COLLABORATION OF ENTERPRISE 2.0

We started with some brainstorming as students preparing for a write up on The Economist magazine. We designed a graphical illustration of what we will like Salford Business School page to entail. Our group gave a presentation of the process flow of each column within the magazine.

Enterprise 2.0

The second phase began with a cake break which was collaboratively shared. If there is one thing Dr Suzanne does, it is that she consistently looks for ways to ensure that the class stays connected even if its with a slice of delightful cakes.

Thereafter, we were launched into critical analysis of Social Networking and Transnational Capitalism. It was clearly stated that making and testing web accessibility has to be an essential component of web developers. The methodology used within survey also had to be taken into consideration alongside the number of the sample survey in order to determine if the survey was satisfactorily conducted or if it remained biased. David Kreps (2011) also pointed out that it is important for enterprises to draw the thin line between corporate interests vs. disabled users. While some SMEs might be out to look for ways to get steady inflows, others might be considering providing value for all range of users. Early determination is critical to the bearing of such enterprise.

It was indeed a great collaborative session, looking forward to more sessions with those delightful bites.

References

Kreps, D. (2011). Social Networking and Transnational Capitalism.

WEB ACCESSIBILITY TRANSFORMATION

In one of our sessions, we explored several case studies that explained the importance of considering people with certain disabilities.

Prior to this moment, I must admit that I had never thought of considering those categories of people. It just never occurred to me that there is a possibility that others might be physically challenged in a way that will not enable them to use the web as comfortably as some of us will.

Imagine a physically challenged person trying to access a website that was not designed to fit his disability, or a person on a wheel chair who cannot enter a building due to the fact that the door of the building was not designed to cater for his/her needs. A job applicant irrespective of how brilliant he/she is might not be stand a chance to show their value if applications are only done on a website which was not designed for them. All these is what the UK government has considered with the introduction of the Disabled Discrimination Act and Equalities Act that ensures that different range of people are being catered for (Adam & Kreps , 2009)

Salford Business School is not left out of the accessibility act, as buildings in schools consider people on wheel chairs, buses also have platforms wheel chairs and baby trolleys, lifts are designed with voice overs to help the visually impaired identify what floor they are and Apple as well as other phones are designed in ways that convert speech to text and vice-versa, enabling even the blind a chance to use social media.

 

References

Adam, A. & Kreps, D. (2009). Disability and Discourses of Web Accessibility. Information, Communication & Society. Salford: Routledge.

BLOGGING BASICS: STEPS TO BECOMING A TWITTER PRO

Yesterday’s session in class was quite interesting, while I expected a workshop session on a general topic, we were asked to provide one ourselves on “HOW TO-blog a topic of our choice“. It almost sounded similar to the Dummies book series. Basically, what the lecturer instructed us to do was to pick any topic we had a bit of knowledge about and explain how to go about blogging in details. My group selected “HOW TO USE TWITTER”.

We decided to kick off by creating a new account using the guidelines provided by Dr Suzanne:

1. Identify your audience: People who want to be socially connected.

2. Identify your key takeaway: After reading this blog post, readers are expected to know how to create a twitter account and how to follow people and be followed as well.

3. Blog Post Title: Steps to becoming a twitter pro

4. Requirements: A computer system, Internet connection, active email address.

With those requirements in place, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Go to https://twitter.com/signup and enter your details

Step 2: Enter your phone number and you ‘d receive a notification on your phone with a verification code which should be entered in the field.

Step 3: Pick your interests (It can range from entertainment, business, football etc. this will determine the people that will automatically be suggested for you to follow)

Step 4: Customize your profile using pictures and brief introduction of yourself.

Step 5: Using your email address, twitter suggests an option to import your email address contacts unto your twitter as people you can follow. This is usually optional.

Step 6: Your account is active and live.

Go ahead and post your first tweet!!!

Keep it simple and short, have in mind that a tweet can’t be above 140words.

References

Twitter. Available online at https://twitter.com/signup