Like its previous endeavors Gmail and Google+, the latest Google project is having a slow rollout. You may ask: What could Google possibly think of next? Well, Google joined the cloud game yesterday by introducing Google Drive, which not only lets you access your files from any computer but has overhauled a few of your [...]
Because I’ve been completely inundated with requests for a sequel to the wildly popular “10 Funny Tumblrs You Should Follow,” I’ve collected ten more in order to present the masterpiece follow-up you now gaze upon. So stop with the tweets, the emails, and the yelling in the streets (I rhymed o.o), because your hunger for [...]
In the new media world, nothing brings greater importance than the font you’re using. I know what you’re thinking—what do fonts have to do with new media? It’s a big deal, really. Whether it’s sending out a press release or creating an infographic animation, we select fonts that represent our creativity and our character. Unfortunately, [...]
1. K-Pop Although K-Pop has been a popular genre to the Asian audience since the late 1990’s, it really didn’t have such heavy influence on western audiences until the last few years. With the emergence of social media channels, K-Pop’s popularity skyrocketed as music videos were easily found through YouTube, and fans were able to [...]
Have you ever seen the show “Hoarders”? You know, that program on A&E where they profile people who have compulsive hoarding tendencies? Yes, they’ve featured people who have shopping addiction, but some of those featured have gone to extremes like hoarding rabbits or garbage. Yuck. How does this relate to new media? Well, for one [...]
This past week, I have been conducting interviews for NMR with a variety of new media artists and entrepreneurs. Each person that I interviewed had completely different personalities from one another, yet all had the same response when asked to give advice to aspiring creators. Be authentic. I know what you are thinking. Be authentic, [...]