Sarah Brightman and Andrea Boccelli Show 

Chapter 4 - Homework

 Chapter 4 - Homework   (Bat Willis)

1. Why is it important to use more than one label or tag to describe the same piece of information?

By labeling and tagging digital information in several descriptions helps us identify, organize and retrieve the information in an easier way, especially if we use the same short keywords.

2. Explain the difference between organizing digital information using a hierarchy structure vs. a 

non-hierarchy structure.

Hierarchy Structure – places, arranges and sorts/classifies each detail and piece/part in a relationship to the others whether it is bellow or above, levels or files within the folders that are stored on the hard drive.

Non-Hierarchy Structure – places and arranges the information and material to be classified in an unlimited and various ways by using tags or labels to define the items.

It is harder to find and locate the items that have and share the same tag because you have to search for the item with in the tag.

3. What is Flickr and how are people using it for social media?

Flickr enables us to upload, share & arrange our digital photos and videos with friends, family & acquaintances (generally with whom ever we’d like to do so). Once photos are stored they can be organized according to date, event, location and other criteria.

In order to do all this and use Flickr’s services, we must first create an account. It is free (basic) and you must have an existing Yahoo account.

I think it is rather important to create privacy settings when opening a new account (same as in Facebook).

We can add and exchange notes, remarks comments & assign tags next to the photos and that way we sort of have a written dialog.

By adding tags, it allows others to view and locate the shared photos.

We can build a community of people with special interest for example. Yet, it should not be used for advertising and promotion purposes.

Photos can be added to your blogs but if they are owned by others, you must first get permission to publish them - used for social media.

4. Do you see yourself using Flickr?

I doubt it very much whether I’ll use Flickr since I believe that there are other apps that are much easier. I have been using my Mac I-Photo and intend to upgrade it shortly.

Once pictures are uploaded, they can also be shared via Facebook or Picasa.

5. What did you learn from the guest lecture?

I was fascinated by Judy’s ability to promote herself & her business with various social networking tools and find the way to be “marketable” and “compatible” with clients and colleagues in her business / field.

I also realized how time consuming it is, the necessity to keep updating and be updated yourself with several and different techniques. Additionally, to focus on additional fields/interests that might be effective and helpful and beneficial in the near and far future to you and your business.