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Chapter 8 - Graphic Design (Option #10 - Parody the Reading)

Where I decided to parody the reading was on page 182 in the packaging and logos section:

Bass designed the visual elements that we often see of such products as Wesson toils, Lawry’s seasonings greetonings, Southern wipes, and Ohio Blue Flip matches. In 1970, he redesigned the logo for the Quaker Oats Company to give it a more modern look. Not to mention that the guy just looked flat-out old. Before being acquired by Philip Morris, General Foods had Bass redesign its logo. The main reason behind this is because they thought the old design was incredibly boring.. or just wasn’t selling at all. The leaf pictograph within a thin, green, open-ended line symbolizes wholesomeness, growth, strength, and dynamism (whatever that means). He has also redesigned logos for the United Ways, the YWCA, Continental Airlines, United Airlines, Warner Communications, and Minolta. This guy is kind of a big deal. His logo for the Girl Scouts (and their cookies) manages to convey a sense of diversity within the organization using only one color which is green, which still won’t make me not think about their awesome cookies.

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Errol Morris: The Thinking Man’s Detective (Option 6 - Critique/Analyze something else)

This was an incredibly interesting article to read, because it seems that Errol Morris is obviously a person of high intellect. The trick that the author talked about towards the beginning of the article had me thinking though. He said, “It wasn’t a blackjack-, brass knuckles-type thing. ‘It went like this,’ Morris explained. “He’d knock on a door, sometimes of someone not even connected to the case they were investigating. He’d flip open his wallet, show his badge and say, ‘I guess we don’t have to tell you why we’re here.” It was crazy how he mentioned that half of the time, the person who actually answered the door would break down and admit to what they had done. The fact that he did not even have to use force at all to make these people confess was mind-blowing, but it also had me think of what other outcomes could happen. What if when he did that to someone, they just punched him in the face? Or something even worse than that? It’s sort of crazy to think about, but clearly he’s still alive and was not harmed in that process. I just feel as though it takes a lot of guts to go out and perform an experiment like that. The ultimate lesson was that everyone had a secret to hide, and I think most of the time that is pretty obvious. I doubt there is a person on this planet that does not have a secret, and if they claim that they don’t, they are very likely lying.

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Instagram is smart to cater to its many users, as long as it doesn't lose its wonder.

New Changes to Instagram Reading (Photography Chapter - Link Option)

This was an article that related well to the article we were assigned to talking about Instagram. In all honesty, I don’t even have an Instagram account, so I can’t really relate to much of this. On the flip side, I do have a couple other social media account (Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat) so I can see what Instagram was really looking for when making this move. When the social media app only allowed people to post one picture at a time, it clearly made people put as much effort as possible into touching up and making that picture look as great as they could. With this new feature, it seems that people will much more easily be able to post multiple pictures and then order them in whatever way they feel is best (and makes them look the best). Overall, it was a good read and it seems as though Instagram made a good move here.

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Understanding Comics Reading (Chat Option)

Me: So Scott, tell me a little bit about what an icon is.

Scott: As described in the comic you read, an icon is used to mean any image used to represent a person, place, thing, or idea.

Me: That's interesting. So what is the actual difference between an icon and a symbol? Because they seem somewhat similar to me.

Scott: Symbols are just one category of an icon. These differentiate the many types of icons there are.

Me: I never thought of it like that… it's easier to understand now.

Scott: Well I'm glad that I could help!

Me: By the way, I thought that your first page of this comic was clever. It about drove me mad, but was incredibly clever.

Scott: I wanted to give the observer something to get somewhat hooked on, but also make them think.

Me: You definitely did a good job in doing that. Thanks for the explanations!

Scott: Of course! Anytime.

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(via Cash Me Ousside How Bow Dah) Visual Communication (Running Joke/Meme Option) - Chapter 7

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Visual Communication (Illustrative Quote Option) - Chapter 6

There was a quote that stuck out to me in chapter 6 and definitely gave me some time to ponder. Jeremy Bentham said, “the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.” This tied into Bentham’s idea of utilitarianism and how he was looking for a “greatest happiness principle.” Although many people are against legislation (it seems like) and some morals have been lost over the years, it still make sense that this is the case. If there weren’t legislation or ideas of morals in our society, there is no way (in my opinion) that we could all get along with one another in everyday life.

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Chapter 3 - Selfie Option

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Reading from Chapter 2 (Meme Option)

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Chapter 1 - Visual Communication (Short Story Option)

By: Montana Frame

I found our reading for this first week to be quite interesting. Aldous Huxley made some great points when talking about visual communication and how it works. The best way in which he does this is by describing sensing, selecting, and perceiving. Huxley’s definitions for these are as follows: 1) Sensing - Letting enough light enter your eyes so that you can see objects immediately around you; 2) Selecting - Focusing and looking at a specific part of a scene within the enormous frame of possibilities, and; 3) Perceiving - How you make sense of what you select. These are all very accurate ways in which you can define these three words, and what ultimately helps us see the things around us as a whole.

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This link ties in well the "Napping Instructional Comic" and I thought that it would help shed some good facts about napping.

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Title: Technologies by: Sushil Oswal and comics by Franny Howes (Option 11 - Create a fictional dialogue between you and the author)

Me: Hi Ms. Oswal, I really enjoyed reading your article over technologies for the blind.

Her: Thank you, I am really glad that you enjoyed it.

Me: I feel that it is something that often goes unnoticed in today's society and wrongfully so.

Her: I couldn't agree with you more, Montana.

Me: The fact that you're shedding light on this subject is a great thing, keep up the good work!

Her: I sure will, thank you! :)

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Pranking my Roommate (option 6 - 200 word critique of something else related)

I thought that this was a great read and an absolute hilarious prank that he did on his roommate. When reading through the story, I actually thought that his roommate was going to hate him afterwards, but it was cool that he actually took it well. After having read through the story though, it made me think about advertising and all of the things I hate about it. I think that it’s outrageous how many advertisements that we have to see in our daily lives and it’s something that I often get sick of. Although I hate them to a very high degree, there is almost no way that you can avoid them. Every time you turn on the TV, you know that you’ll see plenty of ads. Every time you get on the internet, you’re guaranteed to see some ads. Even when you walk out your door every day, there is no way that you can possibly avoid ads. I understand why they are placed where they are and why they are in about every area you see, but I think that it’s ridiculous how many there actually are. If I see an ad to eat at a fast food restaurant, I honestly don’t feel like I’ll have a greater chance of actually going there. Unless the advertising is great and I know that there food is already good, there is no way I’m going there. Most ads these days are pointless also, they may be trying to sell you a certain product, but there ad is completely unrelated to what they are trying to sell. That in my opinion is a complete waste of time and money and I just don’t understand why companies do it. In the end, I really did enjoy this ad prank article but really wish that advertising in general could be cut down for everybody’s own well-being.

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Twine Article from the New York Times (option 5 on Tumblr Assignments - 200 word text)

When reading this article, I thought that it was very interesting to notice the differences between normal video games and then twine games. It’s amazing how much different they are than actual video games you play on such devices like a PlayStation or Xbox because twine games are almost solely based on text. I liked the example that it gave when talking about how the difference between twines and traditional video games is like the difference between reading a book and watching a movie. Playing a twine game gives you a much different option when playing a game, but you can also get a lot more out of it than you may with just a traditional video game. One part of the article that really shocked me is when it said that nearly 50% of gamers are actually women and that there are more adult women that play video games than boys under the age of 18. It definitely shows how the demographic of people who play video games is certainly changing and the audience is becoming much more broad (which is good). The thing that I really liked reading about in this article with twines is the diversity of topics that the games can be made about. It can be made about anything from a homeless person, to a person in deep depression. I almost feel that twines can have more of a variety than traditional video games, partly because you can be put in more real-life situations. In the end, I thought that this was a great read of an article and since I have started using twine, I have found it quite enjoyable and much like reading a book, except you are the main character.

Source: https://online.oit.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-1131062-dt-content-rid-4365499_1/courses/H_201503_COM109_37575/Twine%2C%20the%20Video-Game%20Technology%20for%20All%20-%20NYTimes.pdf

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Slenderman story meme.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/technology/personaltech/slender-man-story-and-the-new-urban-legends.html?_r=1

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The Xbox Auteurs (short story response)

I thought that “The Xbox Auteurs” was a great read and gave me some good insight on something I have never known anything about. I thought the reason that it was such a good article to read is because it showed that anything is possible, as long as you put your mind to it. In this case, these guys were very creative and had an awesome imagination to think of something like this. I myself am a video gamer (not special, just an average gamer) and can understand how these guys were so addicted to playing the game of Halo. I like to play first-person shooter games like that and it can really be a lot of fun. It’s a whole lot more fun though when you can play online against (or with) others, and that’s also somewhere I can see where they are coming from. In the end, I really thought it was great to see how creative we as people can be and how we can turn something that seems so simple (like a video game) into something much bigger than we could of ever thought.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/magazine/07MACHINI.html?oref=login&pagewanted=print&_r=0

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Lighten Up

I thought that Ronald Wimberly, the author of Lighten Up made a great quote towards the end when he said, “But then, corporations are less discriminating when it comes to the color of green.” This was a pretty powerful statement after the article (comic) talked about the subtlety’s in racism and how it had affected him in the past in his field of work.

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