In doing mpi-104 I have gained a deeper understanding of how and why we use the internet for various purposes. I have actively set up my own blog according to my interests and what I think is visually appealing. I have also followed other people’s blogs, not just those within my class, mainly artists and photographers, who are interested in the same subjects as me. Exploring various blogs around me has been a great learning experience in seeing how others communicate to the online community. Gaining inspiration from the expression of others and the layout of their blogs has been of particular interest. Also learning about what a blog actually is has been of great importance to the overall role of my own blog. I consider my own blog to be a personal online diary with links to my favourite sites such as Flickr, Purevolume and Deviant Art. I define blogger as being a ‘publishing system’ which is maintained by an individual through the uploading of media such as photos (photoblog), videos (vblog) or text. I focus on the textual aspect within my blog by expressing myself and what I have learnt in this subject.
The aesthetic look of my blog has come from my love of design and so I researched all of the available templates until I found a simple, yet interesting layout that depicted my own character and did not make my information too hard to read (busy). The colours grey and pink work well as the text is easy to read and the pink highlights the titles of posts and the linked words making it easier to access the desired link/information. The photos stand out as both colourful, interesting and expressive against the light grey background. I customized the layout and rearranged some page elements so that my photos were on the right and my text was separated to the left which is a layout I believe works well in the overall reading the blog.
In doing these online activities I have learnt about HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) which is the language that describes the structure of text-based information like links, headings, paragraphs and embedded images. I have learnt about CSS which means a change in style can be achieved while content does not change. The advantage being you don't lose content and you have improved accessibility. I have learnt about posting and how to link within a post which has been a very important aspect of this course and one which I have enjoyed.
*******************************
I have 9 posts on my blog, some are long and each have a link to the site I am writing about. This is a link to my more interesting posts on my blog.
Post 1
Post 2
Post 3
Comments I have made to other blogs have been based on what I have found interesting, inspiring or helpful on various blogs. These are some comments I have made on some people’s blogs and posts.
Comment 1
Comment 2
Comment 3
Using tags has helped me to categorize information into specific areas which I can recognize so it is easier for me to find what I need to find. Tags help us find photos etc which have something in common. So it’s a keyword or term attached to a piece of information. It’s a kind of metadata (data about other data), that helps describe something and allows it to be found again.
Here's a link to the tags i have used on my delicious site.
Del.icio.us
I have created 15 bookmarks in my delicious account. These include mainly blogs and Flickr accounts which I have found to be really helpful or interesting. I find photography blogs of particular interest because I am doing a photography course so I can gain inspiration, contacts and helpful tips from different photographers. I also have enjoyed looking into fashion blogs and Flickr accounts and I have uploaded my own fashion photography to these. I like being able to share my work online and especially to my fashion groups on Flickr. Also finding a Christian Flickr site has been encouraging as I can express my faith with others on the site and join in fellowship in that way.
My 3 favourite web pages are:
Flickr: ‘Christian Photographer Fellowship’
Flickr: ‘Fashion and Style’
'New-Art Blog’
Flickr
I have 55 images uploaded on my Flickr site, ranging from my digital photo shoots to film photo shoots and personal photos. My 3 favourite images are
BishopAmanda01
Mandy Photography 148
Lips
The aesthetic look of my blog has come from my love of design and so I researched all of the available templates until I found a simple, yet interesting layout that depicted my own character and did not make my information too hard to read (busy). The colours grey and pink work well as the text is easy to read and the pink highlights the titles of posts and the linked words making it easier to access the desired link/information. The photos stand out as both colourful, interesting and expressive against the light grey background. I customized the layout and rearranged some page elements so that my photos were on the right and my text was separated to the left which is a layout I believe works well in the overall reading the blog.
In doing these online activities I have learnt about HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) which is the language that describes the structure of text-based information like links, headings, paragraphs and embedded images. I have learnt about CSS which means a change in style can be achieved while content does not change. The advantage being you don't lose content and you have improved accessibility. I have learnt about posting and how to link within a post which has been a very important aspect of this course and one which I have enjoyed.
*******************************
I have 9 posts on my blog, some are long and each have a link to the site I am writing about. This is a link to my more interesting posts on my blog.
Post 1
Post 2
Post 3
Comments I have made to other blogs have been based on what I have found interesting, inspiring or helpful on various blogs. These are some comments I have made on some people’s blogs and posts.
Comment 1
Comment 2
Comment 3
Using tags has helped me to categorize information into specific areas which I can recognize so it is easier for me to find what I need to find. Tags help us find photos etc which have something in common. So it’s a keyword or term attached to a piece of information. It’s a kind of metadata (data about other data), that helps describe something and allows it to be found again.
Here's a link to the tags i have used on my delicious site.
Del.icio.us
I have created 15 bookmarks in my delicious account. These include mainly blogs and Flickr accounts which I have found to be really helpful or interesting. I find photography blogs of particular interest because I am doing a photography course so I can gain inspiration, contacts and helpful tips from different photographers. I also have enjoyed looking into fashion blogs and Flickr accounts and I have uploaded my own fashion photography to these. I like being able to share my work online and especially to my fashion groups on Flickr. Also finding a Christian Flickr site has been encouraging as I can express my faith with others on the site and join in fellowship in that way.
My 3 favourite web pages are:
Flickr: ‘Christian Photographer Fellowship’
Flickr: ‘Fashion and Style’
'New-Art Blog’
Flickr
I have 55 images uploaded on my Flickr site, ranging from my digital photo shoots to film photo shoots and personal photos. My 3 favourite images are
BishopAmanda01
Mandy Photography 148
Lips
2 comments:
Nice post I enjoyed looking at your links.
Good luck with it
Hey Mandie, I have been well, i love what you have done to your blog it looks awesome!
Post a Comment