Ly,+Vicky

=Welcome to Vicky's Space= toc

**September**
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 * **Analysis and Reflection 1: Initial Observation of the space**:
 * Nice, clean environment
 * Very easy to read, navigate and edit different pages
 * Encountered a great deal of confusion while trying to manage the space through different browsers
 * Despite the positive discussion in class about the space's role as the great scholarlistic knowledge funnels, I have serious concern with the possibility of encountering acts of sabotaging by other users. I know I shouldn't feel this way but it really bothers me when my hard work can easily be erased by someone else by simply pressing a delete button.
 * Expectations for myself:
 * Contribute often to the site's content
 * Make sure I respond often to information posted on the site
 * Hope I can make my space more visually interesting without jeopardizing usability and readility.

**October**
October 17, 2006:
 * Created this page and link it to Wikispaces Alias

October 18, 2006 > October 23, 2006:
 * Created the A3 group's project site (including designing site's information flow, contact information, meeting agenda 1)
 * Upload the wiki link to A3 Project Groups Page - Lab 2
 * Finalized project proposal
 * Added some images to the site --> though I still need to come up with a team logo, and add photos of each group member
 * Note: time to think about different research methods

November
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 * **Analysis and Reflection 2: Editing Phase**
 * Which posting to change?
 * I usually go with the ones I'm interested, the topic that I would like to start but someone already beat me to it. The initial edits mostly start with grammar and spellings. However, I gotta admit that I usually won't change much content on other's pages. Aside from the fact that most of them are quite close to lecture and textbook materials, I usually feel like it's an intrusion to the author's style and overall presentation. Sometimes the authors organize contents a certain way and it's incredibly painful to take up the courage to add a few sections here and there into their works.
 * Thoughts on editing stuffs: Unfortunately, I usually only edit stuffs on group's page, since the project does take a lot of my time, especially when the group got into some chaotic design issue near the end of the project.

December
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 * Took down my pages on Experimentation --> too many glitches and I want to create a totally different perspective based on them.
 * Added a link to the interesting link section: ePresence Media Project.
 * Frequently "watched" pages: Usability, Participatory Design, all pages in the "Study Notes" page.
 * My final edits on page: Experimentation, Group Communication, Thinking ALoud Method.
 * **Analysis and Reflection 3: Final Wrap-ups**
 * It's definitely a mind-changing experience, having people giving direct feedbacks on each other's works, before people are sure about handing it in, hypothetically speaking.
 * I like to link relating postings together so it's easier to navigate around the site. However, it's quite difficult to do so as many pages get taken down the link become useless. Following up on those links is a quite painful task. I usually like to leave it a bit later to link the texts as the topics that are posted earlier during the year usually aren't likely to be dropped.
 * **Rooms for improvement**:
 * **Should Have Features**:
 * More flexibility in designing (test alignment, textbox options)
 * More compatibility with different browsers
 * **Want to Have Feature**: I wish there's a mechanism that allows me to trace all the links I have created on the site so that it would be so much easier to edit. It also will save the professors many trouble to follow up on students' contribution.
 * **Could Have Feature**: Site Usage Data Mining Software: It will be interesting if Wiki employs data mining software that can track how often the users visit a site or a page to congregrate useful data to tell which is the "hot topic" and which users are the main contributors to the site's content. With that being said, this feature should be equipped with proper security levels (e.g. only the professor or selected fews get to obtain those personal data) to avoid the potential consumer exploitation by corporation when data mining. This feature probably violates several privacy codes.
 * **Productive tools**:
 * **Floating toolbar** saves my life!! It's so helpful when it comes to long articles.
 * I also would like to add thanks to people who puts time and efforts into **adding links from others' pages** to their own articles, making it very easy for me to trace the idea or be reminded of other concepts relating to the topic.
 * I find the function of **leaving notes** after editing some thing is a powerful and convenient option. The function helps editors clarify and justify their intention on the changes and therefore helps the original author modifies contents accordingly without feeling offended. In the long run, it's the witty tool such that that build and maintain the community's harmony and cohesion.

Image Sources
- Desk: http://www.classroomcafe.org/images/clipart/teacheratdesk.gif