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Twitter.com–in a nutshell, the name is stupid, the design is annoying, very adolescent and does not keep my attention whatsoever. However, if I were a teenager or someone with nothing better to do, I’m sure that I could find it interesting to follow who’s following who, who’s following who….BUT again, why would I want to?

At a time when our world is moving faster than ever and everyone wants it quick, fast, the shortcut way…it seems like this site is just promoting less and less quality conversation. If it ain’t worth writing five sentences about, perhaps, it aint worth writing!

Some say that this new hype will make money–and although I’d like to argue, I’m sure that it will. There are enough young people out there with time to kill who want to be connected.  The big thing–it’s free! I refuse to let anyone in our house text on our cellphones because the fees add up fast and why not just dial the number?–But i can see this site drawing the attention of many teens who’s parents have boycotted texting, like myself. 

How many different sources (providing the same jist of services) do we need? Twitter is on the bandwagon with a twist. Sure, there is money to be made–but does it have to be at the expense of normal people who don’t wish to have their inbox full of invites which read: “Follow me! I’m twitty!”

This was an interesting site about the start of the mag. http://www.fimoculous.com/archive/post-3813.cfm

I first ever opened this mag at class on Thursday. Keeping in mind that the issues we have are two years old, they were still refreshing to examine.

The big thing I loved: Bold color and quality stock.

The magazine was successful at pulling you into another world. It embraces a total lifestyle and you want to be a part of it when you read it.

I noticed that it has a lot of ads, however, feel that it’s justified as it recognizes that its readers are likely major consumers. I enjoy looking at all the eye popping ads. As one pointed out in class, it can be very difficult to distinguish the ads from the actual articles. But both are equally eye-pleasing.

Article: Don’t even think about lying. How brain scans are reinventing the science of lie detection. Page 142

Some design tactics used:

Full color pages
white on black, black on white
Highlighting beginnings of random paragraphs
Oddly placed and formatted pull quotes
lots of white space
eye catching neon, cartoons, really nice photos
better than average mug shots, if featuring people.