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Final Thoughts

Posted on December 7, 2011 by amauney3

I have to think what my final thoughts are. To be honest, I don’t think they would be really that final anyway. This semester I learned a great deal about a great number of things so at worst I will … Continue reading →

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Famous is Not Everything But Begets Plagiarism

Posted on November 30, 2011 by amauney3

Being famous is great. You potentially make more money. You get name recognition. It is easier for you to get a job. Everyone sees and (hopefully) appreciates your work. But being famous also can incur a high cost. Everyone expects you … Continue reading →

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iPhone Failure

Posted on November 30, 2011 by amauney3

I am thankful that iPhone gave us a better screen resolution. I am thankful that the iPhone has given us a higher pixel density. I am glad that the iPhone has made the web be compatible with mobile. I am … Continue reading →

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Madness in the Method

Posted on November 30, 2011 by amauney3

Watching Rick Morris talk about his method and showing his house really was interesting for me. He wasn’t the crazy artist but he was also not the crazy hipster ultra modern sterile artist. This gives me hope for people like … Continue reading →

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Filmception

Posted on November 7, 2011 by amauney3

The titles of a film used to be the most important part of the film. There you would find the top-billed actors and all the “important” people that had a hand in the film. Films would be made and broken … Continue reading →

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Don’t Deliver Food to Pica Towers

Posted on October 18, 2011 by amauney3

I have to say that I am a bit confused by the Pica Towers shorts. I watched them several times, both in order and out of order, and still are at a loss to what is really going on. I … Continue reading →

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Short Films And Mini-Naratives

Posted on October 18, 2011 by amauney3

From what I gathered from the earlier Hillman Curtis videos on Artists, I could tell that they have a high level of quality that is put into shooting the films and equally high in how the video comes out. It … Continue reading →

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See No Data, Hear No Data, Speak No Data

Posted on October 10, 2011 by amauney3

After seeing the video on Journalism in the Age of Data, I have to wonder about how we think of things now and how data visualization has changed that. Several of the people interviewed talked about how data visualization had … Continue reading →

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The Story Behind the Story

Posted on October 2, 2011 by amauney3

While I was taking an environmental biology class last year, I had to watch two of the Story of Stuff videos: The Story of Stuff and The Story of Bottled Water. I found the videos interesting though a tad preachy … Continue reading →

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Messy Makes Art

Posted on September 24, 2011 by amauney3

If I learned anything after watching the HIllman Curtis: Artist Series it is that cleanliness and perfectionism does not equate to good design. Several of the artists and designers talk about how messy their desks are and implicitly make an argument about … Continue reading →

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