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March 1, 2012
It’s an iPad world
Apple is at it again. The cogs are forever turning in the Apple company. They’re finding ways to create and repackage products that already exist. They’ve already done this once, years back with the original iPod. If you remember correctly they original iPod was taken off shelves after the production of the Nano and iPod […]
February 22, 2012
Workshop #1: Workshop with Jake
Jake and I had a one on one workshop one day after class, that proved to be very insightful. We went over several video concepts, and I must say that I even impressed him more than a few times. The first thing he showed me was how to capture good video with a camera phone. […]
iPad 3 with retina display
Let me start out by saying that I grossly overestimated what retina display was. My mind instantly moved into some kind of futuristic Jetson type world where the iPad screen matched your eye sight for the perfect viewing experience… Well I hate to say it, but I was wrong. I was way off base. What […]
Briggs Chapter Six: Visual storytelling with photographs
The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. Pictures are an essential part of journalism because they allow the audience to have a visual representation of what they’re reading. As humans we are primarily vision based. Seeing something with our own eyes is more impactful than creating our own image mentally. Steve […]
Briggs Chapter Five: Going mobile
We live in a world where it’s possible to capture the best and worst moments of life. With items like tablets and smart phones, everyone has the capacity to report the news. A bridge collapse or Kim Kardashian falling off a curb. With these devices we have the power to dictate what is news. With […]
February 16, 2012
My Abode. (Skillset 2)
New roadblocks for solicitors
I always thought the obnoxious calls at all hours of the day from telemarketers was a human rite of passage. What stage in life you’re actually ascending to…. I’m still not entirely sure, but it’s not the point. While being constantly harassed about going back to school while I sit in my dorm room is […]
Briggs Chapter Four: Microblogging
This chapter on microblogging made me think back to the class where Steve Buttry came and spoke to us. He explained to us that stories could be told in tweets, 140 characters or less. That we, as journalists, are only limited by our own creativity and imagination when it comes to digital media. For me, […]
February 9, 2012
Briggs Chapter Three: Crowd-Powered collaboration
This chapter has introduced me to several new terms that I hadn’t heard before. The first being crowdsourcing. The concept of crowdsourcing is one that I was familiar with before. With websites like Tumblr and DeviantArt, it is easy to see how a community can out perform a paid employee. I’ve seen amazing mock posters […]
February 8, 2012
R.I.P. White Macbook
People have been privy to the on going conflict of PC Vs Mac. What is less documented was the insider battle between the Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, and the Macbook. One of these things is not like the other… And unfortunately that thing, being the white Macbook, has finally come to its untimely end. The […]
