This week, as a media curator, I had an ambivalent reaction towards the social networks we use in the class. In the case of Twitter, I got to experience using the platform actively, which I had never done before; and in the case of Instagram, I faced the same challenges I face with my regular account. Furthermore, I had to dust off Spotify for the first time since I switched to Apple Music. Overall, the assignment was enjoyable and blended in my daily life, features that in my opinion speak loudly about the general quality of the class.

Specifically regarding Twitter, despite my lack of experience with it, I found it extremely easy to post on it. I am glad I was able to experiment in one of my posts with the GIF feature on the iPhone app. Although the joke I used it for was not particularly funny, I liked the fact that searching GIFs using a phrase can elicit ideas for actual tweets. In general, I tried to be helpful academically. Personally, when checking the class Twitter account, I was grateful to find reminders about assignment deadlines, and consequently tried to offer some assistance for the Revise Project.

On the other hand, Instagram was slightly more challenging to use. When I consider posting on my personal account, I always try to take into account the relevance of my post to my limited audience. Since I always doubt they would enjoy seeing yet another food picture, I refrain from participating regularly. The same thing happened with the class Instagram account, but in this case I opted to follow trends that I noticed within the account itself. In that way, I knew I would at least relate to previous curators.

Finally, since the playlist is supposed to be biopic, I just selected songs that I remembered liking at certain ages. Unfortunately, my memory could only really go as far back as middle school, so my playlist is populated by some emo classics. Hopefully, I’m not the only one in the class who went through that phase. Unlike other curators though, I cannot really say I was able to reminisce when compiling the playlist, since I usually just play my whole library on shuffle and re-listen songs constantly.

I hope my posts fulfilled their objectives and helped everyone in some way.

https://open.spotify.com/user/penha1618/playlist/4j9XKFaMOLvb8ApN5qPH7Z