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A hopeful understanding of a piece highly influenced by drugs, or so it would seem
LSJOFIGPEGIMARAYYT schwhat???? My initial reaction to “Stitch Bitch.” However, after I finished the first paragraph, stepped away from my computer and grabbed a soothing, highly caffeinated cup of coffee, I was able to come back and calmly address the issue … Continue reading
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Helvetica: More than a Typeface
While watching the movie Helvetica I was surprised to learn how transcendent a type face could be. Typographers in the movie describe Helvetica as transparent and accessible with a human quality to it that makes it clean, official and efficient, … Continue reading
New Media Strengthens Old Media
The transition of old media to new media has been happening constantly over the past few centuries. However, transition should not be confused with elimination. Old media is still able to survive with new media, although it can not match … Continue reading
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Holdovers
My family has a collection of old cars: Model T’s, Model A’s, Hupmobiles, Studebakers and Cadillacs. My grandpa has been collecting them since he was seven (that’s not a typo) because Idaho is still the sort of hick place where … Continue reading
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Out with the Old.
I can relate to this article by Thornburn and Jenkins. Like so many others, I’ve been accused of being “old school”. The reading suggests that people, as a whole, do not easily embrace change. The evolution of technology creates an … Continue reading
Renewable Media
Thorburn and Jenkins focus on the cycle of innovation that has led to our current new media in “Toward an Aesthetics of Transitions.” They have a positive outlook on what the innovation of new technology can do for old technology, … Continue reading
“New” Media
I found this weeks reading helpful pointing out the introductions of new media. I’ll admit, when I hear the term new media specific things pop into mind (web based news, mobile apps, etc.). These thoughts seem completely separate from the … Continue reading
TRANSITION AND EVOLUTION IS JUST THE WAY OF LIFE
The opening quotation of the authors from Milton reminds me of the following quote in which an author raves about how corrupt and wayward the youth have become: “I see no hope for the future of our people if they … Continue reading
Fear of change, the unknown, and the Internet Age
“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson As Jenkins and Thorburn explain, the debate and fear that surrounds new technology has been around longer than … Continue reading
Helvetica Caused The Vietnam And Iraqi War
According to one typeface designer all of the troubles of the world could be linked to Helvetica. No not Hitler, Saddam or even Bin Laden, but Helvetica. A font. Before Friday afternoon, if you told me that their exists a … Continue reading
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