Low Fidelity Beats to Relax and Utilize HTML to.

I don’t organize my files well. At all. I learned that this week. When I open up my “File Explorer,” nothing is in a particular place beyond the photos under the “Photos” tab, and everything else being under the “This PC” tab. I understand that this is not a monumental issue for me right now, but could very well mutate into a beast incapable of being slain in the future. That being said, my Cloud services are surprisingly straight-laced. I attribute this to my Cloud services (Google Drive in specific) being universal across devices, while my PC Files are isolated to, y’know, my PC. The topic of file organization has added a strange perspective to my life this week as I’ve realized that very few things that I should have organized well actually are. And, like my file organization, these things are not particularly formidable at present moment, but without the employment of concrete organization now, could very well become completely unmanageable.

Another topic that was discussed this week was that of Low Fidelity. I fully thought that this only applied to the hip-hop beats on YouTube that got me through my senior year of high school. I was wrong. Low Fidelity, when applied to digital rhetoric, would mean methods in which rhetoric could be presented in spite of technological developments. The biggest thing that I took away from the low fidelity discussion was that the most important thing about low fidelity is its accessibility. Accessibility is a direct measure of quality in rhetoric, so high fidelity methods that can become obsolete with technological advancement can become deficient in quality as their accessibility dwindles. There could also be an interesting discussion surrounding how rhetoric on social media lacks accessibility for those in countries where various platforms are banned. The equator between accessibility and quality has really impacted how I write personally. I want to make sure that I can communicate ideas to a large audience in the best possible way. There’s something truly transformative about looking at my own writing in this manner.

Now, onto my ongoing discussion of my How To guide. The feedback that I’ve received on my Early Game Warframe guide has been much less scathing and severe than I thought. Sadly, that doesn’t mean it’s without fault. I had to realize that not everyone has had the same decade spanning experience with Warframe that I have, so my guide didn’t include some useful information on menus and some background information on the game’s plot. It was also pointed out to me that my audience seems… unclear. So, I’m going to tweak my guide to cater to those familiar with looter-shooters, but unfamiliar with Warframe. Warframe contains several unique mechanics that aren’t prevalent in other looters like Borderlands, Destiny, or The Division, so having a guide out there that breaks those elements down and makes them (hopefully) easier to digest for new players could be pretty useful.

Learning my own shortcomings in the world of digital rhetoric has been pretty humbling, which is good. I could use a touch more humility in my life. Learning how high fidelity rhetorical methods are actually to our detriment has been incredibly beneficial, which is good. I could use a touch more beneficial information in my life. The accessibility to quality ratio isn’t something I’ve considered before, and I think that it will probably inform how I consume media for the rest of my life. I’m actually pretty excited about how my guide is going to turn out, as it’s become a passion project just as much as a school project. What a life. What a time.

With love,

Swan