The reading this week was interesting as the chapters in the text usually are. The Epic video was diffferent. Was anyone else reminded of 1984? With all of the talk about monopolies and things being controlled by the computers and robots that's why that came to mind for me. That was one eerie book. The video was by far less so, but it still had its moments.
I had tried last semester to come up with creative titles. That really hasn't happened this time and I am sorry for that. I had hoped to make people smile with them as I had (I hope) before.
Perhaps, I should have used a different post to discuss the Web 2.0 projects, but the truth is with the semester ending it was much easier for me to combine the posts. If this was not what I was supposed to do then I apologize. With regard to the projects I must admit that sometimes they were a challenge. I never did figure out the point of the social network of Twitter. Why post an updated status? If one has something to say would it not be better suited to use a regular blog? I found it fairly easy to find people to "follow", but I found that for the most part I did not enjoy following them. I am not speaking of my classmates. but rather of other people that I chose to look into. I thought I could look at the New York Times using this resource. There was too much information to make this possible. I followed the New York Times, a realtor company in Dallas, classmates, and others. If one does not have a lot to say or can condense their words there is cause for using such a tool. I do not believe that I will be utilizing this particular technology. I do see value in this technology. but I suspect that other technologies would be more helpful to me.
Facebook, on the other hand, has many uses. The drawback to this social network is that because there are so many things that one can do it is easy to get distracted. With Facebook one can easily keep up with friends and family who do not live in the same area or who are currently in another country. I most enjoy keeping up with friends and family. This is especially true of those who I do not get to see very often. Through Facebook I get to see pictures of cousins and their children that I otherwise would not have the opportunity to see (for example). There are also a variety of games that one can play and many businesses and organizations have pages as well. This is a site that I used before the class and will continue to use it after the fact. I found pages for other libraries, but chose not to friend or like them as doing so could flood my page with information that would overshadow other relevant information. In addition, why should I do so when I do not necessarily use that library? I have considered adding the page from my local library, but I have wrestled with whether doing so would be crossing a boundary or not. As I am still undecided I have not done so yet. The library I frequent does have a page and uses it to keep patrons up to date as to what activities are available at the library. For example, what the next movie is and when it will be shown. Facebook is a way for people to interact and relate on their own schedule.
The picture is from Wikipedia's article on hot air ballooning. Since the semester is flying away so quickly and the projects are as time consuming as some hobbies it seemed approrpriate. You may have noticed that I've pulled my pictures from the Wikipedia site in recent weeks. I don't have a lot of pictures on my computer and I have found doing this oddly easier than using clip art. I did not expect that and I'm not sure why that is.Good luck with finals and such.
Good luck to you in your finals and with school. It has been fun sharing posts and discussions with you.
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