Rusty's Blog

1.What do you think of actions by Wikileaks? Good ? Bad? Useful? Irresponsible? I am all for Wikileaks and think that it is all good. The reason is that those in power are often funded covertly by special interest groups that need to come to the light of mainstream society. I think it is very useful for keeping the governing powers in check and giving the power back to the people. 2. EXPLAIN why you feel that way. I feel that way because I worked for many years as an undercover special investigator for ICS. During my work, I learned many things that the public is not privy to. Ever since cameras have been used on cell phones, people now get to see what many law enforcement officers do or have done because no one was/is watching. I believe in transparency, especially when it concerns government of all branches from the local level up to high GS levels. I think that the more information is leaked, the more the private sector will learn about who is doing what such as the insurance ...

1. After seeing the documentary "RIP! A Remix Manifesto," what did you find most interesting/surprising/alarming in the video as it relates to the First Amendment or freedom of expression? Please cite an EXAMPLE or two from the documentary, AND relate it to your own experience. What I found most interesting is the amount of people who believe that it is okay to steal and use someone else's intellectual property. Society today has been built by capitalism and everything is buying and selling. I really do not know anyone who does anything for free. In 2006, I actually created a system strategy called ENC or Enter, Neutralize, and Control that I used for martial arts instructional videos. I did make it open for use with the stipulation that my name was cited for its creation and development. In a few short months many people used it and pawned it off as their own work and I even saw it recently published on a Facebook page for a famous Brazilian Jiu-jitsu instructor claimi...

Describe   I watched Longmire on 7/15/2017 at 6 p.m. on Netflix. Longmire is an American modern Western crime drama (Genre) television series that premiered on June 3, 2012 on the A&E network. The series was developed by John Coveny and Hunt Baldwin and is based on the Walt Lonmire Mysteries series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson, (Wikipedia).  I watched Episode 1 after watching a preview named season 1 trailer on YouTube. The video was published on April 28, 2012. Season 1 Episode 1 The benefit of watching the show on Netflix is that there are no commercials. This season included Robert Taylor as Sheriff Longmire, Cassidy Freeman as Walt's daughter, Bailey Chase as Deputy Branch Connally, Adam Bartley as Deputy Ferguson, Katie Sachoff as Victoria "Vic" Deputy Moretti, Charles S. Dutton as Detective Fales, and Lou Diamond Phillips as Henry Standing Bear.  In this episode, Walt Longmire is running for re-election and ...

1. Using Facebook, Twitter, or another social media platform( e.g. Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube), do a search for a particular brand, product, service or cause and DESCRIBE IN DETAIL how the company or organization is using social media. Cite Examples. I did a search for Datsusara on Facebook. This company has a page that uses an eye catching logo in black and white that is geometric in design. The logo's geometric design makes use of triangles in multiple's of three and at the center there is a curved triangle which points downward that seems representative of the creative or feminine aspect. I speculate that the company used this design in an appeal to reptilian hot buttons. I speculate that since three circles are used to surround the logo that this represents boundaries and/or the balance of light and dark as white and black tones are used. This appears to be in alignment of the association principle. The company uses pictures and video's and has achieved 1...

Sherry Turkle talks about us becoming more "connected" than ever before, and yet we may be setting ourselves up to become more isolated. Share your thoughts on Turkle's talk, including a few EXAMPLES. Have you, your family and others "reclaimed" areas of your home, work or play for conversations--or declared those spaces device-free zones? Have you taken steps to ensure that you are really listening to others? The talk from Sherry Turkly resonates deep with me. I am glad that I watched her Ted Talk after I posted Topic 1. It is a bit refreshing to validate my own thoughts and to have some new thoughts as well. I think that where before listening to the talk, I wrote off the idea of social media completely, now I can see a few more benefits that will enhance the life of solace so familiar to me. For example, watching the Ted Talk was enlightening and yet when I think about it- it was in the form of digital media. Having information like that presented is a ...

 List 3 people/organizations you follow and WHY.  I started up by getting an account on twitter and then followed 4 which include: Gazette Times Ted Talks Etsy Mother Earth News To be candid, I followed these first of all because I was instructed to for the assignment. Secondly, I picked them because in the past I listened to Ted Talks on YouTube, have a sellers account already on ETSY, purchase the Gazette Times on occasion, and have read the Mother Earth News magazine. I do not spend much time on social media of any type unless I am researching areas of interest. What is the best "tweet" or status update you've seen lately? In other words, what were you tempted to "retweet" or "like" WHY did that stand out to you? I retweeted , "This cabin in the mountains was hand-built using local stone and wood from the owners property". I retweeted this because I have always had an interest in promoting natural living and sustaina...