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Archive for February, 2006

Dance Translation

Posted by Scott on February 28th, 2006

A few years back, I took a New Media production class at Carleton. Our final projects were animated in flash and I’m going to post some of my favorites over the next few days. The first project is called “Narrative” by Max Wirsing. Type a message into the text box and watch the translation.

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This is Comps.

Posted by Scott on February 26th, 2006

So, it’s clearly too late to start a comps blog, although I wish I had. It would have been a great motivator. I’m turning in the full draft on Monday and my Saturday night has quickly bled into Sunday morning. After one of many coffee breaks this evening, I came back into my room and […]

Digital Divide Podcast

Posted by Scott on February 16th, 2006

Part of a series for the We Media class, this podcast discusses the various aspect of the Global Digital Divide and points to possible solutions.
What good is the internet, if only the developed world has access, or in other terms, “What does it profit a man to be able to eat at an integrated lunch […]

Fitzgerald on Cavecast

Posted by Scott on February 15th, 2006

This week’s Cavecast features Minneapolis indie-pop duo, Fitzgerald. Their latest album, Raised By Wolves, has been in heavy rotation on my iPod since it was released last year. Their songs are half Damien Rice, half Dr. Seuss, evoking images made possible with lyrics like I wish you would cut your hands off / Wave your […]

Phone Interviews for Podcasters

Posted by Scott on February 11th, 2006

The setup:
I’m working on comps and scheduled a phone interview for this afternoon. Normally, I’d use the production studios at KRLX to record a phone interview utilizing our phone/ProTools interface. Unfortunately, this didn’t even cross my mind, leaving me in a pickle. I remembered that my new cellphone has a speaker-phone installed, and though I […]