One week of classes left…

Alrighty, so again didn’t go to the symposium this week. Why? Because, I have other things to do. And thanks to those that did go and then blogged about it I can read your notes.

It seems like there was a bit of discussion around databases and how they are not just for the internet. There are loads of other types of databases listed here.

Wikipedia says that databases are: created to operate large quantities of information by inputting, storing, retrieving and managing that information. Databases are set up so that one set of software programs provides all users with access to all the data.

The information stored in Databases is non-sequential and therefore not linear and cannot form a narrative #nobeginningmiddleend #hyperlinks #yourlifeisnotastory #iveheardthisbefore #hashtagswithnopurpose

I do not understand some people’s desperation… Sydney Morning Herald Digital Life

Sea otters apparently hold hands while they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other. Happy Monday.

Great in class discussions this week which I thought was a very good use of class time. Being able to ask questions and have open conversations about network media and blogging without being pressed for time. One benefit to being at uni is to make use of the lecturer’s and tutor’s knowledge and in most cases there is never any class time to do that.

Amy is in a few of my classes and I have had the privilege of completing a group assignment with her in semester one. Here is her blog.

Amy’s blog. 

Even if you only take one thing from what you read, that’s still something new you didn’t know before.

Creative Commons has popped up in the comms subject as well as network media but for different reasons. I like it when something familiar pops up between subjects it ties everything together.

The idea of keeping a blog instead of writing essays is a great way to be interactive and participate in the real world while at uni. Going off Adrian Miles’ idea that it keeps students from being passive consumers. It also allows us to break away from keeping a personal diary or journal that only we would ever read. I have never kept a blog and it’s definitely a major tool in the media industry so I’m up for it!

Navigating my way around media factory and learning how to post entries to my blog. First one successful… I hope.

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