Digital Shadows

After listening to Tama's lecture on digital shadows i felt i had a better understanding of privacy and the pros and cons of social networking. Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Blogs aren't always protected with the proper privacy tools and too much information is on show. Some people don't realise what is posted on these social tools are forever searchable and public.

I read a very interesting paragraph from the book, Manager's Guide to Social Media;

'In the last year, the top social networking sites have agreed to let google and others tap into their entire stream of user conversations. For example, Twitter now provides its entire daily stream of tweets to companies that wish to purchase the rights to them. The U.S. Library of Congress has decided to archive every tweet that has ever been done in a database for public access. That means if your name has ever been mentioned by one of your friends or coworkers on Twitter (or some of the other top sites) anyone interested in you can do a simple google search and get a glimpse into your life.'

(Klososky, S. 2010. P9. Manager's Guide to Social Media. McGraw Hill Professionals.)

Internet Footprints

Another week down and only a couple to go!! Well i finally watched Tama's lecture on Internet Footprints and i really enjoyed learning the insites of Erving Goffman, and Donna Haraway. I am fascinated how much the world has changed and how technology has made us the way we are today. And the impact on the internet such as blogs, emails, social profiles, forums and posts are all our footprints.

Social Networking and Privacy!!

Wow i'm getting all my weeks mixed up lol. But anyway got to learn all about social networking and privacy! Sometimes you don't realise how careful you need to be. I watched a cool youtube clip about social networking and privacy, take a look! Anyway i think it is true to be careful about privacy when putting things on social network sites.

According to the Australian Government, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner: 'Here are some of the things you should think about when using social networking sites. They are not meant to scare you, just help you to be prepared.'

• Do you want your info to be public?
• Activities you participate with online will affect you.
• Watch for identity theft.
• Protect your privacy.

Reference http://www.privacy.gov.au/faq/individuals/sn-q2 (accessed 24/7/2011)

Week 6

Well I’m a little behind this week. I have been tied up doing an assignment for my other unit. But i have finally got back to Web101. Watched 2 lectures yesterday, the Wikis lecture and social networks lecture. I really enjoyed both, i thought there was a lot of interesting ideas about Wikipedia and how it has become a source that a lot of people use to find information. Below is just a little bit of info that i found interesting. Bye for now.

What are Wikis?

Wikis are web applications which enable multiple authors to add, remove, and edit content in a process of collaborative authoring - usually through WYSIWYG controls that resemble those of a word processor or blog.

Accessed 8/7/2011: Bradshaw, P. 2007. Future of Newspapers Conference.

http://www.eca.usp.br/Ciencias.Linguagem/L3BradshawWikisBlogs.pdf

So is the Wikipedia ever a useful source?

Yes: for popular culture information, such as entries for television shows, movies, or music.

Accessed 10/7/2011: http://library.oakland.edu/tutorials/wikipedia.htm

I liked this YouTube Video: Wikis in University Teaching and Learning - Richard Buckland UNSW.

Accessed 8/07/2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-8OOrBi0o

Week 5

Well 1st assignment done, 3 to go....this week was full on but really enjoyed learning all about blogging and how quickly it has become part of peoples lives. I learnt alot from Tama's lecture about blogging and the connection to journalism/media. I did some further reading on google scholar about Rebecca Blood and Clay Shirky. Also watched some good clips on youtube with Clay.

Week 4

Gee the weeks keep flying by. I learnt heaps this week and i'm really starting to enjoy it. I learnt that RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a collection of formats which allows users to find out about updates of content without having to visit the site. Information from the website is composed within the feed using the RSS format and fed to the user. To be able to use the format the user must download and install a software tool. (Anderson, P, 2007) It's amazing how Web 2.0 has developed. M.

Week 3

WOW these weeks are flying by and its hard to keep up. Trying to do another unit at the same time that is also Web related was definitely a bad idea (trust me to think that now not earlier) anyway there is no point stressing about it now, might as well focus and get the job done. Ok so this week (well last week i should say) was really good. I enjoyed playing around with the  "WAY BACK MACHINE", i couldn't get over how different webpages were only like 10years ago. Apple.com in 1998 was just amazing compared to today's. And what about wikipedia in November 2001?? Crazy. My favourite i think was MSN website from March 2001, wow what a difference. Anyway last week was a good week overall so much information. Bye for now :)

Week 2

Wow where is the time going? I'm trying to write up week 2 and it is already the start of week 3!! Well i've been getting into the first assignment and hopefully it will be finished by the end of this week. Done alot of reading and i feel  my head is going to explode lol. Hope everyone is going well with their studies. I really like the little youtube clips in our study area, i find they are really helpful :) Well better get back to it....

First Blog

Well it is my first blog attempt so hopefully all goes well!!

This was the first week of Web101 and is now done and dusted and hopefully i will get my head around it within the next few weeks. It is amazing how much the internet has taken over our lives. I don't know how i would cope without it :)

I really enjoyed playing around with the different activities. I found it interesting learning about the aspects of the Internet and World Wide Web!!

I suppose it is back to the books/computer for me.

Til next time..... bye for now!