Mod 2.2 Copy/Paste & Copyright

In the light of the information here and the readings you have done, what license do you anticipate using in your non-academic work? Why?

I intend using Attribution Non-Commercial for my non-academic creative work


"This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms." (Mod 2.2 Copy/Paste & Copyright notes).

The image above is something that I am working on ATM. You can see the CC attribution at the bottom.
I am choosing this CC attribution because it is simple for others and myself to understand, it allows further creativity unbounded by my demands to keep the same attribution. As long as others use my material and credit me with the original idea then I am happy. I definitely do not want others to use my material commercially, unless they pay of course. I also like the idea that others can creatively change/tweak/remix my work.


Do you agree with the assertions made by advocates of Creative Commons that copyright is restricting culture?

Mod 2.1 Sourcing Information on the Web

Warnick lays out five criteria cited by lay users as indexes of Web site credibility. (Table 1.)
Which of these criteria do you feel you have typically relied upon to determine the reliability of a site in the past? Why?

SolSurfing

Ok Not sure where I am supposed to be up to in the unit, but I have been working on my blog SolSurfing, searching for quality material, researching the art of blogging, keeping the blog almost daily, adding an RSS option for people to follow, images etc.

I have also added an image on my main website Surfing Solomon Islands to attract visitors to the blog.

I am really starting to gain an appreciation and the ability of blogging to reach audience that would otherwise not find me. I'm sure blogger is quite restrictive compared to WordPress or self-made blogs, but I'm pretty happy with it for the time being.

OK back to the research and study readings!~

Activity - Discussion Questions

* To what degree - if at all - do you see yourself playing different 'roles' on the Internet?
* What is your own motivation for participating in a course on Web Publishing?
* Why (and what) do you want to publish on the Net?

I like I'm sure most people, have different online persona's depending upon the setting. Its quite obvious and directly related to what Rheingold (I'm presuming that was him) suggests in the video (Goffman and the Internet) that we need to pay attention to the "working consensus" of our actions. We do need private arenas and public persona's, and the unification of both can be accomplished I'm sure, but generally we all mould and melt into different roles depending on our immediate circumstances. No point attending a music festival in the same manner as you would attend a funeral is there..

For me online I'm basically either a greeny/surfer/student/cosmic crusader, or a website developer/manager, so depending upon the arena, I play out roles more dramatically or not at all. I don't really have a unique and common name that unifies my online life, and that's purposely done, I prefer annonymity rather than 'StarDom' or categorisation. Different situations require varying degrees of conformity or individuality or we end up looking and feeling like a 'duck out of water', although sometimes its good to be the 'duck out of water'. Basically most of us act in accordance to the situation and yes "impression management" is a good skill to have when we realise that our internet footprint is permanent and public.

I have a lot to learn about effective online persona management really. My main website has been up for about 5 years now and I still have in the section 'About Us' "Coming soon".. Not a good look so I don't look.

I'd like to harness a more pronounced web presence in my blogs (that I also neglect), and on social networking sites, currently my FB page has an alias name and the profile picture changes from a caveman, to a nerd, to a dreadlocked rasta, and anything in-between. Hopefully I can tie up the loose ends, be more productive, and develop an integrated online public presence so that I can be found more easily (when I want to).

I do see the need to integrate my public virtual persona, I would like the surfer and the environmentalist to unite with the informed internet professional that I am studying towards becoming. I would like to create my public online persona in view of being a 'Symbolic Analyst', one capable of integrating real life and virtual life with the use of imagery. To see beyond  the technological abyss, the 'net citizen', the cyborg, the 'internet addict', and to illuminate pathways towards clarity, a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.

Topic - Soul Surfing

Provided that it is Ok with Mike, and based on the criteria:

• Is this topic of particular personal or professional interest to me?

• What does this interest say about me? 

I am choosing the Topic ~ Soul Surfing
The main reason for this topic choice is because 'Soul Surfing' is part of my life, I am a 'Soul Surfer', and this interests spills over and into my professional life. The topic Soul Surfing says that I am a surfer, one keenly de

voted to the purist aspect of surfing, the authenticity and originality of surfing. I am conscious about my actions and my surfing, aware that style and athleticism are part and parcel of a lifestyle that is environmentally conscious and abundant.

The issue I have however is that my web presence does not truly portray this to be the case, my web presence is not unified, my identity is scattered. I feel that this subject can help me create an online presence that is unified and purposeful on an individual personal level, while integrating it with tangible and useful professional pathways for an online identity that those in the virtual world can fathom and know just as those in 'Real Life' know.

Mod 1.2: Personal Bio

Who are you?

Born and raised in Papua New Guinea, I quickly grew to have an appreciation of  tribal culture and native habitat protection and care. Waderlust captivated my imagination, working odd jobs from barman to Tuna fisherman, the world over. A need to ground and garden has created a career and life change, I'm now half way through an Internet Communications degree, living in the Rainbow Region in Northern NSW, and finally I feel grounded.

I have a love of gardening, animals, sovereignty, surfing, exploration, art, spirituality and freedom. Looking to seed and unite sustainable conscious communities is my life's work and passion.