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Free Online Game for Mac and PC:”Puzzle Pirates”. September 15, 2006

Posted by dean in Online Games.
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If Graal is leaving you growling or you just want
more online game options, I suggest you check out
Puzzle Pirates. It’s free, and it’s so easy to play.
Oh, I forgot to mention it’s also very addictive
and a lot of fun.

http://www.puzzlepirates.com/

Enjoy!

Mobile Karaoke, Anyone? September 6, 2006

Posted by dean in mobile media.
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November 08, 2005
Mobile Karaoke, Anyone?
Olga Kharif (Business Week Online) cited 6.9.06

This summer, Grammy Thailand, a mobile carrier, had launched a mobile karaoke application. You can play a song over your phone’s speakerphone and sing along. Better yet, you can record your own voice singing the tune, overlay the recording over the music and send the whole thing to your friends………………..click here for more

For more info on Mobile Karaoke look check out.

http://www.textually.org/ringtonia/archives/2004/06/004070.htm

R U Bloggin wid da PW Crew? September 6, 2006

Posted by dean in Important PW Class Updates.
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Blogging is a PW course requirement, and it’s worth 20%
of your total mark, so if don’t have a blog, now is the time
to set one up. If you need help with blogging, just ask me
during class or arrange an appointment with me.

If you haven’t had a chance to check out some of
the blogs by your fellow PW crew members, then
now is the time to check em out cause there are
plenty of interesting articles and weblinks.
Together we are creating a free resource of shared
information, and that’s a damn fine thing in my books.

Enjoy,

Dean.

Life’s a Pitch! September 5, 2006

Posted by dean in PW Classes, week 5.
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Develop your Pitching Skills.

Delivering an effective Pitch or Presentation to an audience
requires a great deal of organisation and confidence.
A good presentation should include enough support material
to provide an audience with a clear outline of your concept
and a strong sense of the completed project you intend to make.

Check out the websites below for more info on Pitching.

http://www.scripthollywood.com/id29.html

http://artfulwriter.com/archives/2005/08/how_to_pitch.html

http://www.rivalquest.com/alphascripts/pitch.html

enjoy,

Dean.

Digital Storytelling – Makin it Real! September 5, 2006

Posted by dean in PW Classes, week 4.
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New media applications and the internet enable people to share their
stories across the web. The use of social software such as “Our Story”,
“Flickr” and the citizen journalism site “Now Public” provides an opportunity
for individuals without high level computer skills to be a part of the emerging
new media culture. Arguably, user generated content (UGC) is changing
the way that we interact as a society.

More and more people are choosing to spend their viewing time online,
rather than watching the idiot box (television). Does this make for a more
rewarding experience in the long run? Well, that is yet to be seen, but in my
opinion it’s hard to ignore a correlation between reality t.v. and the growth of
the UGC market. Suddenly the viewing public realised that their own lives could
be just as shallow, sensational, inspiring or dull asthe cast of Big Brother.
The “You Tube” website is jam packed with instant stars that can capture our
imagination for a fleeting moment. Just think, who would have thought that
3 million+ people would watch a kid playing a guitar in his bedroom.
Is this the fabulous future of entertainment for a newly empowered audience,
or merely a step towards a new medi(a)ocrity?

For more info look under “Digital Storytelling” in the “Favorite Websites” section
of this blog. Please share your thoughts on this matter.

New DVD Studio Pro Sessions September 1, 2006

Posted by dean in Important PW Class Updates.
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HI PW Crew,

The good news is that the Liam will be here in weeks 7 and week 9 to teach us
the wonders of DVD Studio Pro. That means you will all get 4 hours in total
of DVD tutorial time in the Bonza Lab. That ROCKS!

cheers,
Dean