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Elaine Leung

13 More Tips to Help You Record Narration Like the Pros - See more at: http://www.artic... - 1 views

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    Some quick and easy production tips which will help improve the quality of your audio recordings. I think this article will be really helpful when working on Assignment 1.
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    Oops, Just noticed Brittany already posted this link. Sorry for the double.
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    A handful of very helpful tips on recording audio. Very applicable to both podcasts and video production. Next time, we should try using 'foambrero' to dampen background noise.
Brittany Richards

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | How will radio change in future? - 0 views

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    This article talks about how technology is changing the way we listen to radio. Also, how podcasting is changing over time and its impact on radio. With the ability to pause, rewind, and re listen to radio and podcasts, people are no longer sharing the experience of listening to radio live and together (co-presence). Also, how radio blindness is being lifted with the ability to watch videos on mobile devices etc.
Jasmitaa Chhabra

The Characteristics It Takes To Be A Successful Online Talk Show Host In 2012 & Beyond ... - 0 views

  • In show-biz they call this “a break.” It might have taken years.
  • massive understanding of tech
  • uck of timing
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  • usiness model
  • Networking, answering emails, building relationships, responding to comments, marketing, taking on multiple roles, putting your show on the map, getting in the trenches.
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    Online talk shows are an effective way for aspiring hosts to give themselves a "break" in today's day and age. Individuals looking to break into the industry now no longer have to depend on the support of a manager or union.
ilana enoukov

What Constitutes Good and Bad Web Design? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Bad design can be infuriating, inconvenient or damaging in any field.
  • a well-designed Web site needs to deliver the same things as most other examples of good design by fulfilling its intended function efficiently and engagingly.
  • A common mistake is to prioritize style over substance
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      An example of this is animation ; though it looks great it takes ages to upload, thus making the visitor furious
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  • principal problem with many Web sites is that their designers were neither rigorous nor imaginative enough in planning the way we will navigate them
  • If you find information swiftly and easily on a Web site, its designer has succeeded. But if you need to click on an inordinate number of buttons and links, or dither over what to do next, the designer has failed
  • Amazon’s site scores highly for navigational efficiency, but poorly in terms of the second criterion of good Web design, because it is far from engaging.
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      Great relevant example of what author is trying to prove. 
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    The good, the bad, and the worse of web design
ilana enoukov

Learning Web Design: How to Get Started and Not Give Up - 0 views

  • Why You Should Get Started with HTML and CSS
  • HTML is the structure
  • CSS is basically giving that structure a style.
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  • 2012 was a great year for the “online education” industry. There were a lot of new startups to really help you learn web design. Some of them are: Codecademy Udacity Mozilla Developer Network Udemy Of course, you always have 1stWebDesigner and some of its really amazing articles, such as: Basic Visual Web Design Mistakes Learn Web Design – Quit College (really good advice there, by the way) Call to Action – Web Design Usability
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      Resources to start learning HTML/CSS. All free, and all simple for those just starting out with coding.
  • Consistency is the key when getting started with web design. Are you learning everyday? Are you applying whatever new concepts you learn at least three times a week? Learning a little bit everyday is way better than covering a lot of material in just one day of the week.
florencekong

Tumblr users fight SOPA with 87,834 calls to Congress - 0 views

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    When the SOPA bills were around, many sites chose to do a 'black out' of their pages in online social protest to the bill. Tumblr extended that protest by offering their users the means to actually call to Congress and express their displeasure. The entire SOPA incident was actually a very interesting time for online history, especially for a large collective mass of people to all fight for a singular cause.
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