Thao's online identity reflects their sense of humor and preference for order. They aim to seem both professional and funny online, inspired by Noelle Stevenson who balances work with humor in silly comics. Thao shares silly memes and project updates on their Glossi page, which links to other platforms like Twitter and Etsy communities. They find interacting on communities more fulfilling than just observing and hope to expand their skills and network.
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IM2 online ID presentation
1. THAO
My online ID is a bit all over the place, and that¡¯s the way I like it.
I have been trying very hard to interact more, as opposed to just lurking.
There¡¯s a mixture of the informal and the formal.
I have a silly sense of humour but also like a sense of order to things.
I believe my online ID is beginning to reflect this, and will continue to
develop.
2. THAO
My ID mission?
I¡¯d like to be seen as someone who is results-driven and professional, but
with a sense of humour.
I¡¯m inspired by people like Noelle Stevenson, aka Gingerhaze, who strike
a balance between work and personal online. Gingerhaze is known for
her utterly silly, hilarious webcomics based on films, characters and
actors.
She has an awesome sense of individual style and voice.
13. OTHER COMMUNITIES
Creative communities such as Etsy will be useful to my ID,
as I can join themed groups, or ¡®teams¡¯, allowing me to
interact with both creators and enthusiasts.
Specific aspects of large humour and media
communities sites such as Cracked.com and The AV
Club may also be useful; I'd like to expand my network,
my skills, and plain have fun by taking part in these
communities.
14. LINKS TO BLOG POSTS
IM2 category (contains Social Media Explorations, reading
and lecture notes, stray observations relevant to social
media):
http://raws.adc.rmit.edu.au/~s3331863/blog2/?cat=94
Summary Post:
http://raws.adc.rmit.edu.au/~s3331863/blog2/?p=2060
Self Assessment Post:
http://raws.adc.rmit.edu.au/~s3331863/blog2/?p=2087
Editor's Notes
Originally I was on flavors.me, but found that Glossi suited my needs better in a visual sense. Glossi is a really aesthetically appealing and engaging ID hub, and works well with what I do in that you can look at all of my content at once, or filter ¨C so just looking at images, just looking at videos, just looking at articles I¡¯ve shared. Always with the Twitter feed on the side, too. Glossi truly works as the centre of online experience. It has an awesomely chaotic look about it; it¡¯s organised chaos, encapsulating the whole nature of being online. The perfect way to represent an online ID. I¡¯ve noticed that since beginning this course, it¡¯s been harder to choose which platform/site to list as my main one. Do I want people to see my formal portfolio (Wordpress), or my conversational style (Twitter), or my videos (Vimeo) more? Therefore, it¡¯s been very cool and felt very natural to be passing around a single URL instead.