It’s just a little comma, right? No biggie. Not like most people know the rules anyway! If this is your attitude towards those pesky little punctuation marks, you might want to take a second glance. Punctuation does more than you might think to writing: it changes pace of reading, it
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Aristotle famously stated that rhetoric is “an ability, in each particular case, to see the available means of persuasion.” In other words, rhetoric is about finding all communicative options in a given situation and carefully choosing which of them will most likely persuade your audience. If we are rhetorically savvy,
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Despite its recent surge in discussions in the mainstream media, the Mormon Church–officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints–remains one of the most misunderstood and, to some, the most mysterious of Christian faiths in America. There is a lot of literature out there on the internet,
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Do we ingest media like we ingest dessert–with binges in non-substantive material, with samplings of sugar-coated delicacies in favor of something with, say, a little more protein? Or vitamins? That’s the comparison James Madison University student Kathryn McDearis made in her “New Media Manisto”; her argument? We’re consuming media far
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“The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People,” an infographic published by Podio on Visual.ly has become one of my new favorite infographics. Not necessarily because of the content, though it is relatively intriguing to know that Victor Hugo ate coffee and two raw eggs for breakfast. And it’s not because of
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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, SampleTemplates.com just published an everything-you-need-to-know guide to writing a love letter. The infographic’s best advice? “Nothing ventured, nothing gained!” Be a romantic communicator this weekend by delivering a love letter with expert presentation in the best ambiance. The graphic says the rest.
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We live in a country that values intellectual property. Almost obsessively so. According to the law, whenever someone in this great country creates something–a work of fiction, a song, a photograph, whatever–they own exclusive copyrights to it. No paperwork has to be filed (technically), no lawyers have to be hired. You
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Due to popular demand and a large number of requests, I have finally adopted my “18 Rules for Using Text” post into 20×30 poster format! No matter what kind of document you produce–a memo, flier, brochure, proposal, PowerPoint–you should know the most fundamental rules for designing with text. This list
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A renewed debate has emerged on the safety of vaccines and their overall benefit to society. Several articles have surfaced this week in CNN, USA Today, NPR, the Huffington Post, and Washington Post, to name a few, that have all argued in favor of vaccinating children. Those arguing against these
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Thanks Steve Carrell and Jennifer Garner. Thanks for being a part of a film that broke all the rules. In your recent film together, Alexander and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, you accomplished something that no other non-animated or religious film did in 2014. In fact, as far
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