NY Times article "Hinting That It's Good to Be Bad" 8/30/10 B2

This article is about how americans view privacy matters.  I think alot of young people blogs and post many things about themselves and dont realize how it may affect them later on in life.  When you post pictures of you and your friends engaging in activities that may be frowned upon by employers or people that gives you a bad name.  They also talk about how people are totally open to surveys and dont take the time to see if what they are writing is public information.  I am a very literal person and speak the truth about many situations, but the internet scares me to a point.  Even on facebook I dont give my birthdate and it is funny when people give me birthday wishes when it isnt even my birthday.  Also my brother is so scared of the internet that he doesnt even use he actual picture on facebook.

What is Social Design

My view of social design is when you design to help social issues or to make society aware of certain issues that are affecting the lives of people in the world.  Also it is a way of networking with others to come up with designs.    Social design may include creating something that will have a impact on a certain social issue.
  A very interesting website I found was Inventor of the Week, a cool website about the latest inventors and how they are impacting social issues and how they are designing them.  A great social designer for our time!!!!!!!! is Deborah Adler with her great design with Target for medicine bottles and how these affected her grandmother.

A great social designer for our time!!!!!!!!
The Creators Project (interesting event on designing)

The Social Network (movie about the creator of Facebook)  This movie is coming out soon and looks very interesting because it shows how the creator of Facebook came to fame.
P.S the aliens did not invent velcro this guy did George de Mestral

This guy is a must see for social design right now.  He is the ultimate guerilla artist for social change in America right now.  I just saw a documentary on him on television through the Ovation channel and it is called Popaganda.  He has a website where you can see his work. www.popaganda.com   This guy has inspired me for my next social project.