Adv. Multimedia - Get It Together

IMAG 4570 - Project 03 - Animation Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ20 Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 First attempt at stop-animation. Time Spent: Crocheting - 3hrs Filming - 3 hrs Production/editing/rendering - 4hrs

Little Known: Infographic Love

I have a secret love for infographics:

More graphics:
A Peek Into Netflix Queues (via NYTimes) -see also:  making of
Depth of Knowledge (provided by Google Docs)

A couple sites on the subject:
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/
http://flowingdata.com/ - they have tutorials here!


Books on the topic I wish I owned:
Wall Street Journal - Guide to Information Graphics (amazon)
The Visual Miscellaneum (Barnes and Noble)

Anyone else out there share in the infographic love? Got a good site? I'm always looking for more!

Is it spring yet?

I'm ready for a little color outside on my walks.

A beer is bottled

I'm not a Mac person...

...but I think I've decided I want one. iTouch is too small. eBook readers are too much of a niche machine. Laptop is unweildy and I often haul it just to access/view files. I think this would be a good solution for transferring files between workhorse machines and for document viewing.
 
Who wants to bet next year's model has built-in camera and mic?

Shabby paper-maiche ships

I was searching for Advanced Multimedia project inspiration when I came across a tutorial for making these whimsical little boats. 

Ann Wood - paper mache boat pattern

Wouldn't a little Cirrus SR20 be adorable too? Can't find a paper model for one anywhere..can you?

Offset Lithography - AB Dick overview

Spring semester has started and the flow of ideas, and the flow of obligations are ready to burst the pipes. I'm excited to have a press class I can design my own projects for!

First lab was an introduction to using the AB Dick duplicator: