Tuesday, December 22, 2009
BBC Memoryshare
My meeting at the BBC on Friday about timelines was useful in various ways. Most relevant to your research was Memoryshare, which enables anyone to note a memory and to see everyone else’s.
When you click on a memory, the window that then opens allows you to see the full text of the person’s reminiscence and a window of related items pulled automatically from a number of sources.
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I just added a memory to memoryshare. I have to admit that I didn't find the interface very intuitive. Similarly to what I've read a blog by a portguese student my experience was that I wasn't sure what I was supposed to look out for or how to navigate the memoryshare. She described it as a fragmented experience which may have been intentional by the BBC.
I found the option to view the timeline in chronological order though it still didn't give me a good overview of what to expect from this project.
Only after I signed up and added my first memory I was led to the page where I saw memoryshare's FAQs. Out of curiosity I went in there and found several of my questions answered. For example what type of memories people are suppose to enter and what the purpose of the project is.
I copied this answer below:
"Why is the BBC doing this?
The BBC wants to build an open and collaborative approach with audiences in order to deliver programmes built on audience participation. Memoryshare is a means for the BBC to connect with individuals who have stories to tell about their own lives, and gives everyone a simple tool to search and discover contemporary news and social history content."
In my view the BBC should introduce this project much more clearly by e.g. offering a button "How to use memoryshare". So people can decide for themselves if they want to click on it or rather explore without introduction.
And I still wonder about the different shape and coloured dots - do they have a meaning?
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