Curation Culture - Latest Comments

Re: Does #curationculture blog live after course ends?

andrewbattista — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:29:42 -0000

More on this later, but yes, curation culture is going to continue!

Re: “It’s not stalking if you don’t mean any harm…”

andrewbattista — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:46:27 -0000

All excellent questions, Brent! I think Foursquare is safe (although not always). Nothing we do is 100 percent safe, I'd say, but in the case of something like Foursquare I would say that the benefits outweigh the risks.

Now, my question is this: why has the game and badge competition concept of Foursquare not carried over into this class as much? An honest question! We will talk more about this in class next week, but others can weigh in here too.

Re: Fanfiction: My Life in Front of My Laptop

andrewbattista — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:55:22 -0000

This is an interesting post. An incredible amount of reading too! I wonder if most (if not all) self-care moments begin with confessional narratives like this: people stating what their limitations are. It seems like you have done several tangible things to improve the balance in your life too, but what seems to be going on here is a situation of scope. It seems like making a system of organization of fan fiction blogs, websites, Twitter feeds, etc. would only cause you to consume more.

My question has more to do with quality than quantity. Do you ever read fan fiction and think, "well, that's an hour of my life I can never get back?" That is, do you ever read something and wish that in the finite amount of time we have to be alive you could have spent it reading better fan fiction? I'd be interested to hear how you can (or have, or plan to) use curation strategies to spend less overall time reading BETTER fan fiction and thus perhaps enjoying it more and having more balance in your life. Any ideas?

Re: Do Not Disturb

andrewbattista — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:50:41 -0000

Great post! Full of great turns of phrases, like going "cold turkey" on Thanksgiving. Seriously though, this is a good reflection on what disconnecting momentarily from our online lives can do for us. I'm glad that you trying the "do not disturb" feature out on your phone has been productive for you.

Re: Many Definitions of Information Literacy

andrewbattista — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:51:09 -0000

Good questions, Jessi....We did talk about this a bit in class. I can't remember if you were there that day or not. Oftentimes, Wikipedia is a more trustworthy source of information than other 'top' search results. But part of the literacy of seeking information demands that we know what Wikipedia is, where it comes from, how it's constructed and policed, etc. This is, of course, true of all sources of information, so the question becomes, what do you to do overcome your struggles of deciphering credible sources of information? Any tangible examples or ideas?

Re: Self-Care and Social Media

Jessi Clark — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:44:04 -0000

Practicing self care has never been an option for me. My mom has ALWAYS kept a check on all of the social media sites that I am on. (Now she says it was because she always knew my destiny because not i date a politician, and we know self-care is of utmost important in that regard.) If i ever posted anything that made people question my Christian values or morals, she would immediately talk to me about it, so we could discuss if i should delete it or not. For example, my best friend was joking around with me on Facebook, we were kind of having a status war or whatever you would like to call it, and I had posted " ____(His name tagged here)____ is the biggest jerk ever ever ever." It was a joke of course, but my mom immediately commented on it and told me how rude and unladylike it was. Then she called me and told me that i should not have said that and i got upset. Of course, my first reaction was anger, but she proceeded to explain that because i had tagged him in it, all of his friends could see it as well. She asked me how i would feel if i was his mom and i logged into facebook to see some girl calling him a jerk. I admitted, i would be very unhappy, and ended up deleting the post. That is just one example of the many times I have had to practice self care, not only because of the person i claim to be, but also out of respect for myself. If i was job hunting and my prospective employer searched my FB page, i would not want them to find embarrassing or immature posts. I would want to look classy, but also fun.

Thats my two cents on the topic. This is a topic my mom and I have fought about since my first social media interaction.

Re: Many Definitions of Information Literacy

Jessi Clark — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:28:33 -0000

I think it is a very interesting topic, that I know I do not think about as often as i should. Most of the time, I just take information i find off the internet as true without much thought. The first thing i saw that brought this idea to my attention was a website that had a quote from Abraham Lincoln that said "You cannot believe everything you read off the internet." The fact that the internet was not even around during Lincoln's time says that that statement is false. Then i began to question the entire website; what if it was made as a joke, and here i was trying to find information from it. Again, I think this is something i definitely struggle with. It is hard for me to decipher credible sources from "crap" sources. Why is Wikipedia not trustworthy according to English teachers, but it is the first thing students turn to when searching for information?

Re: 8tracks: kinda like Pandora, but better?

andrewbattista — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 09:37:09 -0000

Ditto to these comments. This is one of the best new social networks I have discovered this semester. I've been using it to make "mix tapes" for people who are on the go and have i phone but no discmans! I think your last point is the most salient: we still resist information that is presented to us by only algorithms and instead we gravitate toward the social element of having information come to us.

Re: 8tracks: kinda like Pandora, but better?

Ashley Knowles — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:41:57 -0000

I love 8tracks! I discovered it a couple months back and honestly had never thought of it relating to this class. But now that you mention it, these playlists could be considered a curation of sorts. Other users gather music they find to be a good mixture, or that inspires the specified mood, or has a specific theme, which means we don't have to put the effort in. A free filtering if you will. And the variety of music on there never ceases to surprise me!

Re: 8tracks: kinda like Pandora, but better?

Mike — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:15:22 -0000

Great post! I've gotta get this downloaded and give it a try! It's like old school mix tapes.

Re: Curation Culture Meetings

andrewbattista — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:50:06 -0000

You can find me whenever you are in the library. I know you are here a lot because of the LEC. I have some times on Thursday AM and tomorrow (Wed) before 10 AM...

Re: Curation Culture Meetings

Jessi Clark — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:08:50 -0000

When are the other times available??

Re: Look Everyone, I Made a Video!

andrewbattista — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:27:44 -0000

PS...I went ahead at updated the post and embedded the video for you...

Re: Look Everyone, I Made a Video!

andrewbattista — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:23:12 -0000

Wow, this is quite an interesting composition! Well-done! I did not know about the ability of Chrome to automatically update the names and URLs of links that you bookmark. I think the larger question here is, do we still use bookmarks as a way to organize our online lives? I think most of us would say yes, but to what degree? Is compiling lists of bookmarks a form of curation, or does Ali Ward's definition stand that curation needs to be public? And are there other ways that we can use browsers to curate and access information? I still think Chrome has the most flexibility because of its web store and many extensions. Congratulations on earning the browser master badge!

Re: Homework….Weekend Plans….To Do Lists….Squirrel

Taylor Teems — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:23:22 -0000

I think the making a list at the beginning of the week makes a lot of sense and I'd remember to each of my assignments earlier.

Re: Stumbling Upon Your Favorites!

andrewbattista — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:09:21 -0000

This is interesting, but say more about how YOU use the site. How do you determine whether or not you give the thumbs up or thumbs down to something? Do you have a set of informal criteria, for instance? Did you set up any custom interests, or did you just use the default interest categories on the site? What about the information you find there? Do you think it's particularly valuable? Have you ever discovered something via stumbleupon that has been of particular use to you?

Re: Homework….Weekend Plans….To Do Lists….Squirrel

andrewbattista — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:41:26 -0000

This system of reward for the completion of short tasks can be an effective way to "build up" to longer spans of concentration and work.

Re: Homework….Weekend Plans….To Do Lists….Squirrel

Jessi Clark — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:43:25 -0000

http://www.ign.com/blogs/umadb...
I also found this site. The blog is just posing the question, how do i increase mt attention span, but the comments do have some other options for a solution.

Re: Warning: MAY BE ADDICTIVE

andrewbattista — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:06:19 -0000

I like how you have a "rommie board" as a shared space for jokes, ideas, or anything else that comes across your plate and doesn't seem to fit anywhere else. This, no doubt, makes your roomate experience much more fun and interesting!

Re: Warning: MAY BE ADDICTIVE

Jessi Clark — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:11:48 -0000

We forgot to mention you CAN delete pins! For example, if I realize I've accidentally pinned the same thing twice, I delete one occurance. All you have to do is click edit on the pin and then delete pin. You can also edit your caption, or unlike pins.

Re: Warning: MAY BE ADDICTIVE

Jessi Clark — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:23:11 -0000

Make lots of different boards and organize them according to topics! Because remember it is so hard to fun something once you lose it. You can always simply "like" it but you annoy organize your likes.

If you have enough boards to separate everything it makes it feel less like a commitment because you have enough boards to keep them small.

Re: Stumbling Upon Your Favorites!

Jessi Clark — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:14:56 -0000

Wow, sounds like this is what I need to try out! As if I'm not distracted by social media enough ....

Re: Warning: MAY BE ADDICTIVE

Laurel I Hitchcock — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:10:37 -0000

This site is so addictive! I have started using this site as my reward for getting other work done. Here is my problem - I have a hard time committing to pinning something on my boards. It feels like a big commitment to me. Any advice? Also, can you delete things from your boards?

Re: Plurk is a Verb

Stephanie Browdy — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:57:56 -0000

I'm not entirely sure how to answer this, but you definitely have to appeal to your audience/friends, especially because of the emphasis on conversation and discussion. If you don't appeal to your friends, they might unfriend you or never respond to your plurks. That would lower or definitely slow down your karma. So I feel like the audience is pretty important?

I don't add new people often, but I do respond to at least 10 or so plurks per day? Typically from different friends, which will lead to conversations with people who might be on their friends lists but not mine. People will post different sorts of information. On my timeline, it's mostly personal stuff, things related to hobbies, or links to articles people find interesting or noteworthy--from cute cat pictures from tumblr to recipes to political articles. From my experience, there seem to be less plurks revolved around getting out certain types of information. But if something considered important comes up, such as when that SOPA stuff was first revealed, people will definitely replurk it to make sure word gets around.

I personally find the people I'm friends with are more interested in/encouraged by karma than badges. The badges are nice to have, but they don't lead to rewards like karma does. I know I've seen people on my timeline occasionally do "karma plurks" where they make just that update to avoid losing karma for inactivity. So karma definitely encourages use. I don't know how it'd work on facebook, really, though I honestly can't imagine it ending well.

Re: Plurk is a Verb

andrewbattista — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:12:22 -0000

Very interesting! I had never heard of Plurk before. So I have all kinds of questions. The biggest one is, how significant is the audience on Plurk? How many people do you connect with on a regular basis, and how much information (and what kind) of information do you get from them?

I'm also interested in the gamification aspect of Plurk. It seems that they have take a page out of the playbook of Foresquare and have motivated participation by having badges. Do these game elements encourage you and others to participate more, or do they alienate people from participating. For instance, what would it be like if we had a point system and lost points for every time someone de-friended us on Facebook? I'm curious to hear what other people think about these questions. Does anyone else use Plurk? Have you found good information through it?