After watching the video "Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality?", I will admit I never really thought about it that way
Cell phones are essentially portable phones, everything else like SMS, games, pictures, and all the other features are added bonuses. The guy in the video raises a good question; when was the last time you made a phone call? Personally, I make phone calls to my parents and really close friends. Other than that I will text and IM friends. Especially friends that aren't in same timezone, this is the easier way to have a conversation with people. There's no difference between the conversation except for the type of conversation and the time it's been spread over. A thirty minute phone call can be spread out over a day of on and off IM/SMS.
I believe personally that the virtual world is an extension of the real world. It is possible for someone to be completely consumed by one and neglect/forget about the other. My dad always jokes that I text my friends instead of calling. SMS is easier to do in public but I can still hold a conversation. However, it does make me irritated when I'm trying to talk to someone or I'm sitting down to have a meal with them yet they refuse to make eye contact because their sending a message on their phone seems to be more important than our presence.
In short, I think phones are great as a medium to stay connected but as a species we could do much better at controlling when we uses these devices.
The world will still turn whether you answer that text or not.
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Elements and Principle layout reviews
Layout 2-
The element and principle demonstrated is line and perspective. The picture is used in the context to inform you about a tractor ride. I feel that they accomplished what I hope they were going for. This picture looks like what I/you would see if I/you decided to stick your head outside of a tractor and looked back. It's an appealing picture to me.
Layout 3-
Based on my knowledge the layout is using shape and unity. There are different shapes brought together on one mutual background color. However, it was hard for me to focus. At the top of the text that is what I assume the article is it says "Near Field Communications(NFC)" I couldn't read anything after. My attention span couldn't read anything else. I constantly found my eyes jumping and being fixated on the giant word "infancy". It grabbed my attention but not in the way I think was intended
Layout 4-
The picture from my understanding is to highlight small southern towns that no one might know about. I get it I grew up in Bonaire, Georgia for a while. Small towns are great and the picture used is to represent it. It's a nicer picture than just a farm in the middle of no where. They are using point and variety. They took a picture with many people in the picture/in the picture's background. Small towns are like families and they, I believe, have represented it very well.
Layout 7-
I think this is a shape(maybe value) and unity layout. This picture was more busy than number 3. There is text but it's so small the pictures over power it. They also don't make any sense in what they are trying to accomplish. The little pictures were blocky and cute. The graphs were on the right side made no sense because of the super tiny text. It's fun to look at but in the end I don't know exactly what I am looking at
The element and principle demonstrated is line and perspective. The picture is used in the context to inform you about a tractor ride. I feel that they accomplished what I hope they were going for. This picture looks like what I/you would see if I/you decided to stick your head outside of a tractor and looked back. It's an appealing picture to me.
Layout 3-
Based on my knowledge the layout is using shape and unity. There are different shapes brought together on one mutual background color. However, it was hard for me to focus. At the top of the text that is what I assume the article is it says "Near Field Communications(NFC)" I couldn't read anything after. My attention span couldn't read anything else. I constantly found my eyes jumping and being fixated on the giant word "infancy". It grabbed my attention but not in the way I think was intended
Layout 4-
The picture from my understanding is to highlight small southern towns that no one might know about. I get it I grew up in Bonaire, Georgia for a while. Small towns are great and the picture used is to represent it. It's a nicer picture than just a farm in the middle of no where. They are using point and variety. They took a picture with many people in the picture/in the picture's background. Small towns are like families and they, I believe, have represented it very well.
Layout 7-
I think this is a shape(maybe value) and unity layout. This picture was more busy than number 3. There is text but it's so small the pictures over power it. They also don't make any sense in what they are trying to accomplish. The little pictures were blocky and cute. The graphs were on the right side made no sense because of the super tiny text. It's fun to look at but in the end I don't know exactly what I am looking at
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