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Category Archives: News
The Weather Channel’s amazing new “Immersive Mixed Reality”
The Weather Channel this week introduced new technology that will add astonishing visual effects to their broadcasts. Check out this Co.Design article, with video, where you can see a demo in which the anchorman barely escapes being crushed by a … Continue reading
Unleashing the potential of VR (virtual reality)
Virtual reality (VR) is going to shape itself into an art form that is quite different from contemporary cinema. We can’t really predict yet how things will turn out, although my bet is that movies as we know them are here … Continue reading
Posted in History, Learning, Life, Movies and film, News, Popular culture, Teaching, Technology
Tagged Auschwitz, Germany, history, museum exhbits, Nazi prison guards, virtual reality, VR, war criminals, World War II
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The humanitarian disaster looming in Yemen
You probably haven’t seen this bit of news, and with any luck at all the situation will be resolved before becoming a major story you can’t avoid. This past weekend, Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen against the internationally-recognized government of … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Analysis
Tagged cholera, famine, Iran, proxy conflict, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, Yemen, Yemen blockade
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Can membership-based community journalism thrive in the U.S.?
Another “journalism” post as a follow-up to my last one. I’ve heard rumblings previously about this community-created, membership-driven model of journalism from The Netherlands’ De Correspondent (click on the “English” button at the top of their page), and today I found this intriguing … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Milwaukee, News, Political Analysis
Tagged business model, De Correspondent, design, entrepreneurship, journalism, Milawukee, News, news media, newspapers, Roy Reiman
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Media can, should, must do better
If I may comment on this morning’s front-page headline. News Media: You owe BETTER THAN THIS to all citizens who believe in your ability to safeguard the integrity of government! While you (the media) may honestly believe this headline accurately reflects the true … Continue reading
Posted in Life, News, Political Analysis
Tagged ACA, civic engagement, civil discourse, Fourth Estate, health care bill, media bias, news media, newspapers, politics
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Al Jarreau as “The Jazz Singer” (SCTV)
Among my favorite moments from Al Jarreau (who was born in Milwaukee and passed away yesterday) is this parody of Neil Diamond’s 1980 remake of The Jazz Singer. You know it’s going to be great the moment you see Sid Dithers … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Movies and film, News, Popular culture, Television
Tagged "the jazz singer" 1980, al jarreau, neil diamond, SCTV
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Remembering CCCP 1
Last week’s 10-minute interruption by a state-run Russian television network of the CSPAN 1 television feed of Rep. Maxine Waters speaking from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives reminded me of SCTV’s prescient programming back in 1981. First, … Continue reading
Posted in News, Political Analysis, Popular culture, Television
Tagged CCCP 1, Cold War, CSPAN 1, Maxine Waters, RT interruption, Russian hacking, SCTV
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