Strange Brew

Here is the link to my wiki page where I discussed how wikis fit in to Web 2.0. This was a fun assignment and after building accounts on all of the wikis that were in our assignment page, this was the only one I felt I could actually create something.

Weebly: At first view of weebly I thought it was an educational site only. It wasn't until I clicked around that I noticed it had a publishing feature that was similar to a blog. I have picked this site to be the one I will make a post for this weeks assignment. I actually like the layout of the design page it is similar to a blog site or even a picture editing software. I found the features pretty interesting and the options surprised me by how many there actually were. I still am pretty confused how this site is related to education but I am sure that is a function I did not check out because I felt it was unnecessary for this weeks assignment. Overall I dug this site and I will continue to tool around and check out its features. Cheers, Michael Bridges UPDATE: Weebly wanted money to make a post, so I discovered how to do it on Wikidot and its pretty cool, I now take back everything I said on its review :).

Wikidot: At first glance Wikidot seems like a legit website and something that I thought I would be able to use as my foundation for this weeks assignment. It was not until I clicked around for a little that I discovered that I had no idea what this site was and how to use it. There were tabs for Features, Opinions, Pricing, and Advertising, but I did not see a tutorial so I left the site more confused than I was before I went there. I did create an account and I feel like it did not make a difference. Cheers, Michael Bridges

MediaWiki: MediaWiki is an open source wiki space that was originally designed for use on Wikipedia. Now, for the real review, when I first clicked on MediaWiki I thought it was similar in layout to Wikipedia an it looked simple. That was the case until I looked some more and realized that it was actually quite confusing and I did not understand what the page was about and what to do. I checked out the "how to navigate" section and all it did was talk about the sidebars and how to get around on the site, all of which I already knew how to do since I have been on the internet before. Overall I did not find the website useful and I am not sure if I would return on my own. Cheers, Michael Bridges

Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelchaos/? Well, that was a trip down memory lane. I have not used Flickr for years and I forgot my password so my exiperence with Flickr was off to a great start haha. After I got unlocked it took some time to relearn how to upload again and I used the drag and drop function to upload my pictures. From there I was able to change their name and add a description in. I really liked Flickr and I used it everyday and even had the app on my phone. I was a part of an underground photosharing club that traded pictures and stories as well as made real life friends off of that site. That all changed when they changed the overall layout of the site and it became weird and everybody seemed to jump to Instagram at the same time and not look back. del.icio.us. I have never heard of this site and after a quick search I found out nothing haha. The site looks broke and unable to come back online. I will keep trying though.

LibreOffice is an open-sourced software program that directly relates and compares to Microsoft Office. One of the biggest differences between the two comes in the price, or in LibreOffice's case the lack of a price. Yes, LibreOffice is free software and it rivals the giant Microsoft Office in the fact that it provides six component programs that take place of everyone that Microsoft has to offer. LibreOffice Microsoft Office Writer Word Calc Excel Impress PowerPoint Draw Visio Math ?Excel? Databases Access I have used LibreOffice before to convert documents from Linux to Windows before and it has worked great. That is the only experience I have with the program but on the other hand I have boat loads of experience with Microsoft Office. It does seem like Libre does have a lot of capabilities similar to Microsoft Office, but sometimes it is worth paying for the full package. It r...

Good ole Linux. I absolutely love working with Linux based computers and applications, the usability is great and I love the command driven executions. I now work with Windows exclusively but I used to work on a majority of Linux based computers where I learned to navigate file directories and transfer data by using commands, and I dug it. Now I am all Windows and I have not broke out of my mind frame yet. Some similarities between the two deal mostly with general concepts but they differ more than they are similar. Once again it first comes with pricing, Linux is free compared to the pricey Windows package. The use is another example of the differences between the two and that comes with the fact that your average user is probably not going to use Linux when all they want to do is browse the internet. This is where a little side blurb comes in that Linux is one of the safest Operating Systems out there and virus protection is not needed as bad as it is in Windows. I would st...