Week 7 Social Media and Computing

Mashups was the main item discussed in Week 7. Mashups are web developments that contain more than one source to create a single new service displayed in a single graphical interface. I learnt that mashups more often than not contain Google Maps and another source of information such as the screenshot below which was completely in week 7's face to face lab


In week 7 we had our last face to face lab where we discussed Mashups. We were given two places in Ireland to research on Goggle Maps and Mash them together to create a map which shows the various different locations as follows:

Week 4 Social Media and Computing

 In week 4 the lecture was primarily focused on the Wisdom of Crowd and Social Bookmarking. Social Bookmarking enables us to add, manage and share bookmarks of different documents. The primary goal is to share content with others. Examples of social bookmarking are Delicious and Diigolet I had heard of these sites before but never really knew what they were about so it was interesting to finally understand what they were about. In that lecture it was clear that a lot of groups seemed to have chosen a diet app which was illustrated clearly when all the answers were put up on the screen. 

In week 4 I watched videos about social bookmarking in preparation for class.I learnt that through social bookmarking you can improve your web page ranking significantly. I also learnt that for this to be successful you must update it very regularly.

We had an eLab in Week 4 which concentrated on Diigo and Pinterest. My first post on Pinterest was about Ireland's Six Nations campaign and the return of Outhalf Johnny Sexton after a spout of concussion. Here is a screenshot of my first Pinterest. I found Pinterest interesting as it was different to twitter and facebook which i both enjoy but if I wast o spend as much time on Pinterest as I do on those two social media sites I feel that I might develop a strong interest in Pinterest.

 

 The second part of the eLab was Diigo. Diigo is a social bookmarking site to make it easier to take notes and provides a network to share and discover information. All this information is then saved online as you bookmark it. I wasn't overly enthused by Diigo and much preferred Pinterest to it as I found it more useful and interesting.

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