Samantha Roybal ENG3450

 I am not completely sure if this is the topic I want to stick with, as I have been researching another one as well. However, I chose to do this blog post about the design of instruction manuals. I want to evaluate the typography, format, and style of instruction manuals. I am not sure what type of instruction manuals I would focus on yet. My goal would be to study the effectiveness of certain designs, and whether or not instruction manuals are actually successful in aiding consumers/readers. Here are my 10 tentative sources:  1.      Atkinson, F. (1976). A Systems Approach to the Design and Implementation of Mediated Individualized Instruction. The High School Journal, 60(3), 124-133. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40365309 2.      Beach, T. (1952). Subject File Manuals: The Why and How of Their Development. The American Archivist, 15(2), 105-126. Retrieved September 16, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40289...

I saw a TED talk about procrastination recently that really sparked my interest. One of my biggest struggles in life is procrastination, as it might be for many other people. In this TED talk the speaker talked about how he had a hypothesis that the brains of procrastinators were different from the brains of non-procrastinators. He also elaborated on different types of procrastinators and how your life is affected by this common problem. I find this topic really intriguing because it is a wide spread issue that has an unknown cause. I would be interested in researching what the cause of this is from a psychological standpoint.  Another interest I have has to do with prescription painkillers and the addiction to them that is caused by physicians. There are so many people that suffer from drug addiction, but I thought it would be fascinating to see how physicians have done more harm than good at times. I also have an interest in Google and its culture of success. When I was trying to...