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From the creator of the Story of Stuff
Thanks go to my son Levi who pointed out his latest youtube video.
Archives For Technology & Culture
Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. – By Farhad Manjoo – Slate Magazine via kwout
It looks like this isn’t just one my pet peeves. Farhad Manjoo of Slate Magazine offers irrefutable proof why you should NEVER EVER use two spaces after a period.
If you don’t have time to read the full article the only reason two spaces became popular is because of mechanical typewriters which weren’t able to deal with uniform spacing. Since the age of the electronic typewriter in the early 70’s there has been no need to add two spaces.
The biggest reason why there are teachers still teach two spaces–because that is what they learned.
The Inside Higher Education article No Laughing Matter discusses the Randall Monroe cartoon University Website which points to the unfortunate reality that much of what is on the first page of a University website isn’t what most people are looking for.
I think I will let this picture/cartoon do the talking…
Digital Academy via kwout
This past weekend 22 faculty and spouses attended the first Digital Academy in Gruene TX. The event sponsored by the Adams Center and the Learning and Digital Media center was an opportunity for faculty to explore the tools that we use to live, work, and learn in a digital world. The practical focus of weekend’s activities was communication through digital photography.
Thanks to Kyle Dickson for coordinating the even and to Nil Santana and Kyle Trafton who took the attendees through their paces.
I alway find these sorts of exercises interesting and for the most part what is offered is simple speculation or common sense at best. It is always interesting to look back and see how accurate or inaccurate these predictions were.
