Week 11 – Social Me(dia) Rivers

Author: Sky Croeser
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009 6:36:55 PM WST
Subject: Official Thread: Friendfeed

Sign up for a Friendfeed account and aggregate the RSS feeds from the Twitter and delicious accounts you’ve signed up for during the unit; also add in the RSS feeds from any other services you have accounts with.  Now that a look at the resulting ‘feed’ that results. If you can, post your Friendfeed details on the discussion board and take a look at each others’.

* How does that feed represent you or your interests?  (And how would that work if you have more posts using the individual services?)
* What sense of other people do you get from their feeds?

http://friendfeed.com/sabres21

This is rather interesting to see what comes together when you add all sites into one. I would say that friendfeed is what Web2.0 is all about. Its a one stop shop for social networking.

• content seperate from form
• RSS
• user participation
• ability to have connections with friends.

I do not think I would use this site, however, I can see the appeal of having all info in one spot.

Author: Sean Pryor

Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 4:51:15 PM WST
Subject: RE: Official Thread: Readings

I agree that it is sometimes difficult to see the importance of twitter. I have found it to be incredibly useful as a study tool as I follow many social media and web 2.0 people. But I also have made some personal connections with people that have similar interests.

Maybe I am just a stubborn old man at times, I just cannot get into Twitter, and I honestly do not see the point to it. I would like to hear more on how you can use it as a study tool Sean. Possibly this is a way for me to get a better understanding of Twitter if I can find a practical use for me.

 

Author: Sky Croeser
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009 6:38:57 PM WST
Subject: Official Thread: Readings

Tama Leaver (2007) ‘It’s a Small World After All: From Wired’s Minifesto to the Twitterati’
* Is small still ‘the new black’? If so, why? If not, what’s the newest fashion online?
* What are the implications of the shift to packaging online information in smaller sizes, both for us as consumers of that media and as producers? How does it change the kind of information we put online?
* Do you agree with Lawley’s answer to claims that tweets can be important?

Is small still ‘the new black’? If so, why? If not, what’s the newest fashion online?

I cannot help but think that Twitter is popular currently because you are able to use phones; it’s a mobile service which makes it easy and trendy.

 

What are the implications of the shift to packaging online information in smaller sizes, both for us as consumers of that media and as producers? How does it change the kind of information we put online?

The messages are much straighter to the point; however, I still feel that these micro messages are nothing more than spam if from a business or self serving exhibitionism if from a person. Like the Twitter In Real Life video I cannot help but think ‘who cares’.

Do you agree with Lawley’s answer to claims that tweets can be important?

I am sure as Lawleys says tweets are important to some people, a simple way to keep in touch with daily activities. For me I prefer a more traditional way of finding out what family and friends are up to by using the phone or email.