group project reflection…

I had a great time creating my song for GarageBand.  It was great to explore this program and discover its different facets.  I literally spent hours and hours syncing up the sound clips, and monkeying around with the volume, etc.  There is enormous creative potential with GrarageBand.  Moreover, GarageBand clips could be used in many [...]

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my movie blog

http://thereflectingskin.wordpress.com/
That is the website to the blog I created for my class paper.  Its a dark drama, so things can get a little strange on the site!

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paper abstract: virtual communities

I chose to look at virtual communities in libraries for my paper topic. In doing so, I established a mock “virtual community” of my own. Utilizing the principles of “The Long Tail,” I set up a wordpress blog for a very, shall we say, “niche-market” movie. Its a strange film from the [...]

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library 2.0 and marketing ourselves

I had a job interview last week.  One of the four questions I received was to explain my experience with Library 2.0.  The second of the four questions was to discuss three ways in which blogs can be used in libraries.  Of course, this class helped me to clearly articulate these two answers.  It felt [...]

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on Wikipedia

I had a conversation last night about Wikipedia.  I was explaining that one needed to know some basics of HTML in order to edit a Wikipedia page.  This led into a fruitful conversation about the digital divide.  If one needed to know HTML to edit a page, then that weeds out only a select group [...]

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free for ALL?

I recently picked up the latest WIRED mag to find that Chris Anderson is at it again.  His article was published as the cover story.  This time, he wasn’t dishing on the Long Tail… Chris stepped into to new (yet familiar) territory. 
The article discusses the power of “free”.  We experience free services every day when [...]

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my world of social networking

I like having virtual friends.  I like social networking.  I’m not afraid to admit that, after watching an episode of the Bachelor, I log into YouTube and check out how others are reacting to the show.  (wow did i just admit to that?)  I’ve followed nonsense YouTube posts from CommunityChannel and BarelyPolitical… I’ve made facebook [...]

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The Grandma Test

I would like to pick up with a comment that was made during our last class meeting…  We discussed how photos and personal details on social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace shape how we want to be perceived.  It was then questioned as to whether people actually change who they are to appear a certain way [...]

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My first experiences with virtual communities…

My earliest recollection of virtual communities was in the chat room.  I remember sitting on the computer for hours in middle/early high school typing things like “age/sex check”… or “a/s/l check” (age/sex/location).  It seems strange now, but I mainly talked to strangers.  The chat rooms didn’t seem to be categorized into much of a theme, and the conversation was [...]

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the 2.0 elections

Reflection on Library 2.0 & Participatory Service: A little politics, a little 2.0

I am going to deviate a bit from “Library 2.0,” and discuss “web 2.0″.  I got to thinking about web 2.0 this evening as I made my way home from the Obama rally in Minneapolis.  I found it amazing that the event sold [...]

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