ENGL307: Digital Writing

This site is a woman who discusses value using different supplies and techniuqes.

Interesting piece about how digital technology changes the media

This tutorial taught me a great deal about using the different filters and masking techniques in Pixlr. Take a look. 

Great aid in learning how to combine images. 

Checking to see if this works

Checking to see if this works

This image shows how line thickness and darkness can create depth in a two dimensional piece of art and make it appear to be three-dimensional. Looking at real world applications of how lines can be used really helps me understand that material more.

What I really like about this link is that it is a fluid and in depth description and explanation for rhetoric's transition from the spoken to written word. In isn't just a simple definition, but provides a broader picture of rhetoric's evolution.

A website created to help keep the internet accessible and understandable. There is software, and group chats that answer questions about different types of information links and further explains how to use the new updating web.

Interesting thoughts on rhetoric of design

Interesting thoughts on rhetoric of design

Lots of different terms about computer and Internet

I was very confused by the discussion of binary and memory in chapter 2 of "The Computer." I found this in depth article helpful in understanding the technical language.

In Chapter 2 of "The Computer," Ince describes the Google comparing data with the CDC to track those who are googling symptoms and the spread of illness. I found that idea very interesting and found that tracking information here on the web.

Tile is a small object including an RFID as described in Chapter 3 of "The Computer." The advantages of these devices are easily understood, but privacy could be a concern, as well. As suggested by Ince, many individuals are uncomfortable with their personal locations can be monitored. Tile's ability to send your location to other Tile users could make some uncomfortable with the concept. As someone who misplaces my keys regularly, I am willing to take the privacy risk!

This page goes into depth about space as discussed in Chapter 3 and has more images so it is easier for me to see the positive/negative space for example.

This site shows you how to take a screenshot using windows, mac, iphone, and ipad... I thought that this was a very helpful tutorial. Typically I use screenshots when I'm trying to show something to our IT department so that I can show them what I see.

This article gives a description of how space can be used in web design. It then goes on to give some great examples of how it is used in popular websites.

This blog discusses the use of whitespace in web design. It gives very good insights into how whitespace should be used, and when it should not be used.

Explains more about the culture that has been created using the internet as a source of information and how communication has increased due to this phenomenon. It helped me draw connects to how we perceive the internet today and the history of the internet.

Not only does this article help us stay informed about the events that are taking place in Syria, but it also demonstrates that the access to the Internet really is more than turning on a computer. A vast network is necessary to keep connected to the area and when this network becomes interrupted it can cause an entire city, even some of the biggest, to lose their connection to the online world.