What I find remarkable is that I can’t click on anything to go places! I’ve become so accustomed to hyperlinking that I am now frustrated when it isn’t available to me. (On a screen, of course; if I were reading a book I would not try to tap on text and make it take me elsewhere.)
In other news, I used to hand-write letters and send them out in the mail a lot. I don’t do that so much any more.
Yeah, the lack of hyperlinks was a pain. If something is online, I expect to go places too!
I actually found it weird seeing my handwriting on a screen. I found it hard to skim and I had to read it slowly. My thoughts usually run a mile a minute and it was strange “hearing” myself be so slow.
I think this post really brings up important points about the role of creativity in standing out from the crowd. By doing things a little bit differently, even handwriting something when everyone else uses computers, it can get a person or an organize noticed. I think this point is very much able to extend to social media use.
Love this post. Sometimes you have to work with what you have and that’s exactly what you’ve done.
And to Christian’s comment about handwriting letters, I used to do that too when my grandmother lived far away. Now that she’s closer, I call her instead.
I guess hand-writing letters is old-time “social media”. I wonder if that’s why Zizi Papacharissi prefers the term “new media” to describe what we call “social media”?
When I (very) occasionally write a hand-written letter, I feel strange that I can’t double-check what I wrote last time in my sent items folder, or the email string.
Great post Beth! It’s interesting that other people were bothered by the lack of hyperlinks. I actually found that refreshing, keeping my attention focused on the piece at hand, rather being tempted to jump over to another page mid-sentence.
What I find remarkable is that I can’t click on anything to go places! I’ve become so accustomed to hyperlinking that I am now frustrated when it isn’t available to me. (On a screen, of course; if I were reading a book I would not try to tap on text and make it take me elsewhere.)
In other news, I used to hand-write letters and send them out in the mail a lot. I don’t do that so much any more.
Yeah, the lack of hyperlinks was a pain. If something is online, I expect to go places too!
I actually found it weird seeing my handwriting on a screen. I found it hard to skim and I had to read it slowly. My thoughts usually run a mile a minute and it was strange “hearing” myself be so slow.
I think this post really brings up important points about the role of creativity in standing out from the crowd. By doing things a little bit differently, even handwriting something when everyone else uses computers, it can get a person or an organize noticed. I think this point is very much able to extend to social media use.
And I really liked your handwritten blog post!
Thanks Colleen! I was inspired by this piece of creativity http://www.cristinavanko.com/modern-day-snail-mail
Hi Beth-
This was honestly the most creative blog post I’ve seen for this class and I LOVE IT.
Therefore, I’m going to propose we become real pen pals and agree to only write to each other through pen and paper. Lets get old timey.
Paige
Done! Email me your address and let’s keep the postal services working 🙂
Love this post. Sometimes you have to work with what you have and that’s exactly what you’ve done.
And to Christian’s comment about handwriting letters, I used to do that too when my grandmother lived far away. Now that she’s closer, I call her instead.
I guess hand-writing letters is old-time “social media”. I wonder if that’s why Zizi Papacharissi prefers the term “new media” to describe what we call “social media”?
When I (very) occasionally write a hand-written letter, I feel strange that I can’t double-check what I wrote last time in my sent items folder, or the email string.
Great post Beth! It’s interesting that other people were bothered by the lack of hyperlinks. I actually found that refreshing, keeping my attention focused on the piece at hand, rather being tempted to jump over to another page mid-sentence.