Social Media and Artists.

Social media is being used as a part of our daily life for a long time now. We have been using it as a source of entertainment, information and mostly communication. Right now people are using social media to gain jobs and be more recognition of from their work. Mostly by posting all of our work in certain social media websites, like tumblr,blogspot,deviantart etc. According to the report, artists need to make portfolios for their line of work (Dena, C.2015). The portfolios can be presented in USB, a catalog or even in an online format. Most of people already post online and it was already clear to me that we must also do it. I know it because it is much safer to post your work online, rather than saving it on a USB. I would rather do it on both in case i could not access one of them. This is much more useful for a lot of artists due to many reasons. Many reasons may be because of virus, drive failure and theft (Backup of Data & Files – Why it is Important, n.d). This can save you a lot, because the interviewer will be pleased by how well prepared you are. Because of this i will try and get at least 3 backup files of my work. If i will make a website to show my work, i will try and include this idea as a description of how i started out.

Reference.
Backup of Data & Files – Why it is Important(n.d). Retrieved: March 18th, 2015, from http://www.bullguard.com/bullguard-security-center/pc-security/computer-threats/backup-of-data-files-why-it-is-important.aspx
Dena, C.(2015).Week 6: Social Media and  Your Career. Retrieved: March 18th, 2015, from https://medium.com/self-directed-practitioners/week-6-social-media-and-your-career-21ec52b2b003

The data we enter online.

 Whenever you type your data online, do you ask this question-"How many people can actually see my data?"? The answer to that is that there are more than thousands of people who can actually see it. In my class, we were discussing how Google uses the data we enter, within their online area, to know more about us. The more the personal data we enter online, the more the people can see and know more about us. I knew this from long ago, because i participated in events online that required me to input my personal data. I then search for myself online and found most of the websites with my data in them. From that point on i was not inputting all of my data in some websites or not even putting any data at all. Although, this can help me out as an artist. According to the article, developers can use data posted by the consumers to help better evolve their product in the future (Dena,C. 2015). From the consumers point of view it can sorta seem like information theft, but only if the developer reads the data without permission. With this method, i can further improve my end product to appeal more viewers. Although i would still put less information about myself online Since i'm also aware that others can look at my data, i can make sure to post more useful information online for others to  see and improve themselves.

Reference:

Dena, C.(2015).Week 4: Critics, Reviewers & Your Art. Retrieved: March 10th, 2015, from https://medium.com/self-directed-practitioners/week-5-data-you-and-your-art-f75add99c56b

Which is more suitable for an artist as feedback?

As an artist we can all have some sort of feedback after we publish our work. This type of feedback is split into two categories, review and criticism. Although the two may appear similar, but both of them differ greatly. As mentioned in my class, the critics focus more on technical and social aspects of the product, while review only talks about whats already in the product. The article online was also describing it and other forms of criticism in the past and the present(Dena,C. 2015). Although, was caught my eyes was the part about how we can handle journalists. This article was what i needed, because i have no idea how to handle criticism or review. In there they talked how we need to know about the journalist,critics and reviewers, what article they talk about, what is their point of interest, and making personal messages for those people(Dena). Although i will not follow all of the steps. I was always taught to write formal letters if i am communicating with other people. This is why i won't be able to implement my humor there much often. Moving on to which one will actually help an artist more, i would  go for criticism. Criticism can give the artist more information on what he or she needs to change or improve in the final product to give better results in the future. There are some social and professional issues involved in this though. Like how there are not many critics out there and it will make it more challenging for the producer to make a better product. This in turn will make the consumers wait longer or be disappointed in the upcoming product. I would most likely be a critic guy myself and try to help out other producers with their product by giving my critique.


Reference:

Dena, C.(2015).Week 4: Critics, Reviewers & Your Art. Retrieved: March 5th, 2015, from https://medium.com/self-directed-practitioners/week-4-critics-reviewers-and-journalists-8bd8666d2f3