In the article “In a new world of informational abundance, content curation is a new kind of authorship” by Maria Popova I found a quote that particularly interested me that said, “Finding a way to acknowledge content curation and information discovery as a form of creative labor, and to codify this acknowledgement, is the next frontier in how we think about “intellectual property” in the information age.” The reason this quote caught my attention is because when people choose to post “content” on twitter they are not always the curator and it is not particularly easier to know who was the originally person. Also, when you choose to share tweets or pictures there is a chance someone did it before you which means that you are copying something that someone else already has done. What about those who made the content? They should be getting the credit but how do you know who started it. Most people also look at platforms such as twitter and use it as a time waster no one really care about giving credit where credit is due or who said this first. Those who produce content should be getting the credit they deserve. For example, if you are a detective and you solve a case wouldn’t you want the credit for that because you found the evidence you put all the facts together and you were able to come up with a conclusion. All in people should be able to get credit for the work they create online.
Anonymous Data Reading and Blogging
Being someone who’s been aware that the adds that pop up about Dr. Pepper are not just random but in fact someone knows I have an unhealthy addiction to it, and this someone is the people who are tracking what I am doing, viewing, or interacting with while on the web. Recently me and my friends have been taking notice of advertisements that would be about something we had just looked at or bought and we would see this appear on a completely different website. With the article I just read I now can confirm that people are and can if fact track what I do on the internet but, unlike most people I am not to concerned. Yes, it is an invasion of my privacy and no I would rather them not but I reality the odds of them stopping slim to none and I personally don’t do anything weird or out of the ordinary to actual feel like my privacy is being violated. I also don’t know if I want the ads that are specifically shown to me to stop because then I would be getting ads about buying adult diapers and I don’t really have a use for that but I do like to know when H&M is having a sale or the face wash I use is a dollar off, that is useful information. In conclusion I have been aware that someone is documenting my computer use but I am not as stressed about it as most because it mainly for marketing purposes and if you are a danger and I am not a danger nor do I care if you show advertisements on products that I would enjoy using.
Data Viz
This first visualization seen above visual explain which resources more labor intensive by the use of a tree map. This map orders the labor intense product by using size and color. The most labor intensive is beef which was not too surprising given that it is a worldly favorite. Then is shows dairy, poultry, pork, and eggs which are all different shades of pink and then it goes into smaller sections of blue and green with fish, roots, pulses, maize, rice, wheat. Also, each section has a number which tells you how many tons are being produced. The reason I thought this specific visualization was interesting is because I have watched films in previous classes that went over the production of foods that are difficult to produce. This made me curious because initially I thought it would have been grains rather than beef but as soon as I saw that it was beef it made sense. It is also very fascinating to see that beef being the most labor intensive also is a very popular product. It makes me wonder how do they produce so much of the beef if it is so difficult to produce. It just goes to show if it is in high demand producers will find a way to produce what is needed.
This visualization shows where Nike products are produced. There is a total of ten countries where production occurs most, China being the largest supplier of manufacturing factories. China has 140 factories that produce Nike products while Italy only has about eighteen. I learned from this visual that Nike produces their product in more than one country which makes sense now that I see it but before I thought it was only China and the United States. I think this is useful because Nike store are all over the world and there are million of people who wear or own their products so, it is logical that we should probably know where the items we own come from. The reason I chose this visual is because Nike recently launched their new campaign that sparked some controversy, and someone had mentioned that it was shocking that people are no longer consumers of Nike because they used Colin Kaepernick in their campaign, but they still wore them even though Nike produces their shoes in sweat shops with horrible conditions and horrible pay. When I saw this, I was curious as to where the factories are located. I also own Nike items and my curiosity is the main reason I was lead to this visualization.