ENGL307: Digital Writing

Persuasion/rhetoric. Another great real life connection to rhetoric in our daily lives. This video breaks down the top 3 aspects of rhetoric Pathos, Ethos and Logos. It explains it based on a situation that happened a few years ago when a famous world renowned violinist played for free in a subway station, with all the passersby being unaware that is would usually cost over a hundred dollars to watch him play.

Persuasion/rhetoric. Another great real life connection to rhetoric in our daily lives. This video breaks down the top 3 aspects of rhetoric Pathos, Ethos and Logos. It explains it based on a situation that happened a few years ago when a famous world renowned violinist played for free in a subway station, with all the passersby being unaware that is would usually cost over a hundred dollars to watch him play.

This article describes how to tailor specific phrase in order to persuade others to agree with your arguments.This emphasizes the understanding of pathos or audience as we learned in our readings about rhetoric

In the latest episode of his podcast, "Penn's Sunday School," Penn Jillette discusses the negative aspect of rhetoric. Beginning around minute 46 of the show, he describes the details of the article "12 Phrases Progressive Need to Ditch." In Jillette's oppinion, changing your words to placate your audience is not only manipulating, but also demeaning.

The New Yorker's Ezra Klein breaks down why a skillful use of rhetoric will not always help a President achieve his purpose. This goes back to the point that one's audience will have people who have differing purposes and, in many cases, it will be impossible to persuade everyone.

Host Terry Gross interviews author Linda Greenhouse about her book "Before Roe v. Wade." Among other points, Greenhouse discusses the phrase, "right to choose" which was an important choice or words for the movement.

This site explains the different in the internet and the world wide web. I found this site to be very helpful to me in identifying the difference in the internet and the world wide web.

This you tube video describes the history of the internet. This video shows the interesting development of the internet over the years.

A little documentary that explains some of the things we read about in other articles but includes animations and expounds upon the history of the internet. I enjoyed the visuals with the information.

Here is another you tube video I found that gave really easy to understand information on the internet and how it works.

This is another video describing how the internet travels. It also gives information on packaging and networks.

This video is an interview describing Spychips, a book about RFID tags. This book goes into detail about RFID tags and gives a better description of what Chapter three of The Computer: A Very Short Introduction gave.

This website not only covers several aspects of Computer Imaging, it describes illusionary space and even gives a visual of the difference between illusionary and flat. Visuals always help me to better understand the material being taught.

First music ever played by a computer

Within the video are several examples of positive space and negative space in designs, detailing how both work hand in hand in creating a dynamic aesthetic. 

Brief overview of how dial-up connections are set up. Yes, we all remember it. Nevertheless, it shows how far technology has come. 

History of smartwatches. Timeline detailing the early stages of computing in watches, and the evolution of the pieces today. 

Great piece illustrating Intel's longevity atop the food chain. Also goes into whether or not the company will be able to stay in said position. 

This site gives a breif overview of exactly how lines are utilized in graphic design.

Reading Notes 9/11: Description of NP-hard problems. Text did not explain what NP meant.

This site shows step by step directions using geometry and angles to create a line design.

This podcast features two women discussing additional media and online writing. They talk about using photos and videos as additional media.