us, it is to destroy it faster.

What is design skills?

Design skills to me are skills that you need to do any form of designing.

The things that you need for designs to work:

-Recognition

-Story Telling

-Visual Communication

-Representation

http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?613

You have to make sure that everything is recognizable... if people arent able to make a connection to your piece of work... hows anyone going to be able to understand our piece? and if we dont then our design is not gonna change the world. As designers, we have to manipulate patterns that are going to create meaning in people's mind. And that's truly important. Also what it needs is to tell a structured story and message.

With the story telling... what you need to know is the fact that we need to make it clear. The question we need to ask them is why do you wanna hear about this? Why do you want this product? It needs to tell people why they need to give a shit about what you're doing.

With the visual communication, we need to be able to show the data that we have collected in and show it in a human way of communication. Not only that, we need to give it points of view... multi paints of views. Because it would give it a message of what we are trying to say with what we produce.

And our final step into making that final product amazing is to think of what the outside see. Because we are tryin to figure out what the consumers want. It is soo important, to give what the consumers want and still make a difference. That is so important.

Design thinking:

Personally, its about thinking about the future. You need to think how we can improve the world. Just think outside the box. Its all about innovation.

To do "design thinking" this is what you need:

"define, research, ideate, prototype, choose, implement, and learn" got this from wiki

those are the shit that you need to do.

Creativity is also something we need. its simply THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. PERIOD

Question????

What is Social Design?

Social Design is all able designing for the world.

Like how this class was called...

Design like you give a damn.

Lemme change that....... design like you give a SHITTTTTT.... is more like it.

This topic is all about making shit that is going to change our world and improve mankind and everything about us.

This is not just about improving us. But help everyone, even just the third world countries.

What I like is that Amartya Sen said that poverty is seen as the deprivation of capabilities.

DUDE... America is not poor when it comes to capability. We're poor cos we dont do shit. We're poor in the sense of acting on shit. It took the Black Civil Rights movement till the fuckin 1960's for some shit to go down. And that's big. Well when it comes to helping based on art. SHITS are not gonna get done.

What we need to do with this is to make social design in our lives. Make a living an something that people need to have... that way they spend money that is going to help us help them.

We just need to make shit that is going to change people's lives. We need to change the way we live.

NOW... im gonna talk about why I have that Postsecret picture.

to many people, they might be think that post secret is just post secret. but its so much more. soo many people do it to change other people's lives. and what i think of this portcard that is very social design was the fact that this individual is letting us know that whether they are handicap or not. they are not weak. WE ARE NOT WEAK.

and i thnk that is jsuch a social design factor. to me... social design is making a difference. and this postcard is making a difference.

Creative Caffeine

When I went to so many places to take pictures, what I thought was a bit funny was how we Americans are really ironic.

Problem 1: ... we say shit like, "We need to be skinny. We need to be healthy. We need to be size two." I understand that people are fat here in America. We complain about it but dont do shit. And we always talk about portion control... and we dont do shit to change it. I love it when we tell people that being Americans, "...we can help them change their lives like in Iraq, we need to promote democracy..." if you wanna help people with their shitty problems... PLEASE help our own country first.

We think its important on how we need to save lives on a worldly basis like ours. AKA trying to stop nuclear weapons. I understand that. Of course, but when we go and "spread democracy"... please... that totally doesnt help us. Then we say that we're trying not to be selfish... DUDE... in this world... we need to be selfish. If we're selfish in the sense of helping our people with health, I believe that this is so rewarding.

We think that being fat doesnt kill us... ARE YOU FUCKIN INSANE?

There are so many kids in this country that will be growing up obese and has a very high chance of dying at the age of 40 years old. Im not sure why people dont think that its important but I believe that if your ass is here till your 40 while others are here till they're 70, I think thats a bit of a problem.

And with this, it starts in our home, our school, our environment, that's why this nation need to step in and intervene with our unhealthy choices.

Problem 1.5:

We talk about how we need to focus on inner beauty and not give a shit... well it aint gonna happen when our world is revolving around beauty and cosmetology.

Its like Maybelline: Maybe she's born with it... maybe its Maybelline.... well theyre saying that we're not pretty.

Problem 2: If we have a law stating we cannot drink or use alcohol until the age of 21... then why the fuck would you have a liquor store right next to the grocery shop?

Lemme answer that... because its easy. That's why we do it. You're fucking insane. And in so many homes, there are parents who have alcohol lying around in the same cabinet as snacks. These parents are the same ones that tell their kids to not drink when they go out and be responsible, or dont drink and drive. How funny is that when parents are a model of their kids and they should be showing the kids... not just telling tho kids. Its ridiculous.

What we need to do is that, there should be a law that states, no drinking alcohol while a minor is present at the same table or something. There are kids that are mature for their age and there are kids that are immature for their age.

We need to be careful of that.

Just to clearify, I dont drink alcohol that much.

But... I think we need to lower tho age limit to 18. Kids these days' I think the reason a lot of kids drink is because its not legal. Already gone through that stage in my life... yes I wanted to becauses I wasnt suppose to do it. Also because my friends did it. We need to change kids' minds to think differently. That starts with parenting.

Problem 3: Recycling

NOOOOOO.... dont tell me that spreading your fucking trash is hard. Its not hard. Throwing shit away in one trash can is just more convenient. Why are we stressing on recycling when we dont do shit to change it?

When you go to Japan, they have trash cans for everything they can recycle. Its in their system to do it. Its not even forced. Its something that is just natural.

Need a solution?????? Well I just told you.... emulate Japan.

OH OH addition to that... sometimes people need more education an things. There are things that we're not sure if we can recycle... so its more convenient for us just to throw it in the garbage and not think twice.

Here are the pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42137511@N03/

See what i was trying to get at.