Thursday, September 9, 2010

"F"(icient planning for) My Life


It's not really a secret that I am blogging because of a class project... that's a good thing though... However, each post is apparently supposed to have the research effort of a solid essay paper. I'm supposed to try to keep up with and respond to at least 3 other class blogs (not including my instructors shared blog). That equals about a bazillion hours of reading per post - and then I have to be structured, engaging, thoughtful, and interactive and who has time for all of those shenanigans?

The Writing is on the (Bathroom) Wall

I said before that the internet is basically a universal bathroom wall - Well, I didn't say that. I stole that from somebody else... And I'm pretty sure that was stolen from somebody else. - Anybody can write on the wall anything they feel like. And often "true" reading material is scattered about the grimy floor (think ads and pop-ups and spam mail).

The trend towards pornography continues to grow exponentially. Our writing comes with a fascinating link to audio and visual - picture and video. Trashy magazines found in back alleys are now found in search engines hits for "Toys-R-us." Movable type? Everybody's living room or even lap (top) is a printing press beyond anything Gutenberg could have dreamed. So how do we filter out the worthwhile material?