No Regrets

"Be Brave. Fight for what you Believe in and make your Dreams your Reality."

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UCF LIBRARY 

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completed module 10

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CSS completed!

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Be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse “I love you.”

Lee Brice, Love Like Crazy (via devilwearstampax)

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HTML Basics II Complete! 

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The Elephant in the Room

I don’t think I will ever forget my first experience with using HTML my sophomore year in college.  I was enrolled in a computer science course and I was TERRIFIED. It happened to be in the morning, and my instructor was so enthusiastic about teaching us coding I wasn’t sure how I should react. It definitely did not help with my emotional breakdown when I noticed others in the classroom with massive amounts of code on their computer screens. They were coding lords and I was the shy rookie. The only thing holding me together at that point was my will to survive. I have always been the dedicated student, the student who refuses to fail. So I was more than willing to accept the challenge and become a coding expert. I think understanding the language was the most difficult part. At first glance, it’s extremely intimating because it’s not even in english and you have no clue what it all means. What helped me was breaking it down and making sure I understood what each tag produced on the web page. The more you practice, the better you get; so I began to see myself quickly picking it up and using it like typing up a paper on Microsoft Word. 

I think telling this story can quickly connect to the significance of digital and computer language. It is definitely much more distinct and complex than any other language we are used to using, specifically with coding. There is a certain structure that needs to be followed so there’s not much room for flexibility. But the unique aspect about it is that users can personalize it. For instance, when building a website you create the language that is going to tell your website what it should say, what color, what image, what template. You have the freedom to make something your own, and I think that gives the user a sense of value. 

In terms of how important I think it is for digital writer to know code, I think due to the growing use of technology it’s almost inevitable and primal for them to have some kind of knowledge on it. For instance, business and corporations are requiring employees to know more and more about computer literacies and to be able to use the internet, view a website, and eventually how to make one easily. I don’t see it going any other way. People connect online and it gives business the ability to connect with a lot of people worldwide and with the simple touch of a computer screen. I feel like under those circumstances and terms, individuals would need to know how to code, but it can also become something advantageous for the every day person. Say there is a common mother at home who recreationally makes necklaces that her friends keep telling her that she should sell. Having knowledge about coding can come to her advantage if she wants to open up a business and make a website for it. 

We definitely cannot keep avoiding the elephant in the room. Coding is quickly becoming an important tool for the everyday computer user. One way or another we have to embrace it.

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Infogram

works cited: 

http://www.takepart.com ©2013 TakePart, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Infographic: Networking and connectivity  | infogr.am

within the realms of social change-> TakePart.com

Here is my infographic on the website TakePart.com

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These two are killing me!! LOVE THEM!! 

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#addicted 

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Beyond the Noise

Within the noisy society we live in today, it is easy to become passive towards significant issues other than our appearance, money and business; which I might add are not as important as people make them out to be. The bigger issues about the environment, poverty and such are somewhat muted against celebrity gossip. Against all the noise, I managed to find an active writing ecology within the website takepart.com. It's a special website because it allows the user to become active in global change. It provides a platform for interaction where users can read messages from different organizations and causes and they can interact and send messages to themselves or to the organizations. It creates an information ecology where people and technology come together for a cause, and this websites has a plethora of causes that users can become involved in. Everything from art and culture, food, fashion, the environment, featured global issues and even to watch full episodes of the issues at hand.  They have the opportunity to talk about the causes and help each other get involved through messages that act more as mini blogs. 

I believe this website captures groups of users who are actively involved in there community and who have a desire to spread their awareness to the world. It can be rapidly connected to the world of hashtags such as, #takepart or #dosomething. Nardi and O'Day explained, "Our purpose in using the ecology metaphor is to foster thought and discussion, to stimulate conversations for action." This is precisely what take part allows user to do. It is an ecology for change and to stimulate thoughts about our world. The authors also furthered the definition by stating, " It exhibits diversity and experiences continual evolution." This writing ecology is constantly changing and evolving as more and more issues became prevalent and in need of attention. Different ways to take action are always being provided as well. 

Only one question remains, are you willing to go beyond the noise?

http://www.takepart.com

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Golden Retriever Love

A new blog dedicated to Golden Retrievers run by a Golden Retriever lover. Pictures of your dog or...

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I mean really????...... how much cuter can it get! 

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All That Is Interesting

The most interesting site on the web!

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Late Night Hashtags #MyWeirdWaiter might be my favorite hashtag of the year

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a total rookie

Okay, so my experience with tumblr is practically nothing. I have not ever owned one but I have heard a lot about tumblr. One of my best friends Taylor is currently in the airforce uses it all the time. She mainly follows her favorite artists, and movies and music, which is what I strongly believe I will be using it for as well. I think the only reason that I maybe have been avoiding it could have been that I wasn't sure how to use it. I didn't even have any knowledge that it was used for blogging, but I think just a lack of information was holding me back. I also had some pre notions that I could be wasting my time using it because I found no use for it. Now that I have been exploring it a little bit, it does not appear that way at all.