Heading towards the end of the semester and we've really got into the meat of things! It's getting to a point where there is so much to wrap my head around I don't know what to write. Err.. I like ROI? I feel as if I can't simply say "I liked this" and "I agree" when it delves into complicated business works with graphs and all that scary stuff...
BUT it is interesting to see how it is measured, and the ever growning importance of Web 2.0
On a more fun note I really enjoyed the presentations in the lab, was a good idea to get the students to participate and grade each one. I apologise to my team mates for my absence when I had to do my talk, thankfully they were very nice about it, and even when I offered didn't reducce my percentage of contribution.
Much thanks guys!
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Wow... Wish I was there
Looking over the notes from being absent last week I really wish I could have made it in. Looks like a vast indepth lecture about numerous relating topics! I don't think I can fully grasp a thought or insight based on how much information there actually is in there. I'll need to look it over and study much more, but it's so much, I can't think of anything particularly profound to say!
Overall its good to learn these things of what may seem as basic (everyone knows what HTML and stuff is, right?) - well not in such a detailed way, and its good to have a look at the building books and potential future of web. Beyond 2.0???
Enterprise 2.0 is interesting, the "flattening world" as everyone is becoming do-able all in the one package with mashups. It shows an evolution of the internet from the basic html stuff to where we are just now.
Now to re-read and more to fully digest...
And I look forward to doing the assessment! That sounds sad but I feel rather unchallenged in the whole semester so far, mostly because in college I was up to my neck in making magazines and all sorts. Okay, it's good because I was so stressed out, but I do like the gratification at the end of the effort. Bring it on.
Overall its good to learn these things of what may seem as basic (everyone knows what HTML and stuff is, right?) - well not in such a detailed way, and its good to have a look at the building books and potential future of web. Beyond 2.0???
Enterprise 2.0 is interesting, the "flattening world" as everyone is becoming do-able all in the one package with mashups. It shows an evolution of the internet from the basic html stuff to where we are just now.
Now to re-read and more to fully digest...
And I look forward to doing the assessment! That sounds sad but I feel rather unchallenged in the whole semester so far, mostly because in college I was up to my neck in making magazines and all sorts. Okay, it's good because I was so stressed out, but I do like the gratification at the end of the effort. Bring it on.
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Bookmarking, Tagging and Podcastin'
I hear tagging, I think Facebook.
In Facebook you can tag in posts and tag people in pictures, and of course in Twitter you can tag people into mentions, and then they see it aswell.
But I didn't know about this kind of tagging, even though it's kind of the same thing.
When used in the above context, when you tag, other people can see it and find it easier in other places. A friend wants to see a picture of him on a night out. Never mind searching a profile, his other friend will tag him. I guess that's how it works with the business.
Tag the business, get better chance of search results and visitors. I liked Delicious, I can see the handiness of it and the easiness to search tags and find relevant information. It could be great for a business to use, and if people like your business, they might bookmark you and tag it with the relevant buzz words! It seems like a simplified social network, just "I like this, here's what its about" - bookmark and tag. The best result in my opinion is the prominence on the web list, you want your site to be top of that google search!
podcasts are good, but business ones sound dull. Still, getting info from podcasts through a directory to help your business sounds good, but then again there's good ol' fashion articles for that? Maybe it's my lazyness, I doubt I'd make a whole podcast dedicated to helping people out. I'd only do it for a show or entertainment. But that's the media student coming out!
In Facebook you can tag in posts and tag people in pictures, and of course in Twitter you can tag people into mentions, and then they see it aswell.
But I didn't know about this kind of tagging, even though it's kind of the same thing.
When used in the above context, when you tag, other people can see it and find it easier in other places. A friend wants to see a picture of him on a night out. Never mind searching a profile, his other friend will tag him. I guess that's how it works with the business.
Tag the business, get better chance of search results and visitors. I liked Delicious, I can see the handiness of it and the easiness to search tags and find relevant information. It could be great for a business to use, and if people like your business, they might bookmark you and tag it with the relevant buzz words! It seems like a simplified social network, just "I like this, here's what its about" - bookmark and tag. The best result in my opinion is the prominence on the web list, you want your site to be top of that google search!
podcasts are good, but business ones sound dull. Still, getting info from podcasts through a directory to help your business sounds good, but then again there's good ol' fashion articles for that? Maybe it's my lazyness, I doubt I'd make a whole podcast dedicated to helping people out. I'd only do it for a show or entertainment. But that's the media student coming out!
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Second life - bluergh
I hate it. I can see it's practical appliance for businesses and appreciate that people have made business purely out of it, but in honesty I see the entire thing as a waste of time from a personal viewpoint.
Wandering around a fictional virtual environment "socialising" with people and doing activities all within this walled off fictional fantasy is beyond bizarre. Make real friends. Play them at games that are infinitely better designed and crafted by dedicated people. At least World of Warcraft is fantastical and intended for play and entertainment, not just some isolating representation of some sort of near reality where people go around and do mundane things you can do in the real world.
Perhaps the most shocking thing is people spending real life money on outdated blocky polygon skins for characters and environment designs. It's great for businesses, making money for practically no cost - Nike can count the Linden Dollars rolling in thick and fast from people literally spending money on nothing.
I suppose the point is to see it from a business point of view. A bunch of people willing to spend money on nothing, promote your real world business while selling them pixels. Sounds good! But even for promoting your business, Second Life holds nothing in terms of users compared to the social networking sites such as Facebook.
I can't comment much on this as my tendency is to rant in a Charlie Brooker-esque fashion. But this is for Uni and I'll reserve until summer.
I'm going to delete Second Life off my browser and go back to playing Half-Life. Having the meetings around the world in the environment is kind of cool mind you.
Wandering around a fictional virtual environment "socialising" with people and doing activities all within this walled off fictional fantasy is beyond bizarre. Make real friends. Play them at games that are infinitely better designed and crafted by dedicated people. At least World of Warcraft is fantastical and intended for play and entertainment, not just some isolating representation of some sort of near reality where people go around and do mundane things you can do in the real world.
Perhaps the most shocking thing is people spending real life money on outdated blocky polygon skins for characters and environment designs. It's great for businesses, making money for practically no cost - Nike can count the Linden Dollars rolling in thick and fast from people literally spending money on nothing.
I suppose the point is to see it from a business point of view. A bunch of people willing to spend money on nothing, promote your real world business while selling them pixels. Sounds good! But even for promoting your business, Second Life holds nothing in terms of users compared to the social networking sites such as Facebook.
I can't comment much on this as my tendency is to rant in a Charlie Brooker-esque fashion. But this is for Uni and I'll reserve until summer.
I'm going to delete Second Life off my browser and go back to playing Half-Life. Having the meetings around the world in the environment is kind of cool mind you.
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