Daniel Tam New Media: Online Dating vs. Offline Dating

In this 2D world there are many creativity possibilities. I made a "me" avatar as you can see standing on a floating rock. The highlight for me in this world is when I do quest/missions, especially party quests with other individuals in this world because I like the accomplishment of completing them. Just like it sound "party quest" is creating a group with up to 6 people to figure out how to complete the quest within a given amount of time. Everyone is required to think out of the box, show coordination, and help each other out. But of course this is not the only thing I did in this world. I also like to start my own mini business in which I sell rare items I acquire from quest or from hunting monsters. Oh, I forgot to mention the cute orange mushrooms in this screenshot are actually "wild monsters" as you can tell by that "danger" sign I am facing. Another fun thing is building my avatar's looks and attributes. I tend...

New media have always fostered creativity in one way or another. YouTube have always allowed it's users to post videos or music that can be unique to themselves that also gives other ideas. A lot of viewers on YouTube share and generate ideas through others; it's like a community. For example, the way a YouTuber vlogs is something they created that might result as a trend that others follow. In article, "1+1+1=1" they talk about mashing up different music into one song. It is the creativity of taking certain parts of each song that will fit well together and harmonizing it. A good example would be "Debra" a song by Beck and "Frontin" a collaboration by Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams. The two songs mashed up together is later known as "Frontin on Debra". Without new media everything will be a lot more isolated from one another. Not saying that there can't be creativity without new media, but with new media it definitely helps and complime...

A virtual world is a whole new world where everything seems real when non of it in reality is real. It is a place to do anything one can't do in the real world, sort of like a dream world. There's no limit to what you can/want to do. In my opinion, the virtual world is a "double-edge sword". Some pros of the virtual world is the ability to practice/train virtually which won't have any negative effects to the real world. As mentioned in article "Avatar II: The Hospital" nurses can create situations through online simulations to prepare for when it happens in reality. Virtual worlds can also be used in an educational way for students for creativity according to the article "After Second Life, Can Virtual Worlds Get a Reboot?". Virtual worlds can exercise the mind of its users on their imagination and much more. The cons of the virtual world can also be practicing and training virtually. It is a double-edge sword to train virtually because whi...

Twitter is like a new unknown social media networking site to me. I personally don't really like how Twitter works because it is not as user friendly as others. I still do not know the difference between Reply and Retweet as mentioned in my previous blog. But for class discussion purposes, I dislike the idea of people using personal Twitter accounts because it makes it very difficult due to the amount of spams I see on my feed. I get the idea of hashtag to search for stuff related to class discussion, but I would say it is a lot more convenient if everyone have a fresh new account used solely for our class discussion. On the other hand, Blackboard discussion is better but still not really to my liking because it takes too many clicks to reply to a single post. I like posts like Facebook or Instagram where you can just click "Reply" on the post when you see it on the feed. Blackboard is a lot more organized compared to Twitter because it is visible to all classmates and ab...

The four out of many social networking sites I use today includes Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Here I will give some functions, feedback and first impression of each social networking site. My first ever social media was Facebook which was created in high school and I consider myself to be pretty late in using social media because I was always told about the cons of social media. Facebook is a very user friendly networking site that is my main form of keeping in contact with friends. It is also very convenient because Facebook updates me about current events and keep me up to date on things I like/follow. Twitter on the other hand, is my most recent social networking site I started to use and I don't really like how it works. Maybe I'm just not used to it's functions, but I don't find this site to be user friendly at all. For example, isn't reply and retweet the same thing? Is reply more like commenting while retweet more like sharing the tweet? I am ...

Social networking is becoming an extremely popular trend in society today where everyone have some sort of social media. Some might only use one and others might choose to use many. There's an abundant amount of social media out there such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. There are many ways people can use social media, but most would agree connecting and socializing is the most useful. With social media, people can connect with friends from childhood through mutual friends and recreate long lost friendship. Other may just have social media to stay connected with others for future opportunities. Many corporations today use social media to recruit new employees according to the article "Social Networking Technology Boosts Job Recruiting" and the most popular social media for that would be LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a social media for professional use across the world where information of talented individual is accessible. The classic way of just applying to a job is current...

Blogs and Wikis are platforms created and edited by people that holds a lot of information which are meant to be shared on the Web. Despite blogs and wikis having similarities, they also have many key differences. A blog is a virtual place on the Internet in which people post about almost anything (there's a lot of freedom); other users can also discuss and comment on posts that they're interested in. Is having too much freedom a good thing? In article "Stung by the Perfect Sting", the topic of defamation occurred and the user posted it received a lawsuit. Users should keep in mind that whatever they post, it is on the Internet, a place where the whole world can see.  A wiki on the other hand, is also a virtual encyclopedia on the Internet, but a wiki is much more informative (meaning mostly/only information would be posted). Some similarities between a blog and a wiki are the users expressing their own thoughts and sharing information they hold. With that said, some ...