Archive for April, 2008

Bobby Bones Show 2nd Chance Prom
April 28, 2008

Last Friday, I attended The Bobby Bones Show 2nd Chance Prom @ Vicci. I attended the event as a reporter for The A-List, the entertainment photo and video blog at The Austin American-Statesman.

Check out the photos I took at The 2nd Chance Prom – everyone was dress to the nines and dancing up a storm!

My Daily Texan Debut
April 25, 2008

The live version will only be up for another two hours, but check out The Daily Texan. Under the guidance of Katie Petroski, I helped created the online edition of the news stories by placing the photos, photo credits, and video on the website. It was a lot of fun!
Screenshot of what I did

Tired of Faceook Chat Already? Block It!
April 24, 2008

It only works in Firefox, but use Chat-B-Gone to keep Facebook Chat at bay.

Facebook Chat Launches in Texas Network
April 23, 2008

Facebook rolled out their latest feature, Facebook Chat, on Wednesday to members of the Texas network. Announced in March as an instant messaging service, Chat slowly rolled out to university networks across the country, starting with Stanford and Harvard.
Facebook Chat features are similar to that of its competitors. Users can set their status to ‘online’ [...]

Follow Pennsylvania Primary Results with Google Maps
April 23, 2008

The Pennsylvania primary is taking place today, and even Hilary Clinton has acknowledged she “has to win.”

All season long, Google Maps provides live coverage of the primary results. Follow Pennsylvania’s primary results HERE and check out the official Google Earth and maps team blog for 5 important factors in this year’s election.

I’m A Model, You Know What I Mean
April 21, 2008

Abortion as Art: A Media Manipulation
April 18, 2008

Yale senior Aliza Shvarts spent the past year recording multiple self-induced miscarraiges.
Or did she?
Conflicting coverage reports that Shvarts was never pregnant and the entire project was a piece of fiction. Shvats has hit back, claiming she has photographic and video evidence and blood samples from the miscarriages.
At this point, it is not clear whether or [...]

The Inaugural Post
April 18, 2008

I’ve been asked many times if I have a blog. Hesitant, I say no; everyone and their brother has a blog and I feared feeling like a poser. And I consider writing to be an incredibly personal and open-hearted journey – how could I share that with the world wide web?
Tonight, however, I knew I [...]