This week’s lecture on brevity resonated with me, especially the statement, “when you try to simplify, you often realize just how unwieldy and disorganized your ideas really are.†I have enough experience writing to know that, for me, anyway, no writing assignments are easy. None flow effortlessly, and all take more time than I anticipated. […]
Tagged 506dl, module 1I’m interested in architecture for the same reason that I’m interested in food and sleep. OK, it’s not essential to survival, but it’s pretty darn close. Caves are in short supply, and I prefer living with a roof over my head, indoor plumbing, and central air. Architecture is all around us, if you include strip […]
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Tagged 506dl, bio with a twistI considered starting with a clean slate for my Writing for Interactive Media blog, but didn’t because I’m still interested in the topics of real-world architecture and information architecture. I want to explore how we are affected by both, and I’d still like to try my hand at wielding a hammer and saw (see “Building […]
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