2008年12月18日 星期四

Pursuing dreams

Everyone is pursuing his/her dream.

I am happy to see your success.

After seeing your performance, I was so proud of you.

Your voice touched me.

I really loved it!

I will work hard to keep up with you.

I will work hard to pursue my own dream. :)

2008年12月12日 星期五

CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERACTIONS IN TEXT-BASED ONLINE FACILITIES

Online tools can have lots of people at the same time. As a result, it will become very crowded and hard to follow a conversation. Therefore, this paper suggests that the maximum for people chatting at one time in a virtual place is five people. I agree with it. In my experience of interaction in Second life, the maximum for me is three people at the same time. During the chatting, the log chat only shows up for few seconds. If there are too many people chatting at the same time, it is hard for you to focus. What’s more, sometimes you will miss some information and feel distracted by too much information showed at the same moment. This situation also connects to another characteristic of interaction: have little time to formulate the ideas and respond to the partners. During the interaction in the text-based online facility, you only have limited time to organize your thinking and respond the other. Too much information and low speed in response will cause the pressure for fearing to breakdown the conversation. In the psychological aspect, low speed will influence the self-esteem for people do not want to be regarded as slow and dumb.


Another characteristic is that people will use graphical equivalents of facial expressions like smileys during the interaction. It requires deliberate action. For example, when your partner says something funny and interesting, you laugh in front of the computer. Then you would like to let your partner know your feeling so that you will consciously type it out in order to interact with your partner. That is the characteristic I often use during the interaction in the text-based online facility.

2008年12月3日 星期三

Keep going

How busy I am recently!!!

Just complete and conquer every task step by step.

Be responsible for yourself and do your best.

Just have faith and keep going.

You can do it:)

2008年11月27日 星期四

A Shining Star in the sky

There is always a shining star in the sky.

How big is the sky,

waiting for you to explore this fantastic world wide.

Fly as high as the bird but still keep the humility in mind.

The bird is looking for the site

where there is a joy and happiness inside.

Looking up the shining star in the sky,

then you figure out the answer and smile. :)