Welcome back…2nd Half
Well holidays are over and so quickly they went past. Getting back into routine was a little tough but getting there. Lets see how the 2nd half started.
A lecture was given by Nathan about Web 2.0. Web 2.0 is changing the way we use the internet today. It is allowing us to not just retrieve information of the internet but is allowing users to interact with the information. Examples of these sites include Wiki’s (Wikipedia - Online encyclopedia which is built up and maintained by internet users), Youtube - Online video sharing website. Allows users to post videos and comment on media.
Class time was used to go further into details about the web 2.0 world and we were shown some cool sites that incorporate it. One of my favourites was the Tampa Bay Mugshots. A site which is updated when a new arrest has been made within the Tampa Bay region. This site was shown as a example how web 2.0 as great as it is, it also raises a huge concern about privacy issues. Tampa Bay mugshots allows everyone with internet access to open the website and view the latest arrest. It shows information including the persons, name, D.O.B, Address and What they were arrested for.
Assignment one marks were given out as well this week and I passed..woohoo!! very happy with the result and I have already started with assignment 2. I have gone the Geo-Narrative idea. I will be using Google Maps to tell a story….More about that at a later post.
Also an update on the Twitter race. Results were in and Ashton Kutcher won the race to become the first user on Twitter with over 1,000,000 followers.
Well that will do for this week…Hope you have been following the NBA playoffs..Lebron James was crowned MVP of the season!! No surprise there!! Go Cavs!!
