Themes of The Tempest

The Tempest by William Shakespeare dipicts many themes throughout the course of the story.

Desire for Freedom
Caliban wants to be free from his master Prospero.  Throughout the story he plots to kill Prospero by using Stephano and promising him he will be the King of the Island once Prospero is dead.

Ariel also wants to be free from Prospero.  Prospero promises to free him after Ariel finishes doing dirty work for him.

The Wonderlamp

Wonderlamp is a design collaboration between Pieke Bergmans and Studio Job presented by Dimos last week in Milan. Pieke is known for her glass light bulbs. To make her "wonderlamps she uses archetype material using glass he same way we use bronze. Each object has its own idea from light to over bowling pot. The 7 pieces are of everyday life pieces: pots and pans, a torch, and a neon lamp.

NYCreativeInterns

Nick and Gennifer from my New Media design class presented their blog posts from NYcreative interns website.  Nick posted a blog entry called the Commuter's Survival Guide: What Every NYC Intern Should Know.  I thought this entry was a very informative and useful beacuse I will soon be the commuting NYC intern next semester.

The commuter's survival guide

Our very own Nick from my New Media class wrote a blog about commuting to your internship on NYCreativeInterns.com.  He gave us a survival guide.  I read it and found it very helpful because in not to long I will be that intern commuting to and from the city three days a week.  His first tip was on the rates of commutation.  He talks about different options you can choose from like a monthly pass, or a ten-trip pass.  His second tip is to know whether you are traveling peak or off peak.  There are different charges on tickets depending on  rush hour.  His third tip is to buy the city transit app for your iphone.  It is a complete guide of the NYC subway system.  You can also go to Hopstop.com (Ive been on this site, Its great!).  Tip 4 i found was very interesting and useful.  Text "(station name)" to "(station name)" to number 266266 to find out MTA train times.  The number instantly text you back the next 5 trains,  It very quick and there is no need for the Internet.  SO COOL. His 5th tip is to use your debit or credit card.  The machines don't give you back dollars, but gold coins.  Tip 6 is very important.  Check the weather before you leave for work.  Running through the city in the rain unprepared is not fun and sitting in the office with soggy shoes is worst. Tip 7 is to travel lightly.  Limit yourself to one compact bag.  Tip 8 is to bring your cell phone charger in your bag. This tip is handy for me because my phone can't keep its charge during the day.  Tip 9, always have a few extra dollars of cash on you.  Smaller food venues at train stations usually only take cash.  Tip 10, wear comfortable foot wear during the commute then change to your heels when you get off the train.  Tip 11, Know your proper train etiquette, respect your elders, avoid talking on the phone and don't blast music on the train.  They don't want to hear what your hearing.  And Tip 12 get a quick breakfast in Penn station for $1.99.  Jamba Juice has oatmeal for only 1.99.  I'm defiantly checking that out. Thanks Nick for these helpful tips. I'm now more prepared for my spring internship. 

Notes on Asst 3

Malcolm X

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today"
-Malcolm X

Exceptional Person

While riding the train to Penn Station I meet a filmmaker, named Keith Battista.  I was lost and he helped me with directions.  We got to talking and I found out that he is a filmmaker in Long Island.  He writes and directs a web series called "The Professionals."  "The Professionals" is a comedy about tech support and contract killers.  He has close to 100,000 subscribers.  One episode

at it's peak had about 50,000 views.  His highest viewed episode has 673,240 views which is pretty impressive.  "The Professionals" has its own youtube channel and it has 2,318,454 views.

He got into doing what he does because of his love for film making.  He was just always into it.  He has a undergraduate degree in film and worked on independent films projects in school.  With that background he decided to create his own web series.  Which is coming along very nicely if I might add. 

As I was getting off the train he left me with a few tips on becoming successful.  For film makers you have to have a love for films because you will be working and thinking about them all the time.  Also you have to be able to multi task and tell stories well.  The last and best tip he has for all creators is "Just Do It!"  There is only so much you can learn from books.   You can learn so much more if you just get out and just do it!   

Omnio WOWkeys and iPhone team up to make an awsome keyboard.

This prototype keyboard looks amazingly fun and I don't even have a iPhone.  The doc is PC or Mac compatible.  It has 15 hot keys designed for the iPhone and you could  make the phone into a media center remote control or multi-touch trackpad with apps from the app store.  This reminds me of the ipad.  If you could have a keyboard for the iPhone why need the ipad.  It's cheaper.  The USB keyboard is only $100.  Because this is only a prototype there isn't a lot of information about it but my favorite feature would be to use it as keyboard to type in text messages or write blogs only using the keyboard.  I falling in love with this keyboard already.