Category Archives: Chapter 10

Magic with the iPad?

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Thanks to Mashable for the link to magician and performance artist Simon Pierro video performance with an iPad.

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Ch. 1 Link – Web comics that defy classification

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

NOTE: While none of the comics discussed here go much beyond PG-13 in art, they do sometimes have offensive language in them. (12/15/11) Regular readers here know that I’m a huge fan of web comics. In your textbook, there’s a … Continue reading →

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Google’s goes conventional with ‘Sophie’ ad for Chrome

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Google has a new television ad for its Chrome web browser that is quite charming: Long-time tech journalist Steven Levy (author of the 80s computer classic Hackers) has an interesting analysis of the ad.  He notes that while the ad … Continue reading →

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Questions worth asking (maybe)

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Why on earth would a newspaper tell reporters not to engage with community? Are these guys nuts? This almost guarantees that people will view their media as being completely disconnected from their concerns. How should journalism schools teach mobile media? … Continue reading →

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Will the iPad 2 Blend?

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Ralph Hanson
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Team Coco on the iPad2

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Ralph Hanson
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Thinking about media change (and iPads)

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

It hasn’t been a productive day today.  My main interest has been following all the news about the new iPad 2 announced over the lunch hour. I’m impressed by it, and absolutely certain I did the right thing in waiting … Continue reading →

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Apple’s controversial new subscription policy

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

A little history, then talk about a current controversy swirling around Apple: If you want to accuse journalists of having a bias, you might start with how they portray Apple and its successful line of computer and media player products. … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 10 – Some Great Twitter Feeds

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

In many of my classes, I require my students to use Twitter.  While I hope each of them will come up with their own list of people to follow, here are a few that make up a good starting point: … Continue reading →

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We Wants It

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

What was once a April Foolsie is now real:

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