The Power of the Flip

For all of my multimedia projects others have swayed me to believe in the video powers of the Flip camera, which I recently bought from Walmart. Granted it's zoom in quality's a bit low, the portability and simple button layout make it a great low-tech gadget on-the-go. Right now I'm crafting an awesome holiday movie too see how to expand my iMovie skills. And it's seemingly infinite range of multimedia potency I have yet to fully discover. Seen here is a twin of my camera. Note: Pink was the color that gave me a camera at the lowest price :)

Social Networking Site

So for my advanced multimedia class I made this web site (from scratch I might brag and add) about social media, which includes an interview with this fabulous digital media expert and Twitter media consultant. I'm still learning about location-based social media (i.e. FourSqaure GoWalla). Doubt if I have time to use it as changing location requires much leisure money. But, I find the whole topic fascinating and encourage all to try it and report.

An Angry Journalist

As a neophyte journalist the following exerpt from a Gawker feature sort of upsets me It's about those in my profession succumbing to monetary temptations from the PR machines that try to feed us what THEY want to see in the paper. All too often I've felt others have used me for their motivations as a reporter for various outlets. And if what gets printed doesn't portray them in the right light, sources are less than eager to talk to me. Well here it goes. Poor language choices, but I agree with the overall notions behind this terrible rant.

Read here: http://gawker.com/5714779/comment-of-the-day-an-angry-journalist-speaks