Each Image Has Its Own Story To Tell
25.07.2012
IM II PARTICIPATION
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Thanks to Naida for the class notes :)

Research

  • -       prescribed readings
  • -       other external research – blogs, texts

Participation

  • -       being ‘present’ and participating in discussions

Exploring

  • -       different ways of using media/channels

Reflection

Frequency

  • -       of engagement
  • -       of reflection

Variety

  • -       of platforms (Twitter vs blog vs ABC pool)
  • -       of content (reflections vs observations)

My Participation Goal!

  1. Aim to attend most lectures and labs
  2. Read all of the essential course readings and actually get to understand and explore the idea raised in the readings
  3. Journals: 2-4 entries a week (reflect on Labs, Lectures, Readings and Interesting course related/non-related stuffs)
  4. Seek understanding of the notion of Social Networking as a whole - online writing,social platform, network...etc
  5. Become comfortable and fluent at using social media (twitter, ABCPool, blog, website...etc)
  6. Engage in class as well as group works
  7. Seek outside informations (reading other people's blogs, news, magazines, twitter, tumblr....etc)

Wish me luck ;)

13.10.2011
Final Participation
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We are each 'designers' for our own blog, and I found this 29 tips really gave me a creative guideline for my blog.
When I look back at this guide now, I feel I've done quite well in 'designing' my blog. A lot of people told me that the style of my blog, the writing, the posts, the appearance is really 'Scott'! Take that as a compliment ;)

What did I do well?
I tried to keep up with my blog posts. Sometimes, I get a little bit behind with writing the posts, but I always have a note to collect ideas and stuffs that interest/inspire me so when I have time I would write them up. In terms of the content, I'm not a fan of writing long blogs, instead I enjoy sharing clips and images with a just a few line expressing my thoughts. I'm happy with the way that my blog turned out and I believe I had created a easy to read (entertaining) blog :)

What could I have learnt better?
I've learnt/gain a lot from blogging and this course, but I wish that I could learn more HTML codings beyond the basics, so we could have more tools and configuration while making the hypertext essay. However, friends always help too! Whenever I came across any difficulties I would always seek answers from my peers like (Rosa). By asking questions and googling, I ended up getting more and more confident with coding. But more knowledge would be nice!

What could I have done better?
There are still a lot of ideas that's not written or published posts. It will be nice if I could train myself to be able to blog without delay. So whenever I come across interesting blog materials, instead of collecting them in my notes, I could perhaps just write about them. So fresh ideas... can be freshly written! (But then, of course, I could develop my ideas more if I have the delays. Sometimes I have the words but not the image, and it often takes me longer to discover the visuals than capturing the thoughts. So I guess, this is a point that I can experiment in the future.) I feel that my blogging is really dependant on my mood. I could write a blog entries for hours or in a few minuets, all depend on my mood - the "Burping mood!" Maybe I should train myself to get into my burping mood more often and faster!

Overall, my interest in blogging has certainly grown through out the course and I believe and hope that there is the sense of development and growth in my blogging. This had been a great experience and I hope the experience won't just end here! :D

17.09.2011
Week 8 – Participation
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People say that 'A picture speaks a thousand words'
but I also believe that 'A video speaks a million words!'

So here we go.... my Participation of blogging!

Dora 1: Have u attend most of the lectures and tutorials?
You mean 'Networking' lectures and Hugh's awesome tutorials? FERRYYY GOOOOD!!

Dora 2: Did you understand and reflect on most of the ideas and concepts raised in Networking classes? THAT'S RIGHTTTT!!

Dora 3: Do you understand what you are blogging about? ME NEITHERRR!!

Dora 4: Can you write 2-4 blog entries per week? BURRRRRRRP!

FERRRRYYY GOOOOOOOOOOD!!

17.08.2011
Jay-Z on “Social Network” and the “Throne Industry”
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↑ Billboard interview on Jay-Z's point of view on the Music industry.

Because my parents came for a visit, haven't being posting very often, so now I'm a bit behind (Annotated, Lecture Reflections, Participations.....etc)

"It's always the hardest to start, once I stop doing something, it usually takes me a while to get back to it. But, I'll make sure that I put 120% into what I'm doing.....ONCE I STARTED IT!"

Basically, after reading this article, somehow it makes me want to come back to blog again. I felt a bit pressured about the Annotated Bibliography that'd due next week, so I was a bit reluctant to think about this blog thing while I was with my parents. But Scotty's Back...so NP ;)

Had some 'Otis' time with my family  Now, I'm ready for works!!
12.08.2011
Participation Goal: BURP as much as I can!!
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Every start of a semester, I always try not to be behind, but unfortunately everyone knows that
"Uni never give you what you want!"
Due to some RMIT server error, I couldn't get my blog set up until last Wednesday :/ Who is to blame? No-one, I guess I will just have to catch up a little this few weeks =)

So here we go! my set goals for a JESUS GRADE!!

  1. Aim to attend most lectures and labs
  2. Read all of the essential course readings and actually get to understand and explore the idea raised in the readings
  3. Journals: 2-4 entries a week (reflect on Labs, Lectures, Readings and Interesting course related/non-related stuffs)
  4. Seek understanding of the notion of Networking as a whole - online writing, html, network...etc
  5. Become comfortable and skilled at networking (blog, website...etc)
  6. Engage in class as well as group works
  7. Seek outside informations (reading other people's blogs, news, magazines, youtube tutorials....etc)

Wish me luck ;)

28.07.2011
Participation: ‘Burp’ the Blog!
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While I was in Japan on an exchange, I learnt that it’s Japanese custom to make some slurping noises while eating delicious noodles like Ramen (ラマン) and Soba (そば). It is a sign of respect and a good way to show our appreciation for the food. This custom seemed odd to me as I was taught to eat silently, especially not to make slurping noise while eating noodles in Taiwan. Thus, out of curiosity I googled this “Rude/Polite” custom, trying to seek out the reason and benefit of doing this. Below are the three main arguments in favour of the custom.

  • Noodles taste better while it’s hot, slurping makes us eat faster
  • Slurping is a way to notify others that you are appreciating the food. (How does the Ramen restaurant’s owner know if you like the noodles or not if you don’t make any noise?)
  • Noodles do taste better if you make slurping noises

Strangely enough, this actually kind of make sense in this “Network Media” context.

  • How does our tutor (Huge Davies) know if we are enjoying or learning from the course if we don’t “show” him that we are?

‘Burp’ the Blog shows our appreciation!

  • It is also true that we forget the stuff we learnt and ideas we had in class if we don’t record them down quickly.

‘Burp’ while it’s hot

  • Finally, we actually learn/gain more when we revisit the things we learnt. I actually learnt a lot more from writing journals than listening to lectures last semester.

‘Burp’ the Blog is the way to go!!

burp 2

Maybe that’s why Japanese people are so good at technology stuff….BURP~