A retrospective on 315

I really had no idea what to expect going into Communications 315. I thought that maybe that it would be similar to some writing courses I have taken; Thankfully I was wrong. The course focused a lot more on theory, and hands on with web design. I was really happy to be able to [...]

Website Critique

As I have mentioned I visit Digg regularly, so it is really the best option to critique. The sites features have grown and with the growth the design has changed to accomidate said features. Navigating the site is rather simple and self explanitory, however sometimes the navigation is clumbsy, especially when getting into some [...]

MMORPG and the future of gaming and why this isn’t it-yet

I have always been fascinated with the idea of MMORPGs. That is to say I think they are truly the future of gaming, but everything that I have seen so far is so poorly executed it really turns me off from the concept. A similar happens to me when I play the Grand Theft Auto [...]

Review: iShow You

I decided to try out iShow You, a video screen capture program created by Shinywhitebox software. The program has a nice, clean interface that is easily navigable. The software costs 20 dollars and is available directly from the company’s website. I tried the demo version which is useless because it puts a giant demo version [...]

Streamlining the Process

Uploading an image to the newly created We-town community blog is a relatively straight forward process. You can either upload an image within a blog post as you would do with any other blog. Or also could submit a general photo using flickr and tagging the image properly. The process is diagramed below:

As you can [...]

How do I know what I know

How do I know what I know? Clearly everything that I know I have gathered from one source or another, in fact very little human thought is truly original I find. Ever think you have a great idea to only realize it has already been done? Yeah me too. But just because you are not [...]

My Proggression of Computing and Why Vista Sucks

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I prefer Apple products. I own both a Macbook and an iMac, and they have been the only two computers I have ever bought personally for myself. But that is not to say that I have not used Windows extensively. The first operating system I ever used [...]

Balancing Participatory Media

It is a ongoing debate: how much power do you give the mob? That is essentially what individuals are if all are given absolute free speech. Systems in some way shape or form must be in place if any kind of production, voice or ideas are going to come out of the people.
I find it [...]

Saving Education

Education, at least in the public school realm, changes every five years because a committee suddenly decides that education is failing and that the system is so broken that it is beyond repair. Which is why when I was a child I was not taught how to spell or the proper implementation of grammar. The [...]

The Beauty of The Internet

The beauty of the internet is that it allows the thoughts of any individual to be expressed and heard by a potentially limitless audience. However, the ramifications of such an open and free system is that those individuals can have a voice whether they have a intelligible message or not. This often leads to [...]