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saving to finish later

May 3, 2008 · 1 Comment

I was wondering who knows how to retrieve a post after you click on the save button?  If I start typing my paper, I will probably not finish it in one day, so how can you retrieve it to finish it later?

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SNS and when is the ethnography due.

May 3, 2008 · 1 Comment

I just checked my SNS and there are no more posts on the question I asked about why you use a social networking system.  I have found that the rules are given to you at the beginning, but  you are reminded of them whenever you go to add anything to your my page like video or pictures.  It won’t let you post nude pictures or copy-written things, but I have seen some pictures that I would say are almost nude.  I guess almost doesn’t count here.   You also have to be 13 or older to sign up for an account, but there are several occasion were I have read posts that I could tell or they hinted that they weren’t 13.  I think  I should have reported them, but how do you prove someone isn’t a certain age?  I have seen lots of foul language, but have not seen a rule against that yet anyways.  

The social aspect of the experience for me personally has been to chat with fellow class members about assignments, blogs, and how myspace works.  I have also found many friends that I haven’t spoken with for 10-15 years.  I have enjoyed seeing how they are and what they are up to now.  It is weird to see your friends growing up and being successful.  I was amazed at some of my friends professions like one is a golf trainer and one became a beautician.  I think it is great to contact and stay in touch with pictures to old friends.

From the standpoint of how the others use this social network it seems to be a stomping ground to communicate with people that you don’t see daily or are a long distance from you.  Some seem to work daily on groups and discussing different topics that interest them depending on how their day’s went.  Others seem to be more into just constant contact exchanging junk mail and pictures.  Almost like emailing where everyone else can see it.  I also noticed that most profiles are private and don’t want friends that they don’t know.  Most of my groups usually have about 10 people constantly making comments, while the others don’t make comments (at least while I have been commenting).  It seems that only a handful are really active in the groups while there may be thousands that are members.  

 

Ok, this is my summary of what I have experienced.  Now I have to write and post the paper.  Is it due on the 9th?  I looked and didn’t see the date on blackboard.  

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New things on wordpress

May 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment

ok, I have been working with this upgraded version of wordpress.  I assume that has changed for everyone close to the beginning of the semester.   So my question is for the people that have checked out everything:  What is the difference between a page, link and post.  You can write anyone of these, but I don’t know what the page and link one do, so I have just been doing the post on. 

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Stoll

May 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I have officially read the shortest chapter I have ever read.  Just thought I would point out that the 2nd rule for chess is probably the best advice to give to anyone that is making a hard decision to ”make the best possible move you can.”  Some times there isn’t any right move, just the best move.  Loved it and also love playing chess.

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My space results

May 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Well, in order to find out more about why people use myspace, I just posted the question to the Teacher Group I’m a member of.  I asked them to reply to why they used myspace and what they wanted to get from it.   More of my comments were exactly like I thought, to keep up with friends.  They didn’t seem to mind answering my questions and seemed to be very honest.  I even had one say they joined an atheist group to share her opinions without being judged and criticized for it.  

 

Since I have been a member of two groups for several weeks now, I have noticed that mostly the teacher want to talk to each other.  They want to make sure that what they are doing in their classroom is the same as everyone else and for the most part, they are the same.  Some comes from schools that handle situations better than others, but all of them seem to agree with each most of the time.  They also seem to just want a sympathetic audience to vent to or to see what others would do in certain citation.  

I haven’t checked today to see if anymore comments were made, but I will check and post more if it is different from above.  I will point out that the ones that are regular users are just social people that are looking to be social.  

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