Rhizome Articles

Barack Obama's presidency will naturally change the face of America, and interestingly, the way that face is viewed. Rhizome displays several sites that reveal how we as a nation can look at the inauguration, just by clicking on a word. The New York Times features silhouetted people with floating thought balloons-a simple and effective image that captures America's hopes and desires for the presidency. By selecting any one of the balloons, an audio file plays how various people feel about the topic at hand, such as the Middle Class, Anti-Abortion, and Hope in general.

This is very interesting because it allows for a person to get a generally broad spectrum of the nation's opinion, as well as "Hope for this too" (an option that tallies a yay or nay consensus). I think the whole idea is spectacular, since a newspaper serves as the voice of the people, and is actually letting the people literally speak their minds. With an aesthetic design,and easy to use navigation, it's easy to see how Digital Art is influencing the way we look at history, as well as day-to-day events.

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What they're making us kids do these days

I am an English/Spanish major, but that's only what I say when pressured.

I'm taking this class to expand my horizons, and see if I can use it to show off to my friends at a later point in time.

I'm very comfortable with Macs, mainly because I want to seem sophisticated to other people. I can use all of the basic features, and love safari so much that I downloaded it to my pc.

I've only used photoshop once or twice to erase some stray marks on my cartoons.

I'm not terribly good at taking photos, but I know where the flash button and settings are.

I, like the majority of america, own an iPod, and have taken advantage of many of its features.

I'm a big fan of pop art, and anything that's cartoon/comic based.

I've watched a lot of video, and can edit a little bit with iMovie.

There is no corner of the internet I cannot reach.

I've never made a website, or anything like that. I'm probably one of the top 10 facebook-ers ever, though.

I've downloaded a lot of digital music, and burned a lot of it, too.

There are a series of webtoons that I watch, but I have no idea how to make them or anything like that.

I can draw. Very well. I do the cartoons for the school paper, and for whenever I get bored.

First time blogger, long time jokester of people who do make blogs. 

I play baseball, and love cartoons and cartoon related things. I'm also the editor of my college's humor magazine, The Caveman. I believe that life is funny, and that not enough people take the time to acknowledge that. Therefore, I try to highlight the humorous aspects of life so that other people may profit for my labor.