User talk:JustinLillich

I have been thinking about how to go about my courses here. It's a tough call, as I've never done this before. I have read alot about the format and the technology, but I can't say that I've done much in the way of physical work with this. Such is the life of academia that I lead. I read a lot and rarely do. Don't let that scare you though. I do know a lot about this written world that we inhabit and increase daily. JustinLillich 18:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Studying Form
Writing in a wiki as if it were a blog is somewhat difficult. The writer must spend more time playing with the format, toying with the layout, and creating a wordspace that the reader can actually use. What does this say about wiki as weblog? Can you get away with it? Will the public tear it apart with vandalism? I suppose, but with the security of memory protecting these spaces, I would think that the novelty of messing with someone's words would have faded away long ago. JustinLillich 18:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Pondering
Wondering who would take a course on Comics...

I was reading Zippy the Pinhead this morning and thought it might be an interesting idea. There can't be many people out there teaching courses on how to understand comics and what is buried inside them. I know comic books have gotten some press recently, but newspaper comics can be very deep at times. Lets see how this one develops. JustinLillich 14:43, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Need advice on Motifs in Hamlet article that I wrote
The article is in academia.wiki -.

It consists mostly of lines from Hamlet grouped together by puns (womb of earth, into my grave...pregnant response, bride-bed...grave, breeder of maggots, etc). I don't know whether the most effective style is minimalist (just the lines, with key words in bold) or maximalist (detailed explaination and justification for each pun). The maximalist approach looks ugly to me - it interrupts the flow of Shakespeare's lines. However, if the reader doesn't get the puns, then the whole article is useless. Please take a look and let me know if I need more (or less) explanation. - Ray Eston Smith Jr --170.68.254.247 18:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)