Privacy matter

So, last week, in Ul, my univerasity,  we studied all about privacy. I found out a lot of interesting information which I wasn't aware of about before.

I was shocked to find out that we are  being watched all the time, no matter what we do, we have zero privacy. Facebook gathers all the data, so does any other web. Google gathers data about what we search for. Even our phone gathers data too.

source: submittedforyourperusal.com

Well, it might sound harmless, but, I think that that's a bit too much. We have no privacy at all and who knows what they will use that data for, later?

Now I don’t feel safe, even when I am alone in my room. Surely, one might say, if you have nothing to hide, why be afraid of anyone? But well, there are times when you want to feel secure, at home, with your computer, relaxed. Now I will never feel this security, as no matter where I will be, I will never be alone, there will always be someone gathering data from devices I have…

Well, what can we do about it? Nothing! There is always price for everything, and that’s the price we have to pay for the internet and technology…

I just hope that this all information won’t be used against us in the future.

 

How to make a basic blog

It’s not hard at all to start your basic blog, all you need is internet, time and a bit of the information. So, first you need to choose, which website you want to use. There are various ones, but most useful and most used are, World Press and Blogger. I use blogger, why? Well, I didn’t know that there was another one, by the time I made it and now I just keep using it because I'm used to it.

So, you need to register and put down few details such as name of the bog, your own details. When you registered, you can start your blog. It’s as simple as this. I didn’t even know anything about bog when I started it.

You can add blog posts with different names, insert pictures and images. If you want to make more professional looking bog, you need to know a bit more about it. There is a good Youtube video which helped me to improve a lot.

There are lots of videos in YouTube how to make blog too, and I watches quiet few of them, I must say, they all are great help! Below is the video which I chose to use, it helped me a lot, hope that It will help you too. Basically it says it all, how to start and improve your blog. Those are the steps a followed when creating this blog.

Source: YouTube, by MeetTheMcCools

Blogs and websites in our life- Advantages

Blog or website, that is the question, well, if you are not sure, why not try both? In this blog I will try to teach you, giving you information you need, how to create them.



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First of all, before starting, we need to see clearly why we need to learn how to create blogs and websites. Surely we use technology every day, but we also can live without being able to create something like websites and blogs, right?

Well, that's for you to decide whether to create them or not, but here are some good points about doing it:

• Most of your family and friends  have them already which means that if you will get them too, you will have even more to talk about and share.
• It will good on your CV- employers nowadays like their employees to have more than one skill- so if you write that you know how to create blogs and webs, it will look very good on your CV.
• Blogs are often used as journals, where you can express yourself, or write your thoughts about something, so if you have something to say, it’s for you.
• Webs and blogs can be used as selling alternative of eBay. If you have something unwanted, just sell it there, it’s free.
• Blogs and webs can be good place to make friends which have the same interests as you.
• It’s just creative way to spend time- you can be as creative as you want to on blogs and web sites.

Surely there are more points, but those are the main ones, so if I convinced you, then keep reading, if not- well try too, maybe it will make you interested later on.

Here is the other good blog which explores more advantages and disadvantages of those two, be sure to check it out, as it gives very good points:http://blog.thecompanywarehouse.co.uk/2010/10/06/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-websites-for-business/

 

Module TW4116

Hello everyone, I am student of the 3^rd year, New Media and English course in the University of Limerick. My university is situated in town Limerick, Ireland. Recently I started Technical Writing module.

I choose this module because I found its description interesting. It said that I will learn how to create a blog and a website. I knew a bit of how to create a blog, as I had one already, but I wanted to improve it, and I was very interested in how to create a website, as then I would be able to make something interesting and fun at the free time. So, I was very excited about this module.

When module started, I listened with all my attention to what teacher is going to say. I found out that there are more to blogs than I expected. I knew how to use basics, but after class, I understood that it was all just the beginning.

After class, when I went home, I decided to try and improve my blog. First I used all the skills I learned from the class, then, after I was stuck, I went to YouTube, as I used it before for various reasons and knew that it might be quite useful for me now. I was right, video that I found, about how to create and improve the blog, helped a lot! It showed how to do everything step by step, which I found very interesting and helping. The result, you can see right now- so, what do you think?

It’s easier than you think, to improve your basic blog, particularly if you struggle, there is a lot of supporting video on YouTube, so you will find the one you will like for sure as there is great choice of them.

Next time I will talk about websites and blogs in our life, and then come back to making blogs, so bear with me, hope you will find my blog useful, as even though it’s part of my assignment, still, it’s also part of my life, and in this part, I want to improve by exploring new ways of learning, and I want to help others to improve too by my example.