Jessie Gough- TED talk

http://www.ted.com/talks/juan_enriquez_how_to_think_about_digital_tattoos.html

I chose the Ted talk "Your Online Life, Permanent as a Tattoo". I picked this speech because all high school and college students ever hear from adults about social media is "be careful what you post, it will never go away, it will come back to haunt you, etc". It wasn't surprising to me at all that the speaker was an older man. Young adults and teenagers think that when they post something, only their friends or followers can see it. But adults know that employers and college admissions workers look at people's social media to see the types of things they post. So that's why it wasn't surprising to me that an old man was giving this speech. His audience was to anyone who uses social media. He did a great job during his speech, he was confident with what he said, he had multiple examples of why you have to be careful on social media. My favorite was the tattoo comparison, because it really is true, anything you ever post is permanent, like a tattoo. He had great usage of visuals saying that yes, tattoos can be beautiful if you get something that is beautiful. But if you get something that is ridiculous you have to live with it, like if you post something ridiculous you have to deal with the repercussions. Overall this speech was great because you could tell he was passionate about the topic, he never stuttered and always had information to back up his argument.