Oh The Places You Will Go

Methods in research and writing were very different through the majority of my school years. I still remember asking my grandmother a question and she would always respond “check the encyclopedia.” It wasn't that she didn’t know the answer, but wanted us to know how to find our own answers. I feel like encyclopedias are hardly ever referenced now-a-days, at least not the way they used to be. This is mostly because in today’s day and age everything is at your fingertips and just a click or push away.  A person can share their words (opinions or facts) just as fast as they can retrieve it.

The way we share, interact, speak, and write is extremely different than it was 10 years ago. We write through text, email, Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler, and the list goes on. It’s no question that language is changing. Language will always change. Throughout time language has developed and evolved more and more. New words are made, defined, and replace old words with each passing year.

Although technology has widened our sources, I feel it has narrowed our humanity. Technology is a great gain in retrieving and sharing news, facts, thoughts, opinions, support, you name it, but it has also dwindled true human interaction with each other.

My first blog post is one of my favorites, but not nearly as developed as the latter ones. Looking at one of my other favorites developed later in the course, you can see the differences. Although both were good, the succeeding ones were stronger, arguments were more developed, and the words persuaded you to keep reading.

Another good example of a well-developed blog post is MayaMackey's. Trying to pinpoint or narrow down the most effective demonstration or my favorite blog post she has written is a tough one. Her posts were fantastic to begin with and continued to get stronger with time. As I stated before “Maya is entertaining and informative with a style that is brilliantly fun. The context is clear and concise in a non-rigid way.”