Thou Shall Not Steal ---PHOTOS!?

I will let you guys know why we should not steal photos or put a watermarks at  the images that we do not own. There are few people who need to be educated on this matter. I’ve seen great photos posted at facebook, twitter, tumblr and whatnot, and it bothers me that some just carelessly put watermarks as if they own the photos. Internet is a fascinating world; everything is spoon-fed, available or just a few clicks away. Internet is designed to make everything accessible, we are being spoiled with all the information we can get and if you happened to encounter someone who is as curious as me, well chances are, you might end up being busted, hehe .

I know a lot of people who are really amazing in taking stills with their camera and I commend them, with all praises. So, aside from what I have stated above, this also aims to educate or to give tiny bits of information to some photo enthusiast by being careful in sharing their craft and how to research (just in case they don't know this yet). Unfortunately, I also fail on this (I'm very amateur in photography though), as I carelessly post my photos without even marking or sealing it, with that I risk the chance of my photos being stolen by someone.

So to cut it all short, I want to introduce GOOGLE IMAGE. Google Image is a service provide by Goggle. Yes Google, if you see the image icon or word located at the upper part of your Google screen, then that’s what I’m talking about. Check out the image (or better yet, go to Goggle and click the "Image"):

Google Image can help you search for images in the web. It will give you the sites where that image was used or taken.  Just drag the photo that you wish to locate and let Google do the searching for you. Just like so:

And the result! Tadah!

As you can see in the Image above, the photo that I dragged from my Facebook account is the same photo I've use here in Blogspot and Tumblr. I used it as a header therefore Google has identified that image and matched it with both of my accounts. You can also try and search for more popular or less popular photos and see where it takes you, because I tried using it and so far it hasn't failed me. One thing I noticed though, your original photos posted in Facebook or Twitter will not be recognized, unless you copied or posted it in your Facebook from another source. And so, If you have photos and you wish to know if those are being used in a website or a blog or if you want to know if that photo is originally from someone, then that’s the best tool that you can use. But if you wish to search thoroughly or you want a more advance tool, then you can also try TinEye.

TinyEye is an Image Search Engine developed for that special need, it can give you details of an image or a page containing an image. It will search for the other usage of the image, the time of their appearance including modified image based on the original image posted and so on.

I’m not really sure if there’s a violation for the people who steal photos in the internet. as far as I’m concern the internet culture doesn’t stop anyone from reposting images found in the web, but there are some ethical internet users who are good in giving credits, they link back the photos to the site of the owner or they mention the name or at least note that the photo is not theirs. What I do know is, ethically speaking, we should not put watermarks or claim photos under our name if it is not our original. If we find a photo amazing or good then maybe we can repost it even without giving credits,(if we really don’t have time to search for it or whatever reasons we have) just don’t steal recognition from someone. On the other hand, if you are an aspiring photographer aiming to earn from what you are doing, it is important to make the necessary protection for your craft. alrighty!?

So that’s it, that’s all I have for today I hope we can all be careful or at least let’s not make a fool out of ourselves by being stupid, hehehe. Don’t watermark the photos that are not yours, don’t claim something that others work hard on. Live an honest life by exploring your talent, we are all gifted. We just need to put more passion in what we are doing!

Live a great life everyone ^^

Why drinking should be allowed at work

I used to work in a company that allows their employee to drink during break (No, I'm not pulling your ass). At first it was cool, we drink to our hearts content, and in that 1 short hour our goal is to at least finish 3 bottles or more. It was crazy and I’m thrilled at first. It’s a major epic.

After a while I realized that it’s not fun anymore. I begin to crave for alcohol; I can’t seem to save money because I’m always spending it on beers and I get sick easily. In other words I’m losing my direction and purpose. So I quit my job.

I found this while looking for an interesting topic to put on my tumblr account and I thought of sharing this just for fun.

The below are valid reasons as to why drinking should be allowed at work. If you use them wisely, you may even be able to convince your boss into allowing alcohol.

1. it’s an incentive to show up.

2. It reduces stress.

3. It leads to more honest communications.

4. It reduces complaints about low pay.

5. It cuts down on time off because you can work with a hangover.

6. Employees tell management what they think, not what management wants to hear.

7. It helps save on heating costs during rainy days.

8. It encourages carpooling.

9. Increases job satisfaction because if you have a bad job you don't care.

10. It eliminates vacations because people would rather come to work.

11. It makes fellow employees look better.

12. It makes the cafeteria food taste better.

13. Bosses are more likely to hand out raises when they are wasted.

14. Salary negotiations are a lot more profitable.

15. If something does something stupid on the job, it will be quickly forgotten.

Disclaimer:

No alcohols were consumed during the posting of this blog. The drinks on the photo are merely for picture purposes so don’t panic it’s organic.

On another note:

Hello mygoodriddance! I’m sure glad to be back…My last post was way back October; I’ll try to keep up from now on (**cross my fingers**bite my tongue).

What's up?

Ey, How are you guys?

I've been very busy lately and wasn't able to update my blog... SORRY.
But I'm back and hopefully will be active again both here in GoodRiddance and Wackybattle

Anyways, these past two month I've been hanging out at Tumblr check out mygoodriddance.
Tumblr was fun...very easy to manage and during those two months all I did was watch them post pictures, random facts, current issue, light topic and reblog, Tumblr doesn't require you to be as specific and detailed as compared to other blog, actually I think it's more like a social network I met a lot of cool peps there too.

I've also been twitting a lot and you can follow me too at Twitter and last but not the least Plurk I'm just new in plurk and I only have a few friends..hahaha you can follow or add me on both.

Well, I'll be updating this more often starting today and I'll also be posting updates from the last two months that I was gone.

Welcome back to me! LOL!

By the way if you have followed me (thanks and mwah!) and I fail to follow back (sorry), kindly leave a comment and your link so I can give you back the credit. Thanks!