As I first started reading the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, (H2G2), I wondered why this was the text book for the class. I wondered why science fiction was a necessary component of the class. After the first few chapters, I still didn’t get it. I mentioned it to a friend who is an engineering […]
Me, H2G2, Media 111 & Arthur Dent Read More »
I had a pipe dream for many years. I used to think about it a lot. I would think about things I could start doing to prepare for it. Degrees I thought I might need to earn. Property I thought I might need to acquire. Money. Plans. My pipe dream consisted of creating a place
Technology has come a long way during my lifetime. I think back on my childhood nostalgically to a time when we were not attached to our devices. We went outside and climbed trees. We played sports with the neighborhood kids and communication was face to face. There were only four major TV stations and we
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Chess has always been one of my favorite games. I’m always surprised at the number of people who don’t know how to play chess and have never played. But more surprising to me is that most of them have no desire to learn to play. We had chess tournaments in my house growing up. When
When I grew up, my sources of media were TV, radio, magazines and newspapers. Today we have “Social Media.” Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram. With the internet and cell phones, social media is at our fingertips at any given moment. Anyone can stream their thoughts, information or stories to the whole world via social media.
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I have no experience with either “Choose Your Own Adventure Books Series,” or Dungeons and Dragons. What a sheltered person I have been! I have heard of Dungeons and Dragons but have never heard of “Choose Your Own Adventure Books Series” until this class. I wish I would have known about them because I really
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Most people have a favorite color. Sometimes it changes or sometimes they may have more than one, but it’s a question you can ask people and you will get a wide variety of answers. My favorite color has always been green. However I know people that hate the color green. My 70 year old co-worker
Color in UD, UX, UI & how the GPP of a robot would relate. Read More »
I grew up before computers, Wikipedia, the internet and social media. When I went to school, if you didn’t understand something, you needed to raise your hand and hope you articulated your question correctly and that you received a response that you understood. If you couldn’t ask the question in school, you hoped that you
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I have never come across a movie based on a book in which the movie is better than the book. The Princess Bride is no exception. Although the movie was a hit, the book was better, even with the A list of actors, including Billy Crystal, Peter Falk and Robin Wright. The movie is considered