Reads For Week One: Passion Will Bloom

I found Adrian’s piece on blogging useful as I have never blogged before. I liked the way he deconstructed blogging and discussed developing your professional online voice. I disagreed with the Ted Talk about passion. It was argued that one should not waste time looking…

First Impressions

I just finished the first practical session for Media One. The introductory ‘game’ involved each person stating some media works they loved or enjoyed and others they despised. I got a kick out of the vast differences in people’s choices and the passion involved in…

A Short Reflection On Our First Lecture

This slide on different ways of learning really resonated with me. I particularly liked the mention of learning by failure, which is perhaps the hardest, but most insightful way to learn. No one wants to learn from failing, but it is at times inevitable, and…