My weekly PUB101 process posts, listed in course order from Week 1 onward.
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My Experience Talking to a Stranger
I talked to someone new at my job, a plumber was working on our pipes. I said hello and tried to make some small talk, but I quickly noticed that he seemed like he had been having a very long day. He told me that he was tired and was not really in the mood…
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Setting Up Kezjana’s Corner
The first major challenge in creating Kezjana’s Corner was setting up my own domain and hosting. I purchased my domain name, created a hosting account with Reclaim Hosting, and installed WordPress on the server. Terms such as domain, hosting, and cPanel were unfamiliar to me when I began. I followed each step of the course’s…
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Invisibility, Going Offline, and a Map of My Blog
The article on online disinhibition (Suler, 2004) changed how I think about my own behaviour. Of the six types Suler describes, the one that fits me best is invisibility. When I write online, readers cannot see my facial expressions or my reactions to their comments. That makes it easier for me to say things I…
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Who Am I Writing For?
The audience I imagine for Kezjana’s Corner is students and young adults in Vancouver who want an honest opinion before spending their money on a meal. They are people like me and my friends. Before choosing a restaurant, we look through reviews, TikTok, Instagram, and Google Maps, which I wrote about in my first mini…
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Peer Review #1: L-inconsistently Treading Through Life
For my review, I viewed Jessica Lin’s blog, L-inconsistently Treading Through Life, at www.linconsistent.ca. Although it is early, with only four weeks of posts, her online self is already coming across very clearly. Jessica’s website is at its best when her voice comes through. She communicates through storytelling, much like telling a friend a funny…