Blog 3 - Generative Research

First off, apologies for not getting the first image aligned correctly. I am not able to figure out how to get it to publish so that it appears horizontal. I have drawn some of the things (and I included people and abstract things like my career in it too). In a circle it gets hard to show priorities, but if I had to rank them in the sequence of things I absolutely can not live without - first would be my family. Second would be my laptop (with an internet connection, of course!) - and maybe this needs a little explanation : my laptop is my source of news, entertainment, knowledge, it's how I connect with family that is far off and it is how I get my work done. I can not imagine living without my laptop because it would almost feel like a handicap to have a laptop but no internet access - again, because almost all my shopping, browsing, reading, chatting happens through the internet. Third would be my car. And finally my phone - its like my laptop for when I am mobile.

In the circle that I care about most of the things are self explanatory. I care very deeply about my close friends and everything that happens in their lives. My career and work are definitely things I care about too. The only thing that might look a little weird on there is 'My Art' - it is actually a vase with ceramic decoration on it. I love to create ceramic art on pots , and while I may not be very good at it , it is just a source of joy and pleasure.

It appears that I access more information categories during the time after school and during late evening. While during the day I seem to access very specific information related to work or current events, when I am relaxing in the evening, I tend to access different categories of information ranging from children to entertainment combined with some of the work and calendar to start planning the next day.

Web search, online videos and news/entertainment websites form the bulk of my online consumption. I end up using web search for everything for cooking recipes to wiki definitions.