1. How does the tool relate to the topic of the week?
The tool that we used that relates to the topic of the week is meetup.com. This is a website that allows people to create profiles based on what they enjoy doing. It lets people find other people in their area who share the same interests. meetup.com relates to interpersonal communication because people can meet others and have face to face communication and people can meet in groups and have group conversations.
2. What functions does the tool serve?
Meetup.com serves as a way people in a certain area can meet online and face to face. People join groups depending on their interests. For example, some groups may include dancing, games, outdoor activities, and fishing. These were some of the most common groups that I found around the Quad Cities area. When people join these groups dates are set for everyone in that group to meetup and do whatever activity they all enjoy. This is why it's called meetup.com
3. What did you find most interesting about the tool?
There are many interesting things about meetup.com, but the thing that I found most interesting is that meetup not only allows people to meet face to face, but encourages it. This is what sets meetup apart from other top social media tools like facebook, twitter, and pinterest. Instead of just giving ideas for things meetup allows people to meet each other and show them what they love to do. Meetup.com allows people to find others who are interested in the same things that they are. I think that this is a great thing because it encourages people to be social with each other and not just sit in front of a computer and talk with text.
4. What did you find most challenging?
When I first visited meetup.com i thought that the layout was a little confusing, but after using it more I found it very easy to use. When you join a group, you are told how many people are also in the group with you. The thing that I found most difficult about meetup was the upcoming events tab and the calendar tab. I thought that the layout of the upcoming events tab was just awkwardly set up. When you click on the event it says recent events that took place and I found it confusing to really know which event was the actual event. Depending on who creates the events and calendar, the setup can be very confusing. Some of the groups that I tried looking at had nothing on their calendar, but had a lot on their upcoming events. In others I found the calendar very easy to use and all the events were accurate with the upcoming events.
5. How does the tool help or complicate communication?
I believe that meetup.com helps communication and doesn't hurt it. Like I said before meetup.com allows people to meet each other based on similar interests. I would say that meetup hurts communication if it didn't allow people to meet face to face. I think that meeting people in person and not having a relationship based entirely online is the best way to communicate. This is what meetup.com allows people to do.
6. What is your critique of your experience?
I enjoyed looking through meetup.com and I thought that it was a great social media tool that allowed people to meet based on interests. I think that the tool is setup great other than the few problems that I described earlier. Some of the groups that i tried joining weren't set up very well by the creator. You just have to find the right group and I'm sure that you will really enjoy your experience. In the end I think that meetup.com is a great social media tool. Depending on your interests you will find other people in your area that appreciate the same things that you do.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
blog post 1
1. How does the tool relate to the topic of the week?
Blogging is the topic of the week. Blogging is a type of social media tool that allows people to express their opinions and views on certain issues. I think that blogging can be very useful for people who are looking to find other opinions on things. I have never blogged before, but after creating this blog and posting to it, I feel like I will use it more often.
2. What functions does the tool serve?
Blogging allows people to voice their opinions and beliefs either by using their real name or by going anonymous. Some people may not want others to know who they are, but others may want everyone to know that they feel very strongly about certain things. People who may not have many friends or aren't very connected to their families may use blogging as a way to feel close to others. Some people may use blogs as a diary of their life and daily happenings. Other blogs may focus on specific events. Overall, blogs main purpose are to inform other people of many different things from personal to worldwide events.
3. What did you find most interesting about the tool?
I thought that creating this blog was very cool. It allowed me to customize the blog to exactly what I wanted. This is what I thought was most interesting about it. The customization allows the user to make the blog stand for something more than just a page with posts on it. It lets them create their own little world. On my blog i was able to put a picture that i find very inspirational and hopefully others may feel the same about it. I think this is awesome. I can share things that I enjoy with others.
4. What did you find the most challenging?
This was the first blog that I ever made so everything was new to me. What I found to be the most challenging was putting widgets on my blog page. For some reason i just struggled to get the widgets that i wanted. I ended up putting an e-mail widget that allows people to receive my blogs straight to their e-mail when I post them. Another widget that i used was a counter that tracks the number of views that my page gets. The final widget that i used was allowing pictures to be posted on my page. It took me a longer amount of time to put these widgets on my page than anything else. After the third widget I used it started to become easier to get them. I just need to get used to how everything is set up.
5. How does the tool help or complicate communication?
I think that blogging helps and hurts communication in different areas. It helps communication because it allows people to be more connected with others. People can post blogs and feel closer with others based on their responses. Blogging hurts communication because users can't talk face to face. Everything is read and understood through text and not emotions from others. People can't really type words and use the emotions that they are trying to get across.
6. What is your critique of your experience?
I think that making this blog was a good idea. It allows me to utilize more social media tools. this is very important because social media is taking over. So many more people use social media than before so this allows me to be able to use and understand yet another tool. Overall I think that I will use my blog after this class and post my opinions on different topics. I am still not 100% comfortable with everything involved with the blogs, but eventually I will understand them more and be more comfortable.
Blogging is the topic of the week. Blogging is a type of social media tool that allows people to express their opinions and views on certain issues. I think that blogging can be very useful for people who are looking to find other opinions on things. I have never blogged before, but after creating this blog and posting to it, I feel like I will use it more often.
2. What functions does the tool serve?
Blogging allows people to voice their opinions and beliefs either by using their real name or by going anonymous. Some people may not want others to know who they are, but others may want everyone to know that they feel very strongly about certain things. People who may not have many friends or aren't very connected to their families may use blogging as a way to feel close to others. Some people may use blogs as a diary of their life and daily happenings. Other blogs may focus on specific events. Overall, blogs main purpose are to inform other people of many different things from personal to worldwide events.
3. What did you find most interesting about the tool?
I thought that creating this blog was very cool. It allowed me to customize the blog to exactly what I wanted. This is what I thought was most interesting about it. The customization allows the user to make the blog stand for something more than just a page with posts on it. It lets them create their own little world. On my blog i was able to put a picture that i find very inspirational and hopefully others may feel the same about it. I think this is awesome. I can share things that I enjoy with others.
4. What did you find the most challenging?
This was the first blog that I ever made so everything was new to me. What I found to be the most challenging was putting widgets on my blog page. For some reason i just struggled to get the widgets that i wanted. I ended up putting an e-mail widget that allows people to receive my blogs straight to their e-mail when I post them. Another widget that i used was a counter that tracks the number of views that my page gets. The final widget that i used was allowing pictures to be posted on my page. It took me a longer amount of time to put these widgets on my page than anything else. After the third widget I used it started to become easier to get them. I just need to get used to how everything is set up.
5. How does the tool help or complicate communication?
I think that blogging helps and hurts communication in different areas. It helps communication because it allows people to be more connected with others. People can post blogs and feel closer with others based on their responses. Blogging hurts communication because users can't talk face to face. Everything is read and understood through text and not emotions from others. People can't really type words and use the emotions that they are trying to get across.
6. What is your critique of your experience?
I think that making this blog was a good idea. It allows me to utilize more social media tools. this is very important because social media is taking over. So many more people use social media than before so this allows me to be able to use and understand yet another tool. Overall I think that I will use my blog after this class and post my opinions on different topics. I am still not 100% comfortable with everything involved with the blogs, but eventually I will understand them more and be more comfortable.
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