Multimedia Literacy

Overtime our concept of literacy has been changing as we develop more with technology. Literacy now includes both words and pictures in the form of multimedia. Now people make exception for multimedia because it’s becoming part of our daily lives.  

The Principles of Design

There are principles to designing a website. According to McClurg-Genevese’s, the principles of design involves balance, rhythm, proportion, dominance, and unity. The successful use of these core ideas will give the website a solid foundation that it can thrive on. The design of a website should have balance which comes in the form of asymmetrical and symmetrical. The article clarifies some of the key components that are involved in designing a good website. 

Writing for the Web

In writing for the web there are many guidelines and rules that an author must adhere to. The writer has to choose a style that will be most effective in getting the message across to the audience. When writing for the web the author has to be mindful of whom the audiences are. The author has to be willing to write at a level that the audience will comprehend. A writer will need to have a purpose for creating the website that he/she will create. Last but not least, a writer has to try and avoid the common problems that may arise in writing. 

Apple's ISO Human Interface Guidelines

Creating an app is a labor of love. They are many small and big steps that has to be taken in creating an app. Steps like customizing your app to the task, figuring out who your audience or users will be. A good app is something that's user friendly and is useful.

Texting and Driving Worse Than Drinking and Driving

When you're out on the road driving, the only task you should be focusing on is the driving itself. Research has showed that texting while driving is worse than drinking while driving. That should be reason enough to stop people from making the decision to text while driving; but it isn't and that makes me sick to my stomach. Some drivers who are wise enough to not text while driving and they sometimes have to pay the ultimate price because of a person who decide to not be as wise, and that's a real misfortune.

How texting is wrecking our language!

Texting is fun easy and convenient. But I have to agree with John Humphry's about the side effects that it's having on the English language. Reputable table readings such as the Oxford English Dictionary should not be changing it's format of how some English word are written, in order to appeal to the new generation of texters. It's good to be able to enjoy new technologies and to create short cuts that makes life easier. Changing to English language itself to make it easier on texters is taking it "too far".

Is my Smartphone Making me Dumb?

There is no conclusive research to show that Smartphones are making people dumb. Smartphones contribute to making people feel smart in many different ways. A perfect example would be reading of a word that you don't know the meaning of and just pulling out your phone to look it up. In the matter of seconds you end up finding the answer to you question making you feel that much more smart. Devices such as Smartphones does allow us to partake in multitasking in a more modern fashion. But as Bell stated people has been multitasking since before the invention of Smartphones and will continue to do so.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/multitasking-studies/all/1