http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/ & 'rithmatic at umd]]> en-us 2005-12-19T15:01:40-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_12.html#034473 The North American news industry wants you to write by the rules. I teach the rules in college journalism classes. I follow the rules when I write news, which I’ve been doing off and on for more than 20 years.... essay 2 2005-12-19T15:01:40-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_12.html#034216 I've had pretty good luck cooking up three new blogs. "The Harkonnen Chronicle," "Citizen Raphael," and "Dear Friends..." All of them took on life with ease. There's no great trick in concocting characters and writing in their voices. The challenge,... essay 2 2005-12-14T18:57:29-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_12.html#033974 I'm thinking about the differences between writing straight-laced news and writing without those news tethers. Here's something I noticed as a put up my first round of posts. When I write as Mrs H (here's here first letter on her... essay 2 2005-12-10T18:23:02-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_12.html#033857 I'm starting to enter posts for my final project. Dwight Harkonnen covered a city council meeting in Zemple and he filed a story. The story is based on real stuff. I pulled a couple quotes and the basic story line... essay 2 2005-12-09T09:56:19-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_12.html#033746 i have my nose above water again in my other classes (both as teacher and student) and i'm itching to put this last project together. here's the plan since i've been interested in the authorial voice and the credibility of... 2005-12-07T20:17:15-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_11.html#032552 Now that I've learned a little about HTML and I know at least the basics about Dreamweaver, I'll have to go back and jazz up my elephant story. My nephew drew a picture for me and my dearest a while... 2005-11-20T17:17:28-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_11.html#032550 Afghan LORD hasn't been posting as much of late. Maybe once a week or so. He's posted some news about attacks in Afghanistan. You still get a sense of there being more going on there than the US media tells... buddyblogs 2005-11-19T16:58:05-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_11.html#032542 It was fun while it lasted, but I'm done now. I've been following I Blame the Patriarchy by Twisty Faster. She's smart and funny and opinionated (to say the least). I've gotten a kick out of this blog. Twisty writes... buddyblogs 2005-11-19T10:19:24-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_11.html#032527 Things have gotten pretty quiet over at Onandonandon since the semester has progressed, but I got a kick out of this exchange earlier this week. It's particularly interesting given our conversation in class about the exchange between Professor Fetzer and... 2005-11-18T14:38:48-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_11.html#032406 I am not against blogs. I am not worried about blogs’ lack of a clear identity. The definition of “blog” is not worked out yet, and that is fine – wonderful, even – as far as I am concerned. But... essay1 2005-11-17T10:57:49-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_11.html#032399 Boris E. Nadary-Chandra pays this tribute to UMD's new, "Under the Wild Ricing Moon" sculpture. Sometimes, under the wild ricing moon, the girl will build a fire out by the pond, the pond shaped like a star in the Chippewa... 2005-11-17T10:36:36-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_11.html#032393 …Jenny is going to take her canoe off the rack down by the river. She will pull her hat down over her ears -- her blue hat with yellow, felt stars -- and she will whistle for her dog Artie.... 2005-11-17T10:13:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_11.html#032131 Gonzalo Frasca wants game makers to create games with more meat – more social consequence. He wants them to be good for you. In “Videogames of the Oppressed,” he says most games will continue to be for “entertainment,” but he... essay1 2005-11-13T20:19:17-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_11.html#031811 And what does that get you? Henry Jenkins makes some valid points about recognizing the narrative lines inherent in games. But a person wonders if he takes his point too far. He uses Star Wars as an example. It's a... essay1 2005-11-09T09:17:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/crjulin/chrisblog/2005_11.html#031791 Henry Jenkins describes the world of game theorists as divided against itself: designers who thrill to the "game spaces" and spectacular graphics they create; and, storytellers -- fans of story lines in games. Jenkins wants game designers to talk about... essay1 2005-11-08T22:49:56-06:00