From ARPANET to The Internet
Life without the internet is inconceivable. Did ARPA, in the 1960's, know that its brainchild would become so vital? Maybe not. Are we...
The iPhone 3G
To continue our theme of media history: In 2008,Apple unveiled the iPhone 3G,a pocketable mobile powerhouse. Today's all-glass,...
The Payphone
Amidst our modern mobile devices, the payphone seems distinctly archaic. However, its invention by William Gray in 1889 made it a...
The Telephone Book
What apps are to modern smartphones, phone books once were to telephony. First published in 1878, they could have white, yellow, or even...
Embracing Media History: The Linotype
To be #TaughtByKendrick is to appreciate media history: The invention of the Linotype in 1884 was a media milestone. Named for its...
TedX 2017 at Howard University – ‘All Things Glorious’
When I first became an active YouTube user, some of the first videos recommended to me were videos of Ted Talks. I had no idea what they...
Making Connections: The Rhetorical Effects of Ta-Nehisi Coates
One of the skills we focused on in English 104 was the ability to draw parallels between different kinds of discoure. My objective in...
Response to Toni Morrison on The Configurations of Blackness
In the chapter "Configurations of Blackness" , Toni Morrison shows us that the act of 'othering' really has no limits, and that at times...
Telling Stories- Who Has The Right?
Objective check: Identify and respond to real world contexts for writing This was the first writing assignment that I completed for...
Letter to A Stranger
Reflecting on Toni Morrison's idea of the 'other' as somebody who we consciously separate ourselves from , I crafted this letter to the...
