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No phone who cares

Posted by Zak Mensah on Wednesday 30 September 2009
Tags: mobile |

New devices such as the Apple iphone are not phones anymore. If I just wanted a phone I'd have kept my useless previous phone(s). They are now our way on to the web - mini computers that allow us to do much of our online "stuff" with the device already in our pockets. I really don't care that it's got phone capability, it's nice but so what, I only get 2-3 calls a week. I want to quickly check my email anywhere, use it as a satnav, music player, read my favourite websites/blogs, and tweet. All with the usability that doesn't make me want to chuck the device under a bus. So anyways, productivity is down to that of the non smartphone user and I now having to lug my laptop around more. Will I get lost in London this Friday? Yes, not get my email? Yes... not know the latest in hiphop news? Yes!

Can I live without it then? Of course, one day at a time. Please, if you do email/tweet me, sorry in advance for the delay.

• Seat to the beat

  Posted by Karla Youngs on Tuesday 29 September 2009
  Tags: signal processing | supports and stands |

  The Sound Chair.

• Three new moving image documents just added to the website!

  Posted by Steve Hull on Friday 25 September 2009
  Tags: news | training | video |

  After some delay, the Basic Guide to Videoing Interviews, the Basic Guide to Videoing Lectures and the Basic Guide to the Flip are now up on our website.

• On the level - audio compression and dynamics

  Posted by Karla Youngs on Friday 25 September 2009
  Tags: audio editing | news | signal processing | software | sound recordings |

  New advice document now online, introducing the mysterious art of dynamics processing, including compression, limiting and gating.

• There can be only One…

  Posted by Karla Youngs on Thursday 24 September 2009
  Tags: digitisation | equipment | hardware | microphones | sound recordings |

  New entry-level audio interface from industry heavyweights Apogee, aimed squarely at the podcaster, but boasting quality suitable for serious music usage.

• Time-lapse photographic evidence of climate change

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Wednesday 23 September 2009
  Tags: photography | time-lapse |

  Photographer James Balog is using over 30 time lapse cameras to document global ice loss caused by climate change.

• A little (Myna) bird told me…

  Posted by Karla Youngs on Tuesday 22 September 2009
  Tags: audio editing | software | sound recordings | web services |

  ... that there's a new browser-based audio editing and mixing environment out from Aviary:

  Myna - a free digital audio editor accessed entirely via the web.

• JISC Advance

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 18 September 2009
  Tags: news |

  

  JISC Digital Media is now working together with seven renowned JISC services to provide a unique tailored service for those working within the education sector.

• Microsoft’s new visual search engine

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 15 September 2009
  Tags: finding images | search engines |

  Microsoft have introduced a new 'visual search' option to their Bing search engine.

• Infographic of storage

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Tuesday 15 September 2009
  Tags: storage |

  Nice graphic over at mozy representing physical storage vs digital storage. I hadn't realised that the latest ipods have THAT much more storage than the original first generation (24x).

• Updated advice document - Systems for managing digital media collections

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Monday 14 September 2009
  Tags: digital collections |

  Building on our previous advice document which focused on systems for digital images, this new release encompasses systems for all three media, still image, moving image and audio.

• Free online support

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Friday 11 September 2009
  Tags: news |

  The 23rd of September 2009 will see the start of our new online surgery support sessions. The team will be available between 13:30 and 14:30 every fortnight to answer ANY questions regarding digital media. Full information can be found on the surgery page which is also where the sessions will start.

• pd Bootcamp

  Posted by Zak Mensah on Thursday 10 September 2009
  Tags: music | software | sound recordings |

  

  Last week I attended the excellent Pure Data Bootcamp at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.