Mandy similarly utilizes the ubc blogs wordpress platform for her blog. The task bar on the top of her blog made it very easy to navigate her different posts as well as the feed on her homepage that displayed previews of each of her posts. The background of her blog displays a photo of mountains which I am not sure if it was a stock photo or one that she has taken. I read that she is from the west coast so it is very likely that it is a personal photo as a fellow BC resident I can recognize similar landscapes.
Mandy uses bitmojis to customize many of her posts. I found that our bitmojis look quite similar and it is interesting how despite looking fairly different in person that our digital avatars can be less unique. She also customized many of her photos with text and arrows which in many ways I found to show her sense of humor.
I was initially drawn to Mandy’s task 1 because similarly to my “bag” it also reflected that she is a Mom. I found the labels on the photo to be more helpful than just listing the contents like I had done. Her bag had more of a 50/50 mix of her items to her kids items whereas mine was a little more baby focused. This could also be indicative of the ages of our kids. She touches on her use of bitmojis in this post as a way to express her personality and convey emotion. She mentions being from a home where another language is spoken and makes me curious what language this might be. Looking at her post it reminds me how our bag can give some insights into the lives or personalities of others but it can’t provide the full picture.