Online Brainstorming

Claire, Cara, Kerry, Hannah B, Hannah T and I all agreed to go on msn and brainstorm all of our ideas online. We used a group conversation which allowed all of us to talk to everyone online. This meant that we were all able to stay at home and discuss our ideas without having to meet somewhere such as the library as some of us were very busy and other's were at home-meaning it was almost impossible to arrange a meeting in 'meat-space'

Although online brainstorming was convenient for all of us, there were some limitations of it. Because it was online you had to take turns to say something, and often the flow of conversation was out of sync. This sometimes made conversations confusing. We each used different fonts meaning it was easier to tell who was saying what, but it was still confusing.

When discussing ideas in 'meat space' you would be able to use a different tone of voice, or way of putting across your ideas so that people understood them in the way you intended. Discussing online made this difficult as things such as tone of voice weren't available. This made it more difficult to discuss ideas than it would be in 'meat-space'