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By Bruce van der Kooij on October 3, 2010
(The news report above is from a WJW, channel 8, a Fox-affiliated television station in Cleveland, Ohio. You can view the security footage by itself on YouTube, posted there by The Akron Beacon Journal) The officer involved in the incident, deputy Jason Kline, alleges in his report that the prisoner, David Malcolm, swung his head [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged be better than good-be great, media, news, that's not ok, usa-number one |
By Bruce van der Kooij on September 29, 2010
Martijn Kieft, Pieter van der Wielen en Chris Vijn onderzoeken op een actieve manier waar ons geld terechtkomt of waar het blijft hangen. Door zelf deel te nemen aan het economische verkeer ondervinden zij wie de winnaars zijn en wie de verliezers. Volg je de meute dan wordt je gepiepeld, dus wat kunnen de verslaggevers [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged documentary, journalism, linkdump, media |
By Bruce van der Kooij on September 28, 2010
Lockdown is a television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel. The series offers a look into various issues related to the United States penitentiary system. The man in the picture above is Donovon Green, a guy in his late thirties who spent 14 years of his life in jail convicted of armed robbery. A [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged culture, media, responsibility, society |
By Bruce van der Kooij on September 26, 2010
So I came across this pretty nifty short film from Acme Filmworks for insurance company Liberty Mutual’s The Responsibility Project. Here’s what Liberty Mutual had to say about the short in a press release: Watching someone trip on an uneven sidewalk may cause a quick laugh – but it’s a different story when that person [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged media, responsibility, society |
By Bruce van der Kooij on November 9, 2009
Yesterday evening Canvas/Panorama broadcasted the VPRO/Tegenlicht documentary “De Ijsland-ervaring” (The Iceland-experience). The creators of the documentary travel to Iceland to try and answer the question: What happened? An economist, a philosopher, a comedian, a young activist, a fisherman and a coffehouse owner answer the question in their own way. They also interview Eva Joly who, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged media, real-life |
By Bruce van der Kooij on October 30, 2009
Apart from the fact that CNN’s video site just isn’t very interesting (for now I won’t go into reasons why), it also has a few minor issues that combined make for a genuine usability disaster. ————————————————————————————————————- Problem #1: When a video is done playing, all player functionality is disabled and after a few seconds the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged media, usability, websites |
By Bruce van der Kooij on October 25, 2009
Ubisoft has a pretty cool career “website” where actual employees (programmers, artists etc.) talk about their job at the company. The whole thing is pretty fun to watch.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged media, websites |
