To Web 2.0 and Beyond

Recently, my husband and I have been discussing in more seriousness, a dream of ours, to buy a used RV, remodel it and travel the country for a year. I know it sounds a little crazy (and it is a bit crazy), but if the pandemic and some of the challenges we faced this year have taught us anything, it is to live while you can.  When I was younger, my family had an RV and did trips throughout the year and they were some of the best memories I have.  So, what was the first thing I said when we started talking about it?  "I'll make a Pinterest board!"   To my husband, it seemed like I was making a vision board that 'looked cute' at first, but after I invited him to the board, he discovered that there was knowledge and ideas to be found on the board. Here is the board if you are interested in taking a look.  What I love most about Pinterest is that it only took me about 15 minutes to collect and begin: make the board, start collecting, saving, pinning, and then I spen...

Throughout my learning, I have been introduced to various users and participation practices within networks and communities. As I just just completed a knowledge sharing and tracking experience, I think it's important to be aware of the types of users that exist and also to reflect on the various user types to improve my awareness of my own engagement and participation practices and patterns.  Communities:  Lurker- reading posts regularly, but never posting or having an active presence in the community. Lurking is a passive role, where the user does not engage with members or like their posts or comments.  Active Contributor- a user that  posts, comments, asks questions regularly and actively contributes to the content and discussions with other community members.  Knowledge Practices:  Expertise locating- users "search for and retrieve codified knowledge without having to contact the person who originally developed it" Expertise locating involves knowledge...

 After reading Lingel and Naaman's (2012) You Should Have Been There, Man: Live Music DIY Content and Online Communities , I have some thoughts to share!  The Study Lingel and Naaman (2012) wanted to find out motivations for and the practice of taking and sharing videos of live music concerts. DIY (do-it-yourself) videos have become popular and are used to document the Youtuber's experience at the concert and to share it with the world and fan communities. Youtube has become part of a notion called gift economies , meaning users post content and devote their time and energy in order to share without expectations of compensation; they are gifting their content. The study had 10 participants that were considered "DIY video producers" (found through Youtube); half of the participants filmed mainstream, large concert venues and the other half filmed Indie music in smaller venues with less of a following.  This study sought to find out three main questions:...