http://parttimeperfectionist.com Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:07:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Think back to an event that happened in your life or a movie you just watched. Try to remember what happened. Does that retelling seem remarkably like a comic strip? I'm reading an article called "Movies in the Mind's Eye" for my media psychology class. The authors, Hochberg and Brooks, argue ... http://parttimeperfectionist.com/is-your-life-a-comic-strip/ There's been this idea for some time now that the internet is democratizing communication. Anyone can have a blog and their ideas with the world. Anyone can be a journalist. It's easy; it takes 30 seconds to post something. But should it? I wonder if the ease of communication is making ... http://parttimeperfectionist.com/is-online-communication-shallow/ Now is a difficult time to be a senior in college. By which I mean it is a terrible time to look for a job. The dreaded what are you doing after college question has now changed into "You're going to try to get a job? NOW? Good luck." While ... http://parttimeperfectionist.com/in-the-minds-of-college-seniors-panic/ In July, Facebook revealed the "new Facebook." Surprisingly, they made it optional. I tried it out, decided I didn't like, and then went back to the old Facebook. According to Mashable, Facebook says only 40% of its users have even tried the new design, and some of those, like me, ... http://parttimeperfectionist.com/what-if-i-liked-the-old-facebook-better/ My grandmother had a problem. She liked where she lived, but there was a roundabout near her house where everyone would pile their garbage. It smelled; it looked bad. It needed to go. Since this was the 1970s in Mexico City she couldn't rely on the government to clean up. ... http://parttimeperfectionist.com/spin-in-action-how-to-change-a-neighborhood-in-one-easy-step/ How should we judge a speech from our political candidates? We talk about their charisma, their talking points, their promises, and their gestures. What about simply looking at their words? In a recent article Wired posted word clouds of speeches from the Democratic and Republican conventions. Words that are said ... http://parttimeperfectionist.com/judging-the-candidates-on-their-words/ In my summer job I have become inmeshed in this new world of social media. Facebook, of course, is something all college students are familiar with. But now I Twitter, I'm LinkedIn, I read blogs (and write this one), I've created a Facebook page for the company, I watch what's ... http://parttimeperfectionist.com/digg-whats-that/ Crazy as that sounds, Freakonomics reported that Stanford University and Japan won the same number of Olympic medals in Beijing.  And perhaps more amazing, another interesting fact was pointed out by a commenter: "Stanford with a student body of 19K was able to generate almost 25% of the total US ... http://parttimeperfectionist.com/stanford-and-japan-won-same-number-of-medals-this-olympics/ This just in. Python kills student intern. Gas costs: $50, new cellphone: $40, not getting eaten by a python: priceless. http://parttimeperfectionist.com/now-i-feel-better-about-my-summer-job/ The Spanish Olympic team created an ad that is now causing a huge uproar in Beijing and around the world. They posed for an ad for the Beijing games with the whole team pulling their eyes to the side, in attempt to create "an expression of Eastern eyes." It was ... http://parttimeperfectionist.com/oh-espana-one-olympic-ad-please-hold-the-political-correctness/