Crossing the line?

This summer I was fortunate enough to spend some time at John Travolta's house in Ocala, FL. Long story short: Travolta bought a Soko Galob classic jet, and my dad is a classic jet examiner for the FAA so he checked him out in the airplane. I went to help my dad with the paper work that had to be done, as well as to meet Travolta, of course.

While there, I was never asked NOT to take pictures or video, and Travolta was more than happy to pose for some pics with my Dad and I, but the whole time I had to question whether he was really okay with this, or perhaps, didn't want to offend anyone by asking us not to document the trip.

The moment I returned home, I added videos and pictures of my recent escapade to Facebook. With this in mind, I have to wonder if Travolta is really alright with these pictures and videos being posted to a social site. While I have security settings in place that limit who sees my profile, the information is still on the internet and in public view. This situation definitely made me realize the affects of technology on high-profile individuals, and the lengths they have to go to in hopes of monitoring their image via new technology.

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MTS - A Blog for Media, Technology and Society: From Blogs to the Theaters Near You

MTS - A Blog for Media, Technology and Society: From Blogs to the Theaters Near You

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In this day and age where people show their social engagements and happenings by downloading pictures to online sites such as Flickr, Facebook, and MySpace, making sure to document your night with the use of a camera seems to be a must. Anymore, it's a normal part of social decorum to ask someone to take a picture of your friends and you, and then return the favor by taking one for them. Everyone wants to have their fun night life and adventures documented and then shared online, but the trick is getting people to take the picture for you.

Unless you love interrupting people's conversations and daily lives to request their photog skills (and most likely explain to them how to use your camera) the alternate route is taken. This usually entails taking an awkard photo of you and your friends at your own arm's length. Often times a zoomed in picture of your nose and ear is the best you can hope for since you can't see if you are centered or not.

With this in mind, I recently became aware of a technology that serves to mend this awkward dilemma. The Samsung DualView Camera with a 1.5" front LCD screen, as well as a screen in back, lets you get out from behind the camera and get in the shot. You are able to perfectly frame yourself and take the picture!

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IPHONE...not so new

So, I recently decided to go big and purchase an iphone. Before coming to this conclusion, I was under the assumption that having one of these devices was a relatively new concept. However, the moment I had one in my hand, I was abundantly aware that every other student at Purdue had already jumped on the iphone bandwaggon, and was sporting their own dressed up (covers, tassles... bells and whistles) iphone around campus. Apparently the age of the iphone has been, and is, upon us.