Both Web 2.0 and Podcasting are developing so fast these days, and getting more popular. At first time, I did not really have any knowledge about the differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. And also a word ‘Podcasting’ was not familiar to me.
As I keep researching about these two, I found out a key Web 2.0 principle which is the service automatically gets better the more people use it. Web 2.0 is based on human interactions which hosts many different kinds of services. “It is the design patterns and business models for the next generation of software” (2007, O'Reilly Media). One important name was mentioned when I research about Web 2.0, and it was Tim O'Reilly. He was the one who described Web 2.0 as business embracing the web as a platform. Some examples of Web 2.0 include Wikipedia, Google map, eBay, and so on. Although I was not familiar with a word Web 2.0, I already knew most of examples of it, and used it. In my opinion, Web 2.0 will be developing more and people will use it more in the future. The reason is, for example, we use eBay to buy and sell products. This is really convenient way, and people like to use it more often. I think Web 2.0 is mostly lead by people, and this is another reason that it will be develop even faster. Everyone can access and use it with even little knowledge about the web.
Podcasting is “a new type of online media delivery. We publish selected audio files via the internet and allow the users to subscribe via an RSS feed to automatically receive new files”(2005, O’Reilly Media-Podcasting). I also think Podcasting has potential of more development and will be used in a variety way, those can be communication, education, entertainment, and so on. In conclusion, as technology develops and more people started to use World Wide Web, these Web 2.0 and Podcasting will also diffuse more in the future.
Reference:
What Is Web 2.0, 2007, http://www.oreilly.de/artikel/web20.html
What Is Podcasting, 2005, http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/07/20/WhatIsPodcasting.html
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Week 2: Seeking a best of…
Humor blog- http://thesneeze.com/
I think there are some important points that make the good blogs, and one of them is making people to get more interests about that blog. Another one is that the information in a blog is easy to understand and read. While I was searching for many different kinds of blog website, I discovered interesting humor blog called ‘The Sneeze’. The blog grabbed my attention with its unique design and many interesting colorful images. I highly evaluated this blog because of two reasons. First of all, as I looked inside of the blog deeply, I discovered interesting fact about this blog. Unlike the other humor blogs or websites, ‘The Sneeze’ did not contain any typical joke stories. However, ‘The Sneeze’ used daily and normal facts as its main interesting topic. Second one is that it contained many audio and video files that describe the information, and it helped the blog looks better. As I go on, I’ll make some important points of my evaluation.
In this blog, every explanation includes an image or video clips that support it. And “The Raisins 2007”, which is in a main page, has a sub describe about downloading mp3 file if the video clip does not work. It says, “If it won’t play, here’s an mp3 File”. Although this does not look big deal, I can see the consideration towards the viewers. This blog also has background music, and this music made me to stay more in this blog. It has so many different topics, from cereal characters to Macdonald slogan. However, each topic well described with interesting images and words. For example, when they were describing about the cereal characters, the title of it is “The Cheap-Ass Cereals”, and of course I clicked this title because this title attracted me. This blog’s strength is affecting my point of view, because it makes me to think about the subject in different way. In conclusion, I think this blog is really creative and well explained.
I think there are some important points that make the good blogs, and one of them is making people to get more interests about that blog. Another one is that the information in a blog is easy to understand and read. While I was searching for many different kinds of blog website, I discovered interesting humor blog called ‘The Sneeze’. The blog grabbed my attention with its unique design and many interesting colorful images. I highly evaluated this blog because of two reasons. First of all, as I looked inside of the blog deeply, I discovered interesting fact about this blog. Unlike the other humor blogs or websites, ‘The Sneeze’ did not contain any typical joke stories. However, ‘The Sneeze’ used daily and normal facts as its main interesting topic. Second one is that it contained many audio and video files that describe the information, and it helped the blog looks better. As I go on, I’ll make some important points of my evaluation.
In this blog, every explanation includes an image or video clips that support it. And “The Raisins 2007”, which is in a main page, has a sub describe about downloading mp3 file if the video clip does not work. It says, “If it won’t play, here’s an mp3 File”. Although this does not look big deal, I can see the consideration towards the viewers. This blog also has background music, and this music made me to stay more in this blog. It has so many different topics, from cereal characters to Macdonald slogan. However, each topic well described with interesting images and words. For example, when they were describing about the cereal characters, the title of it is “The Cheap-Ass Cereals”, and of course I clicked this title because this title attracted me. This blog’s strength is affecting my point of view, because it makes me to think about the subject in different way. In conclusion, I think this blog is really creative and well explained.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Week 1: What is the biggest issue facing blogging, citizenship and the future of media?
Blogs are not that hard to make and it became really popular today. It is still developing which is in progress. So people like mainstream journalists make their own blogs, however they are not the only one who make the blogs, anyone can make it about any subject. Many blogs provide personal information or online diaries, and commentary on particular subject. The question is about the biggest issue facing blogging, citizenship and the future of media. There are several issues about it, and some of them are easy to realize. One is that the blog does not really include privacy, because anyone can access to the particular blog and read what they have in that blog.
However, I think the biggest issue is that as the number of personal blog increases and develops, many people can easily see others’ personal online diaries or information. This leads to the effect of less privacy. In the personal blogs, people write more about their own thoughts and opinions rather than the certain accurate information. And other people may reply about their opinion, so mostly it is filled with information plus their opinions. One important thing is that there is no guarantee that the information is hundred percent accurate or true, however we tend to believe most information there. For example, I read about some commentary on a particular celebrity, and it totally changed my point of view about that celebrity. Thus sometimes wrong information flows and people get confuses.
By looking at this issue, I am pretty sure that we will have bigger problem in the future, in terms of digital innovation and development of media. This does not mean that digital innovation is bad for the future, but we have to think about some of these negative effects as the media develops. Blogging became more than a way to communicate now, and getting popular and popular. This is why we have to study more about it, and think about the way to prevent these issues.
However, I think the biggest issue is that as the number of personal blog increases and develops, many people can easily see others’ personal online diaries or information. This leads to the effect of less privacy. In the personal blogs, people write more about their own thoughts and opinions rather than the certain accurate information. And other people may reply about their opinion, so mostly it is filled with information plus their opinions. One important thing is that there is no guarantee that the information is hundred percent accurate or true, however we tend to believe most information there. For example, I read about some commentary on a particular celebrity, and it totally changed my point of view about that celebrity. Thus sometimes wrong information flows and people get confuses.
By looking at this issue, I am pretty sure that we will have bigger problem in the future, in terms of digital innovation and development of media. This does not mean that digital innovation is bad for the future, but we have to think about some of these negative effects as the media develops. Blogging became more than a way to communicate now, and getting popular and popular. This is why we have to study more about it, and think about the way to prevent these issues.
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