Renae Lee Learning Journal

  The type of connection I have come to understand from the material of “ We Are Data” with our latest reading for our assignments has really opened up my mind more and has also made me understand how the internet truly works with our searches. From the reading of  “What is an RSS Feed? (And Where to Get It)” has made me really look deep into the true meaning of what the last material of “We Are Data” is truly talking about, RSS means Really Simple Syndication which is a type of method that can help with us in order to stay up to date with our favorite things whether it’s websites, blogs, and any type of social media types of channels. Which is another way of understanding the algorithms that the internet makes for us where it gives us the latest news of our favorite things if there’s a new release or a new type of information about our favorite celebrity. RSS is a type of feed that “consolidates information sources in one place and provides updates when a site adds new conten...

     During this assignment I have come to realize the amount of time and usage I use when looking at both Google and YouTube compared to my other apps that I have on my phone. I realize that I'm using many different apps but always use YouTube more then most of my apps as well and it varies a lot if I want to spend most of my time on one app versus the other depending on how much free time I have on my hands during the week , but the platform that I mostly preference is mostly Google and YouTube since I do listen to a lot of music and have been using YouTube in order to listen to my music on the daily and for Google I mostly use it for doing homework or to just watch anime.      I do realize that I do have a pattern and the pattern is that I use the apps that I preference when I'm mostly free which is on the weekends where I can relax and enjoy my time off from work and just do homework all day which is why I use YouTube a lot on the weekends in order...