Our first assignment was to take a choice we made and discuss both the decision we made and how we communicated that decision to other people. I had a hard time with this paper, partly because the decision I chose was not as removed from the present as it could have been, partly because it was hard to articulate how I communicated that decision and the cascading choices that arose afterwards.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Welcome, stranger
This blog will be a part of my introductory writing class at UK. The idea is to explore different methods of communication, from traditional papers to reading individual spaces to podcasts and video presentations. I hope the pieces that I post up here will help you understand the world from my perspective, if only a little bit.
I've written blogs before, though they've always been personal narratives about my life rather than for a specific purpose. Writing as a journal is very different than writing for a class. There are a lot of blogs to choose from on the internet today, and some of them are even good. I enjoy reading other people's blogs, but I've never been much of a writer myself. They say that everyone's a writer; you just have to get through your million words of crap first. I would like to see if my writing improves over the course of this class. If nothing else, all the drafts and discussion board posts are making a huge dent in my million words.
While I work with computers all day long, from a technology perspective I'm much more on the newbie side. I have an iPad (wifi only) but I don't have a smart phone. I'm probably one of the last people to have never created a YouTube video or a podcast. On the other hand, I started creating web pages back in the early 90's and web content is my bread and butter. However, being able to code HTML in my sleep isn't actually that useful in today's world of WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors and content management systems, but even websites need to be well-written, or no one will bother. Everyone wants to be the next big viral sensation, but it's hard to do if no one can understand what you've written.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the site!
I've written blogs before, though they've always been personal narratives about my life rather than for a specific purpose. Writing as a journal is very different than writing for a class. There are a lot of blogs to choose from on the internet today, and some of them are even good. I enjoy reading other people's blogs, but I've never been much of a writer myself. They say that everyone's a writer; you just have to get through your million words of crap first. I would like to see if my writing improves over the course of this class. If nothing else, all the drafts and discussion board posts are making a huge dent in my million words.
While I work with computers all day long, from a technology perspective I'm much more on the newbie side. I have an iPad (wifi only) but I don't have a smart phone. I'm probably one of the last people to have never created a YouTube video or a podcast. On the other hand, I started creating web pages back in the early 90's and web content is my bread and butter. However, being able to code HTML in my sleep isn't actually that useful in today's world of WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors and content management systems, but even websites need to be well-written, or no one will bother. Everyone wants to be the next big viral sensation, but it's hard to do if no one can understand what you've written.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the site!
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