Dec

9

Design Matters

December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment

“Yeah, whatever, that font will work,” one female student said to another while designing a PowerPoint presentation.
The girls did not appear to care what their presentation looked like; they just wanted it done. However, the Comic Sans font was not the best choice for a presentation on sexually transmitted diseases.
Comic Sans is not considered a [...]

Sep

28

Internet nightmares and fairytales

September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

“There are two sides to every story.”
My mother drilled this statement into my mind as an adolescent and told me to listen to – but be skeptical of – mass opinion.
These lessons proved useful last semester when a professor I had warned my class of the dangers of online media.
“Don’t post anything you wouldn’t want [...]