Archive for July, 2010

July 31, 2010 7

What surfing taught me about being a designer

By Nina in Design, HCId, Travel

I’ve never gone surfing before. Swimming, snorkeling, kayaking and Slip ‘n Sliding–but never surfing. Welcome to California. With just a few weeks of my internship left at RockMelt, I’ve been thinking about what I learned this summer. A new friend took surfing near Pacifica to ride some waves. While tumbling around in the Ocean, I [...]

July 25, 2010 0

What makes content shareable?

By Nina in Design, HCId, Journalism, Share

Below is a graduate journalism school independent study proposal. Summary Social media may be in its infancy but its model changes as quickly as slowly as mature newsroom are evolving. In short, the divide between social and hard news media is growing further apart. Traditional or hard news values like timeliness, impact and accuracy are [...]

July 8, 2010 0

24 hours in Portland

By Nina in Travel

Whilst on holiday in Seattle, via San Francisco, I felt inspired to go on a 1940s style American adventure. Manifest Destiny, Oregon Trail. Monday night I booked a morning Coast Starlight ride along the coast to Portland. I made friends in the lounge car and marveled at what is my country. I started posting notes [...]