1. Entire Website:
Close, Sandy. New American Media. Pacific News Service, 1996. Web. 16 November 2009.
2. A page on a Website:
"Guide to Lock Picking for Beginners" Greg Miller. Greg Miller's Guide to Lock Picking for Beginners, 1999. Web. 16, November 2009.
3. An Image:
Richardson, Terry. Terry Richardson is our favorite, 1994. Vice Magazine, New York. Vice. Web. 16, November 2009.
4. An Article:
Greider, William. "The Money Man's Best Friend". The Nation Mag. Novem. 11, 2009. Web. 16 November 2009.
5. A blog posting:
vanden Huevel, Katrina ed. Nichols, John. "Democrats to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan." The Nation Mag Web. 16 November 2009.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Ad for Pima Community College students
Student Life App for Iphone
Trying to keep track of assignments keeping you down? Forgetting important projects and due dates making your grades suffer? Well suffer no more. The Student Life app for the new Iphone is a service that keeps track of your assignments for you and reminds you when rough drafts are due, quizzes are posted and tests are up.
The way Student life App works
Your student success is based on the quality of your work right? Well, if post-its don't work for you this feature is like an interactive calendar. You can type in homework assignments, upload pages, upload the syllabus and keep in touch with a professor's email with the touch of the screen. You can even record audio, video to play back for note-taking.
Student Life reminders
Student life provides you the option of free texts and emails for reminders. We even have a built in alarm clock to go off for your different assignments. You can even receive scheduling conflict updates for your appointments and classes. Why let your grade suffer for something you can control with the power of your phone and the touch of a finger?
Student Life app syncs up with Word
You can also write papers with the help of Word and its incredible editing features that work with MLA, AP Style and Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus. Student Life app will send your papers through several email accounts to make sure you can hand in everything on time every single time.
Trying to keep track of assignments keeping you down? Forgetting important projects and due dates making your grades suffer? Well suffer no more. The Student Life app for the new Iphone is a service that keeps track of your assignments for you and reminds you when rough drafts are due, quizzes are posted and tests are up.
The way Student life App works
Your student success is based on the quality of your work right? Well, if post-its don't work for you this feature is like an interactive calendar. You can type in homework assignments, upload pages, upload the syllabus and keep in touch with a professor's email with the touch of the screen. You can even record audio, video to play back for note-taking.
Student Life reminders
Student life provides you the option of free texts and emails for reminders. We even have a built in alarm clock to go off for your different assignments. You can even receive scheduling conflict updates for your appointments and classes. Why let your grade suffer for something you can control with the power of your phone and the touch of a finger?
Student Life app syncs up with Word
You can also write papers with the help of Word and its incredible editing features that work with MLA, AP Style and Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus. Student Life app will send your papers through several email accounts to make sure you can hand in everything on time every single time.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Commerical website
The website I reviewed was for the Target corporation.
Purpose
The purpose of the website is to show the viewer their wide variety of products for marketing. The purpose is achieved because the website shows several products at once and groups them together to appeal to parents and single people. The author has not misjudged the audience, because it is appealing to young shoppers and established shoppers with families. The author understands the conventions of the web because the website is set up for people to look at different products while they shop.
Audience
The audience is for experienced web young web shoppers, probably female because they feature more female specific products like house decorations, beauty products, children's toys and female specific clothing. There are some gadgets, and electronic devices featured like Ipods, flat-screen televisions that are more masculine in appearance. Since Halloween is past they are already pushing for Christmas and are offering Christmas delivery. The advertisement for delivery features a woman and child opening their door to receive a shipment of target products.
Content
The Target website is designed for hit and run, because a viewer can go to the store and get the items or order them online. There are also features of the website that can show you the availability of a product at a Target store near you. When one clicks on the chosen product, information is given about it, and underneath it one can scroll down to view a "Related Items" menu bar and "Guests who bought this item also bought". Each product has reviews that others wrote about their experiences with the product that I found very helpful. The text is clear and well-written. But I found the site could be better organized, it looks too busy.
Appearance
I like Target products in general because of their overall graphic sensibility. The website graphics are designed with three colors: black, white and red which would seem to simplify but it does not. There are four menu bars first offering one to sign in and create a profile, the others offer more products to choose from in different categories. Then on the sidebar more products are offered in a menu called "Similar items". This makes the page crowded and overwhelming to read, decreasing interest in concentration of one product at a time.
Accessibility
The page loads pretty well, some products take more time to load than others. It also is incredibly fast at finding products available at Target locations near the viewer, an improvement from past years.
Organization
The website is organized well for how much content they have and how many different products they offer. It is not overloaded with flash features. The other ads on their website are very subtle and in smaller script, I had to look to find them because they are in solid black lettering and use no coloring. These ads are off to the left side or down on the bottom. The ads are for similar products that the viewer clicks on or is interested in. There is no link rot and it is fairly easy to navigate, however I wouldn't think that I would find many older people or men using the Target website, it looks a little overwhelming and shows more female products than male products.
Purpose
The purpose of the website is to show the viewer their wide variety of products for marketing. The purpose is achieved because the website shows several products at once and groups them together to appeal to parents and single people. The author has not misjudged the audience, because it is appealing to young shoppers and established shoppers with families. The author understands the conventions of the web because the website is set up for people to look at different products while they shop.
Audience
The audience is for experienced web young web shoppers, probably female because they feature more female specific products like house decorations, beauty products, children's toys and female specific clothing. There are some gadgets, and electronic devices featured like Ipods, flat-screen televisions that are more masculine in appearance. Since Halloween is past they are already pushing for Christmas and are offering Christmas delivery. The advertisement for delivery features a woman and child opening their door to receive a shipment of target products.
Content
The Target website is designed for hit and run, because a viewer can go to the store and get the items or order them online. There are also features of the website that can show you the availability of a product at a Target store near you. When one clicks on the chosen product, information is given about it, and underneath it one can scroll down to view a "Related Items" menu bar and "Guests who bought this item also bought". Each product has reviews that others wrote about their experiences with the product that I found very helpful. The text is clear and well-written. But I found the site could be better organized, it looks too busy.
Appearance
I like Target products in general because of their overall graphic sensibility. The website graphics are designed with three colors: black, white and red which would seem to simplify but it does not. There are four menu bars first offering one to sign in and create a profile, the others offer more products to choose from in different categories. Then on the sidebar more products are offered in a menu called "Similar items". This makes the page crowded and overwhelming to read, decreasing interest in concentration of one product at a time.
Accessibility
The page loads pretty well, some products take more time to load than others. It also is incredibly fast at finding products available at Target locations near the viewer, an improvement from past years.
Organization
The website is organized well for how much content they have and how many different products they offer. It is not overloaded with flash features. The other ads on their website are very subtle and in smaller script, I had to look to find them because they are in solid black lettering and use no coloring. These ads are off to the left side or down on the bottom. The ads are for similar products that the viewer clicks on or is interested in. There is no link rot and it is fairly easy to navigate, however I wouldn't think that I would find many older people or men using the Target website, it looks a little overwhelming and shows more female products than male products.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Multi-media topic
A. The multi-media topic I've chosen is mental illness and what I'd like people to learn is the prevalence of mental illness in society.
B.
1.) Introduction of the brief history of mental illness as a condition. I would like to inform the viewer of the development of psychology into an organized science and who were the thinkers that influenced psychological thought and what their concepts and observations were. This brief history will provide some background to people familiar with figures like Freud.
2.) Statistics will serve as the basis for science and data to the reader to look at. I would inform the reader to look at the percentages of the population in the (United States and Europe) who have mental illnesses or have been treated for mental illness. The statistics portion will serve to increase awareness of how many people are affected in our society.
3.) Introduction of different treatments to mentally ill patients throughout western history up to current methods with medication therapy. I would use this area to inform to the viewer how relatively new these methods are and how humanely they were carried out.
4.) Care for mentally ill patients. I would use this area to inform the reader how people who suffer from mental illness area treated in society, how they are cared for in the public health system and address issues including homelessness.
5.) This portion will serve to address future issues facing people with mental illnesses. Future concerns addressed will be cost of effectiveness in drug therapy and changing attitudes in mainstream society about mental illness.
C.)
1.) The brief history of mental illness would best be explained through the media of graphics in a time line. I chose graphics because reading the history of anything can be trying for the casual reader.
I plan to obtain that information by using pictures and making a timeline would help explain the history in a series of events more comprehensible than a long body of words. I would use available pictures of philosophers, doctors and book covers in the time line to break up the text into chunks of digestible information snippets.
2.) The statistics module would be explained through the media of text and video. Text would recite the statistics I've learned and read into smaller chunks. There is wealth of short videos available on the Internet concerning different mental illnesses that are concise and show real people living with illnesses. This area is ideal for video because it makes the viewer feel a human element to it rather than dryly reading information or case studies.
3.) The treatment module would be explained with text since therapies have changed so much over time and would necessitate description. Photos of drawings of treatment in history would also be effective to break up text, however copyright might make this difficult.
4.) The care module would benefit from personal audio clips, I could have links to different sites for videos and short personal stories from sources like "This American Life" where mental illnesses have been featured.
5.) The future concerns/changing attitudes module would include some text and include links to many films that have featured mental illnesses throughout the previous century and the current one. I would like to compare those films with the mainstream attitude towards mental illness and how they can illustrate how the attitudes have changed.
B.
1.) Introduction of the brief history of mental illness as a condition. I would like to inform the viewer of the development of psychology into an organized science and who were the thinkers that influenced psychological thought and what their concepts and observations were. This brief history will provide some background to people familiar with figures like Freud.
2.) Statistics will serve as the basis for science and data to the reader to look at. I would inform the reader to look at the percentages of the population in the (United States and Europe) who have mental illnesses or have been treated for mental illness. The statistics portion will serve to increase awareness of how many people are affected in our society.
3.) Introduction of different treatments to mentally ill patients throughout western history up to current methods with medication therapy. I would use this area to inform to the viewer how relatively new these methods are and how humanely they were carried out.
4.) Care for mentally ill patients. I would use this area to inform the reader how people who suffer from mental illness area treated in society, how they are cared for in the public health system and address issues including homelessness.
5.) This portion will serve to address future issues facing people with mental illnesses. Future concerns addressed will be cost of effectiveness in drug therapy and changing attitudes in mainstream society about mental illness.
C.)
1.) The brief history of mental illness would best be explained through the media of graphics in a time line. I chose graphics because reading the history of anything can be trying for the casual reader.
I plan to obtain that information by using pictures and making a timeline would help explain the history in a series of events more comprehensible than a long body of words. I would use available pictures of philosophers, doctors and book covers in the time line to break up the text into chunks of digestible information snippets.
2.) The statistics module would be explained through the media of text and video. Text would recite the statistics I've learned and read into smaller chunks. There is wealth of short videos available on the Internet concerning different mental illnesses that are concise and show real people living with illnesses. This area is ideal for video because it makes the viewer feel a human element to it rather than dryly reading information or case studies.
3.) The treatment module would be explained with text since therapies have changed so much over time and would necessitate description. Photos of drawings of treatment in history would also be effective to break up text, however copyright might make this difficult.
4.) The care module would benefit from personal audio clips, I could have links to different sites for videos and short personal stories from sources like "This American Life" where mental illnesses have been featured.
5.) The future concerns/changing attitudes module would include some text and include links to many films that have featured mental illnesses throughout the previous century and the current one. I would like to compare those films with the mainstream attitude towards mental illness and how they can illustrate how the attitudes have changed.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Something I feel strongly about: friend break-ups
Breaking up is hard to do
Recently I broke up with a good friend. Breaking up with friends is harder because they know you well. A best friend knows your thoughts and feelings about experiences and people. Ultimately I have felt more pain and frustration with ending friendships than I ever had breaking up with a boyfriend.
I wanted the friendship to last for years, potentially into the unforeseeable future. But that is not what happened. What happened was rather human, we had a disagreement. I want to say that I was right but I think I had just had enough: countless unanswered texts, emails, and then a dozen stand ups. She always had an excuse for them and would return most communications days or weeks later.
After almost a year of this behavior I felt disrespected, often getting ready and left waiting for hours with no call until I gave up. The only I ever got phone call was to help her through another drama or hear another story about her life that she was unwilling to change to make better.
Reading the article "Best-Friend Breakups" by Amy Sohn at New York magazine reiterated my belief about the importance and prevalence of breaking up a frienship. The fact that Amy Sohn and her friend are slightly older, single professional women was interesting.
I was gutless for many months unable to change the dynamic between us until I realized that I had some strong feelings about the way I was being treated. Instead of acting passive-aggressive I decided to make a change and address the issues I had with her.
It was difficult to for me to tell a person that I felt my good nature was being taken advantage of. I had to realize that in most adult relationships love is conditional. Also if I did not address the situation I was telling her and myself that my time was not valued.
I was met with total hostility and she balked at my presentation of facts about her behavior. It was nothing I was going to break up over but she demanded it. I stayed friendly and casual in our last communications just to see how she would respond, if I was participating in the correct action. All of her communications were hostile and used expletives, it was then I felt the break up was the correct thing to do.
In break ups, I've always said that people reveal their true nature to you. I was disappointed that she chose to act so crudely to someone who was so close to her. Since I had not seen her very much for the past year and a half I did not even feel an absence.
If you ever have to break up with a friend do it, you'll show more respect for yourself than they will for you.
Recently I broke up with a good friend. Breaking up with friends is harder because they know you well. A best friend knows your thoughts and feelings about experiences and people. Ultimately I have felt more pain and frustration with ending friendships than I ever had breaking up with a boyfriend.
I wanted the friendship to last for years, potentially into the unforeseeable future. But that is not what happened. What happened was rather human, we had a disagreement. I want to say that I was right but I think I had just had enough: countless unanswered texts, emails, and then a dozen stand ups. She always had an excuse for them and would return most communications days or weeks later.
After almost a year of this behavior I felt disrespected, often getting ready and left waiting for hours with no call until I gave up. The only I ever got phone call was to help her through another drama or hear another story about her life that she was unwilling to change to make better.
Reading the article "Best-Friend Breakups" by Amy Sohn at New York magazine reiterated my belief about the importance and prevalence of breaking up a frienship. The fact that Amy Sohn and her friend are slightly older, single professional women was interesting.
I was gutless for many months unable to change the dynamic between us until I realized that I had some strong feelings about the way I was being treated. Instead of acting passive-aggressive I decided to make a change and address the issues I had with her.
It was difficult to for me to tell a person that I felt my good nature was being taken advantage of. I had to realize that in most adult relationships love is conditional. Also if I did not address the situation I was telling her and myself that my time was not valued.
I was met with total hostility and she balked at my presentation of facts about her behavior. It was nothing I was going to break up over but she demanded it. I stayed friendly and casual in our last communications just to see how she would respond, if I was participating in the correct action. All of her communications were hostile and used expletives, it was then I felt the break up was the correct thing to do.
In break ups, I've always said that people reveal their true nature to you. I was disappointed that she chose to act so crudely to someone who was so close to her. Since I had not seen her very much for the past year and a half I did not even feel an absence.
If you ever have to break up with a friend do it, you'll show more respect for yourself than they will for you.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Arizona News Event: Sweat Lodge Deaths in Sedona
Unintentional Life-Changing Event
Last Thursday authorities recieived a 911 call from Angel Valley Retreat on Sedona's Oak Creek where two people were reported not to be breathing after participating in a recreated Native American ceremony. A structure was built similar to Native American sweat lodges that enclosed 64 adults participating in the final day of "Spiritual Warrior" a five-day program hosted by James Arthur Ray spiritual and self-help guru. Spiritual Warrior was an annual event at Angel Valley that cost nearly $10,000 dollars to attend.
Nurse Unable to Revive
Associated Press and The Arizona Republic writers contributed a thorough article describing Ray's background and the traditional Native American uses of a sweat lodge ceremony. CPR was performed on site by a hired nurse on the two victims later pronounced dead at Verde Valley Medical Center. 19 other participants were also hospitalized, four were released and one remained in critical condition at Flagstaff Medical Center as of Friday.
Indian Country spin
Another article by AP writers Felicia Fonesca (of Prescott) and Dinesh Ramde details the victims lives, Ray's reaction and how the sweat lodge ceremony was misused that could possibly explain the deaths. One victim a 38-year old woman was in great physical shape the other victim was a 40 year old man. The other nineteen hospitalized people suffered from dehydration, breathing problems, burns, elevated body temperatures and kidney failure. Ray and his staff are being investigated by Yavapai County Sheriff department to determine if the deaths were caused by criminal negligence. Sheriff Steve Waugh said that Ray would not speak to authorities and left the state.
Words that Come Back to Haunt You
The seventh Spiritual Warrior retreat rented to Ray at Angel Valley promised to "absolutely change your life." Ray's twitter account has also come under scrutiny since his last post before the deaths that read: "Still in Spiritual Warrior... for anything new to live something first must die. What needs to die in you so that new life can emerge?" That along with two other tweets were also deleted shortly after. Despite James Ray International publicist Howard Bragman declining further comment, Ray released a tweet, “My deep heartfelt condolences to family and friends of those who lost their lives,” he wrote. “I am spending the weekend in prayer and meditation for all involved in this difficult time; and I ask you to join me in doing the same.”
Misuse of Spiritual Practice
Traditional Native American uses of the sweat lodge which is basically a sauna made by heating rocks and pouring water over them do not permit more than 12 people to participate for practical reasons like possible suffocation in a hot enclosed space. 64 people in a sweat lodge is unheard of and most shocking for the Native community. Taking frequent breaks outside and drinking water are also part of the ceremony. Results of the autopsies reveal that carbon monoxide was not a cause of the deaths. The new age movement is criticized for co-opting many cultural practices and ethnic traditions for profit. Ray was no different, his website offers a sundry of culture specific practices for his guide to spiritual and personal empowerment.
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