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Awesome Video on Scott Mccloud [|here]

On Talent = 10,000 Hours and Luck

Sums up both last week's lecture and perhaps why we can all rest easy being unappreciated geniuses. But 10,000 hours still makes sense, if only because that gives you a lot more options on inventing your own luck. Still no guarantee though. Which kind of sucks, but hey, at least we have our excuses back.

media type="custom" key="4951065" Thankfully, he offers a solution to the 10,000 hours of work problem. Probably turning off the wi-fi is the best of the two options. media type="custom" key="4951125"

On Truthiness
Jon Stewart out did himself yesterday with a perfect imitation of the weird mix of unrestrained paranoia and logical fallacy that is Fox News' resident nut job Glenn Beck.

http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart/full-episodes/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart---november-5-2009/#clip230565

Unfortunately, a small but very vocal minority of America believes Beck. Fervently. And they're generally armed to the teeth.

Deconstructing Zen

At approximately 4pm, Thursday Oct. 22, 2009, CCT300 was infiltrated by a culture jamming/flash mob/experiment of sorts, in which Professor Dan Zen's CCT311 class entered J102, ran about passing out peculiar notes, and ran out.

The notes we have collected are as follows:
 * treasure
 * under the rock
 * imagine the movie
 * add Dan Zen on facebook
 * when you go to sleep, think about God.
 * you will meet a handsome hairy stranger today

As Dan is a probable epistemological subjectivist, this may mean nothing and everything at the same time. As a constructivist, I'm damned if I'm not going to generate some meaning out of this.

So: a) if you have more notes, share them. And b) if you have a narrative of what this may all mean, please share at our Deconstructing Zen page. And if you, like me, think this is an awesome experiment, look into taking CCT311 with him next year, CCT422 with him this spring, or consider taking the interactive multimedia post-graduate program at Sheridan.

Updates
Clip on Comic history! []
 * This is a great short clip on the history of comics. The clip discusses the evolution of comic books as the medium develops into an acceptable form of representation. The filmmakers expose how early speculation regarding comics negative impact on youth elicited a harsh public perception toward the medium.

=Important Dates=
 * December 15: Final Exam - 4-6pm in SE Cafe A

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