Monthly Archive: January 2011

Reaction to President Obama’s #SOTU

A livestream through the White House website enabled viewers to see not only the President, but related graphs and images

President Obama’s State of the Union Address was accompanied by a plethora of innovative and socially interactive features – appropriate considering the topics of technology and engagement he addressed. Entitled “Winning the Future” (which someone on Twitter realized can be shortened to WTF), the speech was well-delivered and full of promise. Although a variety of …

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Sheryl Sandberg on Women Leaders

Sheryl Sandberg

I was lucky enough to interact with Sheryl Sandberg a few times while I was an intern at Facebook from June 2009-June 2010. As the company’s COO, she works very closely with Mark and the rest of Facebook’s management team to balance the well-being of 500 million+ users, as well as grow the company’s monetization …

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What’s Going On At SLAC?

Image from slac.stanford.edu

For Comm 217 we were charged with researching a question about Stanford and discussing how we would write an article about the topic, including what forms of multimedia we would use to enhance the piece. I was assigned the question – “What’s happening at SLAC?” Well, when it comes to physics, the better question seems …

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An Interview with Phillip Arredondo

Phil

Even in a society obsessed with the newest, fastest, and best products, there is something to be said for consistency and familiarity. In a brief chat with fellow COMM 217 classmate Phillip Arredondo, the 22-year old revealed he gets his news from the same site he’s trusted for several years – msn.com. “My old computer …

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Pleasantly Surprising: Hipstamatic

mexico boat

I have long been a fan of Hipstamatic, an iPhone app that allows you to treat your cell phone as an analog camera – complete with changeable lenses, various types of film, and flashbulbs. The company’s website boasts the app “brings back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras from the …

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