I thought Wei Yun’s post on News Sources from Different Perspective was interesting. Her post on both Australia and Malaysia news proves that this happens everywhere, regardless of the country you are in. Newspapers and media have a huge amount of influence towards their readers and it’s sad how politics and the media have evolved over the years.

Bernadette also covered on Chris Anderson’s reading “The Long Tail” and I thought it was interesting how she focused more on piracy and how eventually, Blockbuster failed as they just couldn’t keep up.

Everyone must still be in their holiday mood heh

1. I really liked Georgina’s post on Hashtag on Facebook! If there was a like button I would have liked it! In it she talks about the important things to remember while hash-tagging on Facebook.. I’ve had enough of nonsensical useless hashtags. #thisiswhati’mtalkingabout #ohgawdjuststop #annoying

Oh and just for laughs.. How hashtag would sound in real life!

2. I also found Dale’s Strong & Weak Ties  really interesting! I’ve been doing the readings and it’s been just interesting looking at the studies and statistics! I’ve actually never thought of it that way, and I really like the example of how her weak ties were the ones who actually provided the help that she needed! So this concept really isn’t something that is foreign to us, it can even appear in our own lives!

Emerald : Travel blog. I agree with the six points that she mentioned in her post that makes a good blog. Love how she mentioned that “connect” is also an important part of any blog because what other way to promote your blog than to use Facebook/Twitter!

Georgina : Instagram = BLOGGING. I absolutely agree with Georgina on this point! Just like i’ve mentioned, Instagram ( or any social media platforms ) are slowly becoming the norm for blogging.. It’s definitely faster and it takes less time to manage!