I had a difficult time with wordpress when I was trying to enter all the images and links in my Image of wide scope, but I eventually figured it out. Other than that, I wasn’t too thrilled with wordpress. It definitely served it’s purpose but didn’t offer anything spectacular.
I have had photoshop for years, but I got to go to the library and work with the new photoshop for this project and was AMAZED at the changes they have made in just a few years. It was a lot of fun and I literally spent hours in it. Since I have a background in photoshop, it wasn’t hard for me to make images for this section of the blog.
Overall, I think this was a really fun project. At first it was a little hard to understand what we were to be doing, but as I got into it, I would find myself hours later, still working. Usually, I am easily distracted when doing conventional projects like writing papers and whatnot. I think that the very title of this course, Hypermedia, explains exactly why I was able to slave away at this for hours rather then drag my feet through the process. Also, I had taken Internet Lit, so I had an idea of what I was getting myself into :)
This portion was a little bit easier only because it was more of a reflection on myself than anything else. I had to think, was there a reason I chose all of these stories? Is it coincidence that they all work together so well? I don’t really believe in coincidence, I’m more of a believer in serendipity. So to analyze them and write all the ways that they correlate was just a new way of discussing myself and my beliefs.
Out of the entire blog, I feel that this section was the most blog out of all of them. It discusses everything, personal history, culture, and historical events while at the same time, explaining oneself and one’s thoughts.
It was difficult at times because I sort of felt like I was stretching the reality of everything’s interconnectedness. The hardest was finding the physical similarities between all my stories.
Other than a few struggles, I liked this section the most out of the entire blog.
Working on the community story allowed me to discover a lot about my father’s side of the family and my lineage.
I had to call my dad when thinking of the community story because I knew that he had already done his own research on our lineage. Turns out, I am a Daughter of the American Revolution, My family can be traced all the way to 16 century England and earlier, and I am French Canadian. All of these things I would have been content living my life never knowing, but it was really interesting when I started researching. There are whole websites dedicated to my bloodline, and there is real research for it. I even found out that some of my relatives were mayors!
I had a general idea of this past but never took the time to look into it like I did for the blog. I think it is important to know where you are coming from to be able to move forward. It definitely makes sense that I have this gut feeling of exploration and curiosity, its in my blood.
Walking through my grandparent's woods, as I did as a child
My purpose in life is to live.
Try everything. Be open-minded. Make mistakes. Take responsibility for my actions. Overcome trials. Learn from it all.
I think if you go through life expecting it to come to you, you will waste your life waiting. I think that being a go-getter and having a curious attitude, you are bound to make mistakes and bad decisions. The true test of oneself is how one could make those mistakes and decisions, and accept and learn from them. Repeating a negative action is something I’ve always seen as immature. I try to live good, and be good. That is because of my morality.
You can have, be, and do almost anything you’d like. I would like to do great things, (be a teacher, shape minds and lives) and want to have fun doing it. I work hard and play hard, as my dad always said. I know that to achieve greatness it takes much work and determination. I am not afraid of that work or what challenges may come.
I think the photo of me as a child looking onward is a hopeful image. I am also wearing a colonial period hat to represent the exploration taken on by all of the main characters in mystory.
The unicorn acts as transportation, tying in imagery from my entertainment story.
The snow flakes represent the physical aspects that are represented in all of the sections.
The thermometer represents “testing things out”. (Also gives reference to the cold of snow which was a motif in my stories).
I think all of these things evoke a sense of curiosity and trial and error.
