Thursday, 28 February 2013
I've been thinking a lot about my digital footprint since my last post. I think I've come to the realization that I don't really have one. Is that bad? For the most part all of out digital footprints come from social media sights. Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler, they all say a lot about a person. But I've always been a little skeptical of people who post everything about themselves on social media sights. I'm a naturally shy person. This might be why I tend to shy away from posting too much about my life online. Also because I think that social media can be all about bragging which I mentioned in the post before. I think I might be a little out of date however. I think I need to boost my digital footprint. I should be taking advantage of the fact that I, as a creative person, can share and collaborate with others. I think I've been mislead into thinking that the only way I could be digitally active was through popular social media sights. And that idea never appealed to me. I need to branch out and other ways to create change. There's a big wide world of internet out there for me to discover!
Monday, 25 February 2013
Its weird to see my facebook profile now. I feel like I've spent a lot of time worrying about the way this small image looked to others in previous years. I don't use facebook very much anymore. I've almost completely forgotten about my profile since I spend most of my time on twitter now. It makes me wonder if the all powerful Facebook, a tool that was said to have shaped a generation, is going out of style. However this is still the most accessible way to find out about a person's entire life in just a matter of minutes. What does this image say about me? I'm not entirely sure. It would be interesting to show this to a stranger and ask them to describe what information they gathered about me from this one picture. Would they be accurate? I honestly haven't given much thought to this image in recent months. I think thats good. Social media can sometimes become all about impressing people by bending the truth to make your life seem more exciting than the next person. Kick this idea to the curb. I want to use my digital footprint to connect with people, not impress them with fancy Facebook pictures.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
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