Kristan’s blog

A rainy Tuesday

nobody@vox.com(Kristan) — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:04:30 -0700

Hi Guys!

Hope everyone is doing well. I appreciated the comments on my photos, very nice. I am currently waiting on my final grade in Media Theory and am really pissed it is not posted yet, considering I took the stinking final ON MOTHERS DAY! so, my husband is working on his paper for his PHD and my daughter is doing homework, and the thought of turning on the TV and seeing a dancing star or a idol turns my stomach so I am searching obscure music from the Little Rascles. The last two tunes I posted were written by Leroy Shield who wrote music for the Little Rascles and some for Laurel and Hardy as well. I love that last little tune ( I sound like Jonathon Schwartz) Wishing, its so sweet.

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website

nobody@vox.com(Kristan) — Sat, 10 May 2008 07:36:37 -0700

http://webspace.newschool.edu/~mcalk981/L2.jpg

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final

nobody@vox.com(Kristan) — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:13:25 -0700

Review your projects as objectively as you can. As you did with your film, write a brief critical and constructive self evaluation of your work overall this semester.

In reference to self evaluation, I would say that I have learned that I have less patience then I thought I did. I actually thought I was a patient person, but I am not. In reference to my work, I like some of the pictures I took when doing the lighting assignment. I had actually been intimidated by the use of light ( most of my pictures are outside!) I wish I had had more time with the movie. It was much more difficult to do then I thought it would be. I found Flash and Dreamweaver to be the most difficult of all. I do believe in systems like this ( and photoshop) that you just have to play around to figure it out.

Memorable class highlight: I really enjoyed looking and discussing everyones work. It was enlightening and interesting. I enjoyed Marilias movie the best.

Preferred medium before the course: Photography

Preferred medium after the course: Photography, but now I can use Photoshop!!!

A topic/theme/question I would like to

investigate in my next project is: I would like to try to make a movie of some interest!

Something I learned in this class that

I can teach someone else: (non-technical) Non-Technical? What have we done in this class that is non-technical? LOL

Something I learned in this class that

I can teach someone else: (technical) How to use the eraser tool in photoshop

Something I will try to do next semester

that I have never done before: hmmmm, complete a webpage that I can be proud of

Something I will try to do everyday that

I did not do before this course: keep my camera on me at all times

A creative project I could do with

a restriction-free budget of $150 million: a documentary on a non profit that I volunteer for called “ Home First.” http://www.homefirstinc.org/

How I could do the same project

with a budget of $15: I would do the entire project myself in Imovie.

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Learning Literacy

nobody@vox.com(Kristan) — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:04:18 -0700

PAGE-ONEEDT

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webpage photoshop first try

nobody@vox.com(Kristan) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:50:50 -0700

Peters-webpage_1

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CHENERY CO Department of...

nobody@vox.com(Kristan) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:13:21 -0700

CHENERY & CO

Department of Communication, Master of Arts in Media Studies

New School University

[04-17-08]

Objective of this Web Site: To enhance and showcase my husbands business and portfolio of work

Target Audience: Prospective employers and clients

Similar Web Sites: http://www.mckinsey.com/

http://www.sdg.com/home.nsf/sdg/home

http://www.skysound.com/

1 Companies background and services

2 1.1 Established 1997

1.2

3 Services

2.1.Strategy Development

2.2 Strategy Implementation

2.3 Business Plan Development

2.4 Organizational Change

2.5 Process Preengineering

2.6 Business management

3 Consultant profile

3.2 20 years management consulting experience

3.3 Philosophy: "If you don't look good, we don't look good." Vidal Sassoon Faceless Portrait

2.3Primary focus: Strategy and Strategy Development complemented by business communications and learning literacy.
2.4 * Hobbies: Cultural anthropology, classic cars, traveling, and reading.

3.4 na

4 Representative Clients

4.2 Lucas Films

4.3 Coca Cola

4.4 Florida lIght and power

4.5 Boise Cascade

5 Acedemic Affiliations

5.2 Baruch College

5.3 Brooklyn College

5.4 NYU-PHD canidate

5.5 University of Northern California

5.6

6 Published Book and articles

5.5 Painless Project Management

5.6 Joint Business Education Alliances to Advance the State of Business in China

5.7 Using Learning Delivery Systems Tools to Facilitate Executive Education Coursework

7 Learning Literacy

8 contact

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Prague

nobody@vox.com(Kristan) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:37:54 -0700

IMG_6740

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Web surfing...dude

nobody@vox.com(Kristan) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:07:36 -0700

www.icp.org

www.moma.org

I am a bit of a bore when it comes to "surfing the net" and don't tell anyone but I mostly do it at work! Two of my most frequent stops are The International Center of Photography and the MOMA. Lucky for me my company sponsors them and I get in for free. I enjoy the ICP site,it has a lot to offer and I like the way it is set up with the "buttons?" on the top. Its very colorful and easy to navigate. It gives you an idea of what is showing, but not too much. I do enjoy that site a lot.

I find the MoMA site is kind of overwhelming . It seems to get more 'busy" everytime I go to check it . The navigation lettering is in grey which make it kind of fall into the back. I think they just have too much information in a little space.

How many times can I say "a lot" and "kind of" in two short paragraphs? kind of a lot I would say.

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Everyone needs a little Django now and then....

nobody@vox.com(Kristan) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:53:37 -0700

1-05 Speevey

Django Reinhardt

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nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect

nobody@vox.com(Kristan) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:16:46 -0700

As I lament on the end of my IMOVIE experience, I found it to be a very profound experience. I am not too sure that the genre I chose was not just for the love of horror films, or the horror I was feeling in having to produce something that would even closely resemble a movie. I enjoyed the process and even before I read Wabi Sabi, would say Wabi Sabi to myself to make myself remember not to be too critical. I learned so many things that will help me in the future with my photography, and also learned some things about myself ( as I am very critical of myself.) I would venture to say that for me, as I get older, I am a bit more cautious in my actions. Some might call this wisdom, some might call it fear, I am not sure yet. What I am sure of is that I feel through these experiences that I will be more fearless when it comes to my creativity. I also want to express to everyone in class how much I enjoyed their work and their support, even when I thought things were not so great, someone would say something nice. It is a pleasure to be able to learn with such a great group of creative people.

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