Dreamweaver Can Put You Out There

        With anything in this world its always good to be ahead of the competition, and if that means having your own personal website then why not. Instead of just having a resume on paper you could have a professional website that shows employers works' you've done in the past, as well as the addition of a biography and contact information. The website offers an interaction, it's almost like a visual resume. People who are looking to hire have the ability to interact with your work and connect to the social media outlets you use through links.
         The social media projects like twitter, Blogger, etc... all come together on your portfolio and it makes it easy to connect with organizations, companies, and businesses. Twitter is a microblogging site and its about broadcasting daily short burst messages to the world. Every tweet is limited to 140 characters or less. This size cap promotes focus and clever use of language. Blogger is something where you can express ideas and views at length, in a more descriptive and detailed manner. Those people who view your blogs are those who are interested in the subject matter you're spewing out to the public. Linkedln is valuable resource for career and business professionals to network, get sources and support, and build relationships with potential customers, clients and partners. With the use of your different social media outlets, it shows that you can communicate in a professional manner.
Tying in social media to the website is a must because it connects many on-lookers and viewers to the user's brand. When you ling everything on one source, the website becomes more of an interaction space with traffic going in and out. When one of your accounts is accessed, its only a matter of time before people stumble upon the website you created.
         Designing a website is tedious and somewhat stressful and annoying. Though at the end all the struggle and anxiety is a rewarding process. Dreamweaver is an Adobe software, that has a lot to offer if you already know how to use it. For newcomers and beginners who are unfamiliar its pretty much a nightmare because of what Dreamweaver entails. There was many challenges when building a website, the two and most obvious are HTML code and CSS. There is a split screen to help you see how what you do on the left screen effects the right and vice versa. There were three tabs that were separated content, index, and portfolio. The portfolio page has all of the works' you've completed, linking them to tabs in a we browser or to other softwares. The content page is where you have a professional photo of yourself as well as a short biography. You want your website to stand out, but you also want people to get an understanding of you and what you've done in a professional manner. Yes, it is challenging to use Dreamweaver, but once you get the hang of it the completion of your website will be an accomplishment and a useful tool to expand your horizons.

Twitter

        Referring to What Exactly Is 'Twitter'? What Is 'Tweeting'? Twitter's big appeal is how rapid and scan-friendly it is. Every microblog "tweet" entry is limited to 140 characters or less. This size cap promotes focused and clever use of language, which makes tweets very easy to scan, and also very challenging to write well. Twitter is more than just instant messaging. It's about discovering interesting people around the world. It can also be about building a following of people who are interested in you and your work/hobbies, and then providing those followers with some kind of knowledge value everyday.
       

         According to Poynter.org, twitter is valuable and is the most useful tool developed for journalists.
Breaking News
         When public news breaks in your community, whether that news is a plane crash, terrorist attack, earthquake, flood, mass murder or snowstorm, people who have seen and experienced the news event tweet about it. By using twitter's advanced search feature, you can quickly find and connect with these people for interviews and/or for quoting or embedding their tweets in your story.
Search for Sources
          If you don't have many followers, or if your followers don't know the answers you're looking for, Twitter can still help you find sources. Use the advanced search function to search for people in your community using keywords that might indicate interest or expertise on the topic being reported. You can check a hashtag related to the topic you're working on and see if some of the people tweeting on the topic might be helpful sources.
Story Ideas
You can get story ideas from Twitter at least two different ways:
      1. Listening to the community conversation
      2. Crowdsource story ideas
Continue the Conversation
         After you post a link to your latest story, video, photo gallery or blog post invite your followers in a tweet to discuss the issue or event. They may give you some follow-up ideas. Their tweets might make and update to add to the story or post.
       
       
         President Obama repeated the Twitter hashtag during a Tuesday speech opposing an increase in student loans interest rates. Within moments after Obama finished his remarks, Twitter users had written more than 22,000 posts containing "#dontdoublemyrate"-- enough for Twitter to declare it a top 10 worldwide "trending topic". Campaigning in 140 characters or less provides instant feedback, which campaigns use to figure out what is working and what isn't. "Twitter has become the ultimate real-time engagement tool for his campaign, said Zac Moffatt, digital director for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. What gives Twitter its outsize influence in politics is not how many users it has but who those users are---journalists, elected officials, campaign operatives. About 90 percent of senators and House Members now have Twitter accounts, so do 42 governors and more than 35 world leaders. "Every single things we do, there's a tweet button next to it," said Katie Hogan, a spokeswoman for Obama's campaign. "We can now reach not only our supporters but our supporters can drive the message, too" Twitter and Campaigns .
         According to Business Twitter, business can tap into Twitter to expand their reach and connect with new and existing customers.
Discover whats happening right now
         Use Twitter search to listen to the relevant conversations that are happening and jump in where you can add value.
Increase you brand awareness
         Raise the profits of your business and increase the impact of your marketing by using Twitter to regularly communicate with your followers. Extend your reach even further with Twitter Ads.
Provide timely customer service
         People often talk about the products they use on Twitter, so its a natural place to provide customer service. Use it to quickly and easily respond to support queries. That will help you develop a good reputation for your business, and strong relationships with customers.
Connect with potential customers, brand, advocates, and influences
         Its a great way of joining or even starting discussions with influences and industry experts to raise the profile of your business and build valuable connections.

       
          In late March there was a terrorist attack in Brussels at Zaventon airport. As the explosions happened you immediately saw people posting videos of those running in panic from the airport. There were videos showing the evacuations of the Metro Underground and how hotel lobbies turned into emergency rooms. Even though we weren't able to prevent these attacks we were able to catch one man. It was wide spread throughout Twitter. He was seen on camera walking away from the other two suspects in the airport ISIS Claims Responsibility for Brussels attacks.
         Another terrorist attack happened in Paris in the middle of November last year. One person tweeted "6 shooting locations: Batclan, Rue Alibert, Rue Charonne, Rue Beaumarchais, Rue Faidherbe and Stade de France." It was said that there was a hostage situation taking place in the Batclan where gunfire and small explosions took place. We are then notified that police raided the place and killed two out of the three attackers. While inside the Stade de France you can hear fro a video posted by an onlooker, the sound of a explosion outside the stadium. In all the tweets, videos, and posts they somewhat let you know that these attacks were linked or connected in a way. This happens to be true because ISIS themselves claimed to have involvement in the multiple attacks Paris Attacked.
        In the summer of 2015 a rapper by the name of J.Cole was on tour and coming to a venue in NYC. You only knew he was coming to your town, but you din't know the venue of the performance. He would use Twitter to let you know the location of the venue the same day of the performance. Once he let that tweet out, everybody walked, drove, took the bus, train...etc to the venue. It was said the first 500 people get tickets. The scene outside in a matter of minutes was full of people.
        Choosing to follow CNN, NBA.com, and Applenews are easy choices because the season is going on and if a fan you will always be updated while on the go. If your one to have only one TV to support one game at a time, Twitter gives the advantage of keeping up to speed with scores of other games happening the same night. CNN covers world news and it just seems right to know whats going on around the globe and even in your own backyard. It also keeps me updated with the nonsense that comes out of Donald Trump's mouth. Apple has pretty much taken over, so why not keep up to date with future inventions and release dates.
       In conclusion, with blogging you can talk forever, while being specific with details. Twitter is a bit more tricky because you only have 140 characters to get your point across. Twitter on its own is very different from other social media platforms. It shouldn't be the first place you look for news. The updates are fast paced with multiple tweets, but you must be specific and to the point with what your saying because you don't have a lot of characters to waste.

Experience Making Not A But THE Video

         When people come together they are no longer individuals, but a group working towards one goal, with the same amount of focus and effort. There are many things that come into play when working on a group project.

          Before anything happens, shooting, editing, and uploading, the first thing that comes about is brain storming ideas from the given topic. You all need to come together and agree on a certain representation of the topic. Yes, there will be disagreements at first and that's ok, but you need to agree on something that will individually show the creativity of each member of the group.

          Shooting footage isn't hard at all because each member is shooting footage thats relevant to the topic. The difference though is that each persons' footage is from their view or aspect. Its how they imagined it, and this bringing it to life right in front of them. At first, trying to edit the video seems pretty complicated and thats because you may not have any experience with the iMovie software. Once you get familiar with some of the basic editing tasks in iMovie it becomes less daunting or annoying. The edit part is where the group puts their minds together, showing each members creativity while bringing the videos together as a whole. Posting the video online is the easiest part. It only takes a matter of seconds or minutes and that includes setting up an account if you don't already have one.

          Writing this couldn't be the right communication tool. Don't get me wrong, photographs can tell a lot about something but only to a certain extent. It's a stand still portrait without any movements. Your eyes would have to move all over the and cover every inch and corner just to get a feeling of what the photograph is trying to tell you. That doesn't go for all because some are very easy to interpret while others are complex. The perfect communication tool would be to use a video.

Showing the politics of meeting new people through one photo is impossible, and if being written people can lose interest. People like to use their imagination and thoughts to picture what's going on, so why not have it in front of them in video form. The video helped to show the different ways of meeting people, one in which is the approach. You see how each group member interacts with strangers while going about their everyday lives. Its shown that its easy to meet people when you have something in common, take the same class or need help with something, like at the gym. There isn't always a positive outcome and because of that you are shown in one part the negatives of meeting new people, there reactions to such interactions. There's a million other ways you can meet people you just have to be confident and put yourself out there. The message was expressed in video form and was understood by viewers, all while capturing the essence of the theme.

          There wasn't anything that effected the subject matter of the group video. Meeting people isn't at all easy to most. When coming up with ides it seems to be an easy subject matter, but that all falls apart once you figure you actually have to put yourself out there to get your point across. At the beginning stages when looking at the required time of three minutes and thirty seconds , you become frantic and a little nervous. Having each member record in ways they met people was of importance to the group video. Its because everyone is different, from there approach, to the conversations they can uphold with the interest of the stranger.

          The self-portrait experience was very different from the group video and that's because they were separate videos for each individual in the group. Whatever piece of footage each person had was from there point of view or aspect. It is your representation of the theme, which is the Politics of Meeting New People. Since your seeing the self-portrait from the members point of view doesn't mean you only see it as a point of view film. You see the members in their films, and that shows you there involvement and interactions with people from different angles. It's every members thoughts and images that were seen only in their heads and was brought to video, which can be viewed by people.

          To say there was issues uploading the video to social media sites would be a lie. Uploading this video by far is the easiest part of this project. That has to do with our generation and how we are constantly surrounded by social media no matter where we go or what we do. People are constantly posting pictures and videos which makes uploading things to social media a part of people's everyday life. If the file is on a flash drive, drag it and put it on your desktop. Then, open up the site of your choice and upload the video to your account. The loading process for the upload may take a couple seconds or minutes, depending on how large the video is. 

          Overall this video was a lot of fun to make, and was a collaborative success. It taught newcomers about iMovie and how you could use it everyday to edit your own personal videos if you choose to. This was something that made people step out of their comfort zones. Some members could be good at expressing certain ideas through writing or talking, but to some video seemed complex. The plans and ideas were endless, which is fine because video is something new to some. This assignment let people be expressive in their own ways, while still keeping the theme of the overall assignment in tact. Many may have a different way of going about incorporating a message in a video. Meeting new people is nerve racking, but just think the worse someone can say is no or sorry.

wikiHow Experience

   For those of you not familiar with wikiHow, it can be said that being a part of something well know is self fulfilling. Creating your own wikiHow is a huge learning experience and to then see the amount of people viewing your page is an amazing feeling. Many don't realize the amount of work and time it takes to put something like a wikiHow together, they just see the final product or outcome and assume it didn't take much to produce. As with anything it's usually what goes on behind the scenes that has the outcome of the topic beautifully presented. Creating a wiki page is tricky because you want to keep the viewer interested, at the same time have them understand what you're trying to present with simple and concise instructions.

   Like with anything you must think of what it is you want to write about. Putting your ideas out on paper and then picking your best option, which is easy for you to explain and for the viewer to pick up on should be considered. To those of you who are familiar with wikiHow, you see many how-tos available at your disposal. There is just about anything you can search for that will give you a step by step process. Most topics are broad, but there are others that are very specific. WikiHow doesn't allow doubles, copy cats, or duplicates of articles, no matter how it is presented. That doesn't mean you can't use other wiki articles as a reference to your similar but very specific article. There are things out there that people haven't even thought of putting a step by step process to, and that's what makes this process invigorating.

   Pictures are very important when it comes to putting an article together. Pictures alone can say a thousands words, especially now with social media. Most people find things easier to read when pictures are involved. They want to see how whatever it is they searched for look, rather than just being told with words. The pictures you take must be simple but self explanatory, nothing complex should be shown because it may throw the viewer off and have them confused. It should show what it is thats being said without any obstacles or distractions in the background. If there happens to be some confusion with any of your pictures, it would be helpful to edit your photos before including them with the article.

   When coming up with ideas and trying to be different, stand out, or original, referring to other wikiHow articles are very helpful. They guide you on the right track of what it is your suppose to do. Two random articles that come to mind as a reference are "How to Choose Parsnips" and "How to Make A S'more." They are very simple but specific in getting there point across.

   Its been said that there are things out in the world that people haven't made a wiki article of. You, him/her could always be the first. Yes, some wiki pages are cool and stand out from the rest, but each have a different meaning behind it. These individual articles are persona to the creators. In your daily lives people may tell you what they'e done, but its never with any details or in order. Its usually said that individuals themselves know what they are saying but that doesn't help the person being told. Creating a wikiHow and providing steps to what it is your trying to express is heart warming. Instead of holding the information to yourself why not share it with the world.

    When working with wiki pages you may be going to other pages to see what others have done and how they've done it. Something that isn't noticed but should be is the way the ideas are expressed in the wording. What's being told is very easy to interpret and understand. The reason is because the wording is at a level of a middle schooler. This is important because you want people to quickly understand and remember what it is thats being thrown at them. You have to remember that the information has to be simple but very helpful and informative.

   All wikiHow pages have step that are being given to you (thats a given) but to some its a daunting and stressful task. You know what your talking about because you've experienced it, but others haven't and don't have a connection to what's being said. You must tell viewers in a simple and concise way. Don't try and add things that aren't of importance. This may add confusion with the additions and won't come across as easy. Put yourself in the viewers shoes and make the step by step process of the article understandable, in which if they wanted to they could tell others without having to refer back to the wiki article.

   Nowadays especially, people's attention span has become shorter. In order to keep the attention of most, your topic has to be different, never done, seen or attempted before. You want people to have a reaction to your article, a positive reaction of course. Make sure you proof read everything you do and make sure each picture is self explanatory. The more efficient your work is the better traffic you'll receive from viewers.

   "How to Make A Parsnip Clarinet " is an interesting topic. Its one of a kind, nobody has done it but the thing is it can be done by anyone and everyone. It just takes that one person to put it out their. Along with the step by step process there is pictures to go along with each step that focuses on what is being told and taught to the viewers.

When creating your own wikiHow article there are many things you should keep in mind. The first

being that whatever the idea is, is an original idea. The next is to make sure all your photos are easy to understand, there shouldn't be anything complicated about them and make sure whatever it is thats in the picture is the main focus. Make sure to present everything in a step by step process with clear and concise wording. To most, these topics will be from personal experiences, so don't hold back put all your heart and effort into something that will be beneficial and self fulfilling which many can learn from.

Look How Far We've Come

Through The Human Eyes

To me, I think Web 2.0 is something in a series of technological improvements. There is a greater user interactivity, collaboration, and better enhanced communication channels. Other than being the obvious third generation Web, I would define Web 3.0 as "the intelligent Web." This would include the use of semantic Web. Semantic Web is the extension of the current Web that provides an easier way to find, share, reuse and combine information. Web 2.0 lives up to its expectations and maybe even surpasses some. With Web 1.0 the information displayed on the screen is mostly static and the data is only updated once in a while. With Web 2.0 the information is very dynamic and the rate that information is updated is extremely fast. A site like twitter comes to mind when I think of how dynamic Web 2.0 has become. The other aspect of Web 2.0 is what you can do. The introduction of Web applications, which are software's that are not located on your own computer. The control over content is shifted toward the user, compared to Web 1.0 where all control over content was with the webmaster.

Sites like Facebook, Myspace and others have made it easy for people like me to put up pictures and to arrange things in a way for others to see. It's tricky to say if Web 2.0 is a positive or negative outcome because there are things that can have you swaying back and forth. The obvious positive of Web 2.0 is the amount and variety of information on the internet has increased incredibly. Others include the creation of social networking, in which people are able to communicate with friends, family, and colleagues. I can definitely give thanks to RSS because I can be informed of breaking news; for instance my RSS with NBA.com. RSS Stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices, and sometimes content to a wide number of people. It is used by computer programs that organize those headlines and notices for easy reading.  Negatives of Web 2.0 are enable internet predators to come in contact with innocent people, another is people having to deal with more identity fraud today than ever before. One that may be shocking to most is the dependence on the Internet.

I think it will open up opportunities for small businesses, new companies, and young and upcoming entrepreneurs. Web 3.0 will think for us and already know what we are interested in, it will basically have a mind of its own that has an attachment to the user. The advantages of Web 3.0 are better marketing, increased communication, increased information linking, and more efficient Web browsing. The disadvantages are its very complicated, less advanced computers won't be able to handle it, and Web 1.0 websites will seem obsolete. 

What's The Verdict

Web 1.0 was the first generation of the World Wide Web, also referred to as the read-only Web. Web 1.0 began as an information place for businesses to broadcast their information and only allowed users to search for information and read it. Its services are presentation-oriented content viewing services based on technologies supporting static Web pages without much interaction, used to display information (Igi-global.com). The characteristics are (1) information is displayed on Web pages as a static content, (2) the use of frames, (3)the use of tables that its website is in html coding and align elements on a page, (4) GIF buttons are used to promote Web browsers and other products and, (5) HTML forms are sent via email. User fills the form on the Web design page and related email is sent to concerned person who will then back track through manual emailing (megasoftwares.com).

Web 2.0 is the "writeable" phrase of the World Wide Web with interactive data. Unlike Web 1.0, Web 2.0 facilitates interaction between Web users and sites, so it allows users to interact more freely with each other. Web 2.0 encourages participation, collaboration, and information sharing. Examples of Web 2.0 applications are Youtube, Wiki, Flickr, Facebook, and so on (wordpress.com). The features of Web 2.0 include (1) Folksonomy- free classification of information; allows users to collectively classify and find information, (2) Rich User Experience- dynamic content; responsive to user input, (3) User Participation- information flows two ways between site owner and site user by means of evaluation, review, and commenting. Site users add content for others to see, (4) Software as a service- Web 2.0 sites developed API's to allow usage, such as by an app or mashup and (5) Mass Participation- Universal Web access leads to differentiation of concerns from the traditional internet user base (everything.explained.today).

Web 3.0 is being referred to by experts as the semantic Web; semantic meaning data driven. The data will come from the user and the Web will essentially adjust to meet the needs of the user. For example, when you search for things, the Web will keep in mind that you often search for design and may pull up search queries that combine "design" and "computers." A huge benefit of Web 3.0 is the move towards being able to access data from anywhere. Thus is mainly being driven by the heavy usage of smart phones and cloud applications. Technology is trying to expand this idea in ways that allow TV's to pick up on user data, and allowing smart phones to access data on your computer (1stwebdesigner.com).

Conclusion

We have come a long way since Web 1.0. Our advancements in technology are rising at an unbelievable rate. Web 3.0 is where we are at now but in a few short years we may be moving on to Web 4.0. There are people out there who think this is our limit of technological advancements, but there is always something new to come ahead. The only thing that has us at a stand still is the fact nobody has thought of anything thing to make a better Web version.

A Vegetable Clarinet?

A clarinet is a instrument than can produce beautiful soothing melodic sounds. The instrument is also known as a "little trumpet" and the "licorice stick." You hear them being played by themselves or in a performance with a band. Most, if not all are machine made and are pretty expensive to purchase. For those of you who play the clarinet, try something different and for the others who don't, why not try something new. We are going to make a clarinet out of a vegetable, specifically a carrot. It may not look like a clarinet but the sound produced will undeniably be the same. So let's get started!

Things You'll Need

• 187mm carrot
• Alto Sax Mouthpiece
• Funnel (optional)
• Power Drill
• 1/2 inch pvc pipe
• Reed

1. The first thing you will need to do is buy a carrot. This can be bought at your local grocery store in the fresh produce section. The size you would approximately want is 187mm in length and a diameter of 12mm. 
2. Go to an appliance store and get yourself a 1/2 pvc pipe
3. Get yourself an alto sax mouthpiece. These can be acquired at any music store that sells instruments or online. ( The reed is attached to the mouthpiece, so no need to worry about buying it separately) 
4. Your best option will be to use a power drill. (Using anything else will make this process a lot harder)
5. With the power drill, drill a hole from one end of the carrot to the other end. (Make sure to get rid of any pieces of the carrot, by blowing in it or washing it out)
6. Drill six holes on the side of the carrot that mimics those of a clarinet. Each hole should be 15-20 mm apart from each other
7. Drill one hole on the opposite side of the six already made holes where you will place your thumb
8. When done put the carrot in the refrigerator to harden. (Refrigerate for 24 hours)
9. Put the 1/2 pvc pipe inside the carrot where the mouthpiece will be placed
10. Place the mouthpiece on the other end of the 1/2 pvc pipe
11. Insert the funnel at the opposite end of the carrot. (This will amplify the sound, but its optional) Play your carrot clarinet and notice the similar sounds it produces 

Tips

1. To preserve it during its first week remember to take it apart. (It would just seem weird to have the carrot with attachments in your fridge)
2. The carrot won't be as fresh from when you first bought it because of rotting/spoiling.    

Wiki Whaatt??

wikihow is an online wiki-style community consisting of an extensive database of how-to guides.This site enables everyone in the word to learn how to do anything. There are many how-tos, from things you would never think of doing that are part of our daily lives. Coming up with three how-tos that are currently not available on the site is pretty hard because there is an unlimited amount of this hat can be made or done in a step by step process.
A how-to on how to get someone to do your work for you without them knowing seems like an impossible task but its not. One of the first things you must have between you and that person is trust. That person must also feel and know he/she is important to you. Having someone show you in a step by step process is very helpful, because even though they are helping you understand the material they are somewhat doing the work at the same time. The examples used start to become the actual problems that need to get done.
Instruments themselves make beautiful musical sounds. Would you be able to tell the difference between the produced sound of a clarinet and one that's made out of a vegetable? To be more specific we are talking about a carrot. Getting a big enough carrot with a wide diameter that can be drilled from one end to the other is a start. The other parts that would go along with the carrot would be a mouth piece, reed, and funnel, which is used to produce a clearer and louder sound, but the choice is yours.
It seems deviant and wrong but have you ever gone out with friends and had them pick up the tab for you? If you have done it you may never want to do it again because it seems embarrassing, but why not have something so out of this world that nobody has thought of to the wikihow website. To some it may just seem funny to see it up online. The restaurant shouldn't be an expensive place; like it will cost an "arm and a leg" expensive. While at the table it should start off with conversation, something interesting, funny, and maybe a little serious. This draws them into what your saying and should go on all throughout your meal. Once the bill comes the easiest move to make is going to the bathroom for a period of time.
All three of these aren't easy to come up with, but it seems the best and most fun option would be to tackling making a carrot clarinet. These are things in which nobody has attempted to present on wikiHow, hopefully one of these works' gets published on the site for the world to see.