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This is my current mood while writing this finale post with regards to the Internet.
Why? Because it was such an interesting experience learning about the different tools and platforms on the Internet, which I didn't know about or didn't know much about it.
Why? Because it was such an interesting experience learning about the different tools and platforms on the Internet, which I didn't know about or didn't know much about it.
Throughout the course of this semester, I had also learnt about really going out to look for new and interesting stuff to share on the blog. Well, this includes pictures, videos and gifs of course!
So now I present to you, what we've went through over the course of the past three months!
DISCLAIMER: LONG POST AHEAD since it's a summary...
Week O-N-E: Introduction to the Internet
We began on this journey asking ourselves to look back on our perspective and our experience on the Internet. It's always good to start off learning about something, by first listing down what you had previously known about that "something"
So now I present to you, what we've went through over the course of the past three months!
DISCLAIMER: LONG POST AHEAD since it's a summary...
Week O-N-E: Introduction to the Internet
We began on this journey asking ourselves to look back on our perspective and our experience on the Internet. It's always good to start off learning about something, by first listing down what you had previously known about that "something"
Click the animation to open the full version (via Penny Stocks Lab).
And apparently, I just realised, I had questioned the future of the Internet right from the first post? #foresight #mindblown
But anyways, the introduction to the Internet is probably just a tiny fraction of what you're reading here throughout the thirteen posts! Since it's an introduction, it's more of just letting you see the tip of the iceberg of the Internet, as we continue to dig deeper into what people may not know.
Week T-W-O: Social Media - management tools and platforms
This has got to be one of my favourite aspects of the Internet, it was my favourite but it now turned into "one of my favourites".
It was one of the aspects of the Internet that I could relate to more, having lived and being brought up in the new generation where social media silently takes over our lives. We probably look at social media updates of our friends, rather than asking them face2face to check on how they are doing at the moment. In this post, we focused mainly on Facebook, which is probably one of the world's greatest social networking site since the Internet age. Facebook may not be as popular as before, but it was definitely one of the few sites which has come a whopping ten years till it's current state.
& did you know, as of today, 99% of their shares amount up to like over $40 billion USD?! #randomfact
As a continuation to the Facebook Mentions example, here's something to cheer your day!
Week T-H-R-E-E: Social Media for Business
It is of no surprise that many of us would have more than one social media account, and we only have two hands and a brain to manage them. Here's where social media management tools come in handy!
Not just individuals, but I'm sure many businesses also employ such management tools to help them manage their followers on the various social media accounts. Just taking any music label you know, it could be mandopop labels like Bin Music or H.I.M International, or even Korean top labels like YG and SM Entertainment! How many of them only rely on one social media account? At the very least, they would have a Facebook and a Twitter official account, isn't it?
Here's where our favourite shopping friends all come together! With the recent 11.11 sales, I think the only one laughing their hearts out is the sellers selling their stuff, and perhaps the founder of Taobao who made it a tradition for a "taobao sale" on this particular day.
The Internet has made it so accessible for us to participate in shopping, at the expense of our allowances! Like you can even get your textbooks from someone else through the Internet! I'm still amazed how I even got my textbook for this semester by randomly searching for the title on Carousell and found it. And the best part? The seller lives in the same area as me! #savetransport #savetime #savemoney
& did you know, as of today, 99% of their shares amount up to like over $40 billion USD?! #randomfact
As a continuation to the Facebook Mentions example, here's something to cheer your day!
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It is of no surprise that many of us would have more than one social media account, and we only have two hands and a brain to manage them. Here's where social media management tools come in handy!
Not just individuals, but I'm sure many businesses also employ such management tools to help them manage their followers on the various social media accounts. Just taking any music label you know, it could be mandopop labels like Bin Music or H.I.M International, or even Korean top labels like YG and SM Entertainment! How many of them only rely on one social media account? At the very least, they would have a Facebook and a Twitter official account, isn't it?
And if all these are managed properly, you're good to go and establish your business online!
Week F-O-U-R: E-CommerceHere's where our favourite shopping friends all come together! With the recent 11.11 sales, I think the only one laughing their hearts out is the sellers selling their stuff, and perhaps the founder of Taobao who made it a tradition for a "taobao sale" on this particular day.
The Internet has made it so accessible for us to participate in shopping, at the expense of our allowances! Like you can even get your textbooks from someone else through the Internet! I'm still amazed how I even got my textbook for this semester by randomly searching for the title on Carousell and found it. And the best part? The seller lives in the same area as me! #savetransport #savetime #savemoney
Week F-I-V-E: E-Learning
E-Learning was like our common childhood. Everyone would have used an E-Learning platform throughout their lives. For Singaporeans, it would largely be during our younger schooling years.
Well, the Internet has provided a platform for learning to take place in the virtual world.
This would also facilitate better learning as instructors are also able to add in videos or animated examples to show students how to solve problems step by step rather than issuing a typical "Answer Key".
This would also facilitate better learning as instructors are also able to add in videos or animated examples to show students how to solve problems step by step rather than issuing a typical "Answer Key".
You'll never know when will you actually need an e-learning day for emergency cases, and that's where sites like AceLearning come into good use where students can still learn at the comfort of their home, or even look up other sites like Khan Academy to increase their respective knowledge bank.
So maybe, it's time to put away those books and get on the Internet now!
So maybe, it's time to put away those books and get on the Internet now!
Week S-I-X: Internet tools - making a video
For this week, we looked at creating a video and uploading it on YouTube. But I would say, it was more like exposing myself on the Internet! Creating a video isn't easy to begin with, and it's even worse when you lack the necessary content to make one! But editing the video with all the cool effects and transitions, overlaying images and audio together is yet another fun experience rather than facing your books and notes all day long.
If you're a rookie like me, this is probably how you would feel when creating your own video:
Week E-I-G-H-T: Multimedia
For this week, we looked at creating a video and uploading it on YouTube. But I would say, it was more like exposing myself on the Internet! Creating a video isn't easy to begin with, and it's even worse when you lack the necessary content to make one! But editing the video with all the cool effects and transitions, overlaying images and audio together is yet another fun experience rather than facing your books and notes all day long.
If you're a rookie like me, this is probably how you would feel when creating your own video:
But trust me, the end product will definitely be rewarding, and you'll think of how to make even better videos in the future (though you probably won't have time)
REPOST for Prof! Prof, if you wanna see me in a video, I think there's a solution! I'm featured in here (many thanks Ru Yan haha)If you wanna see what I've filmed, you can refer to the video we did for the group presentation on "How to become a spiderman on the spiderweb!"Week S-E-V-E-N: Internet Security/Internet tools
We looked at two of Google's cool stuff, Google Moon, and Google Music Timeline. Since we are unable to fly to the moon, not in the near future at least, I guess Google helps you accomplish this by bringing the Moon to you? At least you can go and tell people I've seen this xxxxx place on the Moon before, even though they know that it's from Google, at least you sound one level up from them who didn't bother to explore? And the music timeline is like a database that we can use to reference the various genres in the different era and you can also observe trends!
Also, we need to recognise that with the Internet being so accessible, we are all vulnerable individuals that are prone to virus or server attacks. This puts our personal data at danger, considering how much information do we actually disclose online as part of our personal profiles.
Also, we need to recognise that with the Internet being so accessible, we are all vulnerable individuals that are prone to virus or server attacks. This puts our personal data at danger, considering how much information do we actually disclose online as part of our personal profiles.
Augmented reality, something that has caught on within recent years, as humans become more and more innovative! Step aside, traditional advertising. Cause the new wave is here, and it's titled Augmented Reality.
It changes how we view our current world. Augmented reality brings things to life! Everything seems so real, and yet you are able to interact with something that doesn't exist physically but you see them right in front of your eyes!
Week N-I-N-E: Internet & Politics
Gosh, what is this.....!
Politics, mehh. Many years ago, I only knew the ruling party. Five years ago, I knew the ruling and the opposition party contesting in my constituency, in which the opposition won a GRC for the first time? And now, I actually know more than half of the 10 political parties in this election? Maybe I should give myself a reward for knowing so much for something that I'm not tested on.
But has it occurred to you, how the Internet has been taking a domineering role in politics in recent years? Election campaigns spread on social media, rallies livestreamed through the Internet, coolingoffday even applies to postings on the Internet. And one more thing, loads of nonsensical comments on the Internet during the election season.
Week T-E-N: Internet & Journalism
Journalism, double mehh. We've grown out of reading our traditional printed copies of the newspapers nowadays. News on the Internet can be comparable to traditional print news to a certain extent. It is definitely more timely, yet able to to have the same extensive coverage and it keeps one up to date with the things happening in the world rather than waiting for the papers to arrive every morning. However, we also should beware of the rise of citizen journalism, where everyone can be a journalist and write their own articles.
With citizens being able to publish news at the swipe of their mobile devices, many of them often slip into the "currency mentality" and publish content without verifying information from another party/source. While this is more evident in politics, this doesn't mean that untruths can be reported in other aspects as well!
Week E-L-E-V-E-N: Internet & InnovationOnce again, we start asking ourselves what does the future of Internet holds for us, what new innovations have surfaced on the Internet that we may not have known! We looked at KICKSTARTER, a rather new crowdfunding platform that extends to Internet users worldwide.
It's a platform where your ideas have a chance, to become reality! Well, I said a chance...
But first and foremost you must have a project, then deadlines, then a minimum funding goal, then the different categories of pledging with their benefits, then share on whatever accounts you have on the Internet to pull people in to your project!
Week T-W-E-L-V-E: The future of the InternetSo we've finally reached the end and once again try to envision our future of the Internet. We've already walked through Web 1.0 quite some time ago, and then Web 2.0, and we're probably walking towards 3.0 now! The Internet of Things, a new world that awaits us, with more intelligent technologies, more codification of meanings with the semantic web.
We also looked at RFID, one old technology that I discovered two years back when attending a concert which had lightsticks that could change colour all at the same time.
With citizens being able to publish news at the swipe of their mobile devices, many of them often slip into the "currency mentality" and publish content without verifying information from another party/source. While this is more evident in politics, this doesn't mean that untruths can be reported in other aspects as well!
Maybe, Haru is writing a feature about her rapper Dad?
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It's a platform where your ideas have a chance, to become reality! Well, I said a chance...
But first and foremost you must have a project, then deadlines, then a minimum funding goal, then the different categories of pledging with their benefits, then share on whatever accounts you have on the Internet to pull people in to your project!
And then you look at successful innovators who may be damn young and start thinking:
"now what was I doing when I was his/her age...."
"now what was I doing when I was his/her age...."
We also looked at RFID, one old technology that I discovered two years back when attending a concert which had lightsticks that could change colour all at the same time.
This is like another level of RFID being used here, word formations ohmygod.
Perhaps there is much more for us to discover about the Internet, and we can't really say for sure what we think the future of the Internet will be. For the world is always changing, the people are always coming up with new ideas, and we are open to new ideas and innovations as well.
Just had to share this cool stuff that may or may not replace WiFi in the future..
But yes, the Internet remains a web for us to reach out to, and for us to become like spiders mastering the web that we are all tangled into?
Till we meet again next time!