Thursday, March 31, 2011

Twitter Analysis


What is twitter?  Twitter is used by many people as a social network that allows others to know what you are doing.  Tweets consist of 140 characteristics in length and it tells your followers and friends what you are up to.  This allows you to share quick information that can help you communicate with other people that you wouldn’t normally exchange emails or instant messages with.  This website also makes you learn about other people with the same interests as you. 
            Twitter is used by people for both personal and business use.  One way that it is a good thing is because you can keep in touch with your friends and always know what they are up to.  People post things like “I’m going to the mall to get a dress for a party…anyone want to come with me?”  Most people would see this post and would know that they want someone with them so when they see this they would go to the mall and help out their friend.  It is a quicker way to get information out to all your friends without having to send them all an email or text.  For business, Twitter can be used to promote your company’s latest news.  This is a good thing because you can interact with your customers.  This could be a bad thing though too because maybe your company didn’t want all of the information out about what was going on and someone could post it not thinking about what the company wanted.  People can make silly mistakes on these kinds of websites because they can decide to just post things that maybe would hurt other people’s feelings in the long run. 
Twitter to me is a cool way to communicate and interact with others with the same interests as you.  This website makes it easier to find out little things about your friends and what they are doing, or maybe even something to do with your job.  You never know how well this website will last, but as of now many people use it and its becoming more and more popular everyday!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

critical analysis


A blog is whatever you want it to be.  It is a website that you write stuff on in a continuous basis, almost like an online diary.  The new entries show up at the top of your blog page profile and people can comment on it.  Blogs were originated in 1999 and they enable people to connect with other people with the same interests. 
            Blogs are used by people for many different reasons whether its for work, weather, entertainment, recreation, and news and political issues.  For example are when it is used for the news, it’s a place people can go so people can see the most current news and give their opinions about it.  An example of this is when the Japan earthquake hit people were able to post pictures, videos, and comments and it helped people stay in touch with what was going on in the world.  Another example is when blogs are used for social reasons and people post what they are doing and feeling.  These types of blogs usually include information that others don’t really need to know and can post things that could hurt peoples feelings. 
            What would I do with a blog?  I think that I would use my blog to show people all my interests and show people what kind of things I like to do.  Who knows what the future of blogging will come down to.  It will be interesting to find out!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Shawn Johnson


This video is of Shawn Johnson who was in the Beijing 2008 Olympics and was on the USA gymnastics team.  There were many great gymnasts on the team but Shawn was one of my favorites.  She was so Powerful in everything she did.  Her bars which is the video that i posted are amazing.  She is so clean and percise in what she does. She doesn't have any form breaks which makes her a great gymnast. 

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport that requires a lot of strength and focus.  There are many different types of gymnastics which are Women's gymnastics, Men's gymnastics, Trampoline and Tumbling, Rythmic gymnastics, Acrobatic gymnastics and gymnastics for all.  This sport has been around for over 2,000 years, but its development as a competitive sport began just a little over 100 years ago.  I am a gymnast myself and it takes up a lot of my free time.  I'm always at the gym working.  I go to train for 3 hours for 5 days a week.  It is a lot of hard work but it pays off in the end.

http://www.insidegymnastics.com/
http://gkleotards.com/index.html
http://www.tumbltrak.com/equipment/2:2/gymnastics.html?gclid=CI-l183Z86cCFZIK5Qod-jpkbQ