jueves, 29 de octubre de 2009

Posts By Elena Peña

1. Presentation: Music around univers-ity world (15/09/09) and Floatation Therapy(18/09/09)
2. Two blogs and two relevant websites: Floatation Therapy II (24/09/09)
3.Hypertext: Square Enix Soundtracks (01/10/09)
4. Two podcasts and two videoblogs: Par-amour (08/10/09)
.Analyse of a multimedia special: Star Wars in concert (13/10/09)
5.Interview: Kerobia's new member, How does it feel the experience? (15/10/09)
6.Ten things I learned: Many things this blog has made me learn (22/10/09)


The last Post


Posts by inesitachamploo!

Post 1: Welcome to Acrosstheunivers-ity!
Post 2: How to compete with eMule? Billy Talent III Guitar Villain Edition
Post 3:Those wonderful 90s
Post 4:Samurai Champloo OST
Post 5:Electro Girlss!
Post 6:I am my own connoiseur
Post 7: 10 things I´ve learned with Acrosstheunivers-ity!

martes, 27 de octubre de 2009

Posts by Dani P. Álava

1. Introducing yourself and your theme: Time to take the subway - Antecedent (9/15/09)
2. Sources: Music in the Faculty and a specialized "indie" website (9/23/09)
3. Using hypertext: Evil Insomnia (10/01/09)
4. Podcasts and Videoblogs: Music shaker (10/08/09)
5. Interview: Interview - The othe face of Mario (10/16/09)
6. The 10 things learned: Ten-tacles of the Web (10/23/09)


In fact, I'm really bad finding videoblogs =(

Posts by Elizabeth Schonig

1)Introducing Myself and the Theme: The First Chord September 15, 2009
2)Sources: Sharing and Discovery September 25, 2009
3)Using Hypertext: Stream of Conciousness September 30, 2009
4)Podcasts and Videoblogs: Music in the 21st Century October 7, 2009
5)Interview: Interview with a College DJ October 15, 2009
6)The Ten Things I Learned: Reflection October 21, 2009

viernes, 23 de octubre de 2009

Ten-tacles of the Weblogs


Here is the last post for the subject Multimedia Communication. It has been a great time, and I have learned a lot about the new emerging communication medium: the Blog. Here are the 10 points that summarize what I have learned:

1. First of all, I have met three fantastic bloggers, that like me, have wanted to speak ab
out music. That is why I want to thank the participation of the ladies in this groupblog. Without them, this blog would not have had any sense.

2. I also have learned the concept of Web 2.0 and the relevance of the user. The blog is one of the best examples to explain it, because the protagonist is the user, who can s
peak free, and also in a bidirectional way, thanks to the comments of other users. The matter of interactivity.

3. I have learned how to search sources, quoting them by external links, and how to analyse and interpret them. This is one of the most educational aspects according to an academic level. The matter of hypertext.

4. I have discovered the weight of the audiovisuals nowadays. I couldn't imagine a blog or a website in general without images, videos or audios. And of course, I couldn't imagine a world without music! Thanks to the simple and easy functions of Blogger, I have posted images, videos, even audio in this blog. The matter of multimedia.

5. I have learned a lot of concepts and words from the web: podcasts, RSS, vlogs, lifestreaming...

6. I have learned how to prepare a post, it is not so simple, I don't like short and irrelevant posts, I like to be very cautious and choose the right words.

7. I have learned not to be anxious waiting for answers in the comments, I mean, we are a lot of bloggers and it is very hard to bright between the mass. That is why I have tried to remember each strategy to get known and be a reference for others.

8. I have learned to combine real and virtual life. One of the examples is the interview to a friend of mine, I think this social aspect of the web promotes some activism in real life.

9. I have learn
ed that each voice is relevant and has something to tell. There are no better blogs, there are different opinions, and every one has the same options to be right, always according to his/her knowledge of the blog. That is the most important aspect of the web: global democratization.

10. Finally, I have to say that I have learned to organize myself, not only in my ideas in the blog, but also in real life. Writing a blog means a chance and a moral obligation when you have begun it. As my teacher Mr. Orihuela says, "be careful, bloging is an adiction". It is, indeed.

jueves, 22 de octubre de 2009

10 things i´ve learned with Acrosstheunivers-ity!

Perhaps the feeling that in two months not enough time to learn, to deepen a theme, but with this little project Acrosstheunivers-ity, I've noticed the following:

1. Deciding to create a blog is easy, you do it almost like an impulse, a passion. Anyone can open a blog, and hence also the success of the half, he has to be a computer expert or have lots of money to be blogger.

2.But while having a blog is like having an idea, everyone can have them, within those ideas that are in the millions, there are only a few good, intelligent, interesting. So like worldwide there are only a few few good ideas in the blogosphere there are only a few good blogs.

3.So I learned how difficult it is to publish good posts. Rather than publish good posts, is to be original, having something you do not know yet novel.

4.People seek information on the Internet that doesn´t own. They look for information that they haven´t found in the superficial TV news, and that is not as polluted as the newspapers are.

5. If I can´t be the first to give information, at least have to give details, to make reflections of interest for the people.

6.Which brings us to that we can´t copy and paste from Wikipedia. We must give the information, thinking that it is almost sure that before going on your page the user has gone to Wikipedia, and if it has gone down to your page is because his looking for something more.

7.Taking that "something more", is what sets them apart from other blogs. It is very difficult to have a successful blog, as visits are concerned, they really treat the subject you are passionate. You have to pick something that you can provide.

8.Although you´ve got few views, you shouldn´t care. You have to be comfortable with what you write, if you are faithful to yourself having a blog will bring you much satisfaction.

9.Never write just to put more content on the blog . If you're not inspired is better you leave it. Needless bound to write.

10.That the blog is grupal doesn´t mean you can not be yourself and express yourself. On the contrary, Acrosstheunivers-ity began with a theme more or less homogeneous, but we came to discover that it is true the saying that the variety is the spice.

Many things this blog has made me learn


Hi Rockers,

This week my post is going to be a little different. I want to talk about my experience posting every week, what that has meant to me and the things that I've learned. This blog was created to share information about music with whoever wanted to read it , to show new bands and not so new bands, to make you see different kinds of music and to invite you to listen to more unusual styles like japanese music or important soundtracks. Of course, I've learned many things about music, other bands the members of the blog group mentioned and other styles.
In my opinion, my colleages and I have learned a lot about internet and its possibilities. It's one of the most important sources of information and it allows us to share contents in real time. But it is important to perceive what information is valid and which is not. Posting every week has helped us to develop our skills when looking for information and rescuing important data to elaborate our publications. Internet is full of contents due to the freedom the user has, but many people just make up stories trying to catch our attention, so we must be often veryfying the veracity of the contents.

These posts also have served me to familiarize at the time of writing in English, to enhance the skills I already had and learn some new ones. It has allowed me to clarify certain issues and questions I had, and it has improved my ability to understand texts. My vocabulary and expression have improved this month with my grammar.

Of course it has made me learn more about the bands I've published about. Especially about its origins and influences, their problems in life and how they have overcome them. The members of the bands are just people like us, they have suffered in their beginings and were unknown as we are, but with effort and will they have reached their goals, and I hope they keep on doing it well.

Also posting every week has served me to know more about blogs. I had never posted anything, this was my first time, so I learned how its tools work. But it has made me visit other blogs too, so I've seen lots of kinds of posts, different quality levels and originality in many ways. It's been also the first time I've used hypertexts, a very useful tool which allows the conection between different sites.

To end up, this blog has made me make my first interview in english to a professional of the music world, which has been a very interesting experience. I had never made a serious interview, and now I've learned how to prepare one and how to get documented about the subjet first, which steps I must follow and which questions are appropriate and wich not.

In short, creating this blog has helped me to learn more about the Internet, its tools and possibilities, to learn about music and improve my English skills. I am studying advertising and public relations in the Faculty Of Navarra and in my opinion, for a communicator this knowledge is very important and allows a greater mastery of the sources of information, ways and means to express.
Elena