SP16: INFO-200 Sec 10 – Inf. Comm Blog Post #1 Hi! I’m Krystal. I currently work at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, CA creating metadata for digital images. Most of the images I handle are produced by staff photographers who document the artwork in the museum’s collection. This blue and white botanical image is […]
Every morning at work I walk to the coffee cart with a few people that sit near me in the office. I hardly ever purchase coffee, preferring to bring my half-finished mug of tea to keep my hands warm along the way. The ritual, for me at least, is less about the coffee and more about connecting with coworkers. On the walk there and […]
Over the holidays I visited family in Savannah, GA. While there I had the opportunity to visit the Pin Point Heritage Museum. Pin Point is a self sustained community founded by first generation freedmen, the Gullah/Geechee. It is located on Moon River in Savannah and it’s main employer (through the 1980s!) was A.R. Varn & Son oyster and crab […]
I’ve been playing around with Google Cardboard and enjoying the revival of the old school View-Master experience from when I was a kid. Google Cardboard goes beyond the 3-D views you might remember from View-Master and it’s collectible discs with views of the National Parks, Sesame Street, and Disneyland. With Google Cardboard the image is not only in 3-D, it’s panoramic […]
Jennifer Dewalt, to teach herself to code, built 180 websites in 180 days. Get an intro to the project in her story for Lean In. The JFDI (Just F-ing Do It) approach is inspiring to me because while I learn best by doing, I often bury myself in books and tutorials. Getting hands on with any new skill early and […]