Human Digital Implant debate

    After just enduring surgery and the roller coaster ride that happens on the road to recovery its ironic that my perspective on Human Digital Implant is being sought. It is also ironic because this time a year ago I had a intense debate with a friend about this very subject. My friend wanted to know if giving the choice between digital implant or disobeying the law would I conform to the law and proceed with an embedded chip. My friend was vehemently opposed to any implants mandated by the government as probably most people would be. That is the conspiracy concept that most of us have about our government. We all at times think that our government is attempting to monitor and restrict our every move. Personally my initial response was "HECK NO!!!!". I really don't see the benefit of a digital implant inside of me unless I'm going on a five year sabbatical in an unknown part of this world and/or beyond and want to be found if I'm ever lost. I always flash back to movies like the "Manchurian Candidate" and the "Jason Bourne' movie series whenever conspiracy topics are discussed. I'm not willing to have a chip implanted in my body due for various reasons other than just government conspiracy.

   If I did comply with an inserted chip it would be useful to have my medical history and even my family contact information embedded. Let's say someone get robbed and hit over the head. When they come to there is no memory of their past life and don't even have their ID due to the robbery. If there is an indication that this person have an ID chip inserted family members and friends can be contacted to aide and assist the person. Some people and possibly even I would be open to discuss violent repeated sex offenders having a chip inserted into them for monitoring purposes. Many parolees cut their ankle bracelet which leave law enforcement unable to track them. This leads to danger for all citizens. I would listen and entertain a discussion on inserting chips in repeat violent offenders to be able to monitor their every movement. People who suffer from Dementia and other mental ailments would possibly benefit if they are ever lost and unable to remember how to return home.

A precaution I would take with implanted digital devices/chips is to ensure the material that the chips are made out of are safe. Corrosion is an issue and can be detrimental to a person if not monitored.
I would also set the fine very high for abuse by law enforcement and the medical industry. When I say high I mean upper seven figures would be the minimum for any violations.

In the following states it is illegal to mandate digital chip implants.
California, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin


My final assessment is that this debate won't be over anytime soon and I'm surprised more states have not made it illegal to mandate such an intrusive law. That make me think it can possibly happen.

 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/meet-the-humans-with-microchips-implanted-in-them/

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/06/proposed-bill-authorizes-the-federal-government-to-equip-disabled-individuals-with-tracking-devices/

http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/371474/employee+rights+labour+relations/Several+US+States+Prohibit+the+Mandatory+Implantation+of+RFID+Microchips

Multi Media and Education Software head to head

MULTIMEDIA COMPARISON 

PICASA

• Picasa is a FREE multimedia related software for the viewing, organizing, and editing of the pictures in your laptop.

• With this software you can create an album of your own digital pictures and share them with your loved ones as well

• you can download a Picasa app for your android phone, windows phone and your iPhone also. 

VLC MEDIA PLAYER

•   This is a platform where you can play your videos and audios for free.
• Can be used for your android phone, windows phone, iPad, iPhone and iPod for free and can be downloaded easily from the app store. 
• VLC Media Player software has got some outstanding features such as it can auto rotate the video that had been shot at weird angle or if you happen to stop a video in the middle, then the next time you play, you won’t have to start from the beginning and it can just resume your video from where you left.
• You can easily add subtitles to your video.

INKSCAPE

• This is a software that you can create as well as edit the vector images including the illustrations, the logos, the complex paintings, the diagrams etc.
• With this software, you can create your own images and shapes under the SVG format.
• The inkscape software can not only be used on your laptop or you MacBook but can be installed on your android phone also. 

     Considering all of these software are free they leave as desirability in regards to buying. If I was choosing it would be VLC Media Player. I like that you can play the videos and audios for free. The video editing under any circumstances sold me due to usual habit of recording sideways and upside down accidentally at sporting events I write for. 

Picasa - https://www.google.com/photos/about/

VLC Media Player - https://vlc-media-player.en.softonic.com/

Inkscape - https://inkscape.org/en/download/windows/

research link - https://www.educba.com/best-free-multimedia-software/

EDUCATION SOFTWARE

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2466587/the-best-educational-software-for-students.html#slide4

ZOTERO 

https://www.zotero.org/

• automatically generate citations for online sources i.e.  Google Scholar, ProQuest, JSTOR, and The New York Times. 
• Zotero stores all citation in a companion desktop application
• 300 MB of storage for Zotero’s  optional cloud service which stores PDFs, images and other files alongside your citations. Additional storage starts at $20 per year.

GINGER

http://www.gingersoftware.com/

• text editor
• suggest better ways to reconstruct each sentence.
• Ginger also includes a built-in dictionary, thesaurus and translator
•  software includes a certain amount of weekly usage for free, and has two subscription options ($47 per year for basic, $90 per year for premium) for unlimited usage.

ONENOTE

http://www.onenote.com/?legRedir=true&CorrelationId=6c82f5a6-8a5a-4422-af6c-916203af3721

•  note-taking software with online syncing
• can organize your work into notebooks, each with its own sections and pages
• useful if you have a device with a stylus, such as Micro Surface Pro 3 considering it can help replace your paper notebooks. 

Comparing all of these education software I like Ginger. Ginger translator, dictionary and thesaurus impressed me. I can maintain the weekly usage free option with no problem. 

Hottiest software of 2016

 
ABYY FINEREADER 11:

In my volunteer capacity I have a constant need to do research that pertains to my community and alma mater high school. Preservation of photos and documents some of the more complex tasks that I occasionally come across. For instance my Alma Mater Proviso East have a room full of yearbooks dating all the way back to the 1920's. Due to the possibility that these year books might be the last that exist it is vital that they are copied electronically and hard copy. Copying a year book text on a scanner can be very difficult at times. The text and even the photo might not produce a clear copy. That is why I find the software Abyy FineReader 11 very interesting. There are cheaper versions of this type of software but Abyy FineReader is the best version on the market. The price is steep but if you have a need for serious and clear scanning this software is a possible must have.

• Cost - $169.00
• Can easily handle difficult & massive jobs like converting complex tables into usable spreadsheet. 
• FineReader has manual-correction tools for the most accurate possible output.
• Acrobat completely refuses to perform OCR on PDF files that have “mixed” content, meaning PDFs that combine the actual image with text inserted by software - i.e. the page address and other information inserted by a web browser when you save a web page to PDF. Files such as this , FineReader will produce OCR output and Acrobat won’t.

  Reviewed/Researched @ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403191,00.asp  

Company site -  https://www.abbyy.com/en-us/support/finereader-11/?expandedclosed

DOODLE: 

      So often a whole day can be spent attempting to schedule a meeting with multiple people. It is hard and difficult to get people to respond quickly and decisively. Doodle removes the delayed and staggering response of emails or text messages. 

• Cost - Free for basic and $39 per year for premium, business version varies
• you can set up a poll to find a date and time for an event or meeting. 
• the poll becomes be available online for colleagues or friends to visit and vote on
• the results are tallied and informs which date and time works best for everyone, or for the majority number of participants.
• To send a Doodle poll to your guests or attendees, you can invite them using this Web form, or copy and paste a link provided by Doodle.  Responders don't have to create an account with Doodle,

Doodle site - http://doodle.com/

Research/Review - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351490,00.asp


HOOTSUITE

     I have multiple social media accounts and have to maintain the content on them consistently. This can be quite time consuming and challenging for one person. I have a following of community leaders and alumni who depend on me to disseminate information to the entire community.  That is why I'm happy to have come across Hootsuite. By this software being a one stop shop it will aide me in merging all of my social media accounts at once. There are others out there such as Social Sprout $99 and Synthesio $1200.00 some are much more pricier.  There is a free version and a free 30-day trial for the Hootsuite Pro plan, but both pressure you with continual prompts to upgrade or pay for more points. The Pro plan is $9,99 per month, billed annually, and $14.99 month-to-month, for only one user and 10 social profiles. This tier is geared toward the small end of SMBs and individual entrepreneurs. The Team plan ($34.99 per month, billed annually, or $49.99 month-to-month) gives you five users and twenty social profiles plus customized analytics views, team functionality, bulk scheduling, social campaign templates, and more.

• Free- $9.99 per month/ billed annually- plus higher packages 
• Hootsuite is a known player in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) social media analytics tools space, and on both the social media management and social listening and influencer identification front.
• The analytics tool provides metrics, reports, and visual streams for multiple profiles of any of the leading social networks and online presences that a SMB need to track.
• One feature that is a bonus is the notification and alerts that Hootsuite gives you when important messages arrive on one of your social media accounts. 

Hootsuite link  -    http://signup.hootsuite.com/signup-upgrade/?utm_campaign=partner_commission_junction&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_medium=partner

Review/Research  - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2491294,00.asp

  Very grateful for researching these products and looking forward to integrating them all into my daily activities.