In class we were assigned different world wide web functions you can use. My classmates and I were all told to create presentations for the class. I will be comparing a few for this blog post.
Social Bookmarking:
Andrew chose StumbleU
Users can organize, store, and share links, but it is not file sharing
It became very popular after it was sold to ebay.com
Create lists of interest and StumpleUpon will find links related to those interests
A lot of Pros and Cons to it, sometimes you get undesirable pages and a little hard to organize.
Nathan-Digg
Social media is shared. Web news become accessible. You can follow anything you want, that interests you. Its digg because you almost dig up the stories you want to see.
Pros: narrow searches, many options and variety
Issues: there are a lot of ads.
The one chosen by Andrew actually allowed you to include your interests, but I don't know if Nathan's did that.
List Creation:
Iona- Listamatic
You can make a list, but maybe a lot of people don't want to use lists.
You can include business listings, share information on a list or make a general list
Alex-
Google Places
Many people use it to put their favorite places. It's easy to sync with Google's other apps such as Maps and Voice.
It allows people to use the Google application and it increases access to your list.
You can choose what information you want to put in.
It seemed that Alex's webtool was simply for listing places as opposed to many different list types like the one Iona used.
World Cloud:
William- Google docs.. William unfourtanetly did not follow instructions.
Marcellus-TagCrowd
(A little upset I had the same website)
You can't RSS or see how many words you used.
It allows the user to see how often each word is being used.
Allow you to edit html after you copy it.
Matthew- tocloud.com
He gave a good explanation of word clouds. This allows you to hyperlink . It is more asthetically pleasing manner than all the words together, the words with higher frequency are in bigger letters.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Blog #5: Web 2.0
TagCrowd
1. The world clouds have become very popular because it is able to convey many messages with a single glance. With just one glance at a word cloud, the reader can see a general overview. It makes reading the words easy. It is then easier to analyze and comprehend the words. The world cloud consists of many words bunched together.
4. The only trouble with making an online account is that you can't really make an account. Also, you might have to buy something.
1. The world clouds have become very popular because it is able to convey many messages with a single glance. With just one glance at a word cloud, the reader can see a general overview. It makes reading the words easy. It is then easier to analyze and comprehend the words. The world cloud consists of many words bunched together.
4. The only trouble with making an online account is that you can't really make an account. Also, you might have to buy something.
Group Presentations
#1: that was my group.
#2: Dell Latitude
I felt that this group had a really good skit and it was a good way to present the table.
#3: Macbook
My only concern was that it went over the budget limit.
#4: Alienware M14X
All of the group members clearly have a lot of knowledge about computers and all the group members talkd.
#5: Apple Macbook/ Toshiba Qosimo
I really like that they chose two computers to give the customer more options.
#6: Build your own computer:
It was a creaative way to propose a computer where you build the computer exactly as how you want it.
#2: Dell Latitude
I felt that this group had a really good skit and it was a good way to present the table.
#3: Macbook
My only concern was that it went over the budget limit.
#4: Alienware M14X
All of the group members clearly have a lot of knowledge about computers and all the group members talkd.
#5: Apple Macbook/ Toshiba Qosimo
I really like that they chose two computers to give the customer more options.
#6: Build your own computer:
It was a creaative way to propose a computer where you build the computer exactly as how you want it.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Blog #4: Internet Use
I use internet for social networking, sites such as facebook and twitter. I mostly use it to keep in touch with soccer. Since I watch a lot of leagues around the world, I miss most of the games so I use the internet to catch up on the soccer world. I also listen to a lot of music.
Kyle uses the internet for connecting with friends, funny videos on youtube and watching football and basketball games.
Iona uses her internet for music on youtube, fashion blogs and social networking.
We're all FB friends.
Kyle uses the internet for connecting with friends, funny videos on youtube and watching football and basketball games.
Iona uses her internet for music on youtube, fashion blogs and social networking.
We're all FB friends.
Blog #3: Group Presentation Feedback
My group could have had better visuals. Maybe it was because our group wasn't able to fully communicate with each other. We didn't assign each others tasks, it was kind of as if we all did our own thing. We weren't very organized. What I could have done better would have been to try and be more proactive. I could have helped on the powerpoint.
Friday, September 9, 2011
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