Final Blog

Well, I guess this will be my final posting. I had no clue how to blog before I created this site, but I am happy to say that now that the semester has come to an end, I am very comfortable with blogging and participating in the blogosphere! Thanks to Professor Brown for teaching us all about blogging and different topics in IT! Congrats to all the seniors and good luck to all of the underclassmen (enjoy the rest of your time here at UD-time flies! trust me) and happy retirement Professor Brown!! =)

Reaction to The Warped Tour Article

The article on The Warped Tour is another popular article on wikipedia that has received a great deal of attention through edits. The only part that has continually been updated on the article is the history section. My additions have remained which I'm very happy to say. This article seems to generate many graffiti-like comments such as someone posting 'The Warped Tour sucks' or a comment of that nature. I think it is great that the wikipedia community is so quick to react to these edits in order to keep the article clean and truthful. Hopefully the users who use their editting powers in a negative way are relieved of their rights to edit, yet the individual can go right back on and create a new username to continue doing what they want to do. I guess that is just something the site has to deal with by being a wiki, yet I do believe it is worth it and I do give a great deal of credit to wikipedia officials as well as the overall wiki community for keeping the articles updated and factual!

Reaction to Surf Culture Article

Wikipedia's article on Surf Culture has had a great deal of additions/modifications and seems to be quite a popular article. While there have been many changes made to the page, none of them have been very significant. Most of the changes to the page have been minor. I am very happy to say that my edits have remained on the page and I think this article would have to be my favorite article that I editted since I think it is really enjoyable to read-I advise everyone to check it out!

Reaction to Southern Regional School District Article

Th wikipedia article on the Southern Regional School District has also not changed very much since I have started editting it. One of my edits was taken down since it was false; I was surprised at how fast a false statement was taken down and I was quite impressed. The false edit that I posted referred to the fact that the sending district of Barnegat is no longer attending Southern Regional High School; This was a false statement since Barnegat students that have previously attended Southern will stay there- only incoming freshman attend the new Barnegat High School. I added a couple small facts within the article, again local truths.

Reaction to Long Beach Island Article

After reviewing the history of the LBI article, nothing drastic has been changed on it since I've been blogging about it and editting it. There has been slight additions such as external links and famous people added to the article along with 'local facts' (I would like to call it) to make the article more relevant and specific. My additions have added more local truth to the article and I plan to keep up with my editting to make sure the article remains complete and factual.

2nd Team Mate Post

I thought it was great that Brenna created a wikipedia article for her mom's business. As I view more and more articles on my required feeds, I've come to fully realize how important wikipedia is as an information source. I think iColor Studio will definitely benefit by being on the site- good job Brenna! Although Brenna put the article on wikipedia, wikipedia is calling the article a 'stub'(says Brenna on her blog) does anyone know what that means? Check out Brenna's progress and her blog by clicking the links above.

4th Required Blog

I viewed an article on Slashdot on 'A New Wireless Power Transmission Sheet.' This sheet is a power pad that will charge devices, such as cell phones, by just placing it right on the pad. I thought this was pretty cool and I'd like to get one, yet the product requires a special receiver and it is therefore very expensive. We will just have to wait until some compeition stirs up to drive down prices- until then, batteries are going to have to do!

3rd Required Blog

I just found an article on ClickZ titled 'Should SEOs Care About Wikipedia?' and it reminded me of our class lecture in which we talked about how important wikipedia is as a source of information. Within the article it talks about the high degree of quality traffic that wikipedia generates. The great benefit to the info source is the fact that it a no cost way to generate traffic and is also a top 10 referer. To view the full article click the link above.