So, as you can tell, I’m a little excited (and caffinated). But, this is a big deal. I’ve been blogging non-stop for four years in almost every one of my classes with Dr. Jerz and it all comes down to this final portfolio entry. Although I wasn’t a huge fan of Hayles and her book, My Mother was a Computer, I kept up with the readings regularly, although they weren’t always on time.
As for the magazine and eBook, they’re looking absolutely fantastic. The magazine will be off to the printer tomorrow afternoon and the eBook will be finished on Wednesday, assuming all goes well with the layout process. The hardest part of this whole project has been my inability to delegate work. Towards the end, I managed to handle this issue better.
The print version has 17 articles, plus a year in review page and my forword. The eBook will have close to 30 articles total, depending on how ambitious I become tomorrow. Even so, it appears that *every* article will have some sort of graphic or photo paired with it! Mission accomplished!
I’d like to apologize to the whole class that I won’t be able to make it in on Thursday, but I’m hoping to make an appearance on campus later that afternoon to say my goodbyes…
Depth: I wrote extra long and detailed passages for the following entries…In actuality, none of my entries for this period were extremely lengthy, although I did have one where I quoted a couple passages rather than the standard 1 required for an assignment…
Hayles 4a: Join me for an adventure in the world of the Sms—Hayles style
Aside from that entry, Avatar, anyone? was semi-lengthy, but more because I was able to relate our reading to the hit blockbuster film directed and written by James Cameron.
Interaction: I referenced my classmates blogs…
I linked back to an earlier entry on the book in Hayles 4b | Epilogue…Ahh, finally 
In this entry, I also link to both Jalen and Katy, referencing the fact that they shared my confusions with this text as well.
I mention one of Aja’s topics in Hayles 3a…possession vs. access but it seems like the link is broken on my page or perhaps I never created it in the first place…my bad.
Discussion: As usual, discussion kind of falls away towards the end of a semester. With final projects and other concerns, I always seem to forget about the necessity for commenting…
My best day for commenting was April 12…not sure why, but I commented on both Kiley and Beth Anne’s entries. In fact, I was the first to comment on Beth Anne’s entry and managed to extend the conversation between her and Ashley for several responses before the discussion finally fizzled out. I have it marked down in my log that I commented on Kiley’s blog but it’s not showing on her blog, so I’m not sure what happened there… Aja and I also shared a conversation with each other and with Ashley on the April 12 assignments.
Timeliness: For four years, I’ve been sucky with timeliness. Alas, somethings never change. I still wasn’t very successful here either…in most cases this time around I blogged really early in the morning on the day of the deadlines for submissions. For example, my entry on Hayles 4a was completed around 6 a.m. on the day of the deadline…
I was the first to blog about my term paper idea, mostly because Dr. Jerz and I had already discussed what I’d need to include for my participation in this class as a semi-independent study.
via Portfolio 4