The video remix project has been a very long and complicated process to get my video to speak rhetorically in all the ways in which I intended. Yet, after teaching my technologically inept mind a thing or two about iMovie, I finally pieced my images, audio, and video together in a way that compellingly portrays… [Read more…]
February 14, 2011
When writing a research paper or conducting a photo mash-up the objectives are usually very similar- prove a valid point that can be backed by proven facts. Both works intend to speak to the reader in one way or another, be it photographs are words- the message must be clear, and productive to get the… [Read more…]
February 4, 2011
Possibly the most dangerous and frightening issue that revolves around the internet is privacy and protection of private information. Yet, as the world moves forward and the internet evolves, we move further and further away from private lives. The Twitter phase, and yes I believe it’s a phase, centers around being as non-private as possible.… [Read more…]
February 1, 2011
The Facebook phenomenon has rapidly attached people of our world and incorporated them into its own cyber world. The world is controlling but educational, social but private, and hip, popular, and frequented by over 500 million “friends.” It is Facebook’s ability to connect us that makes it so popular. The network is limitless and as… [Read more…]
January 28, 2011
The online blogging phenomenon is one that is moving at a viscous pace- expanding and inventing daily. The methods vary, but the overall idea is stationary- get your ideas out instantly so the world can see them. BlogPulse and coComment .coms are both inventive Web 2.0 sites that Alexander reviews in the “New Wave… [Read more…]
January 25, 2011
The World Wide Web may not seem new or inventive as a theme or idea to us. In fact the term itself actually has a bit of an out-dated ring to it. Yet, Web 2.0 seems fresh for some reason, and well that is because it is. The idea of Web 2.0 is to be… [Read more…]
February 24, 2011
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