Communication Technologies-Com 2733

According to the class lecture four from Writing for New Media class, some video game makers are pushing to make all games exclusively downloadable.  This topic interests me and should be interesting to you, because this push to eliminate the availability of physical products is a threat to our rights as consumers.  The difference between purchase and ownership of digital products and physical products is that physical products cannot be taken away by the product’s creator.  Digital products and digital rentals are not protected by the First Sale Rule, which protects the consumers’ ownership of a product purchased.  We need to be wary of changing copyright laws that favor the creator over the consumer.  If the trend to get rid of physical products becomes a norm then our games, songs, and other media will not belong to us and can be taken away without our consent.  

My Favorite Website

My favorite website is Yahoo.com.  It is my favorite website because it William's C.R.A.P.  Information such as news, technology, and finance are placed in proximity to their related fields.  Yahoo.com also follows William's C.R.A.P. through repetition, yahoo.com using the same font for the bodies of summaries of information throughout its page.  The alignment on Yahoo.com homepage allows viewers to easly find information.  I believe Yahoo.com uses proportion correctly in its webpage, through the pictures Yahoo.com uses to showcase new stories and etc.  Yahoo.com uses Light and Shadow efficiently in its webpage.  Images on Yahoo's webpage have few shadows and it is easy  to tell what is going on in those images.  Yahoo.com also uses perspective efficiently too.  Images of location and/or buildings showcase the areas around that compliment the main theme of the images. 

http://www.yahoo.com/ 

How I made my blog look better.

When changing my blog I kept in mind the four design aspects.  I changed the color of the main background of my blog to a brighter white to add to contrast between the text and the background.  I also changed the header background from a gold color to an orange-red color.  I made this change so the the header text stood out more and was easier to see.

I changed the blog title and post title from Times New Roman to Georgia.  I did this so I would be repeating the same font for the titles in my blog.  I changed the page text to Times New Roman to contrast from the the font of the titles on my post.

I left the alignment of my blog alone.  I did this because I felt that the alignment was perfect the way it was.  The alignment followed the rule of three, which is attractive to the humane eye.

I left the proximity of the blog alone.  I did this because I felt that everything was at a prefect distance.  

Why I want a degree from UTSA?

I want a degree from UTSA for a number of reasons.  One reason is that UTSA offers degrees in the communication field, which is my major.  I have heard good things about the UTSA campus and the resources UTSA has available for its students.  UTSA is located in Texas, which allows me to go to school and be close to my family.  UTSA has a good reputation.  A degree from UTSA should help me in my career goals.