how to 'survive' in a world of rapid technological change

Instead of being a technological expert or even up-to-date with the technology others are familiar with, I think all one needs to possess in order to ‘survive’ in an age of rapid technological change is simply an open mind and the ability to adapt and learn new things.

One thing I would change about my writing

One thing that I would change about my writing is make it more unique, or, infuse my ‘voice’ within it so that when people read it, it’s as if they’re listening to me telling them a story, or ‘speaking’ my writing to them in person.

What is an author?

I associate an author, and what specifically they "are", with a person who utilizes words to convey an intended idea, a wordsmith of sorts who doesn’t necessarily use new and improved words or grammar but instead uses a unique combination of elements such as these to make a reader think a certain thought.

One really long sentence on how YouTube will affect student culture

Besides broadcasting hilarious videos of kids jamming to songs in a different language or showing children named Charly biting fingers, YouTube will make student culture more participatory, and more far-reaching in terms of audiences reached, distances traversed, and people affected.

Blog One: "How I learned to Write"

At first, my account of how I learned to write involves my kindergarten teacher, my parents, and many wasted sheets of paper marked with adolescent hieroglyphics that gradually morphed into sloppy cursive. However, I'm skeptical as to if it is correct to say that this process actually taught me how to write. I guess it comes down to my definition of writing in terms of this blog.

I named my blog snapshots because any piece of writing is like a snapshot of a person’s reality captured through the lens of their personality. So I guess, using a pretty lame metaphor, a keyboard is my camera and what you’re reading is the snapshot I produce with it. With this in mind, I think learning how to write involved figuring out how to record what I thought on my own terms and in my own words.