Moving on - Module 2

A good chance to correct my bad habits coming up here - I am sure!! I have never eally formally studied anything to do with the internet. It's about time.

Mod 3 - The see-through blog

Weblog expert and author, Rebecca Blood , has a lot of interesting stuff to say about web logs, and how they can become a more noteworthy, trustworthy written source. They are currently a fairly wild and reckless form of writing. Rebecca proposes six main points for good web logging - and I agree with them:

1. When you say something is fact - only do so if you can prove it
2. It's all about transparency. Link to information if it is available, about your subject. This allows readers to check for themselves.
   
3. If you make an error - and realise it - post your discovery - tell people you made an error. A silly good way to do it is to strike through your error. Then readers know straight away ... and the misinformation doesn't keep spreading.
4. To preserve the integrity of the record - and history - don't delete entries, just add or expand. (Am applying this now to learning log). When you publish - publish for good - makes you think more before you speak ...
5. Disclose conflicts of interest
   

Mod 3 - Building a blog

Well, my blog is my learning log - here it is !!

Mod 3 tasks - ftp - fails to pickup!!

I know that's not what it stands for, but I can't connect to the ftp to upload my test web page. However, it looks like others are having the same problem, so i have posted my problem and will wait and see what happens. At least I understand the process much better now and the url for my web page is file:///D:/INT%20STUDIES/Mod%203%20tasks/Mod%203%20work%20area/Volcano/index.html

Mod 3 - The copyright catch

• Have you used images or words on your web page or website that contravene copyright laws?

I don't think so. This is because all the material I have used was supplied by Curtin University for learning purposes only. There is no money being made out of this. Also, at no time is more than 10% of nay article or book published on my volcano web page. But I might put the copyright notice on it anyway just to protect myself because it is now in the public domain - whichis why, I guess we need to move everything into the presentation space.

• Would you be in breach of copyright if you put the Curtin logo at the top of your web page for an assignment?

Absolutely. Unless of course the marketing committee and VC decided it was such high quality that Curtin Uni wanted to put its name to it and pay me copyright!

Virtual communities discussion

Interesting discussion taking place on my CBSM listserv - about listservs and virtual communities, some up to date research and thinking, with clear explanations of various items http://waterwordsthatwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/networkofnetworks1.pdf
Will post it on DB as well.

Mod - Failed validation!

Unsurprisingly, my volcano web page failed its W3C validation test. But what does surprise me is the errors. I don't really understand what is wrong, as the most common point is that the mark up text 'is not closed' see sample paste from validation test. But the tags are closed ... I think these errors are related to useability - as the volc page displays OK. Mmmmmmmmmmm ... 17 errors in one short web page. Eeeek.

1. Error Line 38 column 42: end tag for "I" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this.

        the Earth, over four billion> 

   • You forgot to close a tag, or
   • you used something inside this tag that was not allowed, and the validator is complaining that the tag should be closed before such content can be allowed.

   The next message, "start tag was here" points to the particular instance of the tag in question); the positional indicator points to where the validator expected you to close the tag.