Not too long ago, I spent some time reviewing FinalCutsMedia5, a site centered on visual storytelling, branding, and certainly prioritizing audience connection. Coming back to it, what I believe still stands out most is the clarity of its original purpose. From the get-go, the site had a strong sense of… Continue reading
This website initially began as a basic class project and gradually became something much more coherent to me, now functioning as a digital writing portfolio with a recognizable voice of my own, a niche thematic focus, and a far clearer understanding of its readers. At the start of the semester,… Continue reading
I’ve published one more original piece on the site: “The House Beneath the House.” It’s a short story about grief, accumulation, and the terrible discovery that rock bottom occasionally has a basement. If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you already know I’m interested in rhetoric, memory, and… Continue reading
There is a point in life at which sorrow stops behaving like weather and begins to take on architecture of the mind. I used to think grief arrived like a storm. Loud and brief. Cinematic. I imagined it as something that passed through, wrecked a few things, and moved on… Continue reading
I’ve added a new article to the site, and it’s one of my favorite kinds of pieces. It’s part rhetorical analysis, part digital autopsy, and part “why does the internet solidify our forsaken digital footprints like this?” The new essay, “Why the Internet Remembers in Fragments,” uses a bizarrely specific… Continue reading
Because it would be stupid and hypocritical to talk about it without having one for the brand. And yes, there is now a Contact page for your convenience. A small but deeply modern update from the digital trenches: I’ve officially created two social media profiles for the site: one on… Continue reading
Short note here! I added a (hopefully) easy-to-follow instruction page to the site for anyone trying to set up analytics on an FIU MyWeb WordPress site without losing their will to live halfway through the process. It walks you through connecting Google Analytics through MonsterInsights in 12 steps, with the… Continue reading
There’s a new piece up on the site: “Journey Through the Limbic System.” Which, yes, does sound a little like the title of a cursed science fair project or an elective you accidentally take at 8:00 a.m. and never emotionally recover from. But I promise it’s more interesting than that…. Continue reading
If you haven’t read my latest post about a User Test Report I did for a fellow creative’s website, you can check it out here: User Test Report: FinalCutsMedia5 Website – Static Pages, Moving Meaning If you have read it, for some reason, and managed to circle your lonesome back… Continue reading
Reviewer: Cheyenne NewfieldWebsite Reviewed: FinalCutsMedia5Link to Site: FinalCutsMedia5Pages Reviewed: Home, About / Vision Page, Author Bio, Review Article Page, Writing Sample, Metacritical Self-Assessment, and Contact. Introduction: Criteria for Evaluation I evaluated this website using three main criteria, focusing on content completeness, average usability, and visual/style. Those criteria are what match… Continue reading