Category Archives: Vitale Digital Media Lab

Ask and You Shall Receive

Jonathan Leung, a senior in Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been working on a programming project, analyzing Khan Academy user data. Since his project requires him to have multiple windows open simutaneously, it was crucial to be … Continue reading

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6 Reasons Your Password Stinks and How to Fix It

Over the weekend, I read this fascinating but horrifying article about the process hackers use to crack your passwords: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/how-crackers-make-minced-meat-out-of-your-passwords/ I thought I had really strong passwords (I had wrongly assumed that a longer password was necessarily more secure than … Continue reading

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Study Break! Games to break the monotony

Our friends at the Apps On Tap blog have posted a couple reviews of video games you can download and play when you’re looking for a distraction from all this darned studying that’s been going on lately. Whether you’re looking … Continue reading

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Divorce Infographics

My fascination with infographics continues.  Yesterday, Lindsey showed me a Pinterest board she’d come across that collected infographics specifically about divorce.  It’s really interesting to see not just the variety of sub-topics within the “Divorce Infographic” genre (same-sex divorce, celebrity … Continue reading

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Audio to Whet Your Appetite

The 2013 Third Coast ShortDoc Challenge competition is on! Here is your chance to explore audio storytelling. ShortDocs Challenge is an annual contest sponsored by Third Coast International Audio Festival (TCIAF), a Chicago-based organization that curates and publishes audio stories from around … Continue reading

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The Dude Abides

You may recall that our networked storage drive, aka “The Dude” was out of commission for a few days.  I’m glad to say that the Dude is up and running again, as of 4/8/13. Thanks to our Systems/iTadd department for … Continue reading

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Moving Final Cut Pro 7 Projects into Premiere Pro CS6

It seems pretty easy to move you to FCP7 projects into Premiere Pro. Almost too easy… This process works best with projects in the beginning stages of editing. The more effects, titles, and transitions you have in place, the more … Continue reading

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The Dude is Down

[Update: The Dude is up and running again, as of 4/8/13. Thanks to our Systems/iTadd department for their help getting everything working. Sorry for the inconvenience!] We’re having trouble with our networked “User Storage” drive, which we in the lab … Continue reading

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Character Styles in InDesign

Whether you’re trying to maintain a consistent brand identity across a number of documents, or simply hoping to try out a number of different looks for your new project, the Character Styles panel can save you time and energy. Instead … Continue reading

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Designed in the Lab – Relay for Life Infographic

Christine Uyemura, one of the lab consultants here at the Vitale Digital Media Lab, is the president of the group that organizes Relay for Life at Penn.  She created this very nice infographic about the event.  I wanted to share … Continue reading

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