WRT205 Blog Spring 2023

  Source 1: Pencil Shop Article   https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/fashion/a-pencil-shop-for-texting-the-old-fashioned-way.html     This article talks about a shop in New York dedicated to selling all types of pencils. The owner of the shop has a passion for pencils, shown through the creation of her shop as well as a pencil tattooed on her arm. Pencils are somewhat of a dying breed – they do their job well, but there are other forms of technology that get it done better (pens, mechanical pencils, the Apple Pencil and iPad, etc ) ; “Pencils are like fax machines and margarine: They do a job, sure, but other things do the same job better – pens, emails and butter, respectively”. One would think that a business like this has no point – but the owner, Caroline Weaver, doesn’t mind this and wants to continue doing what she loves. With writing technology advancing by the day, this pencil shop is an example of trying to keep things traditional in an advancing world. Wr...

 https://www.bbcearth.com/quiz/what-kind-of-dog-are-you I found a quiz online that tells the quiz taker what type of dog breed they are based on a bunch of personality questions. I found this interesting because I used to take these types of quizzes all the time as a kid and I enjoy finding out what type of "thing" I am based off my personality. I'm more of a cat person but I chose dog breeds to try something different (and I also love dogs). My quiz results were that I was a crossbreed, meaning I had a mixture of different personalities and are able to adapt to many situations, which I definitely agree with. After more research I found that most people who took this quiz got the same results as I, which goes to show that most people have a diverse array of personalities and characteristics. I gave this quiz to some of my friends and they got similar results as I did. This was definitely a fun quiz to take and took me back to when I was younger, taking these types of quiz...

                                             Reflection: We take selfies to put ourselves out there, whether that be for a professional reason or for something like a casual post on Instagram or Snapchat. We often take selfies to document a moment in time, which shows our advancement in technology in that aspect - it takes a few seconds to show the world what we are doing at that point in time. BeReal, a recently trending app, has users post a selfie and a picture of what they are doing at a specific moment in time, which shows how far we've come in being able to quickly let people know what we're doing. Image sources:                   https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/stranger_things/s01                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_%28video_game%29...