This weeks blog has been rather random, with further exploration of communities to the separation of mind and technology.

I have been spending most time exploring and commenting on other people’s ethnographies. It was so interesting to find out other students areas of interest and to gain a broader perspective of them as a person through their choice of topic, It was also good to see a variety of different creative software used to present the information.

I really enjoyed Candace study on the community within #durbbu and loved the journey it took and it study of the people involved, I would be interested in looking at the journey of #Mscel students and the rise and fall of postings and the development of relationships within course.

I enjoyed the fiat 500 community group Steph Carr, but had problems with the technology and didn’t get to the end of it, which is a shame as it appeared t be a very interesting piece of work

I was very interested in Phil’s #fellrunning and like how the community and sport had grown through Internet involvement promoting user groups and events and also the link with advertising helping to create a greater sense of community

Nikki Bourke – Nirvana/Grunge Rock Youtube was very nicely presented using issuu and is something I will definitely use to present work in the future

I really enjoyed reading everyone’s comments on my work and felt pleased with the response from our #ededc community. The timetoast really helped to develop te idea of the community growing and developing by showing the order of events. However as Steph Carr commented “I wonder whether they are shaping the rules and behaviours because of their own value judgements as to what a forum should look like; or whether they are reacting to feedback from their members.” Unless I could speak with the administrators and moderators 1:1 I don’t think I could get a true idea of how the rules / regulations and developments came about.

I hadn’t thought of us at ededc as a community but we are and time away from you guys has left me feeling an outsider and I am wondering how to get back into the fold and get back involved.

It is unbelievable how fast time moves in the online community and how easily one can feel disassociated and isolated. Thoughts and ideas move on, discussions start, develop and conclude.

I am looking forward to creating a micro ethnography and looking at some of the roles people take on and how the community develops over time