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A telling camera angle
The TV interview with the exposing/exposed high school student and her mom illustrates how camera angle helps tell the story. If the whole interview had been close-up shots of just their faces, that would give a different impression than what we get through the medium shot of daughter and mom on the sofa. They’re longer […]
Short shorts wearers discuss short skirt photo
Short shorts discussion of short skirt So the television crew is coming to the home for an interview about the outrage over the revealing photo in the yearbook. Note what both the daughter and mother have selected to wear for this photo — shorts, very short shorts.
Short skirt situation in the headlines
Short skirt situation in the headlines The short skirt wouldn’t have made the headlines if not for the absence of underwear. As reported by Tampa’s Channel 10, a junior at Sickles High School in Tampa and the student’s mother are angered that the yearbook includes a photo of the girl that may be exposing her. […]
Another short dress story
About an hour before lab started several weeks ago, one of my students was sitting on a sofa in a lobby area and reading the course textbook. (A good activity for a teacher to see.) So I sat down with her and asked about her semester and how it was going in our class. She’s […]
J.K. Rowling continues to oppose having Harry Potter in e-book format
Not all authors are enthusiastic about paperless books J.K. Rowling continues to be one of the authors who oppose having their work in e-book format. “Harry Potter among those missing in e-library” discusses the authors who resisted having digital versons of their work (including Rowling) and those who finally have agreed to e-book versions (including […]
Review of Kindle 2
Less glossy but more informative is this review of the first Kindle. A few aspects have changed from this first Kindle to Kindle 2, but most of this information is accurate. (Fortunately the cover has been improved.)
Advertising the Kindle 2
If you’d like the advertising approach to information, here’s a video with the Kindle 2’s virtues, which can make you log on to amazon.com to order yours. Note the calming music and text of key features. If you’d like the advertising approach to information, here’s a video with the Kindle 2’s virtues, which can make […]
Comparing Kindle readers
Kindle readers The first version of the Kindle is on the left, and the newer version (distributed beginning February 2009) on the right. The newer version has better keys for turning pages. The keyboard is also better. Both appear from these screen savers to be good for illustrations, but that’s actually a weakness of the […]
The Kindle: A different concept for page turning
Just yesterday at lunch, two friends brought their Kindles to compare. One had the first Kindle, and the other had the new Kindle. As we compared the modifications in the Kindle, we also discussed if the Kindle would become the Web 2.0 college textbook. Then today I read in the Wall Street Journal that Amazon.com […]
Cap decorations — from orange and blue to job requests
Cap decorations include gators and slogans like “Hire me.” This cap must be from ceremony earlier in the day as there were no bare-headed grads at our ceremony.
Julie Dodd 