I recently had my "smart phone" taken out of my bag in Birmingham. I had the iPhone 4... It literally had my whole life on it, which is great if I have it, but what happens when it gets taken by a stranger.
Even if you block the phone it possible to get the phone unblocked for some random person to use.
It worries me that someone in Birmingham is now enjoying my phone while I am using an OLD SCHOOL nokia (im talking snake old).
So my question is, are smart phones as smart as we make them out to be? The information I had on mine is now lost and floating around somewhere. It would be really smart if they could invent a way to delete all the information on the phone after it has been blocked after being stolen, as I cant help but be worried at who is looking at my pictures and videos that were stored on MY smart phone, which is now lost forever.
Wednesday, 29 December 2010
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Not calling in New Years Resolutions anymore... Instead "To Do List" 2011...
1) Get back to being a size 8... Gained loads of weight at uni! Not good at all...
2) Focus! Spend more time in the Library next semester!
3) Be positive, "positivity breeds positivity" after all :-)
2) Focus! Spend more time in the Library next semester!
3) Be positive, "positivity breeds positivity" after all :-)
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
"Friend" or "Facebook stalker"?
Social media has had an undoubted affect in the way in which modern culture communicates and therefore runs. Even to he point that the meaning and constructs of word have completely changed; for example, the word "friends" was once used as a term of indeerance and perhaps calling someone a friend at a previous point in time has a more profound and valued meaning. However now, thanks to social networking sites (infamously facebook) a friend is your ex best-friends, former boyfriends aunties cousin, who knows of you, not you. In every day life the notion of calling someone youve only met once or perhaps never even met would seem ridiculous. However 17% of adult facebook users say they speak to of have "friends" on their profile they don't even know. This poses the danger of an overflowing source of personal information being available to complete strangers. Even after all the "how well do you know so and so" applications freely available on the site. The worst part about it all is how willing we are to allow these "friends" into every aspect of our daily lives, without the thought of danger... Ask yourself if you would want a stranger looking at photos of you on a night out or with your family, would you want them knowing where your going or what your having for dinner? So why are we allowing this to happen.
Friday, 19 November 2010
Sunday, 14 November 2010
Why I chose to do 'Public Relations'...
I love people. That may seem like a strange statement to make, but I have honestly always had a passion for people. This passion is important in public relations as the people make up the publics or masses you as a PR practitioner are trying to get your message across to, so the better you understand people (and therefore publics) the better they will understand you and your message.
Having worked in a family run salon for the majority of my teen years has really moulded me into a people person. So I thought why not turn my passion into a career (hopefully, if all goes well). Working in the salon has also enabled me to become a very creative person. Having the ability to create is very important in public relations because as a pr practitioner your client will expect you to create a campaign to make their idea or product come alive and in turn you give your client confidence if its successful and also build your portfolio as well as reputation. Success in public relations depends a lot on the relationships you are able to make and maintain. I've always enjoyed meeting new people and feel that everyone has something good to offer.
Looking back, I think my upbringing has a lot to do with why I want to do public relations. My mum didn't have much growing up and she has definitely made something from virtually nothing. Determination is a characteristic of my personality that has been hard wired into me by my mum. I know that being a public relations practitioner will be difficult in the beginning; especially in these difficult economic times, but I still want to do it. I enjoy a challenge you could say. Therefore I took it upon myself to research into this course when I was in sixth form and found that Leeds Metropolitan University did a public relations course and the universities departments were some of the most well established and supported in the country. When applying for university Leeds Met was my first choice. It was perfect for me as I'd visited the city of Leeds before and really liked its atmosphere.
I'm really looking forward to a career in this ever changing media environment. As a user of social networking sites myself I'm becoming more and more interested in how campaigns are being targeted at users of new and personally owned media (ie. twitter). I think its so interesting the way the media and the way in which we use it has developed so quickly and can't wait to get involved with spurring these developments further. Public relations to me is an exciting and ever changing career in which anything can be created.
I've recently been told by a respected public relations practitioner that we are "constantly inventing the media"... So I'm really looking forward to inventing the media.
Having worked in a family run salon for the majority of my teen years has really moulded me into a people person. So I thought why not turn my passion into a career (hopefully, if all goes well). Working in the salon has also enabled me to become a very creative person. Having the ability to create is very important in public relations because as a pr practitioner your client will expect you to create a campaign to make their idea or product come alive and in turn you give your client confidence if its successful and also build your portfolio as well as reputation. Success in public relations depends a lot on the relationships you are able to make and maintain. I've always enjoyed meeting new people and feel that everyone has something good to offer.
Looking back, I think my upbringing has a lot to do with why I want to do public relations. My mum didn't have much growing up and she has definitely made something from virtually nothing. Determination is a characteristic of my personality that has been hard wired into me by my mum. I know that being a public relations practitioner will be difficult in the beginning; especially in these difficult economic times, but I still want to do it. I enjoy a challenge you could say. Therefore I took it upon myself to research into this course when I was in sixth form and found that Leeds Metropolitan University did a public relations course and the universities departments were some of the most well established and supported in the country. When applying for university Leeds Met was my first choice. It was perfect for me as I'd visited the city of Leeds before and really liked its atmosphere.
I'm really looking forward to a career in this ever changing media environment. As a user of social networking sites myself I'm becoming more and more interested in how campaigns are being targeted at users of new and personally owned media (ie. twitter). I think its so interesting the way the media and the way in which we use it has developed so quickly and can't wait to get involved with spurring these developments further. Public relations to me is an exciting and ever changing career in which anything can be created.
I've recently been told by a respected public relations practitioner that we are "constantly inventing the media"... So I'm really looking forward to inventing the media.
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