Going Home Greyhounds – An Appeal to the Emotions
I should probably start this post by saying that I own a greyhound named Bobo, and I miss him, his floppy ears, and drippy nose quite terribly. …Maybe not the drippy nose. Anyway, this explains why I...
View ArticleLogos You Can Sit On
While flipping through one of my design magazines the other day, I came across an advertisement for Emeco chairs. The ad features a photograph of three different chairs it produces, side by side, each...
View ArticleWhy a Paradigm Shift Essay?
Other than the obvious reason that we have to do this for class, I can think of a few reasons why a paradigm shift essay might be beneficial to write. For one thing, it forces us to take a close look...
View ArticleThe Kairos of Being Fit
Kairos is defined as the exact moment in time and space in which an audience thinks of a certain topic as being relevant. As far as physical fitness goes, the moment of kairos has been pretty...
View ArticleParadigm and Ted Talk
These two projects were assigned together, though we’re working on only one at a time thankfully. Everyone’s paradigm papers, hopefully, will be about something that has a strong kairos – the audience...
View ArticleHow Does TED Relate to RCL?
During the online class time on Tuesday, almost everyone said that TED talks should be more like a conversation with the audience. (A very one-sided conversation, albeit) but I think what what most...
View ArticleMy First Vote
Overall, it was pretty uneventful. There was no line, like I was expecting; no confusion like I was expecting; I was in and out in less than fifteen minutes. So that was really nice. I’m usually not...
View ArticleDynamics of Group Work
So far, our group hasn’t been able to meet very often. Our group’s busy and conflicting schedules have seemed to be the main problem. I think once we get our plan worked out, we will be fine. Then we...
View ArticleHow to Manipulate without… Manipulating.
This is the tricky task that my group touched upon yesterday when discussing the interviews we will conduct. We had to decide how many and what types of people to interview. Obviously we’d get the...
View ArticleRCL and the Big Picture
Although it hasn’t always been my favorite class, RCL has taught me many things about what to expect from an upper level college class. At first, I was shocked by the amount of papers and projects...
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