Open Post

When I play my computer games, I get really involved and usually spend lots of time on them until I get bored. Sometimes, like it has been happening lately I get too into the games to the point that I start quoting them in my real life. My current game fix is Battlefield an action filled first person shooter which allows you, to drive vehicles, tanks, helicopter and planes in a large map as you conquer the flags. I have been playing it too much, I have to admit, it is addicting, especially when I am playing it on the Internet and the competition is fierce.

The Internet play is very different from the single player mode, there are a lot of gamers out there, that take the game seriously and act like jerks ruining the gaming experience by not following the server rules and ultimately it ends up frustrating the other gamer like me which end up leaving the server. During game play the game uses different commands to communicate with other players, similar to the language used in the armed forces. I have been playing so much that i have started using military lingo in my everyday language. For example instead of saying OK or I agree I have using "roger" and chastising myself mentally while using it. I will end up getting bored of the game as always but hopefully I will never end up playing war craft for a 24 hour period and missing work, sleep and ultimately life. As a matter of fact I fear to go in that direction considering my habits.

Tom Sumner's lecture

I enjoyed his take on how tough of a business publishing can be and what it takes to survive in an industry like that. It was very interesting to hear the steps required to be published. It seems that sometimes the best way to get noticed was to publish your information on the web and obtain readership there. After getting some kind of following it would then be appropriate to go to a publishing house or publisher to get the ideas printed behind the internet writings. It was interesting to hear his comments on e-books and future of publishing. He described it as a can of worms. Overall he mentioned it was a phenomenon that all publisher has to be observe and be aware off in order to survive in the market.

The Persuaders Comments

I enjoyed the movie very much and enjoyed the new take on how challenging marketing can be. The initial thoughts of the documentary were though provoking. The documentary stated that when a company becomes involved in the game (the game of consumerism and marketing), it can no longer cease to stop. Because if it does, it will cease to exist due to the extreme competition.

The next idea that triggered my mind during the documentary is that we are moving towards a more advertisement led civilization. In the future where ever we look we will run into some type of advertisement, personalized to our own individual life. The idea reminded me of I-Robot, the movie with Will Smith where he is bombarded by advertisement everywhere he walks or drives personalized to his persona.

Lastly the best part of the documentary for me was the part with the "reptilian guy" who had very interesting takes of how information could be perceived by the consumer and how companies should operate by code. The example that he used of how cheese could be considered dead here in the United States because the way it is wrapped provoked my mind. I never considered cheese to be dead because it was sealed in a bag or as he called it, a "body bag". It was an interesting take on a simple yet funny subject.

Media Kit

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Exercise & Review

I reviewed John's assignment and he did a good job rewriting the software engineer's instructions. I liked how:

• Short and concise it was
• Referencing using parentheses
  
• Using quotes to name directories, icons and links

Things that could change:

• Needed a title
  
• Needed better line spacing to make it easier to read
• Added the line for addition help go to Online Windows Help
  

Sharing Drives Under Windows 95

Rhetoric 2

I'm currently in the process of trying to buy a more fuel efficient car and I came across this ad from a private party on Craigslist.

Are you interested in saving “big bucks” on gas? This is the perfect car for you. A Honda Civic Hybrid gets around 500-560 miles to a tank, which is around 50 miles to a gallon with gas being expensive this would a great choice of a car if you are looking to save gas money.

This ad had logos written all over it! At first thought it might seem that it was written by a dealership by the way it was pitched. Later, I found that it was a private party hoping to strike the car buyers attention by saving gas money. As more and more car buyers are looking to reduce their gas consumption this ad I though was good for someone who has not done much research on these types of cars. It has good facts but they are too broad and not specific enough. I have found through research that these types of cars get 48 mpg on the freeway and 47 in town. That for me would of been more specific and informative.

Since the begging of my car shopping experience I have focused my attention on the Honda Civic Hybrid, because I commute from Centralia to Vancouver two times a week and I'm looking to reduce my gas expenditures. Even though I might be interested in buying this car, not because of the sales pitch as i already knew the car offered good mpg's and more for the specifics like the mileage,tires and hybrids in general having a good sound battery.

Logo's

Hey guys here are the logos. Let me know which one's you guys like and what modification if any you guys might make.

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Objectives Link

Defining Objectives

I recently had to translate a letter from a homeowner to a loan company from Spanish to English and came across a lot of instances where his tone of voice was reflected in the clients ten page paper. Through the document and with his tone he portrayed how he was ignored by the loan company. It is always a challenge to portray the tone of the paper from one language to another as words cannot just simply be directly translated. Most of the time the tone of a translated paper gets lost in translation as the objective of the translator is to give meaning to the words over carrying out the personality of the writer.

Rhetoric

The last rhetorical writing or speech that I've done would have to be in my speech class. I remember vividly giving a speech on something that hit closer to home, and having a audience so silent that one could hear a pin drop in the room at any point of my presentation. I tried to persuade my audience on how we should slow down near school zones and school buses, by using a personal example.

That personal example was of a little girl who decided to cross the street behind a school bus, she ran directly into my driver side door, as I was passing the school bus. This was probably one of the most traumatizing events in my life and I used this emotional personal example of the little girl to persuade my young audience to slow down, when kids are present. As this could ultimately make the different between the little girl suffering a sprain in her foot in the case of my example or suffering a life threatening injury.

Writing

Writing has never been one of my strong points, but I consider it a necessity to succeed in a business world. As every day operation involve a memo or a simple e-mail it is important to communicate the message through writing. I have taken two college level English courses. I enjoyed my second English class which was mainly about a research paper because I cared about the subject of my research paper. The research paper was about 90 percent of our grade and my research paper was about, Dogs and The Community. Growing up as a child I have always had a minor phobia towards dogs and since I live in a more rural community where people tend to let their dogs roam and create havoc around their neighborhood. I found it interesting to write about this subject because of my personal problem and to explain that we do have a problem and it does need to be addressed. Bad dog owners create hostile communities and unfriendly pedestrian zones. At the end of the twelve page research paper I had learned a lot and the moral of my paper was that one should not blame the wrong end of the leash. There was also several dog incidents reported in the local newspaper where people were being bitten, including innocent children, which triggered me to write a summary of my research paper and mention ways that those accidents could have been prevented. As all dog incidents are preventable with the proper dog training and proper safeguarding. This was probably one my best papers to date and hope to get many more.

I also work in property management company where we have to constantly write letters to tenants informing them on issues with their properties, inspections or events happening with our company. I have some technical writing under my belt, but I hope to acquire more with this class.

TESTS

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