I just don’t understand how someone can actually get caught up with watching these short video clips. Maybe a high school teenage girl could, but anyone else I would think would find it as cheesy and a waste of time. I’m not sure why, but straight from the beginning, I knew it was all an act. Lonelygirl acts very fake in the video clips.

Flinders, the creator, doesn’t seem to have much talent. Maybe that’s why he couldn’t make it when he tried in the beginning. I do understand the Internet TV phenomenon, but I hope it doesn’t all turn out to be as corny as these clips.

Internet TV has a chance of doing great. I know I personally spend more time on the Internet than I do watching television. However, if the video clips they are going to post are going to be like Lonelygirl, then I’m not interested. I need more substance and more drama to stay hooked. The character “Bree” is just too ditzy and scatterbrained to hold my attention, even if it is for two minutes.

For those of you interested in making your judgment on Lonelygirl, go to this site: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/lonelygirl.html

First and foremost, I did not find Diigo to be a simple program to use. It took me about a week to figure it out and I had to contact Diigo over the phone and via e-mail.

For those of you unaware of what Diigo is, here is a definition I found on their website: “The social annotation service introduced by Diigo allows users to add highlights and sticky notes, in situ, on any web page they read. Imagine a giant transparency overlaying on top of all the web pages. Users can write on the transparency as they wish, as private notes or public comments. And they can read public comments on the transparency left by other readers of the same page, and hear their “two cents” and interact with them.”

Once I got it working, it wasn’t so bad. I enjoyed being able to read the feedback from my classmates. I also liked being able to post my own thoughts and/or questions. I still haven’t figured out the difference between a sticky note versus a bookmark and highlighting. For educational purposes it’s a great tool. If I were teaching high school level I would definitely have considered using this tool. As a future elementary school teacher I could use it with fellow co workers and articles I come across.

Diigo has yet to be widely publicized, but I think it will become more popular over time. Annotating in college is important and can be helpful to students in being able to read others thoughts or understanding of the material.

For those of you interested in Diigo, the website is: http://www.diigo.com/