Google TV – I want my [blank] TV!
Meh. I want my boxee box… but the longer it takes, i’m either going for another macmini or bailing on expanding the media center all together… [to be continued]
Empty School – Student Created Video
One of the benefits of working at Full Sail University is getting to sit-in on conversations with amazing folks like Apple’s Don Henderson (Senior Manager, Creative Expression). This past Thursday night (5/13/2010) he shared several videos about student creatives and entrepreneurs who weren’t waiting for graduation to begin their creative lives. While shortsighted bean-counters cancel …
Lit Reviews Are Like Talk Shows
We’ve had more than a few confused and frustrated students have a difficult time with the process of putting together their Lit Review and all of the re-editing requests that come with the process. The following is my response to one student’s frustration: I appreciate your frustration and confusion at the requested changes. One thing …
Free Hugs Campaign
This is an “older” viral video, but a student recently posted it in their blog and made me think about these wonder moments in YouTube history… “sigh”
Mythical Kitchen Computer Found!
Thanks The Unofficial Apple Weblog for the heads up on this one. I just want the cool aquarium screen saver on my macs and ipad [sigh]….
99 Year Old Virginia Uses Her 1st Computer
A wonderful heartwarming story. A not so heartwarming story is the one about Corey Doctorow, writer & tech-pundit, visiting Virginia and verbally abusing the 99-year-old for succumbing to the Apple walled-garden. I have a feeling that the Corey Doctorow story is a hoax. What do you think?
Hitler reacts to the Hitler parodies being removed from YouTube
Most people don’t care, but copyright is broken and the pursuit of profits and vestigial business models are exacerbating the situation. “Hitler” is right, as long as they don’t block your cat videos, nobody cares that media companies are bullying small-time content creators with “illegal” DMCA take-down notices. If you are interested in “copyright at …
The beginning of my lost weekend: Hello iPad
Before I got home my friends at Full Sail had already posted the above video. I love what they wrote too: “It’s no secret that we’re all gadget geeks at Full Sail University so when EMDTMS Course Director Joe Bustillos brought in this jewel, the iPad 3g, which doesn’t even launch at stores until 5 …