Tech Talk – Page 50 – Visual Journalism

November 29, 2010

Arghhh!! How Can These be Sold Out?

I admit to having a small (and non-growing) collection of old cameras. Most of the ones on my shelf are cameras I actually shot with at some point, a few were gifts from folks. I don’t think I’ve ever bought a camera just to display it. (Though if I ever find a Speed Graphic at a decent price, I may.)...

Craft/Tech Talk

November 28, 2010

Reading to Get Ready

It was be very nice to be approaching the end of one semester and spend the remaining week concentrating on just these students, just these projects. But we wrap up, take a short break and then launch right into what comes next. Whatever that is … So I’ve been spending the last few days thinking and reading, trying to get...

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

November 28, 2010

The iPhone Tripod Adapter

Have read about this a few times over the last few months, reports are that The Glif is now shipping for $20. It’s a multi-use tripod bracket for iPhones–it will hold your phone in both directions or can be used as a table-top brace. Pretty cool …

Tech Talk

November 26, 2010

A Little Humor for Your Thanksgiving Recovery Day (I Hope)

This oddball story has been referenced by, um, every single photo blog I have read in the last week or so. It’s only coming from one source and, to be honest, it seems to crazy to be true. Could the country of Kuwait really ban all DSLR cameras? I don’t think so …

Tech Talk

November 16, 2010

What Your Email Says About You

According to a story on CNN.com, it says a lot. If you want to believe all the snarky things they have to say … which … well … I do. And I love that graphic, don’t you? Some tips I share with my students … your university email account is the only official form of communication I have with you,...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Tech Talk

November 15, 2010

Is This the First Multimedia Story Ever?

CNN.com has a story up about Christiann Snouck Hurgronje, a Dutch adventurer, scholar and possible spy, who visited Mecca in 1885, carting a camera and an Edison wax cylinder recorder. Which is pretty forward thinking …

Craft/Good Work/Tech Talk

November 11, 2010

Audio Editor Option

Mindy McAdams, the Flash Goddess, had a tweet up about this Transom review of the Hindenburg audio editor. May be worth looking at as an alternative to Audacity, our standard tool here. Anyone played with it? Thoughts? Comments? Someone going to try it?

Audio/Tech Talk

November 10, 2010

“You Get What You Pay For”

So true … “Why would I need backup equipment?” I did laugh out loud at that. And I’m thinking watching these things is better than almost everything on television these days … excepting Top Gear.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Tech Talk

November 9, 2010

Great Photos, Made Simple

I am a geek. You know it, my boss knows it. We all know it, right? We all know that I am more than happy to go wandering down the tech path, pontificating about pixels and bokeh ad nauseum. In the end, I hope, all my meanderings lead back to the same thing–that it’s the story that matters, not the...

Tech Talk

November 9, 2010

Washington Post iPad App Ad

(Worst headline ever up there? Maybe …) The Washington Post has turned to their legends to produce a little promo video for their new iPad application. (Thanks to Conrad Fink for the lede.)

Business & Industry/Journalism/Tech Talk

Category: Tech Talk

Arghhh!! How Can These be Sold Out?

Reading to Get Ready

The iPhone Tripod Adapter

A Little Humor for Your Thanksgiving Recovery Day (I Hope)

What Your Email Says About You

Is This the First Multimedia Story Ever?

Audio Editor Option

“You Get What You Pay For”

Great Photos, Made Simple

Washington Post iPad App Ad