Published on August 2nd, 2016 | by Tarah Miller | Geckos Tales THERE’S STILL TIME FOR BRAZIL. GET ON IT. Read time: a bit over 4 minutes There are three days until the Rio Olympic Games people. Three days people! To all you Aussies, there is still time to grab those swimmers, finish that sanger and chuck a extended/non-negotiable sicky. And… Read More There’s always time for Brazil.
Hi Hannah, this is our submission for our ‘Where to Next’ project – Sarah, India, Lydia & Tarah. The starting point of our ‘Where to Next’ story platform is its website. It also as a Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest account. Here is the 500 word reflection as well.
Hypermedia Story Reflection: Tarah, India, Lydia, Sarah You’ve heard of the acronym KISS right?… “Keep it simple, stupid”? Well – that’s the principle we took on board when designing our hypermedia story project ‘Where to next’. The KISS principle states that ‘most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated’. With… Read More Hypermedia Story Reflection
The term “community” can describe a group of people sharing similar interests and values. At one time, ‘community’ referred to a faction if people united in a physical sense. Now, the term can also apply in the online world; it can be used to identify online bodies of people who all share similar interests. An online community is one whereby… Read More Assessment 2
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If it did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. – Charlotte Bronte Like every travel, blogging felt to us like this new voyage. A new kind of trip. That quote above summarizes what blogging has taught… via Monthly Report:… Read More A great insight on blog Gamin Traveler’s traffic and blog analysis
On Tuesday twitter became the home to stories of sexual harassment. The hashtag #WhenIWas was used to bring light to personal experiences or encounters with sexual harassment by (mostly) females. It started as part of the campaign for Everyday Sexism. It told stories, but also was a way to identify people’s reactions towards the stories and… Read More Viral Hashtag #WhenIWas
My definition of community: An online, blogging community is formed around common interests, discussion and interaction. A community is one that stands as not only a support but also as a driving force for everything done. An online community is important to a blogger as blogs are best read; engaged with. Otherwise, what’s the point? In… Read More Online Community
Key important points made by Lucas Ihleim: * sometimes it’s good at first to reach out and finding a community and draw people to your blog. It allows you to find your style, your rhythm and really nail down engaging content * “First awkward moments will be unwitnessed” * HOWEVER “being well known in your community… Read More Week 8 Reading Reflection
This is the first time I have posted a video onto this blog. It is a short film I submitted as part of my Journalism subject. It is about sexism in the media landscape. I used the “embed” code to inject this video into this post. However, it had a longer code after the video… Read More Sexism towards female journalists
I have decided to investigate what the jobs of social media strategists and managers involve. I came across a company called Meltwater that provide really insightful blog posts about social media marketing. I particularly loved this image of what a “A Day in the Life of a Social Media Manager” may look like:
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