Year End Assesment (Free Blog)

This year presented itself as an introduction to blogging, posting at Wiki, electronic literature, and flash mobs for me. It introduced me to hypertext theory and a plethora of other ideas related to cyberspace. It also forced me to break away from the typical type of literary research I do and "flex my academic muscles", sort of, doing a type or research I don't usually do. Finally, I'll be learning how to use Front Page so I can publish my work on the net.

I'll continue exploring some of these areas, while others are less interesting to me. I'll start with my favorite- electronic literature. When we first started learning about the medium, my preconceptions of electronic literature were pretty bleak. But as I research more, and discovered some of the media I really like fall under the category of e-lit, I realized that it's really cool. I'm going to keep thinking about video games as electronic literature, and I'm going to try and stay aware of the other types of noteworthy electronic literature.

I also realized that I really like posting at Wikipedia. Though I'm not "addicted" to it, I've noticed my usage patterns changing. Instead of just reading Wiki articles, I find myself casually logging in to change aspects I find objectionable.

Finally, though blogging is not something that I normally do, I think I will continue using this blog after the course is over. Now that I have a focus, I can continue to write about what I find interesting- literary games.

Of course, I'm not going to keep pursuing everything we learned about this year. I'm not one for spontaneous fun, so flash mobs are out.

All in all, this year has been fun. I feel like I've really learned a lot in Prof. Chandler's 3080 Writing for Cyberspace Class. But from now on, almost all of my posts will be about transforming my essay into a web page of sorts. Though I wasn't sure what Writing FOR Cyberspace was at first, I think I'll continue doing it.