After doing MPI104 for the last 13 weeks I have learnt so much about having a web presence and how to use a whole range of free online applications to my advantage. I have also found it interesting to find out what a lot of the Internet jargon means and how it works.
Some of the more interesting things I have learnt include;
• Creating accounts with communal web directories such as Flickr and Blogspot. This proved annoying some times due to the registration process, complication arouse from certain sites not liking different Web Browsers.
• Using HTML code to manipular comments and posts, customise my Blog and post links inside comments and posts. Although this was a tedious process I enjoyed working my way through it after editing my Blog skin the long way round only to find out a much easier and obvious method afterwards.
• Bookmarking sites online so I can access them from any computer through Delicious. By doing this I found it easier to work between my laptop and the Mac’s in the studio.
• Register my Blog through Technorati to create a web presence rating. At the time this was one of the more frustrating activities I faced, but after researching it further I found out the purpose for the Blogosphere and having a registry for Blogs.
• Creating a web page with iWeb and then putting it online with Fetch. This was probably my favourite activity to date. By having my own Website it allows me to post my work and creates something fun to show your mates. I found the process of taking the domain and site information from computer to computer frustrating but I think working of the one device the process is quite simple.
Overall I have enjoyed this subject over the last semester. I’m sure the things I have learnt will be rewarding further down the track.
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