Assignment Two

Part 1: Common Themes

People tended to use one of two list organization styles:

          Physical Technology > Type > Service > Genre > Example

          Interaction Type > Media > Genre > Example

 

There were many people who use a lot of social media and other communication services, such as Alyssa Lin and Feier Chen.

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Multiple people mentioned taking this class as a change of pace from the typical programming and algorithms taught in most computer science courses, including Taj Bounds and Emily Ha.

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Several others referenced the ever-present role of new media in daily life today as their reason for taking the course, like Evelyn Crowe and Brian Chen.

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Finally, I found that most people consume a decent amount of some kind of video-based media, including Vivian Vo and Priya Perali.

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Part 2: Re-Categorization
While reading others' webpages, I found that there were a good number of things I hadn't considered adding to my own list despite regularly making use of, such as weather apps, mobile games or apps in general, music from Youtube, school-specific sites, Zoom for online classes and meetings, and non-game software such as VSCode. I also saw several people list physical books as a type of frequently used media, which I had considered adding to my own list, but I didn't think it would count as the right kind of media for this list. As far as my list's organization goes, I still like my style of organization for the list. If anything, I might add a few more specific genres and examples under some of the entertainment-based categories, as some others fleshed out their lists much more than I did.