Monthly Archives: April 2012

Tutorials

“I’ve always wanted to try something new”. The main thing I’ve always said when I had nothing better to do. When google and youtube became popular and easy to use, many tutorials were posted to many many things. Whether the … Continue reading

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The Challenge

So lately on the internet, there has been people who have decided to upload videos of them doing “challenges” that many cannot easily accomplish. One of these challenges is called the “Cinnamon Challenge,” where someone will put a spoonful of … Continue reading

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How to Knit

Knitting. Every non-knitter that I’ve come across thinks I’m a magician of some sort whenever they see me knitting while traveling. Admittedly, I kinda get a kick every time people look at me like I’m David Blaine or something because … Continue reading

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An Old and Bad Hobby

When I was in high school, I did a lot of crazy things like many other high school kids do. However, I always had a hobby playing with fire, responsibly, and use to do it on a regular basis. This … Continue reading

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Some thoughts on process documentation

A few of you have asked some questions about the blog post about process documentation due tomorrow, so I want to clarify what you should be looking for. You want to locate a manual, document, video, or other text- or … Continue reading

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Hauptman 7 – 13

  It appears that citing earlier works serves many purposes for an intended piece of literature. Citing someone’s work serves not only to acknowledge an influence but also gives validation to the current work that an individual is working on. … Continue reading

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research in the information age

I understand that the fog is really thick for college students, and I’ve learned that database searching with topic and subject using keywords is up to me. Not all college students are comfortable with this. Like the dynamic interface for … Continue reading

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Notes from today, and reading/blogging assignment for Wednesday, April 25

Today we discussed standards, methods and styles for citing text and non-text media. You all generated citation styles of value to this class, but remember to follow the rules of MLA citation for your research paper and online documentation project. … Continue reading

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging homework for Monday, 4/23

Today we discussed the rationale for documentation and citation. Our close in-class reading of the selection from Hauptman yielded some great questions and observations about how the six purposes of documentation he describes can be used, or mis-used, for a … Continue reading

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The Search and picking up the pieces

Spring break, many think of sun, fun and relaxation. Instead its books, research and frustration. I have to say this has definitely been a difficult time though rewarding. I am still tweaking the search engines to give me exactly what … Continue reading

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