Friday, April 13, 2012
5.07 Content Editing and Copyediting
The revising went well, i think it helped me a lot. My revisor pointed out all of my grammar errors and places were it could have came off like bias. the process could have been better if there would have been suggesstions as to what i could replace my errors with.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
revised draft
Fashionable Teens and young adults across America have made wearing sneakers into a movement, and have influenced the creation of the sneaker culture. These people are considered to be "sneakerheads".
Originally Collecting sneakers started in the mid 1980's when Nike and Michael Jordan collaborated. Consumers love the team up with the two and kept the sneaker shelves empty. Eventually hip hop artist like RUN DMC started to wear sneakers and the demand for sneakers increased even more. As the years passed more basketball players started to get endorsed by sneaker companies such as Nike, Adidas, and Reebok.
Because teens looked up to these basketball players and hip hop artist they found a way to look somewhat like them, which was sneakers. The sneaker companies took way of this and they started to release exclusive colorways of certain sneakers. These exclusive colorways would be released in limited numbers sometimes as low as 100 pairs throughout the world. When the sneakers are released in these low numbers the buyers feel like they have to be the first to have them so they have what the call a camp out. When the "sneakerheads" camp out for a sneaker they sit outside of the store and wait until the shoe is released. Sometimes campouts can last for a few hours, but some can last for weeks. An example of this when the Titanium Air Jordan XX3 shoes were releasing, They were set to be sold in 23 stores throughout the country and each store only had 23 pairs some of those stores were reported to have buyers camping out for as long as two weeks.
Some sneaker collectors make money off of there collection by buying and reselling sneakers. others say that they could never sell their sneakers because they love them to much. These collectors all collect in different ways and for different reasons and but one thing that is the same with them all is that they all love their sneakers.
Because teens looked up to these basketball players and hip hop artist they found a way to look somewhat like them, which was sneakers. The sneaker companies took way of this and they started to release exclusive colorways of certain sneakers. These exclusive colorways would be released in limited numbers sometimes as low as 100 pairs throughout the world. When the sneakers are released in these low numbers the buyers feel like they have to be the first to have them so they have what the call a camp out. When the "sneakerheads" camp out for a sneaker they sit outside of the store and wait until the shoe is released. Sometimes campouts can last for a few hours, but some can last for weeks. An example of this when the Titanium Air Jordan XX3 shoes were releasing, They were set to be sold in 23 stores throughout the country and each store only had 23 pairs some of those stores were reported to have buyers camping out for as long as two weeks.
Some sneaker collectors make money off of there collection by buying and reselling sneakers. others say that they could never sell their sneakers because they love them to much. These collectors all collect in different ways and for different reasons and but one thing that is the same with them all is that they all love their sneakers.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Lead Sentence and Outline
Fashionable teens and young adults across America have made wearing sneakers into a movement, and have influenced the creation of what is known as the sneaker community.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Elements of a good interview
Interview of Sneaker collector (Mark):
Q: Why sneakers?
A: "I always loved sneakers since I was young but i never had the money to buy them so when I got the money I bought all the ones that I wanted."
Q: What type of sneakers do you like?
A: "I mostly like Jays (Air Jordans) but sometimes I'll buy some nike dunks."
Q: How does it feel to be apart of a sneaker community
A: " I love it man, it is a lot of fun to be a part of it."
Q: What do Sneakers mean to you?
A: " Sneakers to me are valuable, They are also a easy way for me to make money by buying and reselling
them for double the price."
Q: How did you get into sneakers
A: "When I was younger I always saw this one kid at my school with new shoes all the time and I wanted to be just like him."
Q: How many pairs do you have
A: "I have about 20 pair, I would have more if i did sell a lot of them."
Q:What about sneakers do you like
A: "I like how sneakers bring out your style"
Q: Define a sneakerhead
A: "A sneakerhead is a person that is addicted to sneakers."
Q: What is your favorite sneaker?
A: "Definitely the concord elevens"
Q: Describe your sneaker collection
A: "Heat, which basically means its worth a lot"
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Interview of the sneaker store owner (Joey):
Q:Why sneakers
A:"I've Just always like sneakers"
Q:How does it feel to own a sneaker store?
A: "It's great, i love that i get to be around what i love all day"
Q: How does it feel to be apart of the sneaker community?
A: "It feels great, i love that my store is a place wear people come to get their sneakers."
Q:What do sneakers mean to you?
A: "To me sneakers are priceless, they are apart of me like a finger. The same way you cant detatch my finger
from me is the same way you can't detatch me from my sneakers."
Q: Is it easy to own a sneaker store?
A: "Well if it is easy everybody would own one."
Q: How many pair do you have?
A: "Maybe about 300, i know some people sell their sneakers but i could never do that i guess that is why i have so many."
Q:What is it about sneakers do you like?
A: "I like that sneakers can be a perfect asset to an outfit."
Q:Define a sneakerhead?
A: " In my opinion a sneakerhead is a person that is dedicated to get their hands on any shoe that they like."
Q:What is you favorite sneaker?
A: "I dont have one i love my sneakers the same."
The interviews went great. I sat down with both interviewees profesionally and both interviews went smooth.
I think that next time i could do better at making the interview more like a conversation instead of reading the the questions one by one. I think that i did a good job at recording the interviews also.
Q: Why sneakers?
A: "I always loved sneakers since I was young but i never had the money to buy them so when I got the money I bought all the ones that I wanted."
Q: What type of sneakers do you like?
A: "I mostly like Jays (Air Jordans) but sometimes I'll buy some nike dunks."
Q: How does it feel to be apart of a sneaker community
A: " I love it man, it is a lot of fun to be a part of it."
Q: What do Sneakers mean to you?
A: " Sneakers to me are valuable, They are also a easy way for me to make money by buying and reselling
them for double the price."
Q: How did you get into sneakers
A: "When I was younger I always saw this one kid at my school with new shoes all the time and I wanted to be just like him."
Q: How many pairs do you have
A: "I have about 20 pair, I would have more if i did sell a lot of them."
Q:What about sneakers do you like
A: "I like how sneakers bring out your style"
Q: Define a sneakerhead
A: "A sneakerhead is a person that is addicted to sneakers."
Q: What is your favorite sneaker?
A: "Definitely the concord elevens"
Q: Describe your sneaker collection
A: "Heat, which basically means its worth a lot"
__________________________________________________________________________________
Interview of the sneaker store owner (Joey):
Q:Why sneakers
A:"I've Just always like sneakers"
Q:How does it feel to own a sneaker store?
A: "It's great, i love that i get to be around what i love all day"
Q: How does it feel to be apart of the sneaker community?
A: "It feels great, i love that my store is a place wear people come to get their sneakers."
Q:What do sneakers mean to you?
A: "To me sneakers are priceless, they are apart of me like a finger. The same way you cant detatch my finger
from me is the same way you can't detatch me from my sneakers."
Q: Is it easy to own a sneaker store?
A: "Well if it is easy everybody would own one."
Q: How many pair do you have?
A: "Maybe about 300, i know some people sell their sneakers but i could never do that i guess that is why i have so many."
Q:What is it about sneakers do you like?
A: "I like that sneakers can be a perfect asset to an outfit."
Q:Define a sneakerhead?
A: " In my opinion a sneakerhead is a person that is dedicated to get their hands on any shoe that they like."
Q:What is you favorite sneaker?
A: "I dont have one i love my sneakers the same."
The interviews went great. I sat down with both interviewees profesionally and both interviews went smooth.
I think that next time i could do better at making the interview more like a conversation instead of reading the the questions one by one. I think that i did a good job at recording the interviews also.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Source Materials: Interviews
Interview questions for sneaker store owners:
1. Why sneakers?
2. How does it feel to own an sneaker store?
3. How does it feel to be apart of the sneaker community?
4.What do sneakers mean to you?
5. Is it easy to own a sneaker store?
6. How many pair do you have?
7. What about sneakers do you Like?
8. Define a "Sneakerhead"?
9. What is your favorite sneaker?
10. Explain your sneaker collection?
Interview questions for Sneaker collectors:
1. Why sneakers?
2. What type of sneakers do you like?
3. How does it feel to be apart of the sneaker community?
4.What do sneakers mean to you?
5. How did you get into sneakers?
6. How many pair do you have?
7. What about sneakers do you Like?
8. Define a "Sneakerhead"?
9. What is your favorite sneaker?
10. Explain your sneaker collection?
1. Why sneakers?
2. How does it feel to own an sneaker store?
3. How does it feel to be apart of the sneaker community?
4.What do sneakers mean to you?
5. Is it easy to own a sneaker store?
6. How many pair do you have?
7. What about sneakers do you Like?
8. Define a "Sneakerhead"?
9. What is your favorite sneaker?
10. Explain your sneaker collection?
Interview questions for Sneaker collectors:
1. Why sneakers?
2. What type of sneakers do you like?
3. How does it feel to be apart of the sneaker community?
4.What do sneakers mean to you?
5. How did you get into sneakers?
6. How many pair do you have?
7. What about sneakers do you Like?
8. Define a "Sneakerhead"?
9. What is your favorite sneaker?
10. Explain your sneaker collection?
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Source Materials: Research
The Sources that I plan to use are three credible sources that can provide great information. My first source that i will use is Nicekicks.com, this website is a well known sneaker blog that provides great information on sneakers and the sneaker community. My next source will be kicksonfire.com, i think that this will be a good source because it gives great information and it is also a social network website which will help me get plenty of information on the sneaker community. My last source will be youtube.com. This is a video site which i think will be helpful because there are people that upload videos about sneakers and they give great information and also give a visual image.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
before you write
My topic that i going to be writing about is Sneakers. I chose this topic because sneakers are of much interest to me, because i've been collecting sneakers for four years now. The main audience for my topic can be to the "sneaker community" which consist of many other collector of sneakers. I could possibly submit my writing to a sneaker blog, or share it with people on my personal blog. The best people to interview for this topic are people from mom and pop sneaker stores, administrators of sneaker blogs and sneaker consumers.
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