As I further my career search heading towards graduation in August, I have been attending several workshops that are meant to aid my search. The Career Planning and Development virtual workshop on Career Exploration was one of these experiences. Its focus was to help me and my fellow students learn how to navigate various job…
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The Meaning in Words
As a writer I struggle often with word choice and feel as if the language I am using is bland or ineffective. It often leads me to writer’s block or stalling on projects I once felt vast passion for. So I decided that I needed to approach this problem from a different angle. I needed…
The Weight of Words
People find solace through the words weaved by others during times of struggle or sadness. In this episode of This American Life Elna Baker talks to Shamyla about how the book Little Women by L. M. Alcott affected Shamyla in a truly personal way. Shamyla’s family circumstances were anything but normal. Her mother’s sister was…
Last Words
People struggle with the idea of leaving a legacy behind and how others will reflect on their lives. This is a common thread in humanity and is shown by the actions people take in their final moments and the words they leave behind. This American Life approached this topic with their episode ‘Last Words’ which…
Everyone’s A Critic
This particular episode dives into the concept of how through a more socially connected world, people have naturally begun to make their opinions more known. It is split up into several different acts that delve into different aspects of this theorem. The First act explores the world of online reviews from what you would expect…
What is Twitch?
Works Cited: Most Watched Games on Twitch, February 2020. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://twitchtracker.com/games Perez. (2019, July 12). Twitch continues to dominate live streaming with its SECOND-BIGGEST quarter to date. Retrieved February 18, 2020, from https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/12/twitch-continues-to-dominate-live-streaming-with-its-second-biggest-quarter-to-date/ Statista Research Department. (2016, November 18). Twitch users by age 2016. Retrieved from https://www.statista.com/statistics/634057/twitch-user-age-worldwide/ Twitch Revenue and Usage Statistics (2019)….
Atlanta’s New Pizza Dynasty
Atlanta has always seemed to lack a really good option for pizza. There are the usual delivery options that you can find almost everywhere as well as some local hot spots. Fellini’s has always been the go-to if you are just looking for a slice or two, and if you are looking for high quality…
Content Overtaking Writing
Lisa Dush attempts to tackle the new realm of content creation and its effect on traditional writing in her article “When Writing becomes Content”. This article approaches how writing is slowly becoming more of a content driven profession and what this may mean in the future. Her over-arching insinuation is that there has been “a…