Ted talks

After watching these ted talks, it has helped me learn that whatever I chose for my shark tank proposal, I must feel strongly about it if I want to do a good job. These three ted talks had people who felt very strongly about what they were talking about, and it made their speeches as interesting as they are. It has been very interesting to watch these and I think I'm going to start regularly watching ed talks. Here are three that I watched. While none of them are perfect, they all had their strong and weak points, and all gave good points.

http://www.ted.com/talks/zak_ebrahim_i_am_the_son_of_a_terrorist_here_s_how_i_chose_peace#t-12445

Hand jesters are close to him, not going outward. Making him not look confident. Speaking slow, can understand well. Keeps his voice level and calm, but still interesting. Gets the important facts and does not stray from his topic. Looks around making eye contact with the crowd. All his stories/ points directly relate to how he sees the world today and makes the decisions he makes. It puts in black and white why he is not “father like son”. Stood in the same position for the whole time, could’ve moved around some more to increase interest to the audience.

http://www.ted.com/talks/colin_grant_the_son_of_a_difficult_father

very descriptive, with good tone of voice. Little hand movement or jesters. Is very realistic and blunt. Keeps the audience paying attention through funny remarks describing something about his dad or using an interesting metaphor. Nice transition from talking about his situation to more of a generalization with his kids as well. Comes to good conclusions and explains why things happened the way they did to him. Very intriguing stories about how his dad made his choices and the reactions he got after seeing his dad.  In the end, he concludes he and his dad worked to mend their relationship and his dad accepted that he had done wrong.

http://www.ted.com/talks/isabelle_allende_how_to_live_passionately_no_matter_your_age

Takes her time getting each word out and expresses good body language. Focuses around your attitude on life. Doesn’t ramble off on tangents, comes back to main point after brief sidetrack. Uses lots of vocabulary.

Naked Celebrity Leaks, Homework for Thursday, September 4

Living in the technological era, we are all at least familiar with the culture of sexting and taking "nudes". It has become something that society has started to accept, with Snapchat especially. Privacy becomes public the minute that picture is shared or stolen.

Nude of my cat. 

Scott Mendelson's article informs us that nude pictures from several celebrities were stolen from their phones and "leaked" out into the Internet. From there, he says that the victims/ celebrities have nothing to apologize for.They did nothing immoral or legally wrong. The situation is not a scandal, but a huge sex crime in which they have been victimized. It is also not their responsibility to protect their property from theft and hacking.

The celebrities haven't done anything illegal or immoral. It was their personal property, and it was stolen. Yes, they have been victimized. But if these celebrities don't want to end up being in this situation with the media exploiting it, then they should have either never taken the picture or found a way to better protect their property. People are going to steal, or try to steal. And the only way you can really prevent that from happening is doing your best to find ways to keep it private and safe.

As much as this topic comes up in the news, it isn't too much of a surprise for myself, and probably the same for a lot of people. But it does raise some suspicion.. how easy is it for our own photos and private property to be stolen?