As part of an inquiry to our own digital presence, the Resident/Visitor – Personal/Institutional quadrant map method was a suggestion to help us visualize our current state of engagement with the digitally networked world. The idea has been an interesting one. We, as a group, found avenues of interaction we didn’t even realize we were using, leading to an interesting notion that we now may have ‘unconscious interaction’ that carry long term implications. Perhaps we should be more deliberate? While I though it would be a fun arts and crafts project in the beginning (and easy to do), I quickly determined that there was a lot to think about. It also lead me to the realization that many of us in my generation who have adapted through the pre-internet world to where we are today may have been swept along in the tide without realizing we should curate a presence rather than accept what was easy, cheap, or popular in terms of both content and medium.
August 12, 2017 at 3:38 pm
Hi Todd, you are definitely right when you suggest we should be deliberate in the approach towards social media or, to broaden the scope, e-media. Reflecting on the way you narrate things I come to realise that people might unconsciously accept what is out there, and learn to just go with the flow instead of learning how to swimm to get the most out of that flow. So creating a presence should be more than just leaving a fixed footprint as proof, there should be some added value to the trail for those that might come afterwards. By the way, I like the effect of the illuminated tiles in your map.
Cheers!
Alfonso
August 12, 2017 at 4:24 pm
A good point at the end; the exercise is a reminder that we can, and perhaps should, take responsibility for our online presence.