Thomas' BA PP Blog

Hey everyone! Just putting down a few thoughts about last night's brilliant Skype. This was the first Skype I'd been a part of for a while, and it was really heartening to speak to a group of people who are all in the same boat as me. Obviously Laura and I have been bouncing ideas and essay point off each other, but it was good for us both to know that the wider community in the course are at a similar stage to us. We discussed how theories can relate to our practice. I've been looking at my practice and all of the areas of learning that are included in my essay. It has been useful to me to do that and map everything out, and then find literature and theories that relate to what I'm already doing. I find that the easier way round as it means the theories and practitioners I find fit my practice, rather than shoe-horning in theories to match that may not fully relate to my practice. We also spoke about the diagram, and I'm excited to develop that further know...

I've been diving back in and have been thinking a lot about the Web 2.0 theory, and in particular, participation and ethics. I've never particularly been one for social media. Yes I have facebook, but only a comparatively small amount of friends. Instagram too, but the vapidity of posts often drive me away from it. Twitter is one I had always struggled with, but is actually going to be the focus of this post. I have had twitter for upwards of 10 years, however I have only properly started using it since turning professional. What has always struck me about it is the nature of duality the platforms have. I think we can divide Web 2.0 into clear groups. There are the groups that are used for productivity, discussion and the betterment of learning and business experiences. These would be platforms like Skype (that we use), Linked In etc. Even Wikipedia is a publicly collaborated forum and that has led to a vast expanse of knowledge available entirely for free at our fingertips...