Monthly Archives: June 2009

Evolution of Photoshop

Posted on June 26, 2009 by

This was an interesting article on the evolution of Photoshop from its inception to it’s current incarnation of CS4. My favorite was the evolution of the toolbars. Also you gotta love that the splash screen for the version 1.0 release … Continue reading →

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iPhone Art

Posted on June 25, 2009 by

I rather enjoyed these iPhone sketches Jorge Colombo did for the New Yorker: http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1827871374 He used an app called Brushes. There’s also a Flickr groupdevoted to drawings created with the same app.

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Good price on SD cards

Posted on June 22, 2009 by

Buy.com is has a good price on SD HC cards. It’s two 4GB cards (8GB total) for only $18.95 with free shipping. http://www.buy.com/prod/kingston-4gb-sdhc-card-class-4-twin-pack/q/loc/101/210906173.html

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Computer Sale

Posted on June 17, 2009 by

The back-to-school sale is under way at the Computer Connection (the computer store located in the far corner of the Penn Bookstore). If you’re in the market for a new computer, you definitely need to check it out. In addition … Continue reading →

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Twitter & Iranian Elections

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

An interesting read for all you tweeters out there. This is a pretty amazing story when you think about it: Twitter has decided to postpone critical maintenance on its servers in order to eliminate interruption of service in recognition of … Continue reading →

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Slide Scanner is Back

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

Our slide scanner is back from the shop, and is now clean, functional, and ready for you to start scanning slides again!

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Urban Education Journal Makeover (7/14/09)

Posted on June 14, 2009 by

Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education is a student-run peer reviewed on-line journal published by the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. The editorial staff tapped the Vitale Digital Media Lab resources and staff expertise in Adobe … Continue reading →

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Exciting Software Updates: CS4, iLife 09, iWork 09

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

Big news! We’re finally upgrading to the Adobe CS4 software suite, along with iLife 09 and iWork 09. The software affected includes Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand, Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. We expect to have the new … Continue reading →

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Chinese Film Directors Website (6/5/09)

Posted on June 5, 2009 by

Three Penn undergraduates Mr. Chongping Chen, Mr. Maosheng Dong and Ms. Xiaomeng Hu have created the Chinese Film Directors educational website for a class taught by Dr. Mera Moore Lafferty after a year of research, writing, and web design. The … Continue reading →

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Pas de posters

Posted on June 1, 2009 by

The poster printer is back online and working again. The poster printer is down today. We have our best people on it, and we hope to have it back up again by the end of the day. In the mean … Continue reading →

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