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random hello
Hey guys hope all is well..
just in case I did not give my new blog address here it is.
Http://web.mac.com/joshuahughes
or click this link
hope all is going well. Looking forward to this coming weekend when Steph and I do our annual V day weekend trip. We will try to stop by the cities on sunday I believe.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The voice of reason
I'm not even sure if I can write this post and maintain credibility, but here goes. As a communicator and as a hearing female human being let me tell you that I CAN NOT STAND WOMEN WITH BABY-DOLL VOICES. Quite honestly, hearing that kind of voice provokes feelings of violence at worst, and anger at best. Anger toward the speaker for not taking action to correct the 'issue', anger toward her parents for 'letting' her develop that voice in the first place.
Wow. This makes me sound really intolerant. And I am I guess. But mostly I desperately want that woman to be taken seriously. And if I'm having that 'nails on the chalkboard' reaction to her voice, what are other people going to think? Are they going to be able to LISTEN through the high-pitched but still too soft to hear clearly baby voice to HEAR the content of what she's saying?
Yes, I do have someone specific in mind, a young woman from my class this semester. She was just in the library (where I am right now) asking for a book she reserved. I hope over the course of this semester she can gain some confidence to speak up loudly and clearly to get what she wants. And I hope that along the way, at least ONE of her professors will give her that encouragement.
In the meantime I will try to get to know her and judge her ideas, not just her voice.
Wow. This makes me sound really intolerant. And I am I guess. But mostly I desperately want that woman to be taken seriously. And if I'm having that 'nails on the chalkboard' reaction to her voice, what are other people going to think? Are they going to be able to LISTEN through the high-pitched but still too soft to hear clearly baby voice to HEAR the content of what she's saying?
Yes, I do have someone specific in mind, a young woman from my class this semester. She was just in the library (where I am right now) asking for a book she reserved. I hope over the course of this semester she can gain some confidence to speak up loudly and clearly to get what she wants. And I hope that along the way, at least ONE of her professors will give her that encouragement.
In the meantime I will try to get to know her and judge her ideas, not just her voice.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The future is here
Early in college I remember setting AIM statuses that faked a satellite locking in on my location to tell my friends where I was at the time. (Class, UDS, Work..) I also remember going on a long road trip and providing fake updates on a map on WS-2.
Now all that trickery can stop. Google Latitude is here. Finally someone is combining the GPS and data plans in a phone with internet based maps to give a quick picture of "where are all my people at?"
Privacy concerns aside, it is pretty cool to see one of my friends is in the area and I could meet up with them, especially as everyone spreads out around the metro.
Now all that trickery can stop. Google Latitude is here. Finally someone is combining the GPS and data plans in a phone with internet based maps to give a quick picture of "where are all my people at?"
Privacy concerns aside, it is pretty cool to see one of my friends is in the area and I could meet up with them, especially as everyone spreads out around the metro.
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