So I have created an account with several different social networking sites. As mentioned in my previous post, I have a Tumblr blog. However, after spending time on Tumblr I decided to create a Posterous account. From my experience, Posterous is quite similar to Tumblr, except it seems to be quicker to blog. Both Tumblr and Posterous allow you to share anything from any page by clicking “Share on Tumblr“, an interface appears, which allows you to input information regarding the post, and it also allows you to add tags to the post. Both the blogs allow you to link up your blog with other social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, however, Posterous allows you to link up with everything, from your WordPress blog to your Youtube account. One major problem I found with this was: Whenever I posted on Posterous, the post would also be sent to my Twitter page, Facebook page, and Tumblr page. But the new Twitter Tweet would be sent to my Facebook page, and so would the Tumblr post, so my Facebook account feed received 3 posts regarding the same thing, this looked messy and increases the risk of friends deleting me of Facebook due to spamming. This resulted in removing all the feed links of Posterous, however, I kept the link from my Tumblr to my Twitter feed. Out of the 2, I prefer Tumblr because it seems to have a lot more going on, I have seen plenty of artistic posts that I like, leading me to following the user, and the user following me (much like Twitter). I found Posterous to be very blasé and messy, and I also found it annoying having to log into my hotmail account to share something on my blog. I’m sure after time it would become easier to maintain Posterous, to get it looking more professional, however, Tumblr is much more easier, and it also has a widget for my Macbook Pro’s dashboard so I can make a post from my dashboard.
Another site I have been using a lot recently is Flickr, this is because I am attempting to setup my brothers photography business. Richard wants to be a freelance photographer, and the only way to do that is to get out there, and get exposed. My aim is to use social media to get him exposed. This has involved maintaining his Flickr account with regular uploads, joining relevant groups to post the photographs to, posting blogs on WordPress regarding his interest in photography, featuring links to his latest work, and also Tweeting on Twitter to get the public over to his Flickr and check out his work. So far it does seem to be working, however, it is a rather slow process, but hopefully it will all pay off!
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It’s been a few weeks since anything new was published on this page, it’s time to do something about that! First of all I’ll start with discussing some new social networking sites I have come across. One of them is Tumblr. After registering I began to witness the benefits of this site, and how it is unique. Firstly, the site allows you to post blogs, and also to import all of your feeds onto your page, so it is likely this blog will end up on there. The site also sends your latest posts to Twitter so your followers can read your latest post. You can find my blog page here: Sunset Margin.
Another website I have been experimenting with recently is Flickr. I’m sure most people have heard of it, but for those who haven’t, the website allows one to upload photos and videos. The file can then be tagged so it appears in a categorical search, if somebody comes across your image/video, they can favourite it, comment on it, and use it themselves if you allow them to use it (this is where Creative Commons comes in use). I’m yet to experience something that will hook me to this site, but I’m sure it will come in use as part of my project, well, it definitely will be playing a large part for one area of it.
One thing I have learned this week is how much technology is constantly changing, after reviewing the media industry over the past 50 years it is shocking to see how far we have come, how much technology has changed in such a small amount of time. It was only 41 years ago that Television brought the world closer together with the broadcast of the moon landing.
At one point I became a little bit obsessed with how MTV changed a lot of things in the 1980s. It changed the way music is consumed, no longer would a song only be a sound, it became an image too. If a music video was on heavy rotation on the play list it would most likely go to number 1 in the charts. The 80s also brought us the Compact Disc (CD) that would be the dominant format throughout the 90s, followed by MP3, the iPod dominates the MP3 market.
Yes a lot has changed over the past half a century, and a lot of different technology has been introduced. But introduction of a new technology does not necessarily wave goodbye to an older format, take the vinyl for example, any audiophile would much rather prefer to listen to an analogue vinyl than a digital CD or MP3, because the sound is so much warmer and richer. Although I think we can all happily say goodbye to the obsolete VHS. I recall wanting rid of this video format a few years before the introduction of DVD, simply for the pure annoyance of rewinding and fast forwarding the tape, damaging it in the meantime.
The Internet has been a blessing, in many ways. I can not imagine how I would waste my time without it! I would much prefer to aimlessly surf the net, than sit down on a games console for 3 to 4 hours. I just love checking Twitter for new tweats and Facebook for new status updates, and constantly keeping up to date with the latest celebrity news…
Check out this hilarious clip taken from French & Saunders, hopefully it’ll have you lolling as much as me…
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