A Fishtailed Tale (rough cut)

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back again

We are back in class after a break last week. I forgot we had the break, but knew I would not be attending anyway. Illness.
It's great to be back, and for the rest of the term - and inherently, the rest of my diploma - it's nose to the grindstone and getting everything done!

I know I am not the only one in this situation, so much work to be done, so to all of us I grant a heartfelt "good luck"!

We can do it...


JBR

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comp task 2 blog post

This is about the benefits and negative aspects of posting information across a wide range of social media platforms.

Benefits - The most obvious benefits to me are the ability to reach the widest range of people. Twitter is used by some people but not all, likewise Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, Blogger, Google+, and others. I'm sure even the long-forgotten MySpace still has a handful of devotees.

Negatives - It seems to me the greatest drawback to posting across multiple platforms is the inevitable repetition of information. If someone 'follows' your organization on multiple platforms, there is a very good chance they will be recieving the same information multiple times unless the use of each platform is carefully planned and monitored.

I think use of social media by libraries is smart and necessary, but if used improperly, it would quickly try the patience of it's followers.

Things going well. Placement is going well, and had a good time strolling aorund Melbourne yesterday for Aquisitions and Children's Lit.

Placement at the Public Records Office is interesting. Part of my job is in digitization, and this means taking original records and typing the original information into spreadsheets. In my case it's post-war immigration applications from Britain. I saw one record in which the nominator (or 'sponsor') would only continue to endorse his nephew's immigration application if he "shed all communistic tendencies" prior to emmigration.

The archive itself (themself) is impressive. 14 million records in 2 million boxes, I'm told. The archive room is about 100m by 50m (width is hard to determine - no clear sightline) and there are two such rooms!

These are my links to my socially medium things.

blogger - jasonrobertson5.blogspot.com.au

facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jasen.robertsen

twitter - https://twitter.com/JasenRobertsen

pinterest - search for Jasen Robertsen

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weekly update...

Hi class,

Still bitten by the writing bug, but I have decided to switch stories. I'm still a bit unfocused, and after doing about a weeks worth of work on one story, I moved on.

So instead of working on a story I first convieved 6 years ago, I am now back to working on something I started working on 13 years ago and have already deserted 3 times before.

Let's hope I can maintain focus this time, work out the problems with the story, and complete a draft!


take care
JBR

14th August 2013

Recently I have had been bitten by the writing bug, and have re-started work in a screenplay I first begun work on about 6 years ago. The script is based in a short story I wrote when I was 16 years old - started 3 days after my 16th birthday, in fact - and which is utterly terrible! But the potential for a decent story is there, now the work begins to adapt and improve it. Good luck me!

This is the week that was...

STRESS!!!

If you plan to send something overseas, supervise EVERY DETAIL of the send, lest your package is stuck in customs in a foreign land for 12 days, shivering with a mixture of cold and dread.

Imagine for a moment a poor little laptop computer, for so long she was so loved, cared for with respect and tenderness. Then one day she is packed into a box with hunderds of little foam balls looking eerily like giant Rice Bubbles, but no doubt more appetizing. Bustled around from truck to airport to plane, she takes to the skies, and flies, flies ever so far, landing soon enough in the not-too-distant past, a place where the weather is not right, and the sun shines well past it's bedtime. The shivers now have nothing to do with the cold...

And I have bitten off more than I can finish with this little piece of prose, but you get the idea.

all the best,

JBR

Today's update,

Weird day. Class started late, people forgetting passwords, lots of talk about the stuff that was flogged from the classrom last week. Not to mention the fact half the students are missing.

Anyway, just a token post to make up the numbers.

This is my first post. Enjoy!