Day Two.
Documentation Criteria
Produce a blog entry of 250-500 words that addresses the following questions:
What? Describe the types of online media practices you engaged with and produced today. This many include (what you listened to, watched and created online). Write this description as if you are explaining to someone step by step what you did. Explain what you did like for instance if you added a video to YouTube. What was the content of the video? This part sets up the context for the next two questions.
How? This part focuses on the authoring, publishing and distributing part of your activity. For instance, if you are adding a photo to Instagram – What did you take the photo with (what type of camera)?, How did you author the content then publish it to that service? How did you distribute the content you added? Did you link it to other social media services like Facebook, or a blog, for example.
Why? This part concentrates on the question ‘What do I do with online media?’ For example, why did you post a photo to Facebook? Was it because you wanted to show family and friends what you were doing that day at that particular time? Another example – Why did you watch a particular video on YouTube? Was it for entertainment purposes or to learn something?
Media Usage Overview
- Facebook Messenger
- Spotify
- Premiere Pro
- WordPress (my own personal blog)
- My Media Factory Blog (Media 1 + Networking Media)
- CityMapper
- Google Searches
- Google Maps
- Photos (Screenshots)
- DSLR Camera (Shooting)
- Snapchat
- Gmail
- Uber
- Youtube
- Netflix
Focus: CityMapper (and the ease of travel)
What? Although I think this a bit of an odd (or unique!) topic of conversation for today – I have decided to write about it. I recall as a kid, my parents using big, paper route maps to direct our drives around Sydney (or Australia, for that matter). However, nowadays, all my travel needs are done on my iPhone. CityMapper is like (in my opinion) a ‘better version’ of google maps it has a link to save places (ie: your favourite coffee shop, the city centre, a friend’s house, college etc.), recent trips you have gone on, alerts for delays in traffic and victoria/yarra train maps. It also has numerous options for a trip; bike, tram, train, bus, and walk. One of my favourite aspects of CityMapper is the fact it has connections to Uber, so it can show you the exact price + time for your current location (rather than switching apps all the time). I used CityMapper today to find building 57 at RMIT as I have my editorial meetings for Catalyst there (and it is out of the way from the buildings I am usually in.) but I have also used it in Europe and Sydney. I would totally recommend it – I find it to be accurate compared to GoogleMaps.
How? I used CityMapper today to find building 57 at RMIT as I have my editorial meetings for Catalyst there (and it is out of the way from the buildings I am usually in.) but I have also used it in Europe and Sydney. I would totally recommend it – I find it to be accurate compared to GoogleMaps. Note: I found my building successfully… so it must work, right?
Why? I use CityMapper for it’s convenience. To be honest, I have had too many struggles with GoogleMaps thinking I am in a different location to where I actually am – so far, I have had no problems with CityMapper! I also find the fact that CityMapper embedded other apps (such as Uber) into the app allows for convenience, something that all millennials love, especially me.
Desktop Outlook
App Outlook (iPhone)
