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| Apple yesterday introduced the iPad, essentially a new, larger form factor for an iPhone-like device that supports music, HD video (but not Flash video), books, and games. SHOULD YOU CARE? YES. Even many of the Apple faithful seemed a little underwhelmed by yesterday's announcement, which didn't seem to break much new ground in the gadget realm. However, the price (starting at $499) is right, and there's been a lot of chatter about Apple pitching this first-generation product as the foundation of a new, 21st-century model for the content-creation business previously known as "publishing." If the future of newspapers and magazines lies with a portable, rich-media style of presentation, the iPad is going to be one of the first places where publishers can really try their digital chops, writing in the new, video-friendly HTML5 standard and coding with Javascript to create true interactivity in a handheld device. And, crucially, e-commerce is built in. It's a shame Flash isn't supported — but if you want to flex new creative muscles, designing elegant apps for the iPad could be a rewarding challenge. |
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Shorewood High School: “Shorewood Lip Dub”
A recent blog entry at ace film academic David Bordwell's Observations on film art scrutinized the phenomenon of "lipdubs," which are videos featuring exuberant single-take lip-sync performances of pop hits. Bordwell considers the lipdub rivalry between Shorecrest High School and Shorewood High School (both in Shoreline, Washington). Shorecrest made an awesome lipdub out of dozens of students performing “Hey Ya!" by Outkast. Shorewood responded by mounting an equally complicated production of "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates — and shooting it entirely in reverse. Here is your evidence of how affordable, ubiquitous video technology is changing the very meaning of creativity for young people today.
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