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Smruti Swaroop Post 1

• 27 February 2025, 4:52 AM

Mapping technology usage

Greetings everyone. 

I found the four quadrants a fascinating way of mapping my use of online apps. Institutional residents include Outlook, OneDrive, Moodle, while institutional visitors include Google Scholar, JSTOR, etc. Personal residents include WhatsApp, Google News, Gmail, YouTube and personal visitors include Facebook, Instagram.

I clubbed professional and academics as institutional accessed via laptop and personal as those that I usually access on my phone. However, some apps like YouTube, Gmail and WhatsApp may fall into both institutional and personal. 

Did I face challenges with mapping some technologies? I can't say, some did overlap, in case that accounts for a challenge... 

Thank you for reading my post. Looking forward to interacting with you, 

Smruti. 



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Lina Furnell Post 2 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 1 March 2025, 7:57 PM
My experience is very similar, Smruti, some apps, like Google Maps, have been...
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Michelle Hennelly Post 3 (summarised) in reply to 2

• 3 March 2025, 5:48 PM
Hello all, I do agree with you that it is mostly down to personal choice....
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Dionne Angela Roach Post 11 (summarised) in reply to 2

• 27 March 2025, 6:21 PM

I also agree,

 Some I am a resident, but a lot i am just a visitor. I go...
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Rebecca Stewart-Hodgson Post 4 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 4 March 2025, 6:52 PM
I found this difficult, because some apps I may use for hours one week in my...
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Philip Price Post 5 (summarised) in reply to 4

• 4 March 2025, 8:06 PM
My mapping - Personal Visitor - Google, Online banking, online booking apps...
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David Roberts Post 6 (summarised) in reply to 5

• 5 March 2025, 9:18 PM
Hello, My mapping took me all over the place, but mostly on the resident side...
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Margaux Ronquillo Post 7 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 6 March 2025, 6:34 PM
Mapping my technology usage has been quite interesting! My parents have been...
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Alex Martin Post 8 (summarised) in reply to 7

• 8 March 2025, 6:55 PM
I found this a useful way to gauge what I'm using (without even thinking...
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Deborah Lawal Post 12 (summarised) in reply to 7

• 20 April 2025, 12:08 AM
I found the mapping helped me to clearly see at a glance the different techs,...
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Linda Leonie Jewell Post 9 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 9 March 2025, 3:16 PM
@ Smruti Swaroop - thank your post. It is very interesting to classify them...
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Kennedy Karani Onyiko Post 10 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 13 March 2025, 8:38 PM
As a resident, I use social media (Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok) to share...
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Peter Macilwee Post 13 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 5 February 2026, 6:21 PM
Hi, I used to use social media a lot and could have been considered resident,...
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Holland Morrell Post 15 (summarised) in reply to 13

• 10 March 2026, 6:42 PM
Re the toxic comment, I absolutely agree, and this is why I don't use social...
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Holland Morrell Post 14 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 10 March 2026, 6:40 PM
I found this one really difficult as it really depends on how you define...
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Veleta Concheta Hayles Post 16 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 10 March 2026, 7:25 PM
Smruti, it's interesting and useful to see how belonging is shaped by...
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Chitra-Niss Asa Post 17 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 18 March 2026, 3:29 AM • Edited by the author on 18 March 2026, 3:30 AM
Personally, the 'Visitors and Residents' map helped me reflect on my digital...
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