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Filming/sound/photography by Nick Schneider

Styling / Hair / Make up and clothing sourced by Kate Swindells

Original Music / composition / performance Rob Lavers (the music is created by performing a musical score, then removing all the notes so you are left with the gaps and breaths – featured on our teasers – genius)

Other production bits were by the obsessive Christine Morris and of course starred the wonderful Hattie Medd.

Tags: apps, iPhone, lifestyle, The Reviews
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EPISODE 7: GAMES (WILD WEST VS CATCHA MOUSE)

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Medieval damsels join us this week and they have nearly $100 of loot for you from Zagg.com, reviews & goodies what more do you need? Oh – and do they ever escape from the the evil clutches of a madman!!! (erm ok ok it was just a tree, but you know what I’m sayin’)

This weeks apps were:

Wild West Pinball $1.99 Developer OOO Gamepron

Catcha Mouse FREE Developer Odasoft

Catcha Mouse 2 $0.99 Developer Odasoft

CREDITS: This weeks episode was…

Filming/sound/photography by Nick Schneider

Styling / Hair / Make up and clothing sourced by Kate Swindells

Original Music / composition / performance Rob Lavers (the music is created by performing a musical score, then removing all the notes so you are left with the gaps and breaths – featured on our teasers – genius)

Other production bits were by the obsessive Christine Morris and of course starred the wonderful Hattie Medd.

Tags: apps, catcha mouse, games, iPhone, The Reviews, wild west
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Web Video: Evolution

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Blip.tv’s CEO, Mike Hudack, chatted with Red Write Web about how online video and television are evolving and informing one another.

This is so topical with the statistics of how video bloging / video posting / and people creating their own shows are on the rise. Can TV last, will it need to make fundamental changes? Perhaps in addition to that do people need to think more about adding video to their sites, is this what the audience is expecting?

Tags: blip tv, video
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EPISODE 6: MUSIC (SHAZAM VS OCARINA)

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

MUSIC

Shazam FREE Developer: Shazam Entertanment Limited

Ocarina $0.99 Developer: Smule, Chuck Inc.

Well well well girls, who actually baked those cookies or is that as secret as your apps seem to be this time round?

This week they are looking at music as the category and they are convinced that they have some great apps for you.  Hattie talks you through Shazam, which is a great way to find out what the heck is the name of ‘that’ song. While Christine takes you through the delights that is Ocarina.  This app is $0.99 and she is ’singing’ it’s praises.

I think at one point she is almost off the couch with excitement over it! It’s getting heated in here folks~

CREDITS: This weeks episode was…

Filming/sound/photography by Nick Schneider

Styling / Hair / Make up and clothing sourced by Kate Swindells

Original Music / composition / performance Rob Lavers (the music is created by performing a musical score, then removing all the notes so you are left with the gaps and breaths – featured on our teasers – genius)

Other production bits were by the obsessive Christine Morris and of course starred the wonderful Hattie Medd.

Thanks to: @MartinSFP @bootooyou @sizemore and @ernmander

Hope you enjoyed the show and we look forward to seeing you in 2 weeks time…. hmmmm what ever do we have for you next?

Tags: apps, iPhone, iphone app reviews, music, ocarina, shazam
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EPISODE 5: ENTERTAINMENT (LCUBE LITE VS TOUCH POET)

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Oops, not again, the girls seem to be enjoying the apps too much and have once again ran to 7 minutes of chat! Hope you will find the apps and ‘one more byte’ interesting as this week has a surprise in store.

Another face makes an appearance (two more in fact if we count Snoopy). Ric Morton is on hand (Via Skype) to offer you top 3 tips for iPhone development.  If you wondered where to start and needed motivation this could be the episode for you.

Get that all important app made and send it to the girls, so they have even more apps to dress through!

~ hope you enjoy

This episode sees some country gents (our gals) getting comfortable on the couch, as they look into the entertainment category for iPhone apps.

Hattie picked the free app LCube Lite. Christine features the Touch Poet app that lets you use modern words fed straight fromDigg (and other sources) and mixes them with the words of Shakespeare, E. A. Poe, Kipling and other Wordsworth. For only $0.99 you can write some fun poems and send them out using Twitter (or email)!

CREDITS: This weeks episode was…

Filming/sound/photography by Nick Schneider

Styling / Hair / Make up / clothing sourced by Kate Swindells

Original Music / composition / performance Rob Lavers (the music is created by performing a musical score, then removing all the notes so you are left with the gaps and breaths – featured on our teasers – genius)

Other production bits were by the obsessive Christine Morris and of course starred the wonderful Hattie Medd.

Coffee image used in one more byte was sourced from Flicker (Alex-S).

Hope you enjoyed the show and we look forward to seeing you in 2 weeks time, for what might be called our hungriest show to date!

ENTERTAINMENT

LCube Lite FREE Developer: CoolMoon Corp.

LCube $0.99 Developer: CoolMoon Corp.

Touch Poet $0.99 Developer: Morgan Brown Consultancy Ltd.

Touch Poet Lite FREE Developer: Morgan Brown Consultancy Ltd.

Do you already use these apps? Do you have a different favorite that you think the world should know about?

Tags: entertainment, iphone apps, iphone review, lcube, touch poet
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EPISODE 4: SOCIAL NETWORKING (Facebook V Tweetie, Twitterfon…)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Firstly apologies, we slightly over ran in this episode, I’m gonna blame Hattie (but truthfully, we wanted to briefly explain a new feature called ‘One More Byte’… you’ll see)

Well now girls, make your mind up! How many good apps are out there!

This episode takes the girls through the category Social Networking, where they look at the free apps Facebook, Twitterfon, Twitteriffic and the paid for app Tweetie.

Hattie thinks the Facebook app is actually better than the web interface of Facebook, but will that mean you spend more time on it? Christine just can’t seem to decide between all her Twitter applications (we think she uses far too many!).

Specifically she mentions Tweetie, Twitterfon and the free version of Twitteriffic. So many more apps are available, some that are specifically just for tweeting location or images. Some of them just list all the feeds from the trending topics or popular searches, or just for posting your tweets. There just wasn’t enough time to cover them all – really could do another show on it!

Still, hopefully by the end of this episode you will be far wiser to the Twitter apps, Facebook’s features and of course umm… fairy clothing?

CREDITS: This weeks episode was…

Filming/sound/photography by Nick Schneider

Styling / Hair / Make up and original clothing hand made by Kate Swindells

Format alterations / structural guidance David MacGregor (Many of the changes inspired for the new format.)

Original Music / composition / performance Rob Lavers (the music is created by performing a musical score, then removing all the notes so you are left with the gaps and breaths – featured on our teasers – genius)

Catering by Simon Morris

Other production bits were by the obsessive Christine Morris and of course starred the wonderful Hattie Medd.

Hope you love the new format as much as we do – and oh – we will release on Friday another sneaky peak for you at what’s coming up the following Friday!

SOCIAL NETWORKING

Facebook FREE Developer: Facebook

Tweetie FREE Developer: Atebits LLC

Twitterfon $2.99 Developer: Kazuho Okui, Naan Studio

Twitteriffic FREE Developer: The Icon Factory

Twitteriffic Premium $9.99 Developer: The Icon Factory

Not sure we want to open this can of worms but – what Twitter client do you use on your iPhone? Do you use the Facebook app already? Are there features missing?

Tags: apps, Apps and Hats, facebook, iPhone, social networking, The Reviews, Tweetie, Twitterfon
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Postit Note Inventor Watches…

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

From the wonderful site: Ironic Sans: Post-it Note inventor watches Sticky Note Experiments I had to include this as a must see link.  I loved the actual post-it note creation that I saw on YouTube, and this is a real treat now being able to watch the reaction to the guy responsible! We love post-its!

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Tags: iconic sans, inventor, postit, sticky note experiment
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Powerful Message

Friday, April 10th, 2009

It is worth watching this video through to the end.  It has a really powerful message, and that’s the only reason why I’m posting it here!

Tags: change, generation, message, The Video / Photos, youtube
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Episode 2: Games (Tap Tap Revenge 2 v RoboLogic)

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Games are featured in this weeks episode.

This week the girls are in their business suits, ready to tackle the serious subject of games! Their suits and hats may be serious but the topic seems to be so interesting that the girls find it hard to stop giggling!

C’mon girls, will you insist on being goofy every show? Will you ever wear Victorian clothing again? And most important, who’s game do you think rocks it the most in this fun episode?

They have each picked an application to review. Hattie has chosen a free application while Christine’s is paid for.

Note: This week has a special bonus, the game Christine reviews has offered the viewers a chance to nab their very own promo code for a free download of the paid for version! Get yourself  entered!

Tags: app reviews, apps, games, iPhone, robologic, tap tap revenge
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Episode 1: business (iTie v Presenter)

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Apps and Hats, the episodes will also be shown here on my personal blog. Hope you enjoy.

Episode 1: Business (iTie vs Presentor) from Christine Morris on Vimeo.

Business is the category chosen for you. (Don’t forget- have your say and suggest a category or game you want to include! )

This week the girls are in their Victorian splendor. Clothes straight out of ‘The Dancing Platform at Cremorne Gardens’ Painted by Phebus Levin in 1864. More on that in a later post! If only they had iPhones back in the Victorian times, I wonder what they would have Tweeted about….

They have each picked an application to review. Hattie has chosen a free application while Christine’s is paid for.

What ratings are they giving? Do the girls finally stop laughing? And do you agree with Christine or Hattie?

Tags: app review, apps, business, iPhone, itie, The Reviews
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Apps and Hats

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

I have been working on a project for a few weeks now, and last Sunday it all came together.  The idea is basically to have a video podcast which is an iPhone app review show.  We wanted a twist on it, and – well let me know, I think we have a twist!

This is the teaser that we released, before the launch of the project Friday March 20th 2009. I really hope you’ll watch us every other week, and send us some feedback – or clothing ideas!!

This won’t be posted here again, I have set up appsandhats.com where you can watch it every other week, or on the vimeo channel. Also it should be available to download as a podcast —> I say should because it doesn’t seem to support Vimeos format.  If anyone has tips on how I can get it working right please let me know. Thanks.

x enjoy

Tags: app, applications, cmoz, hati, iPhone, podcast, review, show, The Reviews, video, vimeo
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Educational Tool: Twitter

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

[First: BIG thanks to my CDC group Yr1 & YR2 for doing this session with me!!! Three cheers and sorry if I didn't include your pic or your tweet in the post.]

I wrote a post about Twitter and the integration of it as a learning resource and teaching device.  It can be a good source for research. Tying in with that is the notion of getting students to use technology to better understand it.

I decided to try some of the ‘Twitter in the Classroom’ techniques.  I set up an account called @interactivity, (that is actually the module title) but also our topic of discussion.

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Tags: discussion, education, higher education, integration, interactivity, tools, twitter, twitterfall, video, vimeo
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Ryan by Chris Landreth – NFB

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

This film, I show to students for several reasons.  The animation in it is amazing to watch, it completely keeps your attention by the detail and creativity shown.  In addition to that, they show the work of Canadian Animator Ryan Larkin, who had made beautiful and inspiring animations in the 1970s.  This film really allows you to see the differences in the animation techniques which – again for inspiration- is a great thing to demonstrate.  This is one of the few films that I have purchased, and on the DVD there is additional viewing material (making of, and other work by Chris). It is a film I hope you will go back to a view more than once, because you really get more from it every time you watch it.

Additional to that, is this story is sad. It’s an emotional film and the way emotions are shown even though its using technology is an amazing achievement. If you have a chance to also click the NFB link under the film you can see the work by Ryan on their site as well.

Ryan

Chris Landreth, 2004, 13 min 54 s

Information from The National Film Board site:
This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who, 30 years ago, produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Ryan is living every artist’s worst nightmare – having lost his ability to create and succumbing to addiction, he panhandles on the streets to make ends meet. Through the use of computer-generated characters, Landreth interviews his friend and colleague in an effort to shed light on his downward spiral. Some strong language. Viewer discretion is advised.

Tags: animation, Canada, Chris Landreth, film, inspiration, NFB, Ryan, Ryan Larkin
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Seth Godin’s advice on Mashable

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

I try to post my opinion and advice or information that is not posted somewhere already, but when I came across this post from Andrew Warner (an Internet entrepreneur and the founder of Mixergy. He interviews successful people to learn how they did it) I had to include it.

Seth Godin is always worth a watch, this video is about 7 tips for a startups up in a down market.

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Tags: Andrew Warner, build, Entrepreneur, Mashable, Seth Godin, tips, Tips for startups
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Students are Animals…

Friday, February 6th, 2009

What happens when a classroom exercise (using online video services like Seesmic, Viddler, Vimeo, YouTube to convey a message…) becomes interesting to the students.

If they are studying about a technology they will get a much richer understanding and appreciation for it if they actually USE it.

I asked my students to use a service of their choice, offering them Seesmic, Viddler, Vimeo or YouTube,  but equally they could find one of their own, and see what the service offers.

This could have been a simple ‘write a report’ exercise, include a few screen captures *yawn* about how it works.  Instead, we decided to take advantage of the capabilities of the computers we are fortunate to have in the college (iMac with webcam)

I asked them to just post a question, or a comment, to stress, just ease into it.  At first most were shy, understandably, but once ‘DanceMatt’ (Matthew Meadowcroft) had taken center stage and really gone for it, the whole thing became far more relaxed.

Here is DanceMatts first attempt at using this communication tool.  He used the integrated camera on the iMac and YouTube to post it.  It was edited using iMove.

This submission followed, and remember all I had  asked for was a quick comment or question, just to get them into the idea. This was all created in the session!

Day at the Zoo – This is from Matt Godfrey, who filmed it with the same equipment, and also used iMovie. (be sure to have sound ON to appreciate this first attempt)

Getting the students using the technology is the best way for them to learn about it.  The errors made, the difficulties experienced when creating with it are all valuable.  It offers them so much more then simply attending a session where I speak about, or describe something to them.

Are you also using technology in your sessions, what is particularily motivational for them, what technologies do they use the most?

Tags: Education and Technology, iMovie, learning, motivation, post, seesmic, students, teaching, Technology related, The Video / Photos, viddler, vimeo, webcam, youtube
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