Thank you all for your kind comments on my ethnography, I now need help!!!!! I have spent all evening trying to make my Blog look good and it looks exactly the same, why are something’s so difficult. Anyone got any advice? Having looked at the word press forum for advice – I think they have [...]
Sudden Leap
I have been reading a lot this week about new technologies , there seems to be a sudden surge in innovative designs of futuristic concepts. It’s about making “real” It’s about making it accessible It is about the aesthetics and the design Google Glass: getting to grips with 'geek aesthetics' | Technology | The Observer. [...]
Week 7 summary – Community and culture
This week along with working on the ethnography, I have been thinking a lot about different communities, their ethos, the idea of being part of a community and a communities culture. Communities in the real world usually share a common interest and ideas and involve actual interactions, where people take on specific roles within the [...]
Ethnography
Please view my visual ethnography here Introduction I have stumbled upon the Weight Weenies website for this ethnographic study due to a discussion with friends about forums and who actually uses them. I am not an active member of any forum, firstly because I don’t have time and I feel they need a certain level [...]
parkrun community
Just an excuse to advertise parkrun as it is a wonderful friendly community I belong to, that is altruistic ran by volunteers who enjoy running and want to encourage others to do it – Replicating an idea parkrun are weekly, 5km timed runs around the world, that are open to everyone, free, safe and easy [...]
Rat communities – Brain-to-brain interface lets rats share information via internet
Brain-to-brain interface lets rats share information via internet | Science | The Guardian. This new technology is allowing rats to develop an online relationship at a distance – a community of two – it’s a start! “rats can share, and act on, each other’s sensory information by electrically connecting their brains via tiny grids of [...]
Online communities get real
I found this article from 2003 on online communities. Online communities get real via BBC NEWS | Technology | Online communities get real. It is about how people assume online communities will behave and relationships develop within these communities. It was interesting to note how things have changed over time One of the initial comments [...]



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