My Google Map

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This was my first experience at using Google Maps for something other than looking up directions or finding the location of certain buildings. I never knew that one could actually create their own map of their life on here. It's quite interesting to know that it's possible, but I can see how something like a map of information can lead to stalkers if used for personal interests and telling people where exactly you are on what days, etc. What I did not like about making this map was that when filling out descriptions, the box was not large enough for photos sometimes. I saw that the photo shrunk itself and the box adjusted itself when being viewed but as I am editing, it took up a lot of space in the box. I wish you could also change colors for the pins to create a more colorful image. Perhaps I could and I just was not aware of it.
I enjoyed creating a timeline more than this because I was able to speak of my adventures of a nonexistent world on the timeline. As for this, I felt a bit scared of knowing if I gave out too much information to creepers out in the world. I also liked how the timeline could be viewed in different ways as this map is ... just a map.

Dipity Dooooo!

Flo Y. on Dipity.

Oh Dipity. I found out that Dipity is a pretty useful and/or fun tool! The only part that made me dislike it was the fact that my internet is slow and the pop ups to edit my entries was a bit of a bore. Like I used the timeline for, it shows that this timeline application can be used for fun and to let other users keep track of how another person is doing in a game. It's quite fun and I bet if someone famous were to use it for their upcoming tour dates and release dates for music or the next event they're attending to, fans could know more of what's going on, yet be a bit stalkerish.

For research papers, knowing when events in time happened can really give an idea to how to help the future or see what went wrong in the past to help make a better future. Timelines can be fun and others can helpful. It all depends on how the user uses it.

For me, the design aspect seemed very simple and it made sense. It was straight to the point and it placed all my events in an organized way. The bubbles went around each other instead of on top of each other, which I was really hoping for. And I really liked how you can look at different views of the timeline. Not only was it a typical timeline, you could look at it like a map or a list.