This is the home of Bill Gates. I chose this picture because Bill Gates is a prominent person in our time and I felt given his wealth he would have a secure home. His home is secluded in the woods with many impediments to try to go to it. In the efforts to keep his home secure, it is clear that his home falls into multiple categories that Flusty has identified for secure spaces. It is a slippery space because of missing paths of approach. If the cameraman in this picture was walking he would need a boat to get to the house. It also classifies as a stealthy space because the house is built into the mountainside with very tall trees and plants that take up the whole facade. The vegetation downplays the size of the house and the color and materials make the house appear more natural to the mountainside. Analyzing this picture and Flusty’s article I believe that this house is secure for other reasons than just the fear of someone breaking in. I did choose Bill Gates’ house so since he is a high profile person perhaps he would like some privacy for himself or wants his house to look built in to nature.
This is a picture of a mall cop on a segway and a perfect example of a jittery space. According to Flusty in this case, a jittery space is a space that cannot be utilized unobserved due to active monitoring by roving patrols. This mall cop’s job is to be a presence in malls to deter and stop robbery and theft in the mall. In many malls i’ve encountered mall cops kicking kids out of malls for being unruly and enforce any other regulations the mall owners have set forth. Even though mall cops are there to catch people that break the law, the innocent people that just go to shop are still subject to being assessed by the mall cop and just like the regular police, they may have profiles, biases, or types of people they look for even though these people did nothing.
I felt this picture was appropriate because of our class discussions about driving and being monitered. Flusty would classify this as a jittery space. This light becomes a jittery space because a person driving along that stops at this light is now being video taped. The driver may not even know whether he or she is being video taped but her actions at this intersection perhaps could result in punishment if she breaks the law. I believe the technological jittery space is worse than the mall cop because as the camera tapes a citizen and sends the image back to a security station, there’s no way in telling what is done with that video tape. Although the towns that put the tapes up say that they are only used for catching criminals, similar to the mall cop, the innocent people that drive by the camera are video taped and being watched. I guess it’s like my dad told me when I was little; he trusted me but he was always going to verify.
