Freshman Engineering Projects: Course Analysis

Uninteresting, stale, and dull are three words to describe “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott. This article by Lamott is about not creating the perfect paper on the first go round, and how uneasy it is to finalize the paper. Writing papers makes anyone have migraines, even for myself and also people that enjoy writing papers. Lamott says: “we all feel like we are pulling teeth”(1). This quote means that all authors that have published writings have struggled as well which shows in the article that other publishers struggled and had to type more than one rough draft. Creating the first draft is just a bunch of ideas thrown on the paper, then later on the writers’ can reshape it and remove the unimportant

Guidelines are created to ensure a success interview process. Setup meeting time with the individuals, which will be interviewed and be prepared and on time. When conducting the interview examine the background of the organization and have a checklist readily available. Be on time for the interview be sure to pay close attention to what the user is saying and what the company are looking for. Refrain form using computer and information technology jargon. Collect both qualitative and quantitative information from the user. Distinguish between what is a desirable and essential requirement. Repeat back to the user what is

Reading Lamott’s and Elbow’s articles, you find many similarities that can be used to support the other writer’s point of view. However, there are also differences that both authors seem to disagree on. Both articles explain the importance of a rough draft. The rough draft is the foundation for all writer’s creativity. It is like a toddler doing art for the first time. They get a piece of paper, splash a little paint here and there, glue some feathers down, toss an insane amount of glitter on it, and done! It’s chaotic as a whole and does not really make sense. But, if you look closely certain areas of the piece really look beautiful on it’s own. Creativity does not always have to be perfect the first attempt and that is what Lamott and Elbow are trying to tell us.

In the article Shitty First Drafts author Anne Lamott explains what true processes and methods will help you to make your first draft and become professional writers in the future. She believes that no matter how good of a writer you are the first draft will come out as a “child's draft” meaning disproportional, disorganized and incomplete. The first draft is where you let all your ideas and thoughts pour out onto the paper where one does not have to worry about accuracy and completeness. The importance of writing first draft should not be based on sentence structure or grammar but on great amount of thoughts and ideas that might lead you in direction for the next draft. According to the author the second draft

One’s writing is not always perfect. The idea that perfection lies within a piece of written work is justifiably erroneous. In an excerpt entitled, “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott, Lamott explores how writing as a whole is a revisiting process. Lamott opens by simply stating, “all good writers write them [shitty first drafts].” She then goes on to address how people view successful writers as enthusiastically approaching writing and that it is ultimately “easy” to compose a piece of work; Lamott states that this notion is merely a “fantasy of the uninitiated.”

In Anne Larnott's article "Shitty First Drafts" she expose the truth that many non-writers may not realize; that even world renowned writers and authors aren't perfect. (Shocking to some people.) Larnott goes into detail to try and abolish the common misconception that all authors and writers (or the good ones at least) can sit down at their favorite desk with their favorite pen and write a flawless piece of work with complex and interesting characters or a witty piece that will have you snickering AND thinking from beginning to end. She goes on to explain the the first shitty draft is not only encouraged but needed so that the second and third draft can become better and better until you have a finished draft that you actually like. But

The first content written should never be the final copy; it should be the sloppiest bundle of ideas that the ideas are only there to be written out only to be considered later if important or not. I completely agree with what Anne Lamott is trying to say from the section “Shitty First Drafts” from “Bird by Bird”. Her writing process is a what should be, and usually is, used by every writer and student. Drafts are meant to be ‘sloppy’, as long as thoughts are on paper. Do not even bother adding words that are only there to make the paper seam worldly in a first draft . Use words and dialect that is comfortable to use and that will get the point across. Make it twice or even three times longer than what it originally was meant to be. Have

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For our capstone project, our group will be focusing on the examination and analysis of the newest version of the Android operating system, 8.0 or Android oreo. The ultimate goal of the project is to create a well documented and detailed source of information for forensic investigators examining Android devices running Android 8.0. Currently, there is very little forensic information about the newest version of Android, especially in terms of the newest features such as now playing, instant apps, among many others. We decided to cover this topic with the goal of keeping information current in the field of digital forensics. This is an important task, especially with the growing popularity of Android and the importance of mobile devices in

Task 2 Shelf Life Plot (6 p) In Excel prepare t90 vs. reaction condition plot(s). (If you explored only one variable, you will have a single plot, for several or combined variables, multiple plots may be in order). Paste-in the plot(s) below.

One of my first designed concept was a phone, it took me weeks to finish it. Every time I opened the file, I was dissatisfied and wanted to improve it from small tweaks like the microphone placement to significant changes like the width of the phone. I even went a step further by fabricating real life wooden models to find the optimal size. Even though I knew that at the end of the day, it was not going to be built, I strived for perfection. Finally, after several trials and errors, I finished it and felt this great sense of accomplishment and an ineffable joy.

Although my friends assured that my design was appealing, I still doubted myself. Many of my classmates complained about how our previous class shirts looked, and I was afraid that they would say the same things about my own design. All these different opinions clashed wildly in my head. Thus, rather than being courageous and submitting my design regardless of what people may say, I didn’t function as I should have; I put sending my design off until the deadline finally passed. After the other designs were revealed and voting was over, I learned that I should be braver to stand firm for what I believe in, even if there are other opposing viewpoints. Those who did submit their design probably felt really good because they were courageous enough to take a chance instead of giving into what others’ opinions even if there was only one chosen design in the

In "What is 'Academic' Writing?", by L. Lennie Irvin, we are introduced to seven myths about writing. However, the writing myth I most closely relate to would be #3, there's no such as a perfect first draft. In my early years of writing, I would often impression a rough draft as pointless, so I would jump right into my final copy. I continued this method until I started taking high school English and noticed my writing standards began to depreciate. I then realized the best solution was to put in the time and effort and organize a rough draft that allowed the revisal of any mistakes in my writing that would effect my score. A draft is called a draft because it does not need to be perfect, it just needs to be efficient enough for someone to

Who are you designing for? What do they do? Why do they need to product? Research is vital.

After taking job as a project manager with a consulting firm in 2004, I faced a very difficult ethical situation with my employer. The web application we were building for the client had serious design flaws and if deployed to production would cause major operational problems and severe financial damage to the client. In spite of knowing this, my company decided to go ahead and release it for production. I was instructed to not reveal any flaws in the system and instead paint a picture that the product had undergone rigorous quality checks and was production worthy.