Mark E. Hyman

5. Email Provides Intimacy Indeed, for most of my elite subscribers, email was better than the forums because of the promise that the correspondence would stay secret and intimate, so that a subscriber could also voice their concerns without having others read them. This is true in general for all kind of subscribers, but while regular subscribers were always more about consuming my subscriber-only content, elite subscribers were more personable and involved in communication, especially in the…

Always” was written by Andrew Leonard. He explains to the Internet users “the positive and negative effects of e-mail and other relatively new forms of online communication, especially the ways in which people interact with each other” (149). He provides the reader some statistics and several personal examples in order to emphasize his points. An example that was impressed me is that the e-mail is a powerful network that people can use in many ways. The email is a human collaboration tool for…

The artist Kawase Hasui, was a printmaker who used color and repetition to uniquely style his works. He was one of the most famous artists of the “Shin Hanga” movement during early 20th century Japan. Influenced by Impressionism, “Shin Hanga” meant “new prints” that focused on landscapes and portraits using various amount of colors. As a leader in this movement, Kawase Hasui created many landscapes, often using the same woodblock only with different colors. However, he presented more of the…

Dear, Art Spiegelman I was at my school in my language arts class wondering what book I should read next. I asked my teacher and she said there is a great book on my bookshelf. It is a graphic novel and it’s about WWII. At the time, I had no idea what a graphic novel was and why was she recommending a picture book to me when I’m in eighth grade. The book is called Maus. I found it and started to read it. When I got into it I realized it wasn’t a picture book that I was thinking about in my…

I don’t like to read, I only like to read books that I have to read if its work related, or for school. Growing up as a child my family did not read to. When I become older I had to do a lot of reading on my own. Like reading magazines, books, and the newspaper to be informative about things that I needed to know to be educated about in life. I don’t have any children at this moment but I hope to have children one day. And to be able to read books to them from a very early age in their lives. In…

a robot called WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class) whose job is to collect garbage on Earth due to years of mass over consumption. After years of collecting garbage, WALL-E (voice Ben Burtt) grows a certain behavior as he collects things to decorate his home and develops an affection for ‘Hello Dolly’ which he watches on a VHS tape time and time again. From the video, WALL-E seemingly learns the ideas of holding hand and falling in love. One day, WALL-E finds a growing…

When I was in elementary school, I despised reading. I was also an absolutely terrible writer. I was so bad that I had to go to extra reading practice three times a week in a small, claustrophobic room with four other similarly challenged students. Sitting among my stacks of books with a personality molded by the stories I've lived through and information I've learned, I'm amazed at how far I've come during the past years. I can attribute this change to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.…

differ from reading fiction? Is it at all similar? Why or why not? Every book is different. Some books lead the reader on a great adventure, others give advice on how to be a better basketball player. Both the books I read for this summer assignment provide an argument on how to be a better person and use stories in order to convey emotions to the reader, therefore making an argument about humankind. One of these novels was fiction, the other nonfiction. These two books while having similar…

One of the stereotypes that may exist about a person that spends a significant amount of their free time reading is that they have introverted personalities and isolate themselves from society. However, in my experience, avid readers are superior conversationalists and use their time reading to better connect to the outside world. When I began building a library of books and spending an increased time reading during middle school, I wanted to absorb as much knowledge as I could. I certainly…

E-Reading: Jeopardizing the Humanities The evolution of technology is becoming a significant part of the education system. It is deemed to be more cost and time efficient than the standard paper and pencil tactic. Universities are more dependent on the internet for text books, journals, and scholarly articles. Although some classes benefit from this innovative strategy, others suffer. Author Naomi Baron’s article “How E-Reading Threatens Learning in the Humanities” focuses on the problematic…