I have heard all about the blogs, but have yet to try one until this class. Very easy set up. I am still playing around with it but it seems to be an easy user. The RSS is awesome. I have never heard of this and I absolutely love it. It is like research with out having to research. It is all there. I just started it so I can’t wait to play around more. It blows my mind how simple the set ups are for so many items in technology. It literally took me 5 seconds to set up the RSS. I love it.
I believe the RSS is a contrived experience because “It meaningfully summarizes and condenses a great deal of specific information, making the area of many square miles easy to see and comprehend.” (Dale, 1969) Not saying the RSS is covering square miles, but it covers the whole internet and reports to one page that you can receive all of the information you needed. Instead of spending hours searching the web, to where you would not even find a tenth of the information that the RSS has discovered.
I believe a blog is a direct, purposeful experience. You are writing it. You get to be the creator or the one experiencing whatever it is you are writing about. You get to decide what is to become of this blog, no one else but you. “Thus, our rich experiences, when they are of educational value, are not only enjoyable in themselves; they lead us purposefully to an objective, a goal. And to achieve that goal we are immediately involved in such experiences; we participate directly with responsibility for the outcome.” (Dale, 1969)
I think they could use the RSS as computer imagination because “It allows for sophisticated database searches and transactions: We can quickly find specific information.” (Siegel, 2003) Once we subscribe to certain feeds we will instantly be getting information fed back to use at a touch of a button. Again, the timeless effort to have all of the information on the internet, now streaming to you even faster then surfing the web. “It can create a community of users: Multiple people can access the same information and share ideas with no constraints on time or location.” (Siegel, 2003)
Computer imagination for a blog is that “It can disseminate information in a viral-like manner. Once someone places a catchy idea on the Web, that idea can easily and quickly spread through e-mail, instant messaging, and Web sites.” (Siegel, 2003) Once you get your information or ideas on the Web, anyone and everyone can see them and it starts a wave of other ideas from whoever reads the information. You can be in continuous contact with anyone that is on the Web.
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Jaqueline, among all the positive characteristics of web usage you mention, I would like to comment on your quote of Siegel about the web having a viral way of transmitting information. It is easy to see why you agree with this feature being a strength. On the other hand I cannot but wonder how much of this feature has become a liability. I can see two possible sources for trouble. First the source of the information contains an involuntary or a deliberate mistake. Take for instance the blog “Beware of genetically modified food and sugar substitutes”, is this a reliable source of information or rather a place to spread unfounded fears?
The second source of trouble is the fact that information can become complete noise. This happens when small mistakes add up when channel through. For example someone reads an article in a scientific peer reviewed periodical. Then he/she transcribes or summarizes the information with some small mistakes or omissions. If this process is done as many times and as fast as only the web is capable of, the initial information can become completely altered.
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