Some of the authors we read this semester drew from work by Norbert Wiener, the founder of cybernetics. Although rhetorical studies was not Wiener's field, his writing has had a profound affect on modern technological language.
More evidence of the brain's plasticity. I mentioned in my presentation that certain medications can cause new brain cells to grow. Here's a related article.
From Wunderkammers to the modern classroom, the author describes the role of visual rhetoric in a presentation that is, in itself, a beautiful example of visual arrangement.
An interview with Scott McCloud, who will be lecturing at the MU Great Hall Thursday, January 27, at 8pm. McCloud is a cartoonist and theorist. His work is important to the rhetoric of technology because he deals with new ways to present information that are better suited to the computer screen.