Tag Archives: Vitale Digital Media Lab

Divorce Infographics

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

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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The Dude Abides

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

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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Why should iPhone users have all the chargers?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

In addition to the iPhone chargers we lend, we’ve recently added a generic USB micro phone charger to the Vitale Digital Media Lab equipment lending program. You can reserve it online and pick it up at the lab.

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Designed in the lab – Jacqui’s tattoo

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

A couple weeks ago, Dr. Jacqui Sadashige came into the lab and told us that she planned on getting a tattoo, and she wanted our assistance in creating the design in Photoshop. Jacqui teaches cinema-based courses for Penn’s Critical Writing … Continue reading →

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Working with AVCHD and MTS files

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

Video Editors: By now we’ve all experienced problems with converting those pesky .MTS files to a file type that iMovie or Final Cut Pro will recognize. So, what’s the deal? Why can’t those sophisticated programs read .MTS files and what is … Continue reading →

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iPhone Keyboard Shortcuts Stopped Working?

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

Today the keyboard shortcuts I’d set up on my iPhone 5 inexplicably stopped working without notice.  A quick search showed that I’m not the only one with this problem.  Sebastian Page at iDownloadBlog had the issue as well, and presents … Continue reading →

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Elf Week!

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

No, it has nothing to do with the Hobbit (that’s more about Dwarves, anyway) It’s our annual tradition of watching the (now classic) Christmas movie, Elf. So join us today (and, frankly, probably every day this week) in the Vitale … Continue reading →

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Theo’s Burger

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

Congratulations to our own Theo Pajaczkowska for her very cool burger illustration in the Fall 2012 issue of Penn Appetit (UPenn’s premiere food magazine)  If you can’t find a printed copy around campus, you can read the issue online.

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Holiday Events at the Computer Connection

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

Everyone is invited to stop by the Computer Connection (at the back of the Penn Bookstore) for holiday events tonight (12/13) and Friday (12/14). If you stop in before 5pm, you’ll have a chance to meet their staff and take … Continue reading →

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Penn+Box

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Hopefully, by now you’re aware of Penn’s new Penn+Box service, where Penn has partenered with Box.com to give every Penn student, faculty, and staff member 20GB of free cloud storage.  It works a lot like Dropbox, but with some additional … Continue reading →

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