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About Katherine Wikoff

I am a college professor (PhD in English, concentration rhetoric) at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I teach film and media studies, political science, digital society, digital storytelling, writing for digital media, and communication. While fragments of my teaching and scholarship interests may quite naturally meander over to my blog, this space is intended to function as a creative outlet, not as part of my professional practice. Opinions are my own, etc.

Late Bloomer

Posted on November 9, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

Found this dandelion among the fallen leaves on Monday. Kind of a cheerful sight, but talk about terrible timing: Milwaukee is predicted to get approximately three inches of snow this morning (Friday, November 9)!

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Discovering Twitter’s “Bookmarks”

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

Maybe you’re not a Twitter user, in which case you’re probably not going to be interested in today’s blog post 🙂 But if you do use Twitter, maybe like me you didn’t know about Twitter’s bookmarks. The bookmark feature has … Continue reading →

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Color Blocking

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

Sort of. One day I suddenly noticed the bright red of the bathroom stall in my building. Took a photo. Decided to edit it so that it no longer bore strong resemblance to a bathroom stall. Because, really: Who takes … Continue reading →

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20 gallons’ worth of network security?

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

Saw this truck parked outside an office building in downtown Milwaukee last Friday morning. I don’t know what business these hats’ owner works in, but given the “white hats,” I figured network security was as good a guess as any … Continue reading →

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The Highwaymen: “Highwayman”

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

I heard this song on the radio while driving home the other night. Here’s the Wikipedia article on The Highwaymen supergroup. Like some other songs I really like—for example, “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” and … Continue reading →

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Sunset in grays and pastels, downtown Milwaukee

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

Evening arrives this past Tuesday as I’m getting ready to leave work for the day. Taken from the staircase landing between the second and third floors of the Grohmann Museum looking west toward the Marcus Center (colored lights) and the … Continue reading →

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All the colors of the rainbow

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

The Reuss Federal Plaza (that horizontal sliver of cobalt blue at the center) kind of throws it in that direction anyway. Taken Thursday morning on my Starbucks run 🙂 Oh, gee, I was just checking to make sure I spelled … Continue reading →

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Warped Time

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

It’s fascinating to notice those weird moments when historical eras overlap. My husband, who is 10+ years older than I am, can remember seeing milk being delivered to homes in his neighborhood via horse-drawn wagons in the 1950s. Here is … Continue reading →

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War of the Worlds – Fake News! About Fake News!

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

So 80 years ago at Halloween time, Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre of the Air broadcast the historic War of the Worlds radio drama that set off a nationwide panic at the (fake!) news of Martians landing in New Jersey and … Continue reading →

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Buses, Buses Everywhere

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Katherine Wikoff

A kid-friendly production must be happening at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts right now. On my Starbucks run this morning I saw at least 13-15 school buses total parked along Kilbourn, State, and both sides of Water. You … Continue reading →

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