I came to Uni to write an assignment, but before I have even opened up a word document I have logged myself onto facebook and myspace (I have even set up a myspace page for my housemate to introduce her to the wonders of distraction it causes from uni work)
I’m not 100% clear what my motivation is for using myspace and facebook- generally its looking at messages from my housemates and people I see everyday, I rarely speak to my mates away travelling or at other Universities through this medium (which is probably what it was designed to be effective for!)
Simultaneously I am constantly checking my hotmail email; this is because I needed to get back in contact with my old workmates since leaving. At Cisco Systems (My placement company) I noticed that emails are a far more preferred communication method to get hold of anyone. Jokes and banter where constantly shared around what hermits everyone could become by working their, you literally didn’t need to leave you office, for the use of video phones and online “meeting places” and SKYPE conference calls- Cisco are even the ones supplying all this new technology to make sure people and ‘collaborate’ and ‘communicate’ wherever.
I have at this time looked on CEMP to see what’s being posted on the online forum and to look at other peoples views of there online activity. I haven’t posted anything but looked at a lot of the forums and threads, I don’t feel obliged to say anything back as I haven’t developed strong opinions to any topics as yet but I am sure from what mike has been saying I need to get more actively engaged with it.
I finally after all this start to do some assignment work, with both myspace hotmail, web msn and facebook all running in the background- I’m starting to wonder if I would be best working from a computer with no internet connection on it, but I can argue this by the need to for online journals- so at least that’s one good thing… all in the name of IMS?
