words, words, words

Here is a list of words that I find interesting. The words made this list because I liked either the meaning or sound. (this list could go on and on, I’ll add more as they come to me)

future, hope, discount, strive, travel, heinous, existence, existential, inconspicuous

Words that really aren’t words, but find a way to creep into speech always crack me up, like strategery. Maybe I should make up a word and if I can get enough people to use it I’ll be on my way.

Category

REI’s adventure guide is always fun to peruse, so I decided to share this for the category section of Show & Tell. The trips are categorized by region, and activity level. A description is provided along with cost, maximum group size and trip dates.

Bookmarks revisited Part 2

Not Coming to a Theatre Near You has a list of movie title sequences designed by Saul Bass, you can click on the title name and click to forward through the sequence. Amazing what can be done with typography and creative thinking.

 

Bookmarks revisited

I decided to look through my bookmark folders, do a little cleaning and revisit some websites. Came across the Color In Motion site, RIT grad Maria C. Cortes’ thesis project from several years ago that was featured in CommArts and a few other places. This is old news, but it is a fun site on color. If you haven’t seen it, check it out. If you saw it before, don’t you think it is time for another look?

in the Details

I have always enjoyed puzzles, riddles, tongue twisters and finding Waldo. As a child, the search for Waldo was endless, but now I enjoy the “second glance” pictures where search for differences in two or more images, requiring that you pay attention to detail. As a sat patiently staring at the Washington Post’s latest Second Glance: Scoping It Out, I realized that I was unconsciously training all these years for the ultimate challenge of typesetting that awaits me this semester and in the future. Reviewing text and making it flow correctly is no small task. I usually just view it as a puzzle, takes time to arrange all of the pieces and be sure to avoid rivers and widows and orphans, oh my! Once done, I may be a little cross-eyed, but I’d do it again.

 If you would like to try your hand at Second Glance: Scoping It Out, click on the name for link.

To Blog or Not to Blog

While looking through Communication Arts I came across an interesting article on blogging, “Blog as a Marketing Tool” by Maria Piscopo. The article addresses the upside and downside of blogging, mostly up though. The most important pieces I took from this article are respecting blogs as marketing tools, edit carefully to put your best foot forward and keep the blog current. (Click on the article title for link)

 I’m slowly adjusting to updating my blog regularly. There are blogs I like to check on occasion, but I had not taken the time to blog myself in the past. Hopefully, by the end of the semester this will be a part of my regular schedule and I will continue on. Blogging is a great way to share information and maintain a web presence.

Call to Action

September was National Preparedness Month. Are you prepared?

I received Target’s safety guide and checklist along with the weekend sales flyers a few weeks ago. This call to action flyer is a fun take on a tiresome task (necessary, but tiresome). The guide includes helpful ideas for putting together your safety kit, along with anecdotes and word finds to entertain along the way.

Posting a small picture would not do the flyer justice, so I decided to set up a link instead. Make A Plan. Save The Day.

Since I’m on the subject I’ll include Ready Kids, from the US Dept of Homeland Security, check it out if you are interested.