HTML 5 and CSS 3 Training Class
Friday, October 28th, 2011 Posted in LaGuardia, Lifestyle, New Media, Tech Training, Technology | No Comments »In order to enhance the knowledge that I acquired in January when I took the Wordpress theme design class at Noble Desktop, I decided to sign up for an HTML5 and CSS3 course. The industry is rapidly moving towards these ...
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 LaGuardia, New Media, Publications & Presentations, Tech Job Scene, Tech Training, 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 LaGuardia, New Media, Publications & Presentations, Tech Job Scene, Tech Training, Technology | 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 has been ...
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 ...
The Publication Reception
Thursday, May 19th, 2011 Posted in ePortfolio, LaGuardia, New Media, Publications & Presentations, Technology | No Comments »This was a brief speech that I gave on the recent article that I authored addressing "Motivating at risk African American and Hispanic students through the study of New Media Technology". I mentioned this article in one of my earlier ...
Judge ye not….
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 Posted in Digital Video, Entertainment, LaGuardia, New Media | No Comments »Today I was one of the judges for the movie trailer competition to promote Tom Seymour's new film, Mark of the Beast. The competition featured a number of students from the Media and Technology programs at LaGuardia. The students were ...
Affordable Mini HD Camera setup
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Digital Video, Krav Maga, LaGuardia, Martial Arts, New Media, Technology | No Comments »I frequently get a good deal of questions from students and educators on what type of video camera should they buy if they have limited money and they still want great quality. In order to answer these questions I have ...
