Week 12 – Group presentation 1
“Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.” - Martin H Fischer
Today’s session was 3 group presentations. Through this post, I will share some experience of creating a website without prior experience and some views I have.
The session started with the quote by Martin Fischer, a quote that resonates strongly with my experience of doing the website. True enough, the creating a good website is no simple feat. The project started off with identifying the topic area, doing the necessary research, compiling and analysis the research and finally, the start of the website. The initial stage of the project faces the typical challenges of writing a report which was easier to overcome. However, after compilation of the research, we faced great difficulty presenting in the website. The large chunk of information now has to be dissected into bite size yet without compromising the quality of the information. That was truly a challenge. As the quote goes, within simplification lies wisdom.
Eventually we managed to dissect the information and presented it in the best possible manner we could. Through this project, I managed to experience structuring a presentation from scratch and attempting to present in the best possible format. It has to be both visually pleasing and informative. It helped me understand truly the difficulties of product innovation. It is not just coming up with the best technology or best design but the ability to integrate the best technology into the best design for a good user experience. I am now able to better appreciate the hard work involved to create good products such as iPhone, etc.
Through this project, I had also learnt some knowledge on social media. In particular, I have much better idea of how social media has an impact on human behaviors. One of the most interesting findings was while humans love social media and use it extensively; it is not able to replace face to face meetings. This de bunks the usual myth of social media will eventually cause us to lose the physical interaction.
The reason why social media was so successful was because it is convenient, easy to access and time-saving. We can be constantly on Facebook, Twitter, etc. to stay connected with friends but the quality of this interaction is not satisfactory for most people.
This is why social media will only a supplement to how we conduct our lives. In fact, social media will bring us closer than never before rather than cause us to lose the physical interaction because we don't lose sight of people around us anymore. No matter how busy or distant, it is still possible to spend few minutes to catch up which impossible to previously.
At the same time, face to face interaction cannot be replaced for we still need to feel a physical presence to connect at a deeper level. President Obama understood this theory well. Despite having billions of citizens, his social media involvement did not stop at mere conversation or tweets online. He took it further to invite ordinary citizens for a dinner with him to empathize with them. It still takes a physical presence to show that you care.
This project has given me the opportunity to understand the difficulties of simplification and new insights to social media, things I will not have appreciated or realized if not for this project. However, the journey was certainly a tough one. No pain, no gain.
The reason why social media was so successful was because it is convenient, easy to access and time-saving. We can be constantly on Facebook, Twitter, etc. to stay connected with friends but the quality of this interaction is not satisfactory for most people.
This is why social media will only a supplement to how we conduct our lives. In fact, social media will bring us closer than never before rather than cause us to lose the physical interaction because we don't lose sight of people around us anymore. No matter how busy or distant, it is still possible to spend few minutes to catch up which impossible to previously.
At the same time, face to face interaction cannot be replaced for we still need to feel a physical presence to connect at a deeper level. President Obama understood this theory well. Despite having billions of citizens, his social media involvement did not stop at mere conversation or tweets online. He took it further to invite ordinary citizens for a dinner with him to empathize with them. It still takes a physical presence to show that you care.
This project has given me the opportunity to understand the difficulties of simplification and new insights to social media, things I will not have appreciated or realized if not for this project. However, the journey was certainly a tough one. No pain, no gain.
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