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March | 2009 | For The Birds ...
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For The Birds …. Life on the wire. Where the past ends and the future begins. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed if all records told the same tale then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’. 8211; George Orwell, 1984. Book 1, Chapter 3. The truth is the truth and everyone should have an equal opportunity of accessing and expressing it. In this case, one of the g...
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Apathy and the printed word | For The Birds ...
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For The Birds …. Life on the wire. Apathy and the printed word. With the ever increasing struggle that is being faced by the print media industry, it has become necessary to examine the journalistic model that traditional media was founded upon. Part of the solution for the struggling industry may be found within the ranks of the print journalist’s online counterpart: the blogger. This shift to online has changed the way in which the news is dealt with. People want to be entertained and that is something...
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Where the past ends and the future begins | For The Birds ...
https://cbowen4.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/where-the-past-ends-and-the-future-begins
For The Birds …. Life on the wire. Where the past ends and the future begins. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed if all records told the same tale then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’. 8211; George Orwell, 1984. Book 1, Chapter 3. The truth is the truth and everyone should have an equal opportunity of accessing and expressing it. In this case, one of the g...
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Filling the gaps | For The Birds ...
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For The Birds …. Life on the wire. In the get it now and get it faster age in which we live, daily perusals and I use the term loosely of the news all too often is beginning to follow the same formula. You see a list of headlines:. Blah, blah, blah, refinance. Ah, FBI Negotiating for Kidnapped Captain. The ship captain held hostage by pirates lifeboat bobbing in the Indian Ocean unharmed The captain remains with the pirates on the lifeboat within full view of Oooh, glittery graphics! A few Google searche...
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Defining reality through the Web | For The Birds ...
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For The Birds …. Life on the wire. Defining reality through the Web. We get our news online, watch movie trailers and entire movies for that matter, shop, download music, send and receive e-mails, do research, find that recipe for chicken castellina virtually every aspect of or lives can be found on the Web. This brings up and interesting question: what about the things that aren’t online? According to Tim Berners-Lee. In his book, Weaving the Web, he states that If it isn’t on the Web, it doesn’t exist.
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Finding a way back through multimedia | For The Birds ...
https://cbowen4.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/finding-a-way-back-through-multimedia
For The Birds …. Life on the wire. Finding a way back through multimedia. In my ongoing escapade with the Web site I am designing, I recently entered the realm of Flash and SlideShowPro. I am currently of the opinion that creating slideshows is neither as fun or as easy as it sounds I’m sure my opinion will improve with added experience, but for the time being, the very mention of creating and embedding photo galleries makes me cringe. According to Marshall McLuhan. In his book, Understanding Media.
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From enigma to enabler | For The Birds ...
https://cbowen4.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/from-enigma-to-enabler
For The Birds …. Life on the wire. From enigma to enabler. Lately I have been exploring the wonders of HTML and Web design. I can still remember when I was first introduced to HTML code writing. I had signed up for a one unit weekend crash course in Web design. While the class itself barely skimmed over the basics, it whetted my appetite and unlocked the door to a new world of divs, hypertext and image tags. And especially the Web even its most basic concepts. Some users are content. Not knowing how to b...
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For The Birds ... | Life on the wire | Page 2
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For The Birds …. Life on the wire. What does your social networking profile say about you? If you really want to see who someone is, check out their MySpace page. People can always say that they are one thing, but the wonderful world of social networking will eventually bring the truth to light. Oh, you’re not a partier? Those 36 pictures of you during various stages of your beer pong tournament seem to suggest otherwise. Yeah that’s what that Tag Photo button means. According to a recent survey. What is...
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About | For The Birds ...
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For The Birds …. Life on the wire. I am a journalism major at Chico State. With approximately two semesters left until graduation. In addition to writing, photography is another of my passions and I would like a career in which I can combine both of those components. I am trying to keep an open mind in regard to my plans for the future but would like to find a job working for a newspaper or magazine, either online or in a more traditional medium. So that was then. 8230; (Feb. 12, 2009, to be exact).
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May | 2009 | For The Birds ...
https://cbowen4.wordpress.com/2009/05
For The Birds …. Life on the wire. Finding a way back through multimedia. In my ongoing escapade with the Web site I am designing, I recently entered the realm of Flash and SlideShowPro. I am currently of the opinion that creating slideshows is neither as fun or as easy as it sounds I’m sure my opinion will improve with added experience, but for the time being, the very mention of creating and embedding photo galleries makes me cringe. According to Marshall McLuhan. In his book, Understanding Media.
