This is a very rough draft based on what original maxims I chose to re-tweet from my classmates followed by discussions my group and I had about actually writing the Twitterive assignment.
My re-tweets
CHERITA @cherita_h Every day I try to walk the path of a patient person, but I keep slipping on someone else's bullsh!t. #wrtc
25 Sep Nicole Reilly @Nreilly25 Nothing ever changes, if you dont make the change.#wrtc
25 Sep Nicole Reilly @Nreilly25 What ever the mind believes the body achieves.#wrtc
25 Sep Nicole Reilly @Nreilly25 He who digs up dirt loses ground.#wrtc
25 Sep Nicole Reilly @Nreilly25 Invisible people are yet to be seen.#wrtc
23 Sep Andrew Matthew Kopp @DrewMKopp Human beings get good at what they practice.
24 Sep Pat O'Malley @PatOMalley91 an angry man has a reason to be angry, a reason to be angry doesn't always make an angry man.#wrtc
17 Sep Christina Falciani @Cfalciani33005 life is a camera, focus on whats important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, if things dont work take another shot #wrtc
23 Sep Christina Falciani @Cfalciani33005 the penguin waddles, the human walks, the elephant stomps, but everyone reaches the end of the street. #wrtc
23 Sep Christina Falciani @Cfalciani33005 remember the back up generator for the wishing well is always working. #wrtc
25 Sep Kelli Kent @kentk75 If you have everything, nothing is special #wrtc
25 Sep Kelli Kent @kentk75 When the voice in your head says "I can't", ignore it, because you can #wrtc
20 Sep Candace Braxton @Candace_Braxton There are two types of people in this world. Those who try to fail and those who fail to try. #wrtc
19 Sep Jaimie Stone @JaimieStone7 Keep God first, for he will lead you to everything else. #wrtc
20 Sep Carly Rothenberg @carlyrothenberg Take risks and don't give up hope you may fail over and over but it only takes that extra effort to succeed #wrtc
20 Sep Cate McCall @CateMcCall Life's too short to worry about what people think. Do what you want for yourself #wrtf12c
18 Sep Heather Marie @hmmallette Judge others through the same eyes you use to judge yourself. #wrtc
24 Sep Heather Marie @hmmallette People may seem to have perfect parts, but no one is a perfect whole. #wrtc
18 Sep Scott Wordsman @ScottWordsman If at first you don't succeed, maybe success just isn't your thing #wrtc
24 Sep erin oech @erinoechslin stop focusing on other peoples' success and make your own #wrtc
20 Sep Angelica Giannone @agiannone0711 Be careful whose toes you step on today because they might be connected to the foot that kicks your ass tomorrow. #wrtc
CHERITA @cherita_h Every day I try to walk the path of a patient person, but I keep slipping on someone else's bullsh!t. #wrtc
25 Sep Nicole Reilly @Nreilly25 Nothing ever changes, if you dont make the change.#wrtc
25 Sep Nicole Reilly @Nreilly25 What ever the mind believes the body achieves.#wrtc
25 Sep Nicole Reilly @Nreilly25 He who digs up dirt loses ground.#wrtc
25 Sep Nicole Reilly @Nreilly25 Invisible people are yet to be seen.#wrtc
23 Sep Andrew Matthew Kopp @DrewMKopp Human beings get good at what they practice.
24 Sep Pat O'Malley @PatOMalley91 an angry man has a reason to be angry, a reason to be angry doesn't always make an angry man.#wrtc
17 Sep Christina Falciani @Cfalciani33005 life is a camera, focus on whats important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, if things dont work take another shot #wrtc
23 Sep Christina Falciani @Cfalciani33005 the penguin waddles, the human walks, the elephant stomps, but everyone reaches the end of the street. #wrtc
23 Sep Christina Falciani @Cfalciani33005 remember the back up generator for the wishing well is always working. #wrtc
25 Sep Kelli Kent @kentk75 If you have everything, nothing is special #wrtc
25 Sep Kelli Kent @kentk75 When the voice in your head says "I can't", ignore it, because you can #wrtc
20 Sep Candace Braxton @Candace_Braxton There are two types of people in this world. Those who try to fail and those who fail to try. #wrtc
19 Sep Jaimie Stone @JaimieStone7 Keep God first, for he will lead you to everything else. #wrtc
20 Sep Carly Rothenberg @carlyrothenberg Take risks and don't give up hope you may fail over and over but it only takes that extra effort to succeed #wrtc
20 Sep Cate McCall @CateMcCall Life's too short to worry about what people think. Do what you want for yourself #wrtf12c
18 Sep Heather Marie @hmmallette Judge others through the same eyes you use to judge yourself. #wrtc
24 Sep Heather Marie @hmmallette People may seem to have perfect parts, but no one is a perfect whole. #wrtc
18 Sep Scott Wordsman @ScottWordsman If at first you don't succeed, maybe success just isn't your thing #wrtc
24 Sep erin oech @erinoechslin stop focusing on other peoples' success and make your own #wrtc
20 Sep Angelica Giannone @agiannone0711 Be careful whose toes you step on today because they might be connected to the foot that kicks your ass tomorrow. #wrtc
What you know you know and what you don’t know, you don’t know.
Is technology our slave or are we slaves to technology
We all strive to improve; to grow up. However there are things we carry with us that we are unaware of.
Human connection vs communication via technology.
What is it about social media that has everyone so addicted?
Is keeping in touch with people what people are after?
If so why are people at lunch together, but on their phones doing other things
- advertising - isn't talking about it the same thing - - the difference is we are writing it down
o (very passionate about the advertising angle)
o try and make part of the piece without any form of advertising (which would be really difficult because so many things are subtle advertisements, aren't they?
- conflict between interacting w/ people vs tweeting
- my struggle with using technology vs the joy of interacting w/ people/my family - also vs the value in keeping up w/ technology
Actual first draft of "twitterive"
So what I thought I was going to tweet about would reveal my discomfort with using Twitter and technology in general. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t hate technology, but I now realize that I am afraid of it. I know that I do not fully understand all the capabilities of it and have heard horror stories of people having their identity stolen and have heard how you have to be careful what you say and do “on-line” because once it hits the internet, it’s on there forever. Can people “hack-into” old comments and conversations I had “on-line” and use that information to hurt me? – I think so…
I am also uncomfortable using technology to communicate because I feel that it leads to a disconnect between people. The argument is that social media allows people to stay connected. A strong argument when you consider that people have the ability to instantly show wedding or baby pictures and other experiences to family and friends that are scattered across the globe. It’s like one huge conversation and everyone has the opportunity to comment and a turn to speak, even if it’s all at the same time, because the comments will pop-up chronological order for all to “hear.” The flip side is that people spend so much time on the computer or on their phones that they lose the ability to interact face to face. People go to lunch or diner and they hardly talk to each other.
Doing the assignment prevented me from having fun because I had to take time away from my family and the fun we were having and it felt like technology was getting in the way yet again.
Is technology our slave or are we slaves to technology
We all strive to improve; to grow up. However there are things we carry with us that we are unaware of.
Human connection vs communication via technology.
What is it about social media that has everyone so addicted?
Is keeping in touch with people what people are after?
If so why are people at lunch together, but on their phones doing other things
- advertising - isn't talking about it the same thing - - the difference is we are writing it down
o (very passionate about the advertising angle)
o try and make part of the piece without any form of advertising (which would be really difficult because so many things are subtle advertisements, aren't they?
- conflict between interacting w/ people vs tweeting
- my struggle with using technology vs the joy of interacting w/ people/my family - also vs the value in keeping up w/ technology
Actual first draft of "twitterive"
So what I thought I was going to tweet about would reveal my discomfort with using Twitter and technology in general. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t hate technology, but I now realize that I am afraid of it. I know that I do not fully understand all the capabilities of it and have heard horror stories of people having their identity stolen and have heard how you have to be careful what you say and do “on-line” because once it hits the internet, it’s on there forever. Can people “hack-into” old comments and conversations I had “on-line” and use that information to hurt me? – I think so…
I am also uncomfortable using technology to communicate because I feel that it leads to a disconnect between people. The argument is that social media allows people to stay connected. A strong argument when you consider that people have the ability to instantly show wedding or baby pictures and other experiences to family and friends that are scattered across the globe. It’s like one huge conversation and everyone has the opportunity to comment and a turn to speak, even if it’s all at the same time, because the comments will pop-up chronological order for all to “hear.” The flip side is that people spend so much time on the computer or on their phones that they lose the ability to interact face to face. People go to lunch or diner and they hardly talk to each other.
Doing the assignment prevented me from having fun because I had to take time away from my family and the fun we were having and it felt like technology was getting in the way yet again.
Original bloggings
So all this week, and for the upcoming weeks, we're going to be working on our twitterive assignment. Everyone is going to do something different. What's mine going to be about? I want to sort of "prove" that I have changed over the years. I didn't quite have a normal childhood. I had my grandparents live with us for a while, and when I was thirteen, my grandfather didn't know who I was anymore, just thought I was some five year old girl because of Alzheimer. Tension grew between my parents and I because I was "the babysitter" for my grandfather while they went out. I was bullied in school, and some of it went with me to high school. I use to write all my feelings and thoughts in journals, poetry, even just on a piece of paper, whatever was available.
I really feel that my past has really effected my present, and will effect my future. But, I think of that as a good thing. All those things, those events I went through has changed me. And it will keep changing me. I want to keep "improving" myself, doesn't matter in what way though. I plan on using my twitterive to tell my story, starting from when I was little, to how things are now, and to how I hope things will be in the future.
Benfogg 09/25/2012 2:29pm
twitterive - I still have to work out what my narrative/Twitterive is going to cover. I have a few ideas listed below that I have to sort through. Each reflect struggles that I went through while doing the "live tweets" over the weekend. Some I knew I would have, like technology, and others I was unaware of, like my reluctance to send "thick tweets." As it turns out, I have an issue sending them because I feel like I am advertising. After all these years, I am still anti-commercialism. I thought I got over it; to your point, people change, but I learned that it really bothers me even after all the changes I've experienced so far. I will elaborate on these concepts and see which one hits closer to home. I may include a lack of privacy and could easily work that idea into any of the following:
- addvertising - isn't talking about it the same thing - - the difference is we are writing it down -
- conflict between interacting w/ people vs tweeting
- my struggle with using technology vs the joy of interacting w/ people/my family - also vs the value in keeping up w/ technology
Reply
Heather Mallette 09/25/2012 5:50pm
Cate, how are you planning on including other media in your twitterive? I like the idea of telling your story, and I feel like bringing media into each age range as you go through the story can show you something about how each age range would use that media. That could help you in the education field.
Ben, we already spoke, and I thought you sounded very passionate about the advertising angle. Same question, how would you incorporate other media? It would be interesting to try and make part of the piece without any form of advertising (which would be really difficult because so many things are subtle advertisements, aren't they?
As for me, I ended up live-tweeting my little cousin's christening (from a church) and I was considering playing around with what changes in our wants and needs between childhood and adulthood. I was also considering a narrative based on perspective. I was getting some odd looks (not many, but some) when I was tweeting in a church during a religious ceremony. My family knew it was for a project, but outsiders only saw me on my phone. There were also some conversations about religion later on in the day which were odd to me because I heard them as an outsider, as I am not catholic. Perception is a broad topic, so I need to narrow that down.
Reply
Catherine Anzano 09/26/2012 7:23am
I am confused about the twitterive but am excited to write a narrative based on the quotes we found. A lot of the quotes that I tweeted were tweeted for a reason. I have a specific thing I could write about but it is very personal and I am not sure if I am comfortable writing about it. However, I am excited to think about other events I could share.
I am not attached to my phone, or any piece of technology for that matter. While I like having a lab top on hand it really is not essential for me. I would rather drop my phone and hang out with my family and friends. I don't know if I could create a narrative about the use of technology and the time actually spent with friends (I believe Ben had a similar idea). I am just going to have to keep working at it.
So all this week, and for the upcoming weeks, we're going to be working on our twitterive assignment. Everyone is going to do something different. What's mine going to be about? I want to sort of "prove" that I have changed over the years. I didn't quite have a normal childhood. I had my grandparents live with us for a while, and when I was thirteen, my grandfather didn't know who I was anymore, just thought I was some five year old girl because of Alzheimer. Tension grew between my parents and I because I was "the babysitter" for my grandfather while they went out. I was bullied in school, and some of it went with me to high school. I use to write all my feelings and thoughts in journals, poetry, even just on a piece of paper, whatever was available.
I really feel that my past has really effected my present, and will effect my future. But, I think of that as a good thing. All those things, those events I went through has changed me. And it will keep changing me. I want to keep "improving" myself, doesn't matter in what way though. I plan on using my twitterive to tell my story, starting from when I was little, to how things are now, and to how I hope things will be in the future.
Benfogg 09/25/2012 2:29pm
twitterive - I still have to work out what my narrative/Twitterive is going to cover. I have a few ideas listed below that I have to sort through. Each reflect struggles that I went through while doing the "live tweets" over the weekend. Some I knew I would have, like technology, and others I was unaware of, like my reluctance to send "thick tweets." As it turns out, I have an issue sending them because I feel like I am advertising. After all these years, I am still anti-commercialism. I thought I got over it; to your point, people change, but I learned that it really bothers me even after all the changes I've experienced so far. I will elaborate on these concepts and see which one hits closer to home. I may include a lack of privacy and could easily work that idea into any of the following:
- addvertising - isn't talking about it the same thing - - the difference is we are writing it down -
- conflict between interacting w/ people vs tweeting
- my struggle with using technology vs the joy of interacting w/ people/my family - also vs the value in keeping up w/ technology
Reply
Heather Mallette 09/25/2012 5:50pm
Cate, how are you planning on including other media in your twitterive? I like the idea of telling your story, and I feel like bringing media into each age range as you go through the story can show you something about how each age range would use that media. That could help you in the education field.
Ben, we already spoke, and I thought you sounded very passionate about the advertising angle. Same question, how would you incorporate other media? It would be interesting to try and make part of the piece without any form of advertising (which would be really difficult because so many things are subtle advertisements, aren't they?
As for me, I ended up live-tweeting my little cousin's christening (from a church) and I was considering playing around with what changes in our wants and needs between childhood and adulthood. I was also considering a narrative based on perspective. I was getting some odd looks (not many, but some) when I was tweeting in a church during a religious ceremony. My family knew it was for a project, but outsiders only saw me on my phone. There were also some conversations about religion later on in the day which were odd to me because I heard them as an outsider, as I am not catholic. Perception is a broad topic, so I need to narrow that down.
Reply
Catherine Anzano 09/26/2012 7:23am
I am confused about the twitterive but am excited to write a narrative based on the quotes we found. A lot of the quotes that I tweeted were tweeted for a reason. I have a specific thing I could write about but it is very personal and I am not sure if I am comfortable writing about it. However, I am excited to think about other events I could share.
I am not attached to my phone, or any piece of technology for that matter. While I like having a lab top on hand it really is not essential for me. I would rather drop my phone and hang out with my family and friends. I don't know if I could create a narrative about the use of technology and the time actually spent with friends (I believe Ben had a similar idea). I am just going to have to keep working at it.