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  • My CD Collection: CD #22 – Hum

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    Hum is an alternative-rock band mostly active in the 1990s fronted by Matt Talbot, with other members Andy Switzky, Akis Boyatzis, and Jeff Kropp. This album is named You’d Prefer An Astronaut and was their 3rd album released in 1995. It has 9 songs with a runtime of around 46 minutes. MY OPINION This album… Read more

  • Multimedia Portfolio: Social Media Presence

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    One of our Multimedia Portfolio assignments is to have a social media presence. This includes a Business Facebook page, a LinkedIn, and a Vimeo account. Instagram and Twitter are optional, but I probably won’t plan on making a profile for these. In class, we were taught how to make a Business Facebook page. For the… Read more

  • My CD Collection: CD #21 – Good Riddance

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    Good Riddance is a punk-rock band that emerged in 1986 and is led by vocalist Russ Rankin. Their longtime lineup includes Luke Pabich, Chuck Platt, and Sean Sellers. This CD is named Thoughts and Prayers and was released on July 19, 2019. This album consists of 12 songs with a runtime of around 29 minutes.… Read more

  • Multimedia Portfolio: After Effects Refresher Presentation

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    In our Multimedia Portfolio class, each one of us was assigned a topic to present to the class. I was assigned to present a refresher of the program After Effects. After Effects is a video editing and animation program that we rarely use in class. So this was a bit out of comfort zone, but… Read more

  • My CD Collection: CD #20 – Foo Fighters

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    This is Foo Fighter’s Self-Titled album. Foo Fighters is a rock band formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl. Dave Grohl was previously in the band Nirvana as the drummer. After the end of Nirvana due to Kurt Cobains death, Dave formed this band with some friends, including former Nirvana guitarist Pat Smear. This Self-Titled album… Read more

  • Portfolio Print Production – Magazine Printing and Production

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    We are finishing our magazines from last semester in our print production class this semester. To finish these magazines we are printing and assembling all of the pages to our magazine. The first was the printing. After making the necessary changes and fixes, we needed to arrange the pages into printer spreads. These printer spreads… Read more

  • Layout 2: Whole Magazine

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    After finishing all of the different components that went into the magazine, we had to put it all together and add a folio. Putting all the different articles and ads together was simple. We placed the pdfs into one InDesign file into the page that it is suposed to go. But creating the folios was… Read more

  • My CD Collection: CD #19 – E350

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    This is Ordinary by E350. This CD was one given to me by my father. E350 was a Sioux Falls-based band mad up of Brad Webber on bass and vocals, Mark Richards on drums, Pat McIntyre on guitars and vocals, and Dan Anderson on guitar and lead vocals. Not much is known about this band… Read more

  • New Media: Bootstrap Site

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    In New Media, we were assigned to create a website for “Chef Jacqueline” using bootstrap and css code. We used the program Adobe Dreamweaver to make these websites and upload them to the server. I found this project pretty fun! At first I had a bit of trouble with some of the elements, but after… Read more

  • My CD Collection: CD #18 – Everclear

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    So Much For The Afterglow is Everclear’s 1997 album. Everclear is a rock band from Portland formed in 1991. Formed by lead singer and guitarist Art Alexakis. So Much For The Afterglow was released in 1997, has 14 song, and a runtime of around 48 minutes. MY OPINION I’ve been a fan of Everclear’s music… Read more