Week5: Storify

If you want to explore Storify, please watch this short video.

I can say that Storify is a tool for making stories based on data from many social media tools.
You can write any stories you are interested in.
But one limitation is that you can get resources only from social media.

This is a main screen in Storify.
It allows me to sign in with my Facebook account.
Many other social media based tools have the same way to sign in. It's very convenient. :)

Just click Create.
I choose Public. I am not a writer. I s*ck at writing. But I click 'Create a Public Story'.
Just read!! everyone!!!

Gee. I have no topic. But I am a kind of beat-boxer. Can you imagine?
Actually I can do beat-box. Anyway, find 'human beatbox' in the search bar.
Youtube may show a good result.

 Ha, here is the thing. The second video is one I frequently have seen.
The big guy is famous.

I wanted to write some story or narrative. It was failed.
Instead, I searched some images. Here is a good one.
The guy is handsome.

Let's finish. I'm done because it is a just test.
Click Publish!!!


*Storify is cool. It is attractive to people who enjoy writing. All resources for writing exist in social media world. You just enter any keywords who want to find. Drag it. Make the story.
Then SHARE!!!!

Week4: Prompt

Week 4

How do issues such as authorship, copyright and open access impact your desire, ability and willingness to engage in produsage, both personally and professionally? 


Personally,
I am a produser in many areas.
First, in mobile app development, I became a produser from a consumer.
I am actually still a beginner level, but I can be a "producer" for real novices.
Yes, I will make simple lessons about mobile app development, in particular, really really beginner level. In this case, I never consider any authorship or copyrights about what I produced.
Everybody can use my works. That is because that I have used others work for free.
I have to contribute to this area as a producer.
In this sense, I don't think that my creatures are unique because they are not professional.
I am a low-level "producer" for super beginners.

However, I am very strict in professional.
Professionally, I am engaged in academic research.
Sometimes I feel that my new ideas should be protected before its publications.
Of course, I can open the new ideas with close colleagues, such as my advisor and some close friends.
But I don't want to open my new ideas to a public space, such as my blog or SNS.
That results in I never talk about my research ideas in public on Internet.
In this sense, I am a 'consumer' until I officially do publish the idea to my academic field.
Am I conservative??
But I don't mind to share my ideas with close friends.
I meant that I don't want to open them in public. 

Week4: CiteULike

CiteULike is a kind of reference manage tool.

I can say that I am never going to use this.
I have used a couple use tools for managing references, such as EndNote and Refworks.
From my past experience, I realize that simplicity is the best in terms of managing my own reference.

For me, EndNote is the best choice. I have a license of EndNote, too.
I purchased EndNote X6, and EndNote mobile app for my iPad, too.

Who is going to use CiteULike???
I am really really really skeptical.

Week4: Slideshare.net

In fact, I've heard about Slideshare.net so far. However it was the first time to visit the website. :)
At a glance, Slideshare.net is very similar to 'VoiceThread'.
But, Slideshare is definitely more advanced one.

I wondered because of its distinctive features that show popular slides associated with other web2.0 sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
In the screenshots above, I can see 'Latest Conference, 'Hot on Twitter', 'Hot on Facebook', and 'Hot on LinkedIn'. There are super cool!!!

Now I have few experiences to show any presentations.
But I want to be a enthusiastic produser in Slideshare.net !!

I can feel that web2.0 world is too wide to experience everything.
Also, I can feel that my behavior is not perfectly adapted to web2.0 world.
I am a little bit laze to share and manage my properties in a sense of web2.0.

I want to change my behavior to more adaptive to web2.0.
However, I can feel that Language barrier is so high.

Week4: Scribd

At first, I thought that Scribd is basically similar to Goodreads or LibraryThing.
However, Scribd is quiet different from them.

Scribd is not a thing that users review the books.
Rather, users can read books for free. However, the number of books is limited.
The open books to read are from users. Users upload their books to share, then other can read for free.
Thus, we can find a limited number of books in Scribd.

I am skeptical to the future of Scribd.
Definitely, Scribd's database highly depends on users.
I believe that there are less people who want to be a uploader..
Am I too skeptical?

Week4: Academia.edu

Saturday morning, I've started with Academia.edu.
Frankly, this week is so painful to me due to a lot of things to do.
Yes, the final week is coming. During weekdays I have focused on other classes.
Thus I am sorry for my adorable Web2.0 class!

I signed up Academia.edu.
It seems like LinkedIn, but specifically focuses on sharing publications.
LinkedIn is more focusing on 'career', whereas Academia is for sharing papers.
When I signed up, I was asked to upload any paper I've written.
Unfortunately, I have no published papers. It motivates me a lot.

I swear I will make my Academia with a couple of published paper within 3 years!
I found a couple of FSU friends, but it seems that they are less using Academia than LinkedIn.
Is it tedious to manage Academia page?

And.. I believe that Acamedia become a useful entrance to show my own work to others for any job-searching purposes..

Week3 Prompt

Week 3

What uses might a collaborative wiki or blog have in your chosen (current or desired) work environment? How would they support learning and/or performance? What would be the design and implementation challenges if management tried to do this? What would be the design and implementation challenges of a user-initiated effort?

Many students have mentioned that Web2.0 technologies might be used as a research topic. Yes, it is definitely true.

However, I would like to use wiki or blog as a communication tool for my research team. Currently I am involved in a couple of research teams. I always feel that it is necessary for my team to have a specific online space (or archive). My team have a shared cloud folder, such as Google drive or Dropbox, but it is not enough. Something more needed.

Wiki, blog, or whatever, Web2.0 tool might be helpful for this purpose. Specifically I want to Google+ community. Blogger.com is good, but in my purpose, Google community is better. I think that my team may need a discussion board, a space to gather useful links or resources, a chat tool, and so forth. First, a page in Google community is really simple and useful. I can share any useful information with my teammates. Other member can leave comments. Second, Google Hangout is wonderful. Due to the time preferences, it is not easy for all team members to get together in person. So Google Hangout can be an alternative.

One thing I need to consider is that one person should be a manager or leader in the community. He/she need to facilitate the teamwork! I would be possibly a manager in the community.

All this procedure might be applied to Wiki's setting. But I prefer Google community to Wiki because of its various functions. In addition, I think that it is a good idea to have my own space to collect useful information in Google community. Let's try !