Sunday, October 10, 2010

W2_Reading

Typographic Faces

by Fred Showker

http://www.graphic-design.com/typography/design/typographic-faces

This article is about how different artist create typographic faces. It explain how the artists use contours to create an image. In this article he put different artists examples. This type of graphic design illustration is amazing.


Web Code Offers New Ways To See What Users Do Online
 

By TANZINA VEGA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/business/media/11privacy.html?_r=1&ref=technology

This article talk about how web developers can give marketers and advertisers access to more details about computers users' online activities. It tell that the use of internet will have a lot of risks. It also talk about the new HTML 5 and its additional features present more tracking opportunities because the technology uses a process in which large amounts of data can be collected and stored on the user’s hard drive while online.


Finding Your Way Through the Mall or the Airport, With a Cellphone Map 

By VERNE G. KOPYTOFF

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/technology/11interior.html?ref=technology

This article talk about the new application for the iphone, ipad or ipod. With this application you can have a map of the inside of the mall, it will be easy for the people that have this app to find the stores, bathrooms, stairs, etc  inside the mall. This article explain all the features of this application.

In Higher Education, a Focus on Technology

The education gap facing the nation’s work force is evident in the numbers. Most new jobs will require more than a high school education, yet fewer than half of Americans under 30 have a postsecondary degree of any kind. Recent state budget cuts, education experts agree, promise to make closing that gap even more difficult. (Lohr, 2010). 

This article explain what how the Higher education is focusing on Technology. 



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