Author: mhutzel

A Rant About Autocorrect

To be blunt, autocorrect sucks. I’m talking mostly about the autocorrect on my iPhone when I talk about my frustration with this supposed “tool.” I’m an English major so don’t get me wrong, I appreciate when it tries to capitalize … Continue reading

Jazzing Up My Blog

What I Did The cold weather makes it even more acceptable to dance in public. When waiting for the bus stop and I’m trying to keep my toes warm I sometimes prance in place. Now I have the excuse to … Continue reading

Peer Review

What I Heard in Peer Review Natalie Robertson helped me with some of the finer details of my blog. She suggested I change my tagline from “The World Wide Web is your stage” to “The World Wide Web is my … Continue reading

Slowly But Surely

What I Did Most of what I worked on today was inside my head. I read a lot about how to create an about page and looked at some examples which helped to get my creative juices flowing. Since I … Continue reading

Multimodal Dig

Multimodal texts: Writer/designer textbook- V, S, L, G Lily Pulitzer agenda- V, S, L Michael Kohrs wallet- V, S, L Credit card- V, L Hokie passport- V, L, G Driver’s license- V, L, G Change (pennies, dimes)- V, A, G … Continue reading

Customization

What I Did Today I changed the theme to one that was simpler and more appealing on the eye. I also changed the background color from black to white so that the header image is the primary focus and there … Continue reading

Setting Up My Blog

What I Did Today I worked on tailoring my overall design to fit the content of my blog. I changed the theme and selected a picture of me dancing to connect to the tagline. I also added a main menu … Continue reading

Creating a Blog

What I Did Today I created a wordpress blog and named it, Writing and Digital Media. I don’t think I’ll stick with this generic title because it doesn’t really say much about myself or my work, only that I’m in … Continue reading