tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91584137073911681052024-03-14T03:43:53.151+08:00Carol's view on things...Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-35879202415413068422007-04-08T01:02:00.000+08:002007-04-08T01:02:56.110+08:00Bonus Mission #2: Second Life a game? No way!Online gaming or multiplayer games have been around for quite a few years already. Some famous games that have gone online would be The Sims Online and World of Warcraft. However, some people would argue and say that World of Warcraft is different from many online games because of its "immersive nature and compelling social dynamics" (Levy, 2006, para. 4). With that in mind, comes the newest and Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-29713988964056373622007-04-03T18:09:00.000+08:002007-04-10T20:35:26.039+08:00QotW10: My first go at Second Life!I got this for this particular blog! :) Finally, I'm in Japan! Look at how beautiful it is... Surreal JapanMy Second Life (SL) name is Lorac Beresford. I actually wanted to put my own name, but unfortunately it was taken already, so I chose this name instead. My screenshots are not close-ups of me but at least you can see what my avatar looks like. I fashioned my avatar to look physically like Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-60157630516031495172007-03-28T16:35:00.000+08:002007-03-28T21:45:13.227+08:00QotW9:The new & revamped STOMPCitizen journalism has been around for quite sometime already, only that it existed in different forms in the past. However, with the advent of gadgets that have the abilitie to take photographs or to record videos, citizen journalism has been given a very big boost. So what exactly is citizen journalism? According to Tom Stites, citizen journalism is "a rather narrow and very privileged slice ofCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-5009237187732694362007-03-24T13:37:00.000+08:002007-03-24T13:38:59.179+08:00QotW8: Democracy from the Internet?Hmm...what's that?I Adopt - Blog's Title: a writer's blog: my life, my thoughts Blog's URL: http://ephraim.blogspot.com/Blogger's name: EphraimBlogger's occupation: Citizen blogger (but he's with the Youth PAP, and very active in the political scene...I wonder where that puts him)Blogger's DOB: 19/8/2002Blogger's Technorati rank: 54,599 (179 links from 73 blogs)Blog Intro - Ephraim Loy's blog has 2 main Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-10653108754334337622007-03-17T12:12:00.000+08:002007-03-17T12:13:12.651+08:00QotW7: Online CommunitiesWhat exactly are virtual communities? Although people have different definitions about what virtual communities are, there is one integral part that runs through all the definitions, and that is that communication is the most important part of maintaining communities. With the invention of the Internet and the increased use in computer-mediated communication (CMC), this online communication Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-54682116121153384122007-03-08T15:14:00.000+08:002007-04-10T20:37:35.082+08:00QotW6: Power to the PeopleHave you ever felt like you were being watched when you were doing something? Or have you ever secretly recorded someone doing something right or wrong? Even worse, have you ever been caught by the police or someone of a higher authority, while doing something wrong?Well, in this time of age where the Internet is everywhere, and with the advancement in technology, power has slowly shifted from Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-51466549064315769962007-02-12T16:58:00.000+08:002007-02-12T18:57:45.087+08:00Lessons learnt...The National Library which opened in 2005 was the classroom for COM242 today. Since the classroom was different, so were the teachers. The teachers for the day was Miss Wun Han, Ivy and Sharon. Even though many people have been to the National Library, not everyone knew everything about the library or used all the facilities available to them. The main places that we were all shown to today was Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-69980683531589827182007-02-09T23:16:00.000+08:002007-02-09T22:54:18.860+08:00QotW4: The magic of gift economiesIt is more blessed to give than to receive. (cited in “The Holy Bible: King James Version”, 1972, ACTS 20:35)What exactly are gift economies & how are they different from capitalist economies?Essentially, gift economies have been in existence ever since all the way back into history. People have always been involved in gift economies, and nowadays with the advent of the Internet, more people are Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-29174125523538648352007-02-03T12:46:00.000+08:002007-02-03T12:49:43.809+08:00QotW3: Sharing, Copyright & Creative CultureWith the creation of an idea or object comes the protection that all creators are given - copyright. Even though many countries have enforced the Copyright Laws, there are still many cases of online piracy, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing and copyright infringement cases on the Internet. According to a report in BBC News in 2002, "over 2.6 billion music files [were]downloaded illegally every Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-73172946125888905692007-01-27T15:25:00.000+08:002007-01-27T15:27:16.051+08:00COM125 Week 2: History of the Internet The most important aspect all began with an invention by two men, Ted Nelson and Douglas Engelbart in the 1960s. In the 1980s, Tim-Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web in response to the constantly changing computer industry. Today, Nelson and Engelbart’s very invention is being used in what the World Wide Web, and that invention of theirs is called – hypertext.Hypertext is “a special type ofCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-87591289994956082192007-01-23T13:25:00.000+08:002007-01-25T13:20:57.153+08:00Elections, is it time again?Elections time! It's time to vote for the one you think will make your life a lot easier! I'm not talking about Singapore's elctions, if you've been following the news, you'll know that I'm talking about the Presidential race for the upcoming American elections next year. Frankly, as a Singaporean, I didn't even pay as much attention to my own country's elections, but this American elections is Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-20687093621590109842007-01-19T18:37:00.000+08:002007-01-19T19:21:40.091+08:00Blog on Monty Python videoOk, this post is about the Monty Python video I watched on Wednesday. It's late, but nevertheless, I'm still putting the post up.First, the good things about the video. It was interesting in that the video showed how people used deductive reasoning to figure out whether or not the woman was a witch. For example, when the peasants were being asked questions by Berevond. However, even though the Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158413707391168105.post-69808153958962969902007-01-16T23:08:00.000+08:002007-01-18T16:05:12.413+08:00Me? What's there to tell? Let me think about it....Goedemorgen/Goedemiddag/ Goedenavond ! That's Good morning/ Good afternoon/ Good evening in Dutch to you, depending on what time you're reading this...Here's a little about myself...I'm Carol Liu, and I'm turning 23 this year and I'm not shy to tell the world about it. I'm also half-Taiwanese, because my dad's a Taiwanese and my mum's local, so I'm pretty lucky that I get to be part of 2 very Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14907004410285798195noreply@blogger.com1