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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Media Bias, duality intended
Fred seems like a very successful and intelligent person whose opinion is respected in his blog readership.
I couldn't help but think that having a successful blog readership altered his opinion of the value of different social media.
I felt it was very narrow of him to 'reject' the possibility that a direct person to person private letter can hold more gravity for the parties involved than a comment on a blog posting. Most people do not like to discuss private matters, meetings etc. on a public forum.
Most people do not have 'followers' who will alter their plans based on a blog posting. It is a much more casual reading forum than email--which is a very direct form of communication in the same vein as postal mail.
Email isn't going anywhere, it may just take a slightly different form and become more convenient. The social network messaging features are not quite as useful as email yet, and by the time they are, they will essentially be email providers themselves, in addition to their networking attributes.
I followed a lighthearted blog called 'Everything I like causes cancer'. The posts were short, and amusing. My favorite was a description of a scenario in which a 'long haired tree trimmer' seems to be cutting branches from the ground with his mind.
I couldn't help but think that having a successful blog readership altered his opinion of the value of different social media.
I felt it was very narrow of him to 'reject' the possibility that a direct person to person private letter can hold more gravity for the parties involved than a comment on a blog posting. Most people do not like to discuss private matters, meetings etc. on a public forum.
Most people do not have 'followers' who will alter their plans based on a blog posting. It is a much more casual reading forum than email--which is a very direct form of communication in the same vein as postal mail.
Email isn't going anywhere, it may just take a slightly different form and become more convenient. The social network messaging features are not quite as useful as email yet, and by the time they are, they will essentially be email providers themselves, in addition to their networking attributes.
I followed a lighthearted blog called 'Everything I like causes cancer'. The posts were short, and amusing. My favorite was a description of a scenario in which a 'long haired tree trimmer' seems to be cutting branches from the ground with his mind.
Monday, October 4, 2010
TMZ Anyone?
The blog I decided to follow is not something I’m particularly interested in. I figured I’d follow something I knew would be updated on a daily basis.
So Lindsay Lohan is in Rehab again, O.J Simpson’s custom tailored lucky suit he wore during his acquittal is in a museum, Greg Geraldo dies at the age of 44, and Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt share some s’more’s as they reconciled their relationship. If you haven’t figured out what type of blog I followed for 5 painstaking days, then you my friend are a very lucky person to not know of its existence.
I followed TMZ, the country’s largest celebrity gossip website. From what I understand, TMZ will flood your life full of senseless information about celebrities and their baggage (for those who might be into that kind of stuff). To put it in a nutshell, TMZ gathers every bit of information they can get on celebrities and will air what they find about these celebrities to the public. Unfortunately for celebrities, the blog is updated almost every minute.
This particular blog offers Smartphone Apps for those that need their celebrity gossip immediately. They also offer text alerts to notify the user when a celebrity of personal interest has been spotted out in the general public. For example Nick Nolte gets into a one-sided water fight. Now the user who might be a HUUUGE Nick Nolte fan will receive an alert via text message about this alleged water fight. Not signed up for text alerts? Don't own a Smartphone? Then log into Twitter, Facebook, MySpace or your YouTube account and find out what this one-sided water fight is all about. Hell, you can log into all 4 and multi-task your gossip.
As for what trumps E-mail, I agree with everyone else that e-mail is not going to disappear. What if you need to send a professional message to someone? Your not going to text message it or IM it to the receiver. I’m thankful enough that I don't have to solely rely on snail-mail to send and receive messages.
So Lindsay Lohan is in Rehab again, O.J Simpson’s custom tailored lucky suit he wore during his acquittal is in a museum, Greg Geraldo dies at the age of 44, and Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt share some s’more’s as they reconciled their relationship. If you haven’t figured out what type of blog I followed for 5 painstaking days, then you my friend are a very lucky person to not know of its existence.
I followed TMZ, the country’s largest celebrity gossip website. From what I understand, TMZ will flood your life full of senseless information about celebrities and their baggage (for those who might be into that kind of stuff). To put it in a nutshell, TMZ gathers every bit of information they can get on celebrities and will air what they find about these celebrities to the public. Unfortunately for celebrities, the blog is updated almost every minute.
This particular blog offers Smartphone Apps for those that need their celebrity gossip immediately. They also offer text alerts to notify the user when a celebrity of personal interest has been spotted out in the general public. For example Nick Nolte gets into a one-sided water fight. Now the user who might be a HUUUGE Nick Nolte fan will receive an alert via text message about this alleged water fight. Not signed up for text alerts? Don't own a Smartphone? Then log into Twitter, Facebook, MySpace or your YouTube account and find out what this one-sided water fight is all about. Hell, you can log into all 4 and multi-task your gossip.
As for what trumps E-mail, I agree with everyone else that e-mail is not going to disappear. What if you need to send a professional message to someone? Your not going to text message it or IM it to the receiver. I’m thankful enough that I don't have to solely rely on snail-mail to send and receive messages.
My Blog : Jimmyr
The blog I decide to follow isn't really a blog. It is a website: www.jimmyr.com. JimmyR updates his website everyday so I consider it a blog. It has a lot of valueable information in the site so I wanted to share it with whoever reads my entry. I discovered this website about a year ago. I was looking up tutorials on youtube and found his site. His website is a massive collection of blogs, and other useful educational sites.
Usually I don't follow his site everyday, because it is so overwhelming (with all of the links), but I decided to pay attention to this site this week for the assignment.
This website mostly contains web design and programming links, but it also contains silly pop culture stuff. This week I saw something on jimmyr.com and it was actually discussed in my Digital Design 3 class. A student told the professor that he saw where PCs were going to stop using BIOS, and start using UEFI. I'm not too sure what all of this means, but from the article I read it said it would speed up the boot-up time for PCs. The teacher explained the significance further. It was nice to be one of the ones in class aware of the new developments in our field.
Usually I don't follow his site everyday, because it is so overwhelming (with all of the links), but I decided to pay attention to this site this week for the assignment.
This website mostly contains web design and programming links, but it also contains silly pop culture stuff. This week I saw something on jimmyr.com and it was actually discussed in my Digital Design 3 class. A student told the professor that he saw where PCs were going to stop using BIOS, and start using UEFI. I'm not too sure what all of this means, but from the article I read it said it would speed up the boot-up time for PCs. The teacher explained the significance further. It was nice to be one of the ones in class aware of the new developments in our field.
Blogs and Email
The blog I chose to follow was webdesignledger.com. WDL has a wealth of information for web designers. They feature design trends, inspiration, and useful resources and add new content daily. They also include a lot of tutorials for those looking to learn how to accomplish things in different sofware. I like to go there if I'm looking for design inspiration, fonts, or development trends. It is extremely important to stay up to date when it comes to web design because it is a constantly changing field. Blogs are absolutely the most effective means of communicating the trends the web design world takes on.
Regarding email, I don't believe it is anywhere near death. There is still a huge amount of people that rely on email regularly for communication. I am constantly checking both of my email addresses because that is the way I communicate professionally with any clients I may have. This also applies to any professors with important information about class. Email is still a very effective alternative to the telephone, and neither of them are going anywhere soon.
Regarding email, I don't believe it is anywhere near death. There is still a huge amount of people that rely on email regularly for communication. I am constantly checking both of my email addresses because that is the way I communicate professionally with any clients I may have. This also applies to any professors with important information about class. Email is still a very effective alternative to the telephone, and neither of them are going anywhere soon.
Blog about the Blog
I think that email will eventually be replaced with some form of communication, but I dont feel like it will happen for awhile. Some people might think video emails will be the next step but I dont think that would ever take over emails completly. People thought that video phone was going to become the new standard, but it never caught on completely. There is a more personal feel to emails that make them stand apart from communicating through social media and blogs. Social media and blogs are awesome in their own community building ways, but personal communicartion will always have their place in society.
Video game blog
The blog that I choice to read for a week was Thatvideogameblog.com. Thatvideogameblog or (TVGB) had many channels of communication inside it. Not only did it post something every day, it usually post a few blogs a day. How the site/ the posts work is that they post a blog and it has a leading image relating to the blog. A featured one for today was a blog about how FIFA 11's launch was the 3rd biggest in UK's history, number one and number two going to Modern warfare 2 and GTA 4. After the article it leaves you a area in which you can comment on the blog and give your own 2 cents on the subject leaving another window of communication. This is a interesting way of communication because it leaves the readers to interact with each other as they read the post and other people's comments. You can follow it on twitter to get the posts you see on the website also. On the top of the blog they give you feature news articles that relate to video games which keeps you updated on more video game information. I think the way the blog uses it channels of information is very appropriate. It uses images and articles to inform you and gives you the option to comment and talk to other bloggers which works in this setting. I found this blog interesting and very informational and fun after a weeks time and I think I will be reading more into it.
Blog and Emailing
This week I followed MTV's reality television series Jersey Shore's blog. When you're bored with your own life or just want something to talk about this is the blog to go to. The television show already exposes these people who are basically about nothing. This blog gives details about what the cast is currently doing in their spare time when they're not making fools of themselves on television. If you're a die hard fan of the show or you just like to laugh at these people this blog will get you thru until the following episode airs.
Blog:
http://remotecontrol.mtv.com/category/shows/jersey_shore/page/2/
I just had an episode this week with my email account. I either got hacked or spammed because everyone in my address book received so called emails from myself with a dirty website link. It irritates me and makes me not want to even use my email account knowing that it can easily be hacked into. Emailing is great when one needs to attach their work or resume for an employer. Besides that it can take to much time out of ones day to reply to everyones email especially when you're not in the mood to answer. I will continue to treat emailing as a phone call I choose to ignore. I'll get around to it when I feel like doing so until then I don't want to be bothered.
Blog:
http://remotecontrol.mtv.com/category/shows/jersey_shore/page/2/
I just had an episode this week with my email account. I either got hacked or spammed because everyone in my address book received so called emails from myself with a dirty website link. It irritates me and makes me not want to even use my email account knowing that it can easily be hacked into. Emailing is great when one needs to attach their work or resume for an employer. Besides that it can take to much time out of ones day to reply to everyones email especially when you're not in the mood to answer. I will continue to treat emailing as a phone call I choose to ignore. I'll get around to it when I feel like doing so until then I don't want to be bothered.
email is here to stay.
For this week’s assignment, I followed YumSugar. YumSugar is a food blog that I used to check out daily, but I had forgotten about until this assignment. It’s a great collection of daily healthy recipes and cooking products. I’ve just recently become a vegetarian and I’m excited to have rediscovered this blog. I think a blog is great for foodie bloggers out there. What better channel of communication fill the need that they demand? YouTube is a great compliment to any blog out too.
I agree with most of the class when they say that email isn’t going anywhere soon and that I’m sick of hearing about it. I think every means of communication, whether it’s email, texting, phone calls or blogs, has it’s specific niche. Text messages are great for short convos between friends; email is more business-like and professional; phone calls demand all the attention; social networking and messaging within is usually done between friends with a laid back feel. I really can’t see email going anywhere any time soon and if anything were to happen, it would just be email getting a facelift of some sort.
I agree with most of the class when they say that email isn’t going anywhere soon and that I’m sick of hearing about it. I think every means of communication, whether it’s email, texting, phone calls or blogs, has it’s specific niche. Text messages are great for short convos between friends; email is more business-like and professional; phone calls demand all the attention; social networking and messaging within is usually done between friends with a laid back feel. I really can’t see email going anywhere any time soon and if anything were to happen, it would just be email getting a facelift of some sort.
Weekly blog and Email
This week I have followed f-my-life blog that serves as a short recollection of everyday unfortunate moments. Yes, the f letter means “F#$%”. People can view different categories of stories such as love, money, kids, work, health, intimacy, and miscellaneous and as well as f-my-life from a different country. I notice all sorts of people from different age groups who post on this blog. This is a place where people can let it all out and unwind their spirit by sharing their life stories, and maybe realize that they are not alone in experiencing this day to day dilemma. This blog is popular because some of the story is funny, sad, crazy, and stupid, but overall it is very intriguing and addicting!
Here are some examples stories:
“Today, I received my passport in the mail. They got my birth date wrong. Then I picked up my birth certificate that I had sent in with the application. Turns out my parents have been celebrating my birthday on the wrong day for 16 years. FML”
Blogs
The blog that I chose to follow we TechCrunch. This blog posts numerous times a day from a lot of different people with all sorts of technology based posts. They cover everything from rumored technology all the way to reviews of current technology. This blog also links social media with the blog so you are able to share any article that you read. The blog is also split into sections so that you are able to search for posts by certain forms of technology. When I was following this blog for a week I found it interesting how every time I went to the site there were tons of new posts just for that day. Sometimes it is hard to believe that there is that much technology in the world to talk about.
The article on email I did not think was accurate. I have heard for quite some time now that email will be gone within a few years, however I don't think that is true. I know I have been using email now more than ever. We do have a lot of other forms of communication but nothing like email. Facebook and Twitter posts will not be able to relay the same information as an email does. Also an email seems a lot more personal and private than all of these different things. I really don't see email going anywhere in the near future.
The article on email I did not think was accurate. I have heard for quite some time now that email will be gone within a few years, however I don't think that is true. I know I have been using email now more than ever. We do have a lot of other forms of communication but nothing like email. Facebook and Twitter posts will not be able to relay the same information as an email does. Also an email seems a lot more personal and private than all of these different things. I really don't see email going anywhere in the near future.
blog following
I chose to follow gizmodo because it is one of the most amusing blogs i've ever seen. Every day has several different components made by different people to the post. But the recurring theme overall is innovation. Subjects that are blogged about range from science to art, technology, social networking and more. It is very well organized so i never felt lost or impatient (which i easily do feel when it comes to blogs). I'm not one to care about people's opinions, but the things presented in this blog were so original and uniquely placed that i found myself curious as to what was said. I enjoyed following this blog and will definitely continue to follow it.
As for the article about emails i have to say i am so sick of hearing that kind of stuff. I feel like im constantly surrounded by people putting in their two cents about what is now dead or obsolete before they have even hit the decline. Yes the personal use of email has gone down but thats because people don't want to email what could otherwise have been said in a two second text or IM. But when they want to write a lengthy response or want to send a serious amount of information emails are still used a lot. And who texts or tweets at work? no one. thats because we still use emails. And we still use physical mail as well for sending packages and billing information etc. So people have said print is dead, email is dead and i've even heard the web is dead and they all seem to be pretty alive right now.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Communication of the Future
Today there are so many ways to communicate that it is leaving us completely dependent on communicating through technology. Our ways of communicating include: social networks, blogs, email, text messaging, twitter, cell phones, online Skype, and snail mail. This has made it easier for people communicate with each other. However with the plethora of communicating options it can be hard to decided how and where to get certain information. I often get a good deal of my information form a blog type site called The Feed, which is on G4TV.com. This site is updated every day with new information about video games, movies, and all different types of tech related things. I like the Blog format that it is set up in because it doesn't require me to search for anything I can just browse through the different headlines and read what interest me. I like the blog format for my news because I often find new things that I usually wouldn’t be looking for while I’m going down the page. I also like the way pictures can be used in blogs to create interest on the topic they are talking about.
However I feel as though email is much more convenient when it comes to having a personal conversation with someone or when you are communicating with someone for business purposes. It is much easier to see who sent the message to you i also like how gmail organize mail. Because it goes by conversation not by message. When someone emails you it is under their name along with all of the other emails that you and the other person have sent back and forth. This way of organizing email makes it much easier to communicate with others. I feel as though gmail is probably the best way to communicate with people because it also allows for you to send emails to people as well as video chat and instant message. Being able to do a bunch of different types of communicating in one device or in one area is how we will communicate in the future.
However I feel as though email is much more convenient when it comes to having a personal conversation with someone or when you are communicating with someone for business purposes. It is much easier to see who sent the message to you i also like how gmail organize mail. Because it goes by conversation not by message. When someone emails you it is under their name along with all of the other emails that you and the other person have sent back and forth. This way of organizing email makes it much easier to communicate with others. I feel as though gmail is probably the best way to communicate with people because it also allows for you to send emails to people as well as video chat and instant message. Being able to do a bunch of different types of communicating in one device or in one area is how we will communicate in the future.
Following uwishunu.com
This week I followed the uwishunu.com blog, which is the official tourism blog for Philadelphia. This blog tells the user what is going on in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. I don't think I'd know about a lot of the events advertised if it weren't for uwishunu. I enjoyed following them all week because they're blogging about stuff I'm interested in. Uwishunu would appeal to a large audience in Philadelphia because it's not specific to just one type of activity or event. There are many contributors to this blog so it covers a very large area of interests.
I think the way blogs are tied into social media make it very easy for people to always be connected to the blog. Uwishunu also has a Twitter and Facebook page, as well as an RSS feed. All these pages bring you back to the blog, but social media is a faster way of getting the headlines rather then scrolling through the blog. I also followed Uwishunu on twitter where they posted the latest blog entry titles and a link back. If I saw something in my Twitter that interested me then I went to the blog. People have so many different pages and people they follow that Twitter can be a good way to see everything at once. If I have 5 minutes during my day I'll log onto Twitter and get the latest news and blogs from everyone rather then just scrolling through one blog.
A blog is a great way to informally get information out to your viewers. When paired up with other social media it seems to be even more effective. I think having multiple people posting and covering a variety of interests makes Uwishunu a successful blog.
trumping email
I personally do not think email will be taken out of the picture anytime soon. Before I started my college education I probably only checked my email maybe once a month, if that. Now ever since i've been a freshman here at Philau, my university email has been my homepage. All of the most important information I need to know my professors send me through that email, even my parents sometimes contact me through that. I never get any serious messages through texting, facebook statuses, or twitter posts. All the serious business seems to be taken care of through email or direct phone calls, and thats why I do not think email will be taken out of the picture anytime soon.
As for the blog I chose to read, I chose grind tv's skate blog. As of right now the biggest things happening in the skate community would be Street League, and Battle at the Berrics 3. Street league has already come to an end and has been aired on ESPN2 with Shane O'neil finally taking first place. As for BatB3, it is closely nearing the end, with PJ and P-rod in the finals. To be honest I didn't really enjoy reading the blog becuase skating is a topic that is better watched than read about. The Berrics is pretty much a video blog for skateboarding, but since the assignment was to read one, I opted not to chose it.
ME ANGRY! ME MASH...able
This week I followed the posting on Mashable.com. A site dedicated to posting news and events related to social media, technology, digital media, and web culture. I found it easier to follow them on Twitter than to visit the site once a day which is a huge advantage to using a blog or other form of CMS is that its easy to integrate all kinds of social media or RSS feeds or email updates to make sure that your users get the information from your site without having to navigate to your site regularly.
Most of the postings this week revolved around the new movie "The Social Network." I wasn't too interested too see it in theaters (maybe later I'll Netflix it) but after the 4th or 5th post ....i kinda want to see it now. Other posts kept my interests more as I learned about social media trends and activities, how there is a new torrent AP on th apStore, and how to become a better digital marketer. I very reminscient of Smashing Magazines blog posts only without the occational freebies.
Most of the postings this week revolved around the new movie "The Social Network." I wasn't too interested too see it in theaters (maybe later I'll Netflix it) but after the 4th or 5th post ....i kinda want to see it now. Other posts kept my interests more as I learned about social media trends and activities, how there is a new torrent AP on th apStore, and how to become a better digital marketer. I very reminscient of Smashing Magazines blog posts only without the occational freebies.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Following The Zo Zone
So when we were given the assignment to follow a blog I knew exactly what one I was going to follow instantly. It was actually a blog I already follow and a writer who I can't get enough of, Todd Zolecki. He is the author of the book "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Philadelphia Phillies" and he is the Phillies beat writer for mlb.com. Zolecki's blog, also known as The Zo Zone, gets updated once a day and sometimes multiple times a day. He talks about everything Phillies and everything that has to do with them. His latest post is about the rotation for the post-season his previous one? Was about an interview he had with Rob McElhenney, creator and star of the tv series It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. They were talking about how Utley and Howard are going to be appearing on a future episode in December.
In Zolecki's blog he uses a mixture of pictures and videos to either set the mood or get the point across with what he is saying. I think something like this, a baseball blog, is something that only major fans would want to even bother reading or if you write your own. This wouldn't be the place to go and talk about random ideas and information. However, if your interested in the Phillies and want to hear a different opinion of what is going on and want to comment, and maybe even debate through commenting then this is the place to go.
http://zozone.mlblogs.com/
In Zolecki's blog he uses a mixture of pictures and videos to either set the mood or get the point across with what he is saying. I think something like this, a baseball blog, is something that only major fans would want to even bother reading or if you write your own. This wouldn't be the place to go and talk about random ideas and information. However, if your interested in the Phillies and want to hear a different opinion of what is going on and want to comment, and maybe even debate through commenting then this is the place to go.
http://zozone.mlblogs.com/
Experience of a Blog
I feel that the e-mail is the most appropriate channel of communication for a majority of things, but only once you reach a certain age. I almost never used e-mailing until I got to college where I constantly need to check for important information. And today anytime you sign up for an account or register somewhere, they need an e-mail address of yours. Then they spam you with their information and then they sell your contact information to marketers so they can spam you also. It's almost like you need to create an e-mail account for this purpose, so that all it gets is spam, and you'll never have to check it. Then you'll only get the important information you need in your real e-mail account. But there are positives to e-mailing. The pros to e-mail are the quickness, ease of use, and ease of access. The only cons to it are if you can't readily view emails on the go. Phones are becoming a lot more equipped with e-mail based applications so you can read e-mails on the go.
The blog that I followed was the XBOX 360 blog on xbox.com. The blog posted very frequently and contained some interesting information. I don't follow and am not a part of any blogs besides the one for class but this blog seemed pretty interesting to follow. It was mostly a news feed that provided information about games and the xbox community. Not spam or anything like that but just what gamers are interested in, an online community. I feel that the members of the community would read this blog, comment on it, and then take participation in the news they just read. It was interesting to follow but not something I would do everyday.
The blog that I followed was the XBOX 360 blog on xbox.com. The blog posted very frequently and contained some interesting information. I don't follow and am not a part of any blogs besides the one for class but this blog seemed pretty interesting to follow. It was mostly a news feed that provided information about games and the xbox community. Not spam or anything like that but just what gamers are interested in, an online community. I feel that the members of the community would read this blog, comment on it, and then take participation in the news they just read. It was interesting to follow but not something I would do everyday.
What Trumps Email?
This was an interesting article. It made me think about how I communicate - not unlike any other articles we read this semester - but also made me consider the pain-points of those communication channels.
I probably send about 30 emails a day on average, multiplied for the 11 years I've been a student or working professional. But because this is (or was) the most mainstream communication channel, I didn't actually think about what could be a better alternative. I suppose it's quite situational: using IM to communicate to our design vendors is preferable than email since it's usually a question that can be answered with a one-word response; email is preferred over phone when you're working globally; meetings are preferred since it's hard to gauge the scope of a large project over email. Do I think email will go away? No. But just like any other technology, it will improve - sooner than later hopefully!
I chose Smashing Magazine and Noupe Design Blog. I personally find the blogging platform useless because I never actually post or comment, I always either sign up for the RSS feed or email to receive the daily posts. The content on these particular sites are best suited for blogging platforms and Facebook and least suited for SMS and Twitter.
I probably send about 30 emails a day on average, multiplied for the 11 years I've been a student or working professional. But because this is (or was) the most mainstream communication channel, I didn't actually think about what could be a better alternative. I suppose it's quite situational: using IM to communicate to our design vendors is preferable than email since it's usually a question that can be answered with a one-word response; email is preferred over phone when you're working globally; meetings are preferred since it's hard to gauge the scope of a large project over email. Do I think email will go away? No. But just like any other technology, it will improve - sooner than later hopefully!
I chose Smashing Magazine and Noupe Design Blog. I personally find the blogging platform useless because I never actually post or comment, I always either sign up for the RSS feed or email to receive the daily posts. The content on these particular sites are best suited for blogging platforms and Facebook and least suited for SMS and Twitter.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Trumping email, I think not.
Maybe I am wrong, but I do not see anything "trumping" email. We still use the postal service because somethings you need to physically send. Yes, the e-mail has replaced the hand written correspondence of a letter, but email is so useful in so many ways, I do not see it ever going away. It even alerts you on your phone now, as quick as a text message. I think it all depends on the situation you are in as to how you want to communicate... what suits your needs the best? An email, text, phone call or post on your social network. Every person is different and I think its too soon to say that something overrides something else.
As my weekly blogging assignment, I chose Youtube. Although it is not a reading based blog, it is an CMS blog that everyone can post new videos to voice opinions and new information to the world. It is amazing if you search one thing, where you will end up by the time you call your search to an end. I started on YouTube searching for videos of overweight people (for another assignment) and before I knew it I was watching TLC videos of the conjoined twin sisters, Brittany and Haley and how only ONE of them was engaged. This is an amazing site because you can go in different directions that you might not have thought to search on your own, or even get completely distracted. The side bar suggests other videos or posts that you may want to look at based on what you typed in for your search criteria.
This blog would be most useful in getting a message out for awareness, entertainment, etc. It would not be someone's top choice for a "quick" communication message.
As my weekly blogging assignment, I chose Youtube. Although it is not a reading based blog, it is an CMS blog that everyone can post new videos to voice opinions and new information to the world. It is amazing if you search one thing, where you will end up by the time you call your search to an end. I started on YouTube searching for videos of overweight people (for another assignment) and before I knew it I was watching TLC videos of the conjoined twin sisters, Brittany and Haley and how only ONE of them was engaged. This is an amazing site because you can go in different directions that you might not have thought to search on your own, or even get completely distracted. The side bar suggests other videos or posts that you may want to look at based on what you typed in for your search criteria.
This blog would be most useful in getting a message out for awareness, entertainment, etc. It would not be someone's top choice for a "quick" communication message.
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