Oh Wow - So, you made it to my blog!
Awesome, cause it sure was a trek to get it set up. Well, I may be exaggerating a little. Setting up my blog was really not so bad after finally working out which email address I had previously used for my old blogger account, then the password, then getting my account "verified" by having a "verification code" sent to my phone when there is absolutely no reception at Uni (thank you Vodaphone so very much).
However, making a Twitter account was a completely different story. I'm not sure if any of you guys are having any trouble "joining?" I must have attempted to join at least 20 times in the course of today with no luck. It looks like Twitter just does not want me to join. To be honest though, I don't really want me to join. That's right. I'm one of those cynical Twitter haters; I've managed this long.....and iPhones? Yep, don't like those either.
Boy, this blog is turning out quite negative isn't it? Pretty ironic when actually, I'm kinda looking forward to seeing how this Twitter thing actually works. A lot of people use it and a lot of people are addicted - so there MUST be some merit. We will see, we will see. But really, I'm rambling a little - which according to a certain Dustin M. Wax, is a big No No (see Point 5). So, I should probably start at the beginning and introduce myself and what this blog actually is.
Hello. My name is Annie and I currently study Graphic Design/Marketing, Advertising & Digital Media at UOW. This semester, I am taking a class, DIGC202: Global Networks, where a major part of the course involves blogging and "tweeting" about what we learn and think about the course content as well as commenting on what others in the course have to say.
The other assessment is a research task focusing on a topic basically of our own choosing related to the course. I am particularly interested in the media, social networking's impact on society, globalisation's impact on the "local" and if I have to be specific - how this all influences and relates to the world of art, design and music.
Well, that's really all for now. But here's links to my other pages handy.
Delicious: http://www.delicious.com/Annietsai
Twitter: .... oh ok looks like Twitter is still playing up for me. It refuses to open on my computer. Excellent! But I think that when I finally managed to join before it worked soooo... Great start =] I believe the user name is @AnnieatUow
*** Oh just another thing: I'm going to be very open to Twitter this semester and I'm sure it will open my eyes to a whole new type of social networking but looks like I'm not the only one against Twitter, found some anti-Twitter sites. 24 Reasons Why Twitter Sucks and Twittersucks. Haha, pretty funny.
Cheers for reading! Happy Week 1 of Uni everybody!
5 comments:
I admire your honesty Annie! still getting used to the whole twitter idea myself. I'm also interested in the whole notion of globalisation and it's consequences (the good and bad)...assignment idea perhaps?
Don't worry. It will be fine. You just have to get used to it.
At first, I also rejected joining Twitter. I thought it was not made for me...but now I'm addicted to it!
You'll see the advantages of having it.
Hi Annie :)
I do agree with most of your points about how much Twitter sucks. Really, some people think they're all micro-blogging professionals when really they just complain about first world problems.
Twitter aside, I like your blog layout and look forward to your future posts!
Thanks for the kind words guys! Hope your weekend was sweellll.
Hi Annie,
Your blog made me laugh, I think that we all had alot of troubles with twitter and blogger in the tutorials! But I agree with you, no matter how frustrating Twitter decides to be, I guess we still have to stick with it for the semester... And I am sure you will get used to it. I personally am having some issues with blogger, sometimes i just hate how secure the internet wants to make itself... (so much so, that I get locked out of my own account!)
But in your blog, I especially liked your anti-twitter links! Hope youre enjoying getting used to it all :)
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