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I FINALLY DID IT! 

I made my first infographic! Aside from fumbling around with photoshop for upwards of five hours the work of great beauty and skill is finally complete! 

This infographic tells the story of how criminals may try and access your data over both your personal networks as well as enterprise and other public networks. It then goes on to tell some statistics, things like how many people use public networks and figures showing the true threat of cybercrime! Lastly, it gives the reader some tips on data protection along with a fun QR link the reader can go to to "test their newly learned knowledge"!

Data security is and will be a trending topic on a global scale and will only become a hotter issue as more and more users log on and leave their personal information in the hands of machines and programs. Recently banking sites, e-commerce sites (think Amazon) and even government websites have come under fire regarding the measures they have in place to keep your security safe! There is a growing concern cybercriminals will break into someones accounts and change settings, steal passwords and card numbers and even worse, take a users identity. 

  Many people have a YouTube account and upload videos to the site. Many people also do not know the rules and regulations on what kinds of videos you can put up legally. In Ed Carrasco's article "9 Things You Should Know About Copyright And Fair Use On YouTube" he gives people tips on how they can be better YouTube users. 

  Copyright is a huge issue when it comes to posting videos on the internet. Many people do not realize that when they post certain clips of YouTube it is actually illegal because it has been registered with the copyright office making it someones actual property subject to their terms of use. Carrasco gives the advice, "Whatever you do, don’t use creative works on your YouTube video without asking for permission. Infringement could possibly put you in a world of trouble even if you cited the work in your video or in the credits. You could be hit with a cease and desist order or worse (think lawsuit) if the copyrighted material isn’t taken down"(Carrasco). He stresses the importance of knowing what kind of work you are posting and who owns it. He gives a lot of insight on knowing the difference between work that you can use for free and work that you can't. 

 Ed gives various tips to help the average YouTube user stay out of trouble. He also gives advice on how to copyright your own videos. This article gives very useful tips that every YouTube user should know. I would read this article before posting your next video on the site. 

This is the infographic that I was planning on presenting in class until we ran out of time, so I decided to use this as a great post topic.  Music Festivals and Concerts have become a living and breathing entity amongst my generation.  Each one has its own personality and its own community that coincides with it.  From the fans to the musicians concerts create a very specific and unique environment that seem to be overwhelmingly attractive to people.  Fans not only flock to the event themselves but they also come together on social networking sites to both discuss feelings prior to the event and to also re-live the event after it has ended.  Being someone who goes to multiple shows a year (most specifically during the summer time) I thought that looking at the best ways to find tickets and what were the most popular shows of this past summer was very interesting to me.  Its cool to see how much the music business and online activity amongst ticket distributing websites gain during the summer months.  

My hometown of Rye, New York was battered by super-storm Sandy which occurred this past week.  My hometown had been seriously damaged and it crippled the entire town for an entire week.  My house was luckily left relatively un-affected, but a few of my friends houses were partially destroyed as a result of the storm.  Some were more un-lucky then others, but it is clear that overall Rye, along with countless other towns were irreversibly changed as a result of Sandy.   Sandy took out the power to my house for more than week.  Rye schools had been shut down and flooded for the entire week following the arrival of Sandy.  Sandy had left its mark by causing millions of dollars in damages in Rye and billions of dollars in damages throughout the entire NorthEast.  

   Social media is no longer just a website that allows you to connect with your friends. It has now changed the way people express their political opinions. According to the Philadelphia Inquier, "And as of 10:15 p.m., Election Day 2012 became the most-tweeted event in U.S. political history, with 20 million tweets"(Timpane). People feel strongly enough about their political views to post it on social media sites. This article talked all about how Facebook has provided more people with information about how and where to vote. This then has made the number of Americas who vote go up. It also talked about how much people were posting about the election on social media sites.

  I find it interesting that people are willing to put these thoughts on Facebook and twitter. People usually like to stay clear of these topics in fear of offending someone. Maybe like cyber bullying people feel more comfortable typing these things rather than actually saying them to people. I know that on election night my Facebook feed blew up with status both praising and bashing candidates. I don't know if people would feel comfortable saying these things in public but for some reason they feel comfortable typing it. Is there really a difference?