Monthly Archives: October 2012

Get Creatie: Breaking the Roadblock

Posted on October 17, 2012 by jordan hicks

Ever hit a roadblock while working or trying to solve a problem in a creative way? So have I, and I thought this week I would share some of my favorite ways to get around that roadblock.

1. Shake it …

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The One Question I Never Want To Hear:

Posted on October 17, 2012 by phyzorz

“What’s an editor?”

As time rushes forward and we progress farther into the digital age we seem to be bathing ourselves furiously in, many things are shed or forgotten in relation to the technology itself–such as editing. It’s only natural …

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Rise of the debate memes

Posted on October 17, 2012 by curry chandler

Have you seen the memes from the latest presidential debate? Even though the debate just aired last night, the Twitterverse and other social media networks have already been busily circulating memes from the candidate’s comments. So far the most popular …

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Ground Control to Major Tom, or: Why the Hell is this Taking So Long?

Posted on October 17, 2012 by michaelsoler

This past Sunday millions (maybe less and understandably so, I’m just ballparking it) tuned in to see Felix Baumgartner jump from space. Well, not technically space, but from a balloon hoisted capsule that was about 25 miles shy of space …

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E-readers, tablets and paperbacks, Oh My!

Posted on October 17, 2012 by jessicamonteagudo

We are all aware of the continuing advance of technological instruments that we use everyday. Who would have thought that a simple paper book would also be advancing into the modern world? When it comes to finding a way to …

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Today’s Technology: Distracting or Useful?

Posted on October 17, 2012 by aspiringauthor

New technologies are being introduced every day. Students multi-task more than ever before, watching movies on Netflix while working on essays, Facebooking while studying for tests, etc. As recently as six or seven years ago, cell phones were mainly used …

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Things I Learned From the Second Debate

Posted on October 17, 2012 by heather kingsbury

Mitt Romney really believes more women should be hired. He, himself, hired lots of women for his cabinet after receiving binders full of them. What an excellent way to save money! Hire a woman, save 23% of what you’d be …

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A Creative Way To Stand Out

Posted on October 16, 2012 by brianbachman

I was watching the Today show this morning and I saw a great marketing ploy.

With the upcoming debate tonight and the town hall style where people in the audience ask questions, Pizza Hut came up with a campaign that …

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How much is too much?: Controversial photography of the Haitian Earthquakes

Posted on October 16, 2012 by christophertart

“Did news outlets publish images that were too graphic, and too many of them?” This is the question posed in “Too Graphic?”, a piece by Arielle Emmett.

The essay outlines the controversy of posting edgy photographs from a natural disaster, …

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Technology in Developing Countries

Posted on October 16, 2012 by lauren gould

One of the foremost decisions confronting developing countries is that of establishing the right technological choices. How does one from an intensive technological culture reach out to impoverished and third world countries in a relevant way? The answer is through …

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