From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Halloween-Meme Costumes (Video Post)

October 30, 2009

In this video, I share some ideas for Internet-inspired Halloween costumes. Need a last-minute costume idea? My suggestions require little money and a lot of imagination. From Mark Zuckerberg and the Facebook poke to Google Reader and TweetDeck, my costume ideas will turns heads and “go viral” (not the swine flu kind).

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Easy Listening Is Easier Than Ever

October 28, 2009
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Now, I can simply purchase a song whenever I want! I just open my iTunes music store, pay the fee, and download the song. I can even find similar artists and songs using tools like Pandora and Last.fm. Has easy access to music ruined my enjoyment of it?How has the digitization of music affected your listening experience? Though issues of legality dominate the discussion about digitized music, I think that we can all learn something from thinking about the experience of listening to the music itself.

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Should I Pursue a Master of Fine Arts (MFA)?

October 27, 2009
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Think of all the students that pursue visual arts, language arts, and performing arts. No, you don’t need a degree to write, draw, paint, act, read, or communicate. You also don’t need a degree to do science experiments in your garage – but students still pursue degrees in biology and chemistry.

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PC Queasy, Mac Heart Attack

October 26, 2009
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My general frustration with my Dell, coupled with the emergence of Apple’s brilliant marketing campaign (circa 2007), inspired a general hatred for Windows. In retrospect, I realize that my laptop problems had nothing to do with the Windows operating system, but I was convinced that Mac would save me.

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Traffic and Mobile Media (Video Post)

October 23, 2009

In this video, I discuss Obama’s visit to New Jersey, road construction projects, using jack hammers safely and efficiently, accessing traffic reports before and during travel, BlackBerry and iPhone traffic and transportation apps, Google Maps, traffic safety cones, and abandoning my job as a blogger.

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