Wk 15 - Reflective ‘Meta’ Post

I nominate the following 3 posts for assessment:

http://bryanpike.tumblr.com/post/394519142/i-find-it-interesting-that-our-networked-media

http://bryanpike.tumblr.com/post/590003537/wk-12-blog-production-project-b

http://bryanpike.tumblr.com/post/590099223/wk-13-blog-production-project-b-datavisualisation

In terms of content,  my entries consist largely of reactions to the Networked Media Subject, and, as per the subject guidelines, to detail my learning processes and discoveries in this unit.

The audience is my fellow students and lecturers, and as such, my blogs are appropriate to their needs - namely, to see that I am thinking and learning about Networked Media; how to think about it, how to create it, how to reach my target audience, how inter connectivity between media works.

To that end, aside from my entries, I have also linked to other sites where I made my learning discoveries or pages that informed my Production Projects, as well as linked to my Delicious and Flickr rss feeds so other students and lecturers can find my blog more easily.

My posts are also linked to my Facebook account so people can access it through there. I am a member of the Media Production Society’s Facebook group, so students there can also see my blog posts. 

After a comment from one of my Lecturers, I have also added features where people may leave comments or questions on my blog, as well as submitting links and pictures and so forth for my approval.

I have also included several students in my blog roll so that if by chance students become interested in my blog, they also have the option to check out these other students blogs; increasing the idea of inter connectivity. 

In addition I have chosen a theme for my page appropriate to the wry or arch tone of my posts - which is itself a reflection of my personality - and to the wording and phrasing: dark, angular, skewed Saul Bass inspired work. I also regularly attach pictures to my blogs; images reflecting the content of the post and which I hope draw the eye and generate interest - and also serve to break up boring blocks of text which can strain the eye and bore the reader. It is my intention that the design of the blog be dynamic enough to draw fellow students in and continue reading.