My Presentation

Unfortunately, I was unable to present my presentation this past Thursday, due to the lack of time. I do have a feel for how my presentation would have went. If I would have given my presentation this past Thursday, I think a strength of my presentation would be my thesis. I also feel like I have a decent amount of visual aid to make sure the viewers don't get too bored. In order to improve my presentation, I could add some of the examples I already have that supports my thesis. I could also organize my presentation a little better.

Blogging

My essay is basically about a topic based blog and how it shows a certain aspect of the writer. The topic of the blog is college football. The fact that the blog I am following is a topic blog is the only way I can think of, that my essay about the blog I am following is related to the blogging book. My blog is very straight foward with information. It does not have any of the writer's own opinion, which does not give me a chance to relate it to some of the other blogs mentioned in the book.

Changes I plan on making

After the writing conference, I plan on making plenty of changes to my research paper. I expect to completely change the direction of my paper. Instead of figuring out the personality behind my blog, I plan on trying to understand what it takes to be a certain person, and in my case that person is a huge University of Hawaii football fan. I will have to look at different aspects of the blog then I planned to look at when I first started my paper. Hopefully, all of these changes will make it easier for me to finish my paper.

Difficulties with research

So far I've had a relatively easy time with my research, but I did have some difficulty with certain issues. At first I had a hard time finding a good blog to analyze, but I finally found one. After that, I had a bit of difficult with figuring out which parts of the blog to analyze. I didn’t know which areas of the blog to look at that would help me understand the identity behind the blog. Fortunately for me, I was able to eventually figure out which parts of the blog to focus in on to help me better understand the identity of the person.

Quote

One danger of online social networks is their visibility - in some cases, they work too well (Rettberg 77), that is, online social networks are dangerous because of how widely available the information on these networks are to the public. Many people who are on these social networks don't give it any thought before they put down very personal and important information. Due to how accessible these social networks are to the public, a stranger or someone you don’t know too well can easily go online and obtain your private information. There has been a case where someone announced on Facebook that they would be attending a certain event that evening. One of her friends from awhile back would eventually come across this information and break into her house. This case goes to show that people sometime give out information without knowing just how important it is. The problem with online social networks is that you don’t know who has access to all of this information.

Interests and Blogging

My interests vary from television shows to maintaining an active lifestyle. Eventhough I have many interests, I probably enjoy watching sports, such as football and MMA, the most. Though I can keep up with sports through television and some of the sites online, I don't get as much information as I'd like to. With blogging, I hope that I could possibly learn more about some of my favorite sport teams, like any recent trades between teams or injuries to players. Keeping updated with all the breaking news around the leagues should allow for more enjoyable sport seasons.

Who am I as a writer?

I am a writer who struggles with following through with work.