Archive: August, 2007

I’m HUngry! From a freelancer, to the POST, a SACBEE sting! and back to the Star.com, again!

Albino Crow MultiMedia – Jan Sturmann
Quiet, straight forward slide shows. Wonderful images.
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Tackling Life – Virtual photo gallery – sacbee.com
I don’t care what you think of the interface or how ‘flashy’ it might be, BRAVO to them for even attempting, risking, trying, failing, etc. I’m so tired of the same old thing, everybody following the same [...]

TheStar.com shines! On The Line, rocks! The Stumping Grounds, nice! Easy as Pi, sweet! Rob Finch, soars!

I  can't stop myself from raving about this piece– work of art. For me and maybe you, a pinnacle of how we can use the web and the talents of both writer and photographer to just plain kick some ass. I'm gonna go so far as to say….well….no, I better not…last time I got my [...]

NERD!: iMovie gets DUMB, The answer to the Archive Dilemma? Flickr Toys, Photoshop Brushes, USAToday

Being a nerd and an Apple geek, I am always in shock and awe by most new, upgraded and improved products. So, I was the first in line to buy the new iLife. Why?  We at the Merc were ‘born and raised’ on iMovie. When we couldn’t get $$$ or support to ‘do’ video/multimedia we [...]

TimeToRollOne: Lunatic, Artistic flash sites, Departures

Lunatic online photo mag, worth a look for some inspiration.
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30 Artistic Flash Sites_________________________________
This is just a great idea I could see a newspaper take on as a cool staff project.

KCET Online – Explore Ca – Departures__________________________________
enjoy these ’smokes’, while i get ready to post “Video Compression Secrets of the Rich and Famous.”
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HearThis!: A little Sunday Church for the God(Bill Moyer)Fearing

PREACH IT BILL!!!!!
Tnxs to http://www.melissaworden.com/blogs/xdegree/ for this nice catch!
 
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PART TWO:

enjoy,
-r

READTHIS!: Albert Hastings and Understanding Comics

MultimediaShooter Books – The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings
When Albert Hastings was eighty-five years old, a photographer named KayLynn Deveney moved next door to his small flat housed in an old Victorian in the town of Newport, Wales. KayLynn took notice of the small rituals and routines—gardening, laundry, grocery shopping—that made up Bert’s [...]

BUZZED: I just gotta know WHY???

newsobserver.com | Video: Workers cool offnewsobserver.com | Video: Drought at Lake Michie
Excuse the caffeine overload but really…
Please tell me why these have seen the light of day? No dis-respect to photographers Chris and Jason, I know this is coming from above you, at least I hope, but WTF. Most of us in the industry are [...]

NERDTIME: your images as stickers, PDN, show off your work, damn youo foolks in NYC

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MOO | Stickers – Print stickers using your images
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Oh the possibilities!!!!

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When’s That High-Res Camcorder Coming Out?
Note to the camera makers: Work faster. News photographers are already salivating over a camera no one sells yet, the high-resolution digital camcorder that gathers top-notch stills, motion and audio at the same time.
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New iMovie rocks! looks like it [...]

SMOKETHIS!: Candy, Data Visualization, soundtransit, more

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Candy
Some of the best visual inspiration to date!_____________________________________

Data Visualization: Modern Approaches____________________________________
http://www.moa.pl/
Love this site and the light tunnel is the real work I wanna do, not that you care.____________________________________

Fun, great idea.
:: soundtransit :: home____________________________________
http://machinemolle.com/___________________________________enjoy!-r

FEEDME: Bonds, The Future, Newser, Baghdad, Lovelle Svart, Shadow City

USATODAY.com – Making baseball history
Way to go Robert, simple clean, effective!
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Audio and Video Podcasts from washingtonpost.com
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The Initiative on the Future of Journalism______________________________________

Fixing D.C.'s Schools (washingtonpost.com)
Nice, but please stop all the pop-outs!!!!!!
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