Video test

This is a new post. It is a video test. The topic of my interview is about BBC iPlayer. It is popular around the UK.

This post is written by Xi Wang. You can contact me at XWang11@uclan.ac.uk

Google maps

Google maps is a useful tool to find and note places, it is also to find directions easily.
I read Lancashire Evening Post on 23rd October. There are four news happen in Preston, then I used google maps to mark where are they.

The 1st news took place in the Old Fish Market. I mark it with a blue icon.
I choose it because I often go to there shopping, it is also a old market in Preston.
Beside, there are many activities held there.

The 2nd news is about National Football Museum.
I choose it because Prestonians are against the project that moving the museum to Manchester. They claimed " It is their museum.
This link is about the museum in Manchester Evening News.

The 3rd news happened at Preston Mail Centre. It talked about postal staff took part in strike.
This is a hot-spot news recently, so I choose it. The strik will delay mails sent, and bring some inconvenient things.
BBC news also reported this news.

The 4th news is a robbery which two thieves snacth a puupy in Avenham Park.
I think the news can remind us be careful when we are outdoor. We should keep our safety.

This link is another robbery happened in Preston.


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This post is written by Wang Xi. You can contact me at XWang11@uclan.ac.uk

Creat contents online

In the modern society which the digital technology grew fast. The online resources have taken place of print resources. In fact, reading online is not a good option. Jakob Neilson says reading online is about 25% slower than reading papers. Eye will be tired after reading from computer for a long time. Most people scan online content. The point is also from Neilson. A research shows 79% users scanned new page when they came across and 16% read word-by-word.

Therefore, topic of content online should be clear and attract attentions. This always reflects on headlines, subtitles, quotes etc. Pictures are other imortant elements. After searching internet, I found a website showing online writing tips. There are 12 tips for online writing.

• Know your audience
• Think first and different
• Tailor news togethering
• Write lively and tight
• Explain
• Never burn the leader
• Do not pile on
• Short but sweet
• Break it up
• Eliminate the guessworkDo not fear the links
• Take risks,but rember the basic

The website tell us how to publish contents online and how to let readers read paciently. In fact, most readers like using search engine to get information waht they want to know and extent the information. So authors should make sure their articles have a concise and clear titles even the keywords. The SEO is a way to let reader easy find contents. Making the SEO more convenient, authors should ensure the titles short and include the key information like who, what happened and where happened.

Reference:

Jonathan Dube (2009). "A dozen online writing tips". Available at: www.cyberjournalist.net/news/000118.php. Accessed 13 Oct 2009

• This post is written by Xi Wang. You can contact me at XWang11@uclan.ac.uk

Image processing tools

Photoshop is a good tool of image processing. You can process pictures like resizing, cropping or other functions via photoshop. That is very easy to process pictures what you like. I took a photo by my digital camera on my way back home. It is one of bus stops on plungeton Road. This is the original photo, it is easy to see a bus sign and timetable of arrived buses. The Lancashire County Council logo is also clear on the board.

The original photo is the first picture below.The pixel of the photo is 1944 wide by 2592 high.

original photo (1944 px wide * 2592 px high)
the Lancashire County Council 100*100 px
timetable of buses 400px wide*300px high
Lancashire County Council 200 px wide * 500 px high

I use photoshop to crop the Lancashire County Council logo in 100*100pixel. This is a easy operation. I just open photoshop, then choose the "crop" sign, and type 100px on the blank which is on the top. Finally, crop the part which you want. The second picture is the outcome. Using the same operation, I cropped other two pictures, the third one is 400 pixel wide by 300 pixel high. The last picture is 200 pixel wide by 500 pixel high.

Photoshop also can do further operation. It is useful. In addition, there are many websites can do these functions directly, they are also convenient and easy to use. For example, http://www.webresizer.com/ is a use-friendly online tool of resizing and cropping. Just typing the site and uploading images, the website can do it as soon as possible.

I am a student at UCLan. This blog is part of my work as part of my study at the University of Central Lancashire. You can contact me at XWang11@unlan.ac.uk

My first post

The Internet has dominated the world for few years, it becomes a part in our lives. Blogger is one of products in recent years. It is a website that people can post their idea or news on it. Keeping up with the time, I am happy to owe a blogger.

There are many free blogs in the world, such as blogger, wordpress, thoughts and so on. Besides, there are many free blog service in China. Sina blog, for example, is a classic blog. Sohu also provides free blog service.

I chose blogger because it was bought by google which is the largest search engine owns the world. There are many functions in google. I can do different searches such as maps, books, reader even my blogger when I log on google.

I am a student at UClan. I am studying Media Management. To use media technology flexibly is one aim in my course outcomes. So blogger is a good way to communicate and express idea.

I will try my best to make my blogger satisfactorily.

This post was written by Xi Wang. You can contact me at XWang11@uclan.ac.uk