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Category Archives: Contemplations
On Children
Several weeks ago, I started the process of adopting a child through the Public Adoption in Ontario. I’m also reading Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (1993) these days. In it, they print Kahlil Gibran’s On … Continue reading
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Tagged children, adoption, Chicken Soup for the Soul
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On the Advantage of Being an All-rounded Emoji
In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill writes “The man who has been active on campus, whose personality is such that he gets along with all kinds of people and who has done an adequate job with his studies has … Continue reading
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Tagged emojie, Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich, Visual Analysis
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Stickers and Emojis are Candies for the Eye
The arrangement of stickers and emojis on a sheet influences the thoughts the viewers have while looking at them. For example, “what car do I like most?” or “a grape cluster can fall just like a leaf,” and subsequently, “which … Continue reading
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Using Emojis as Reactions on Zoom
On my December post, I was wondering if the engineers at Zoom can create shadows as a function in Background & Filters. This would add a realistic element to the filters that they already introduced into the platform. In this … Continue reading
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Tagged emojie, user experience, Visual Analysis, Zoom
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Bend With Me Sway With Ease
Over the last month, I’ve allowed myself to develop a new addiction; Michael Bublé’s version of Sway. In fact, I’m listening to it as I’m writing these very words. I can listen to it forever. Playing the song in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Bublé, multiform grammar, Noa Yaari, Sway, Visual Analysis
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Animated Filters and Shadows on Zoom
I became aware of the animated filters on Zoom quite recently. They are one of my highlights of 2021. Engineers at Zoom, could you develop shadows for the objects that follow the user’s face? Happy New Year!
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How do you cite a caption with an emoji?
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Tagged art, art-based knowledge mobilization, book, caption, citing, emojie, painting
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Using an Emoji in a Caption of a Painting
I recently started to use an emoji of a book in the captions of my paintings for my art project at the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies at the University of Toronto, titled “Word and Image Relationships at the … Continue reading
Google’s 23rd Birthday
Apparently, today is Google’s 23rd birthday. There are so many reasons to wish Google a “Happy Birthday!” as it adds tremendous value to our culture and society. At the same time, I ponder where this culture of collecting and selling … Continue reading
How to Choose an Image for an Invitation
The following isn’t an answer for the question positioned above, but rather several thoughts about the use of both words and images in a document. I’ll analyze an invitation that I recently prepared to my upcoming hands-on workshop at the … Continue reading
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Noa Yaari - The Multiform Grammar Lab 