Week 8: Sharing

I had never heard of Scoop.it before this week's assignment to be honest. And, to be even more honest, I'm not sure what I think of it. On the one hand, it seems like a good substitute for Twitter, especially since I prefer to use Twitter as a news feed on topics of interest, rather than engage in the actual "social" portion of the media. On the other hand, I'm struggling to see what unique feature Scoop.it offers. At the moment, most of the benefits I get from Scoop.it are similar to what I get from Twitter or Pinterest (including an interface of which I am not a fan...). Perhaps I simply need to experiment more with it -- it did take me about 5 years to come around to Twitter.

Week 7: Multimedia

So, Youtube videos. I feel it's safe to say I'm fairly well-versed in watching Youtube videos. Now, we see if I can embed one with minimal difficulty. In a cross-section of my interests, I've decided to go with a video made by one of the most popular current YA authors promoting something I definitely would like in my office: a treadmill desk.

Seriously, can I have one of these? I promise not to run and write.

For the podcasts, I listened to a very interesting TED talk called "What We Learned from 5 Million Books." It was actually really interesting. I've listed to some TED talks before, but it is usually something someone has sent to me; I think this is the first time I've gone looking for one. I might have to look up some more...