Project Web: Homework #2 - Part One & Two

Project Web: Homework Assignment - Part One

    The responsibilities I was assigned in my group was finding out the history and development of Google, and researching the groundwork behind the site. I had to find out how Google developed, how it started and its complete background. In creating a product, individuals and or companies often encounter difficulties, so it was important that I made reference to the difficulties Google’s co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page encountered in developing the website.

    After researching the birth of Google, I had to research how exactly the media form works and why its consequently efficacious. In this case, Google’s foundation is built around its search engine and the results it provides its users, so I researched that dutifully. Another important point I researched was the privacy privileges of Google, and how much control over content/usage the user has.

    The process I used in going about this project was researching all the information I needed, and then I printed out all my sources. The reason I printed everything out was in order to make it easier to compare my information to make sure I had solid facts. Next. I went on to highlight and underline important lines. After that, I wrote out everything in a kind of essay form and finished. I wasn’t exactly done yet, I went on to post my findings on the group created website, and added some videos and photos with citations that went along with my information. Ultimately, I think I fulfilled what was asked of me and went ahead and provided more.

    My colleagues and I functioned quite healthy as a group. Each group member knew his or her assigned responsibilities. Some people might have finished a bit before others, but in the end, everything flowed relatively smooth. Putting together a website in a few days can be hard, but my group tried to make it easy and succeeded.

Project Web: Homework Assignment - Part One

    Writing a digital piece of media that was longer and more complex than a blog post, text, tweet, or Facebook post, was quite challenging, because there were many sections to cover, and formulating and formatting everything was kind of a drag. Especially with creating a website because there’s a plethora of items to add in order for it seem credible. Creating this website really showed me how easy it is to go online and post a multiplicity of information, whether it being true or false.

    In planning and creating a website, I learned that the digital process is perhaps much simpler, because it doesn’t necessarily have to be academic. In other words, I felt more free to say what I wanted to say and how I wanted to say it. My information was of course factual, but as I was putting the website together it felt like it flowed, as oppose to a watered down version of what I wanted to include. Though I concede that the digital writing process is easier, I still insist that there are some similarities between creating a website and crafting an essay on paper. One of the most notable similarities I noticed was that ahead of time I knew this work was going to be ‘published,’ so I made sure I added credibility and tried to sound as professional as possible. Since a few people were going to view it, I wanted them to believe I knew what I was talking about. My writing process was different in a writing a piece of digital media versus traditional paper. One of the main differences as I stated above was the way in which my words just simply felt more fluid.

    Personally, I didn’t really enjoy writing collaboratively. Once people start cutting, snipping and moving paragraph around, I get quite anxious,  mainly because I tend to be such a safe writer that I sometimes don’t trust myself to make big changes. In other words, my writing process isn’t usually messy, and when I move things around, I feel like I’m taking a step back, which perhaps isn’t a healthy philosophy to have as a writer. Ultimately, what this project taught me abut my writing process, and myself as a writer was to experiment and be freer with my words, but still keeping in mind to support my claims.

    I think I’ve changed as a writer as the result of creating digital media simply because I know how it feels to write freely. Occasionally when I write essays on paper for class they’re usually a standard format of writing, but over the Web, I as a user have more leeway on stating specific claims or ideas; or at least it feels that way. In the end, creating a website and crafting an essay on paper can show you a complete opposite side of you as writer that perhaps you thought didn’t exist.