This is every digital communication system that I personally used. Everything on this list is either a website or application which allows people to distinguish this connection between each other, I will also provide the logo of each one and how I use it.
Facebook is something I haven't really used until recent if i'm going to be perfectly honest but it is now an essential part of my college life. This site is responsible for me finding out where all my work is for the day or in the past. It also allows me to create a list from whats been put on there and the personal group created for our course in mind. If i need to know a deadline? Go to Facebook. If I need to look at previous work to catch up on? Go on Facebook again. The rest follows as is but without this site my time at college would be a whole lot harder in terms of completing work.
- Skype
Skype is one of the items on this list that I use the most. Ever since its creation and replacement of MSN, i've been using this program to keep in touch with not only real life friends or relatives but also people I don't personally know in real life and have met through social activities online. The call feature on Skype also allows me to chat and talk with all of the said people above with ease and in a way that isn't heavy on my bandwidth.
- Gmail
Gmail is my preferred choice of host to have an email on. But what are my reasons for this? Well for one, its owned by Google. If I was going to trust any particular email provider it'd be the one owned by the biggest and most popular company online. Not only that but Gmail blows hotmail and Yahoomail out of the water, I can compose emails wherever I go as well as enable two factor security on my account which isn't even possible on Yahoomail yet.
Reddit is a controversial website but I can't stop using it. Reddit which literally means "Redd It" as in you've read it, is a website that allows you to enter and go on different categories and subcategories for anything, this accounts for the weird and down right vile too though. Personally I use this to discover and learn about current world affairs as well as internet culture. It also lets me enter specific and certain fandoms of games, television shows or even if i'm in the mood to just look up some funny pictures.
- STEAM
Steam is the application I use the most, this may seem as foreign to the average internet user but basically what steam is, is an application which allows me to play a range of different games on my computer as well as purchase games and play around with friends i've accepted. On top of this, Steam also let's me view screenshots, fan art, discussions and my friends activity feed all under one application. The best analogy for this would be that it's like Facebook but if Facebook were for games and gamers.
This is definitely the application and social media site/application I use the most as since first creating an account in February 2012, I have clocked over 4200 hours on one game alone.
- Discord
Discord is new to me, I haven't used it much if i'm going to be perfectly honest but it still makes this list. This application is a VOIP website, and if you're wondering, VOIP stands for Voice Over IP. My main use for this site so far is to communicate and talk with my friends who also play games alongside me. Though i've listed two over VOIP programs, Discord comes into use when I talk and play with a particular group of friends that I have on a certain game. The symbol and outplay of a controller can also be made if you look at the logo as well, as seen here.
- Mumble
Mumble is another VOIP program and the one I used the most out of all the programs like this that I will list. I play competitive e-sports in my spare time so this program comes in extremely helpful. With my team and I, i'm able to have an overlay which means I can see who's talking and when as well as communicate effectively in a move towards trying to win the game.
There's not much more to say on top of this except that I definitely recommend this above all other VOIP programs. Mumble really sets the standard for communicating and talking over mic for gaming purposes.
- TeamSpeak
You're probably tired of hearing me speak about VOIP programs now but I promise this is the last one. Teamspeak can be considered the carbon copy of Mumble but there's a lot more that people overlook with this program I think. Unlike Mumble, Teamspeak is a lot more simple as well as laid out in such a way that makes it very user friendly. The thing that Mumble has which puts it on top of Teamspeak is that there's no overlay for when you play games. Nevertheless, a really great program and one that I use on a weekly basis to converse with my closest friends all in one open area.
- YouTube
Internet giant and superstar steps into the ring! No, but seriously, its YouTube, if you don't know what this is or haven't heard of it... Well, where have you been all this time
Youtube is a video sharing site where users can create and account and upload their own content in seconds. Since its release and the accessibility of the internet dramatically increasing, YouTube has blown up in popularity and has quickly become everyones source for music, gaming, news, how-to guides and people thoughts + opinions of popular current topics. Personally, I use YouTube every single day since I've first created an account in the start of 2008. I've been the one that uploads content as well as the one who's also watched others and the use of subscribing to someone lets you get notified about every single video that person uploads.
- Bandcamp
Another fairly new website to me, Bandcamp is a site where people can publish their music online and others are able to purchase it. Sure it's outclassed by the likes of Itunes or Google Music but the website is not entirely useless. The website offers a feature that I think makes it stand out from the rest, people who publish their music can opt and choose a feature that allows you to pay what you want for certain albums or singles. This depends on if the uploader and publisher allows it though. The reason why I think this is so great and good is because I'm able to support unknown and underground artists that I feel perhaps deserve a little something for the music they make.
- Soundcloud
Soundcloud is another music website that you can publish music on. I use this to follow upcoming artists as well as some popular ones, they upload snippets or full tracks to the site in which people can comment on as the track plays. If you hear a part of the song that you really like you can comment saying you like it and others or the uploader can see it. Another use for this site is for artists across the world to collaborate and put all their music in specific group or place.
- Twitch.tv
Twitch.tv is holy grail of gaming content, think about all the games you can play on Steam, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo platforms as well as mobile games and then apply then think about watching those games live alongside others.
This is a unique and new idea that has grown in popularity in recent years. The concept of watching someone else playing a game is odd, why watch a game when you can play it yourself? Well, maybe you'd understand better if you listened to my reasoning behind why I use the website.
I use Twitch to watch competitive matches be played about my favourite games as well as watch familiar faces and content creators on YouTube. Gaming channels often down upload every single day but take to Twitch as an alternative they take and here is where I can watch extra content of that person with live reactions and gameplay as it happens. I'm able to talk an communicate with the streamer via text and it gives you a deeper level of interaction other than just writing a YouTube comment.
- Blogger
And my last and final piece of social media/application that I use, Blogger. Blogger goes all the way back to Facebook and link because of the reason I use them for. What this is all written on, is blogger, how all my college work will be assessed is via Blogger. Without Blogger, i'd be using a sketchbook and various different pencils/pens to create my work, which personally I think is boring and pretty generic. Blogger allows me to present this information for my work in a way that is 100% always readable, a way that relies on no printing at all and a way that I can display and show off information digitally.
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