Entries by Brandon Muramatsu

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Flourish and…

…Botts? A recent LifeHacker article pointed me at LiveBrush. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] OMG this is really cool. Now mere mortals (ok computer geeks) can do some really spiffy design work. (I never got good… Continue Reading Flourish and…

November 3, 2009 by
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Republished Master’s Thesis

I republished my Master’s thesis on my updated website. The Design, Development, and Assessment of the Vibrating Beam Experiment Multimedia Instructional Courseware   Abstract The Vibrating Beam Experiment Instructional Courseware (Version 1.0) has been developed at the University of California at Berkeley to assist students’ integration of seemingly disparate information related to the experiment into… Continue Reading Republished Master’s Thesis

November 2, 2009 by
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Tintii

I found another cool photo tool, for “colour popping”. tintii is a smart selective colour photo filter, highlighting the striking colours of a photo while desaturating the rest to greyscale. Also known as colour popping… If you know what you’re doing, you can do this all in Photoshop without tintii. Depending how talented you are… Continue Reading Tintii

November 1, 2009 /2 Comments/by
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Newspapers–A Dying Institution

Much has been said recently about the death of newspapers. TechCrunch recently posted the circulation numbers for the top 25 daily U.S. newspapers. The prognosis? Not good for American newspapers. For the major newspapers, all but the Wall Street Journal showed fairly significant decline in daily circulation (March-September 2009)–the San Francisco Chronicle which I follow… Continue Reading Newspapers–A Dying Institution

October 28, 2009 by

Projects and Clients: Learning Lessons from Web Freelancers

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]I read an article on WebWorkerDaily that summarized two other articles (“Getting to No” and “4 Signs That Your Potential Clients Aren’t Interested (and What to Do About It)“) about selecting and… Continue Reading Projects and Clients: Learning Lessons from Web Freelancers

October 27, 2009 by
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Better Video Bookmarking and Commenting

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]Stian wrote an article about how folks are linking OCW/OER content to Wikipedia pages (which in and of itself is an interesting idea). But he also says: It would be really useful… Continue Reading Better Video Bookmarking and Commenting

October 27, 2009 by