Blog Post 6

This year, I have faced many new challenges in my life. College has been a brand new and at times overwhelming experience for me. I have learned to be thankful so much more than I ever thought about before. I am thankful for God because He has been my strength when I want to give up. I am thankful for my family and friends because they always love me. I surprisingly am thankful for the water on the bay at my house. It is what draws me back home. There is so much in this life to be thankful for, but many times, I lose focus on what is important in life. Thanksgiving is a time for remembering and being grateful, and I know this will be one of the best Thanksgivings yet to come!

Blog Post 5

In the articles, “Why Twitter Will Endure” by David Carr, “The Rise of Twitter Poetry” by Randy Kennedy, and “Is Texting Writing,” the authors discuss the helpful content of social media sites and devices. Each author states that Twitter and other social media “texts” are a great source to retrieve information from on a daily basis. The content can be unimportant at times, but at other times, it can be unbelievably important. The stream of information that is collected over time is posted into the social media sphere, and the information more easily accessed by a broader audience. Randy Kennedy states, “the growing popularity of the service as a creative outlet is remarkable.” All three articles argue this point and give substantial evidence to prove that the content is useful. Mostly positive feedback is given on the usefulness of social media sites and devices content. The large amount of information that can be accessed and analyzed now is a commonality discussed in all three of the articles mentioned above.