Brazilian Evangelical Group Bans Use of USB Devices

The logo for the USB devices we all know and love is under attack from a Brazilian people (heh). They claim the USB logo shown here is similar to the Satanic trident/pitchfork thing. OMG WTF BBQ.


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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/nov/15/3

Journal AmazingThings

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Final Product for Type 2 Project 1

Journal fun time

Journal 3

The gist of Stefan Sagmeister (funny Austrian guy) was that happiness in a designer's life can influence the work of the designer. We can see sometimes the difference that happiness can play in designs.

Not only can happiness by expressed in a design, but also it can evoke happiness in the viewer. This can make life more pleasurable and interesting, like the subway signs regarding the rules of life. So life doesn't have to be all serious and dull.

I found it interesting that if I would take my eyes off the screen for a time, say, to type up some notes, that it was very easy to pretend I was listening to the other Austrian guy (Arnold Schwarzenegger). And that thought also made me smile.

On the "How good is good" page I especially liked this priority list:

1. Help others

2. Don’t hurt anybody
3. Strive for happiness

I think this list could help people stay focused and less selfish in a confusing world. But as a designer, it is a good question, because HOW CAN I DO THIS? With a graphic of all things. So we'll see. I think the reason Sagmeister is so popular because he makes people feel better and more hopeful for the future. This can be hard to find. I think I would ask him how other facets of design could be improved with this concept of positivity.

Additionally, I was interested in JJ Abrams video, which wasn't super designy, but still full of useful concepts. The mystery box was a pretty cool idea and I loved the retro feel of the question mark.

The other video I checked out was about caves, which is something that I like but I don't think I could ever get into a really tight cave. I would probably go into a huge cave, or one with tunnels the size of a bedroom, but otherwise, nope. Not me.

Additional Audience Persona

Persona #2: Biff Wellington

Biff Wellington is a high school student in a rural town in rural Ohio. Mr. Wellington comes from a middle class family that is largely conservative in most respects. Biff is an outcast at school and feels more at home in a library rather than he does at home. He is a passive aggressive young man with aspirations of being well-liked and athletic, however, the chances of this becoming true are not good and deep down he knows this. His passive aggressive nature is apparent in his weak school performance and his overly sullen attitude towards everybody.

What he does well, though, is read. He reads about 3 large novels a week and his interests are mainly genres one would expect a high school boy to read: Horror stories, crime novels, and quite often war stories. Because of his dreams of becoming well-liked and athletic, he finds himself living vicariously through these war stories, especially ones that have a hero in them, a hero whom everyone loves. He often picks books out from the library based on how "cool" the cover is, often not even taking the time to read the synopsis on the back or flap. For Christmas he received a "Kindle" which is an electronic book reading device. He often purchases books online to read on this device, but he still reads traditional books also.

Persona #3: Emma Royds

Emma Royds is a house wife in Texas with 3 kids, a balding husband and a cat named Elvis. She is the only person in her household that doesn't watch TV constantly. She used to be a tomboy as a kid but now she makes some effort to be more ladylike. Mrs Royds thinks she might be into women, but never had the chance to find out. She drives a beat up Bronco and wears cowboy boots. When she does watch television, it is usually something like Walker: Texas Ranger or some other action show or movie. The books she reads often speak about the male identity (ie: fighting, drinking, farting, etc) and very often are books about war and cowboys. She has read a lot of classic novels by authors like Louis L'Amour and John Steinbeck. She is pretty discriminating when it comes to finding a book to read and sometimes she goes a month or two without finding anything worth her time. She picks her books by the cover and then reads the synopsis to find out if it might be good. Sometimes she reads reviews online before making a purchase.

Image Board

Reviews For "The Thin Red Line"

"ONE STEP AWAY FROM SHEER, HOWLING MADNESS"

- New York Post

"Future generations will look back on this as a definite statement of human combat in our time"

- Life

Audience Persona and Concept Statement

Audience Persona

Samson is a semi-retired truck driver with mediocre health, two grown children and an estranged wife. In his sixtieth (and current) year he has dealt with his advancing age and growing weariness for life. Despite this weariness, he finds time to shop at Cabela's for hunting and hiking trips he never takes and shops at WalMart every weekend, regular as clock-work. He enjoyed Pong as a younger man, but only plays Bejeweled (tm) now. As he gets older he becomes more nostalgic and his interest in history becomes more than just an occasionaly activity, but a full blown hobby. To this end, he watches the History Channel often and occasionally will read a book.

Samson is thinking about getting an online degree in military history, because he never did anything school-wise after high school. The older Samson has become to more he stays home and the less he spends time with friends. When he is at home he watches TV or reads, sometimes doing both at the same time.

Several times a year he will go on a long haul run with a newbie. He worked with his company for almost 40 years, but now he only goes on runs as a sort of instructor for the new hires. During these excursions he eats way too much fast food and reads at least 4 hours a day.

Because of his interest in military history and his ability to read, he often reads old WWII stories that he can pick up cheap at Half Price Books.

Concept Statement

The story "the Think Red Line" is a powerful tale of the men of C for Charlie Company, part of the effort to claim the island of Guadalcanal during WWII. In the dark, and deadly, jungles of this Pacific Ocean island, these some 60 men with find in themselves a war of their own: Overcoming their own fears and doubts, wrestling with the possibility of screaming, bloody death, coming to terms in a thick rain of deadly mortar and machinegun fire. The story by James Jones focuses on the struggle each man must face on the battlefield of their mind, while they struggle on this forsaken rock in the middle of the Pacific at the beginning of a long and bloody war.

DESIGN! STUFF!!

Typography Word List

Thin Red Line Book Project 1

grim, stark, powerful, lonely, gripping, tragic, dreary, sad, compelling, compassionate, heretical, significant, deep, moving, poignant, hideous, coarse, cadaverous, horrible, intellectual, Exquisite, brawny, crass, clever, observant, fatuous, honest, straightforward, foul, infamous, tactile, terrifying, heroic, desolate, brave, unique, tempermental, familiar, idealistic, honorable, agnostic, depraved, corrupt, degenerate, Blasphemous, Skeptical, exemplary, contradictory, reverent, amiable, Cynical, scared, anti-social, ribald, altruistic

Definitions:

grim: ghastly: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

tragic: very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction

Poignant: keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

cynical: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

Blasphemous: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;

Stark: blunt: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

tactile: tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch

agnostic: uncertain of all claims to knowledge

depraved: deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good;

Altruistic: showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Type Stuff

Typography Word List

Thin Red Line Book Project 1

grim, stark, powerful, lonely, gripping, tragic, dreary, sad, compelling, compassionate, heretical,

significant, deep, moving, poignant, hideous, coarse, cadaverous, horrible, intellectual, Exquisite,

brawny, crass, clever, observant, fatuous, honest, straightforward, foul, infamous, tactile, terrifying,

heroic, desolate, brave, unique, tempermental, familiar, idealistic, honorable, agnostic, depraved,

corrupt, degenerate, Blasphemous, Skeptical, exemplary, contradictory, reverent, amiable, Cynical,

scared, anti-social, ribald, altruistic

Definitions:

grim: ghastly: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

tragic: very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction

Poignant: keenly distressing to the mind or feelings

cynical: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g.

selflessness of others

Blasphemous: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;

Stark: blunt: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

tactile: tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch

agnostic: uncertain of all claims to knowledge

depraved: deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good;

Altruistic: showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Design Progress