I added to my original mashup (which I just noticed was not properly uploaded). For this project I mashed up a clip of Andy Warhol's "Eat," with the song "Melody of a Fallen Tree" by Windsor Derby and some Text that I added using iMovie. I also added transition effects in between clips with iMovie.
At first I tried using a new YouTube application called TestTube Video Remixer, but after I edited the video every time I tried to upload it, it wouldn't upload. So I'm guessing that is still something YouTube still has to fix.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
My Fave YouTube Mash-ups
My favorite YouTube Mash-ups were:
Yes We Can - Barrack Obama Music Video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY
Vote Different
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo
Glam Slam The world's first Video Mash Up Mega Mix
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nYKKmI9q--A
http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
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Listening to: Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott - Daydreamin' (Featuring Jill Scott)
via FoxyTunes
Yes We Can - Barrack Obama Music Video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY
Vote Different
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo
Glam Slam The world's first Video Mash Up Mega Mix
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nYKKmI9q--A
http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
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Listening to: Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott - Daydreamin' (Featuring Jill Scott)
via FoxyTunes
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
CMap
I decided to create a virtual CMap of Duke University (schools and places to live) just to get a feel of CMap. I like the application, however, sometimes creating the CMap can be afrustrating process if you can't get the visuals to do what you want them to. But, overall it is a pretty cool tool. Here's my CMAP:
Monday, January 28, 2008
Frequency Filter
I couldn't really figure out the word frequency filter at first. But I finally ran the same paper I used for the autosummary through a frequency filter at www.wordcounter.com
My top ten most used words in this paper and their frequency (while excluding small words like "it," "and," to") are as follows:
three - 34
use - 20
antonio - 20
rhetorical - 14
bassanio - 13
quality - 12
love - 12
trinity - 11
importance - 10
portia - 10
My top ten most used words in this paper and their frequency (while excluding small words like "it," "and," to") are as follows:
three - 34
use - 20
antonio - 20
rhetorical - 14
bassanio - 13
quality - 12
love - 12
trinity - 11
importance - 10
portia - 10
Autosummarize blows my mind
Woaah, cool feature. I really like it. Like really. Basically, you can ask word to autosummarize any paper that you write, notes that you take, thoughts that you jot down. It gives you four basic templates to chose from: executive summary at the top of the document, executive summary without the document, highlights key phrases and autosummarize into a new document. I'm including two examples of summaries Word gave me for the final paper I submitted for my English Shakespeare class last semester. For the most part, the shorter one is more accurate than the longer one
10 Sentence Autosummary
The perfect three is used in the play’s opening passage when Antonio states:
This emphasizes the degree of melancholy that Antonio is, emphasizing the importance of the reason behind his sadness: the rivalry for Bassanio’s. Antonio’s use of triad structure in the play’s opening passage sets the context for what will become the play’s main plotline –three-way relationship between Antonio, Bassanio and Portia. Portia is Bassanio’s “thrice-fair lady,” as well as his new possession.
A little later in the scene, Bassanio also utilizes the perfect three structure when explaining to Antonio his reasons why he loves Portia. “Virtues” is placed in the stress position, emphasizing the importance of Portia’s virtues. This tri-unity or trinity of qualities symbolizes more than just love for Bassanio going further than being just another way of presenting the theme of love – Portia is Bassanio’s sacred trinity. Irononically, Shylock uses a triad structure when he lists his reasons for why he hates Antonio:
Lorenzo beautifully uses the rhetorical power of three when he describes what it is that he loves about Jessica:
Lorenzo uses the anaphoric repetition of “and” at the beginning of each line in which he lists the qualities that he loves about Jessica helps Lorenzo emphasize the importance of each quality, as well as express just how in love and take over by his emotions Lorenzo is.
The Power of Three in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice Word Autosummary
"The perfect three is used in the play’s opening passage when Antonio states:
This emphasizes the degree of melancholy that Antonio is, emphasizing the importance of the reason behind his sadness: the rivalry for Bassanio’s. Antonio’s use of triad structure in the play’s opening passage sets the context for what will become the play’s main plotline –three-way relationship between Antonio, Bassanio and Portia. In Act III, scene ii Portia completely gives herself into Bassanio. Portia is Bassanio’s “thrice-fair lady,” as well as his new possession.
A little later in the scene, Bassanio also utilizes the perfect three structure when explaining to Antonio his reasons why he loves Portia. Bassanio tells Antonio that “In Belmont is a lady richly left;/ and she is fair, and fairer than that word,/ of wondrous virtues” (I.i.161-163). “Virtues” is placed in the stress position, emphasizing the importance of Portia’s virtues. Moreover, Bassanio uses the word “fair” to play with an unusual form of repetition (called polyptoton), in which he repeats uses fair twice, but each time using a different grammatical form. This rhetorical technique makes the passage flow more smoothly. This tri-unity or trinity of qualities symbolizes more than just love for Bassanio going further than being just another way of presenting the theme of love – Portia is Bassanio’s sacred trinity. Irononically, Shylock uses a triad structure when he lists his reasons for why he hates Antonio:
The final character trait that Shylock hates about Antonio is an effect of the fact that Antonio, as a Christian in the Middle Ages, “hates our sacred nation,” by which Shakespeare could be alluding to the promised land – the non-existent nation during Shakespeare’s time that Jews were promised by God. Throughout the text one notices the importance and repetition of the triad structure, which has appeared in rhetorical, grammatical and thematic trinities of the play through the text examples of groupings of three that evoke the idea of the Holy Trinity throughout the play. Lorenzo beautifully uses the rhetorical power of three when he describes what it is that he loves about Jessica:
Lorenzo uses the anaphoric repetition of “and” at the beginning of each line in which he lists the qualities that he loves about Jessica helps Lorenzo emphasize the importance of each quality, as well as express just how in love and take over by his emotions Lorenzo is."
10 Sentence Autosummary
The perfect three is used in the play’s opening passage when Antonio states:
This emphasizes the degree of melancholy that Antonio is, emphasizing the importance of the reason behind his sadness: the rivalry for Bassanio’s. Antonio’s use of triad structure in the play’s opening passage sets the context for what will become the play’s main plotline –three-way relationship between Antonio, Bassanio and Portia. Portia is Bassanio’s “thrice-fair lady,” as well as his new possession.
A little later in the scene, Bassanio also utilizes the perfect three structure when explaining to Antonio his reasons why he loves Portia. “Virtues” is placed in the stress position, emphasizing the importance of Portia’s virtues. This tri-unity or trinity of qualities symbolizes more than just love for Bassanio going further than being just another way of presenting the theme of love – Portia is Bassanio’s sacred trinity. Irononically, Shylock uses a triad structure when he lists his reasons for why he hates Antonio:
Lorenzo beautifully uses the rhetorical power of three when he describes what it is that he loves about Jessica:
Lorenzo uses the anaphoric repetition of “and” at the beginning of each line in which he lists the qualities that he loves about Jessica helps Lorenzo emphasize the importance of each quality, as well as express just how in love and take over by his emotions Lorenzo is.
The Power of Three in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice Word Autosummary
"The perfect three is used in the play’s opening passage when Antonio states:
This emphasizes the degree of melancholy that Antonio is, emphasizing the importance of the reason behind his sadness: the rivalry for Bassanio’s. Antonio’s use of triad structure in the play’s opening passage sets the context for what will become the play’s main plotline –three-way relationship between Antonio, Bassanio and Portia. In Act III, scene ii Portia completely gives herself into Bassanio. Portia is Bassanio’s “thrice-fair lady,” as well as his new possession.
A little later in the scene, Bassanio also utilizes the perfect three structure when explaining to Antonio his reasons why he loves Portia. Bassanio tells Antonio that “In Belmont is a lady richly left;/ and she is fair, and fairer than that word,/ of wondrous virtues” (I.i.161-163). “Virtues” is placed in the stress position, emphasizing the importance of Portia’s virtues. Moreover, Bassanio uses the word “fair” to play with an unusual form of repetition (called polyptoton), in which he repeats uses fair twice, but each time using a different grammatical form. This rhetorical technique makes the passage flow more smoothly. This tri-unity or trinity of qualities symbolizes more than just love for Bassanio going further than being just another way of presenting the theme of love – Portia is Bassanio’s sacred trinity. Irononically, Shylock uses a triad structure when he lists his reasons for why he hates Antonio:
The final character trait that Shylock hates about Antonio is an effect of the fact that Antonio, as a Christian in the Middle Ages, “hates our sacred nation,” by which Shakespeare could be alluding to the promised land – the non-existent nation during Shakespeare’s time that Jews were promised by God. Throughout the text one notices the importance and repetition of the triad structure, which has appeared in rhetorical, grammatical and thematic trinities of the play through the text examples of groupings of three that evoke the idea of the Holy Trinity throughout the play. Lorenzo beautifully uses the rhetorical power of three when he describes what it is that he loves about Jessica:
Lorenzo uses the anaphoric repetition of “and” at the beginning of each line in which he lists the qualities that he loves about Jessica helps Lorenzo emphasize the importance of each quality, as well as express just how in love and take over by his emotions Lorenzo is."
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Wikipedia and Flickr
I had some fun playing around with Wikipedia, seeing what I could add/edit. At first I really wanted to write up my own entry, but I couldn't decide what to write it about. It seems like everything I could've possibly thought about writing (off the top of my head) was already in there. So, instead I decided to edit the Politics section of the Honduras entry, adding the names of the county's major newspapers. I thought it would be a beneficial contributions, since it will allow readers to recognize, search and even navigate to the newspapers' sites if they wish to read them online. You can check it out at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduras#Politics
However, this did get me thinking about the validity of what gets posted. How can we, as readers, know just how true a certain post is. I personally think that Wikipedia is a good enough source for general information, however people should always take in this info with a grain of salt.
As for Flickr, I was surprised by how simple, user-friendly and fast this site is. I had never used any kind of online photo management and sharing application because I always used Facebook. However, I may just have to start using Flickr -- I found it to be much easier, faster and more efficient than Facebook. It was a nice surprise!
Check it out at http://www.flickr.com/photos/23197072@N08
However, this did get me thinking about the validity of what gets posted. How can we, as readers, know just how true a certain post is. I personally think that Wikipedia is a good enough source for general information, however people should always take in this info with a grain of salt.
As for Flickr, I was surprised by how simple, user-friendly and fast this site is. I had never used any kind of online photo management and sharing application because I always used Facebook. However, I may just have to start using Flickr -- I found it to be much easier, faster and more efficient than Facebook. It was a nice surprise!
Check it out at http://www.flickr.com/photos/23197072@N08
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Google Image Labeler and Metadata
How does Google keep on coming up with so many ingenious applications that amuse users, while simultaneously furthering their company's business ends. I think that Google Image Labeler is a great example of how metadata has become an intrinsic part of our daily online experiences, despite the fact that most people have never even heard the word metadata in their lives. Essentially, Google's search engines run on metadata, precisely what Image Labeler generates as it engages its Google users to participate in the creation of image labels (a type metadata) that can later be incorporated into their search engines as image labels .
At first, I was having some issues visualizing and understanding what metadata actually means. However, now I understand it to be the data about data. Metadata describes the particular characteristics of any given data (documents, pictures, songs, ect) - how it was collected, created and formated, when, and by whom. Metadata is crucial for understanding the information stored in data warehouses and is also an important component of XML-based web-applications.
At first, I was having some issues visualizing and understanding what metadata actually means. However, now I understand it to be the data about data. Metadata describes the particular characteristics of any given data (documents, pictures, songs, ect) - how it was collected, created and formated, when, and by whom. Metadata is crucial for understanding the information stored in data warehouses and is also an important component of XML-based web-applications.
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