Today I am feeling more confident in my abilities to handle the situations that may be thrown at me throughout this semester. The wiki project possibilities for the “Indianapolis” group sound rather inviting, and have definitely peaked my interest. I believe the FFA project could be interesting because of the possibility of learning about the FFA’s history. Although I am not medically educated, I also thought the HIV wiki could be a useful way for me/the team to learn more about the HIV community. Often the public does not understand the HIV community because it does not communicate with it. A wiki could help recently diagnosed HIV patients to join a more personal community in helping answer the many questions they probably have. The wiki for incoming medical students could also be of tremendous help for students that feel overwhelmed by 1) such a large medical campus and 2) getting the help needed to locate important people in the field of medicine.
On another note, I was so bored at work the other day I actually decided to thumb through the current People Magazine. This is something I do maybe once every six months because Hollywood is such a bore to me. Anyway, I noticed the “What’s in, and What’s out” page. I was rather intrigued to read that under the “What’s out” section the two online communities of MySpace and Facebook were listed. The comment read “Enough with people who tell us to contact them via their MySpace or Facebook page! Cant’ you just give us your e-mail address? We have no interest in seeing photos of you and your friends drunk and making fools of yourselves.” (People. Dec‘07/Jan’08 56) It seems to me the online community is the up-and-coming thing. Maybe the Midwesterners just have not caught on to it and it still seems new, whereas, it is considered “old hat” and boring in the Hollywood world.
I tried to get back online to see what new information Wired magazine had, but school work won out over an online magazine.
That is all for this week. I look forward to seeing who I am teamed up with and what wiki I will be helping to produce with my team.
1 comment:
It's similar to what Kay was commenting on. The idea that some bleeding edgers are already condescending when it comes to Library 2.0 applications. Oh the egos!
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