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ABOUT THE ROUGHT DRAFT

SORRY TEAM MEMBERS I'M BEING A BAD TEAM MEMBER AND DON'T HAVE A DRAFT.  LOOKS LIKE I'LL BE UP TO A LOT OF GOOD WORK TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, HOPEFULLY.  ENJOY THE OTHER PROJECTS, for now.

Infographic

What I struggled with most was really defining what exactly constitutes an info-graphic.  I had an idea in my head about how I wanted to make the readers eyes move and the general style that I would make use of in line, but i wasn't exactly sure it would count.  The biggest thing I left out was in my own assessment was that there needs to be visual statistical data.  

Another trial was working in the mode of free hand drawing.  When i was a kid my best friend i grew up with was amazing from a young age with his use of line, and it made me feel stupid and behind (kid's a graphic designer in cali now).

The electronic thing that took me the longest to work out was how to actually make a pdf.  Never had done that before let alone post it in high resssssssssssss.... o yeah.

Video Video and GAMES

I was interested in the how predecessors to the internet was mentioned.  The highways were a good example but I would have liked to hear a short shout out to electricity's best friend... COPPER! The copper highways and mass amount of the ore is surrounding us everyday, it's right in our pockets.  Bozeman is lucky to be close to Butte in regards to how we can notice the physicalness of mining in products and by-products by way of mining and smelting.  

I guess i started thinking about the networking of this class and how more of our discussion is held online...not everyone speaks in class...I hardly ever do.  It made me think about the change in cultures when humanity went from oral culture to written culture and now with the connection and community of the web and the video writing in its traditional sense is shadowed by a new wave of presenting yourself without purely long diction but in video and sound with body language and all as the awkward British guy said.  What if we did video responses to all of this?  When I'm told to go write my blog or even just blog i still think of sitting down to peck at some light up keyboard.  Maybe that's just me though.

The games and school idea was pretty interesting.  I usually have trouble getting along with reaayyuhl good grades but it seems to be very airy and in completeness I don't think I can explain it right now.  

 Just got back from work.  I'll try to get on before class again.

Getting Clearer

Our eyes have blind spots where our brains "fill in the gap" with what seems reasonable to the surroundings.  I guess that's how I see technology and its ability to record and store--just filling in the "uum" moments.  O yeah that's supposed to be right there.  A tool for a faster thinking and more accurate human.  Organic and technological computers together.

Sharing is Caring it can be Fun

When reading "Database and the Essay" all I could think about was the English language, or any for the matter.  If we didn't understand that we have to share English and the way it's used we wouldn't have much or anything.  What if someone could own the letter "S"?  Doesn't matter the font.  or if someone owned the sound "Ssssssssss"?  We'd be screwed.  But what happens when we really screw one person over from "remixes"?  James Brown's drummer Clyde Stubblefield is the most sampled drummer in rap and hip-hop music but he doesn't get anything for being the best.

It was also really interesting to me how there isn't a way in which we teach to write with or using intertexuality.  How are we supposed to say anything new without knowing how to speak and knowing what has been said?  How are we supposed to improve physics if we are islands?  What if Isaac Newton's work wasn't available for everyone?  What if the Qur'an or the Bible wasn't available or Harry Potter?  At what point do things become truly public?  And how do we deal/care about homage and compensation?  Is there an equaling value to it?  Does the elite fall a little?

Corn Lord

Broken Heart?