Archive for April, 2005

Adobe kills Macromedia

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

Wired: Adobe Acquires Macromedia
Today is a day of mourning; mourning the loss of my second favorite company (Macromedia) to Adobe. Adobe rightly conceded the new media market because Macromedia sold products that interoperated with everyone (PHP? JSP? ASP? ColdFusion? Dreamweaver does them all), encouraged strict adherence to W3C standards (GoLive makes real web designers […]

Dub Weekend

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

The EVVY Awards accepted submissions last week and, well, the entries just don’t duplicate and FedEx themselves to all of the industry-recognized judges.
Emersonians submitted a record 592 entries for consideration. This was the second year The EVVY Awards used an online submission system. And who was at the center of its insanity (and […]

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Saturday, April 16th, 2005

A lot of people awake. Oh wait, it’s 11:00. –Arthur looking at my buddy list as Dub Night turned into Dub Weekend.

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Friday, April 15th, 2005

Aristotle says you’re wrong. […] Aristotle would say you’re a wimp but that you can become the just man by practicing justice. — Professor Baeten

Emerson Arbitration

Thursday, April 14th, 2005

“Boycott Class April 13-14, Arbitrate Now”, organized by Boston Common facing Emerson students in the Little Building

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Thursday, April 14th, 2005

I have to teach modernism because it’s the major art movement for your generation. Post-modernism is then either a progressive growth or sick step-child. — Professor Shattuc, Media Criticism & Theory

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Launch Date

Tuesday, April 12th, 2005

Apple finally announced Tiger! I admit with no shame that I spent over an hour this morning reading the entire Mac OS X.4 “Tiger” site. I am particularly interested in XGrid and Maya rendering. I hope someone develops a more eloquent solution once XGrid and Tiger reach the masses.
I cannot wait to […]

Circle Editing

Thursday, April 7th, 2005

It’s 3 AM. Arthur is editing a reel of his cinematography from Cambodia for The EVVY Awards. Keto is editing her MA202 first video project. I’m editing street interviews regarding wealth class and taste for my Visual Society class. Three pairs of headphones. Three Macs. All you can hear […]

Blog Design Updates

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

Three of my blogging buddies redesigned their blogs recently.

Adam Nolley sports a pretty PNG-24 transparent layer and nifty entry columns.
Bryan Schwegler now appears in many shades of subtle blues and tabs, making Martha Stewart very happy.
Ryan Harne gives gray more contrast.

These new designs naturally made me jealous, so I updated Curiously Jeremiah with much improved […]

Liberals LOVE Regulating Freedom

Monday, April 4th, 2005

San Francisco May Regulate Blogging

Just when you thought the Federal Election Commission had it out for the blogosphere, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors took it up a notch and announced yesterday that it will soon vote on a city ordinance that would require local bloggers to register with the city Ethics Commission and report […]