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HTML5 Cheat Sheets

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 Posted in Digital Video, New Media, Technology | No Comments »

Some of you might remember that I took an HTML5 and CSS3 training class at Noble Desktop a few months back. The class made me acutely aware of how important the newest version of HTML will be terms of web ...

Presentation: Creating a CUNY-wide approach towards Digital Media Programs

Sunday, December 4th, 2011 Posted in ePortfolio, LaGuardia, New Media, Publications & Presentations, Tech Job Scene, Technology | No Comments »

The above video was from a presentation and panel discussion held at John Jay College's 10th Annual City University of New York (CUNY) IT Conference. The emerging nature of Digital Media has challenged the ability of universities to adapt to ...

LaGuardia Event: Ryan Charles speaks

Thursday, November 10th, 2011 Posted in LaGuardia, New Media, Tech Job Scene, Technology | No Comments »

Over the past few months I have been working with Janice Karlen, a colleague of mine from the LaGuardia Business and Technology Department, to arrange for a guest speaker to come in and speak to our students. Janice thought it ...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Launch

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 Posted in Comics and Sci-Fi, Entertainment, Gaming, Lifestyle, Technology | No Comments »

So last night I get in late from teaching an evening class and my son meets me at the door in damn near a panic. He tells me they are finalizing the pre-order sales for "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ...

The 2011 NYC Comic Con

Sunday, October 16th, 2011 Posted in Comics and Sci-Fi, Entertainment, Lifestyle, New Media | No Comments »

The NYC Comic-Con was in town so the kids and I engaged in our yearly ritual. They had been looking forward to it since we went last year. The wife tagged along again for her second year. She will never ...

Adobe eMagazine and Digital Publishing Training

Saturday, October 1st, 2011 Posted in New Media, Publications & Presentations, Technology | No Comments »

In one of my earlier posts from a few months back I discussed how I took a group of my students to Noble Desktop  to view a presentation on digital books and ePublishing. What I didn't mention was that the ...

AAUP Conference: Presentation Day

Friday, June 10th, 2011 Posted in LaGuardia, New Media, Publications & Presentations, Technology | No Comments »

The three and a half hour long train excursion down to Washington, DC did nothing to lessen my exhaustion of the last few days. Even though, I have to admit the the seating room on the Amtrak trains allowed me ...

AAUP Conference: Preparation

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 Posted in LaGuardia, New Media, Publications & Presentations, Technology | No Comments »

Tomorrow I am traveling to the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Annual State of Higher Education Conference in Washington, DC to present some of my research on "Redefining Tenure and Promotion Standards for Multimedia and Digital Arts Faculty".The presentation is ...

Class Trip: Seminar on digital books and ePublishing

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 Posted in New Media, Publications & Presentations | No Comments »

Today I took my HUW161 Web and Multimedia Design class to a talk on digital books and ePublishing held at Noble Desktop. The seminar was hosted by Dan Rodney, lead instructor and co-owner of Noble Desktop. Digital publishing ...

RIP Macho Man!

Friday, May 20th, 2011 Posted in Digital Video, Entertainment, Hip Hop, Sports and Fitness | No Comments »

I just heard that Randy "Macho Man" Savage, one of my favorite entertainment personalities, past away today and thus capping and already bad week. This news seriously brought tears to my eyes because my 10 year old son ...