Made Me Think

Posted by AcktiveMedia on Apr 11, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

Made Me Think

Okay, so yes it’s been awhile since I last posted…but during that “awhile”, a lot has changed. My focus, my determination, and my motivation. I watched a great video today and it made me think about myself and the next step in going forward. It may seem like gloom and doom but it really makes a statement. Check out Zack Arias His work will make you think alot about your next creative project.

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Children and Digital Media

Posted by AcktiveMedia on Jan 7, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

Children and Digital Media

We’ve heard the warnings about keeping children safe on the internet and how to protect them from online predators but I just saw a disturbing post by Mitch Joel on his Six Pixels of Separation blog referencing a recent study about children and what they’re sending people online.
The biggest takeaway for me was this startling statistic…
“One in five teens has sent sexually explicit messages.”
ONE IN FIVE! I would have never thought that number would have been so high!
So what does this mean to you? If you have kids, explain to them what is appropriate and what is not. They need to understand that anything they send online can be seen by everyone in the world. Today and in the future. There is no privacy when you start sending and posting content online. There is a unique transparency quotient that is factored into the world we know as digital media. This could have lasting consequences when they go to apply for a job or try to build a network on online relationships. Social media applications like twitter, facebook, myspace, etc. are powerful in that way but they are equally powerful in the realm of transparency. One misguided upload to youtube, flickr, or a myspace account and your child’s reputation could be tarnished for a long time if not permanently.
So what if you don’t have any children ? We all need to take notice and understand the limitless and timelessness of the digital space. Online, there are no boundaries. Only the boundaries that are self imposed. Time does not exist. Only space. Digital space. Massive amounts of mathematical data that can be retrieved at any moment and consumed ad nauseam. This by itself should give you pause the next time you upload a photo or comment on a post.

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