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JackPowers
Brooklyn!
Teacher, Author, Analyst, Technologist, Typographer
Interests: multimedia, executive education, new york, typography, digital media, graphic arts, pervasive video, interactive publishing
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Citywide Graphics Arts Competition Starts Today
The Tenth Annual Citywide Graphic Arts Competition begins today with the posting of the rubrics for the First Round. New York City students compete locally in their schools during March. Teachers select up to two entries per category for the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 1, 2011 at Graphics Teachers Web Log
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Consolidating this blog at JPowers.IN3.ORG
Caught up in academic fervor over intellectual property in my graduate studies at the City University of New York, I've decided to consolidate my blogs and social media content onto my own server in order to "own my own logs."... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2011 at Pervasive.TV
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Consolidating this blog at JPowers.IN3.ORG
Caught up in academic fervor over intellectual property in my graduate studies at the City University of New York, I've decided to consolidate my blogs and social media content onto my own server in order to "own my own logs."... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2011 at Healthcare NBIC
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Consolidating this blog at JPowers.IN3.ORG
Caught up in academic fervor over intellectual property in my graduate studies at the City University of New York, I've decided to consolidate my blogs and social media content onto my own server in order to "own my own logs."... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2011 at JPowers @ IN3.ORG
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Graphics Teacher Mandracchia Directs, Composes the Musical "Hush"
Popular graphics teacher Charles Mandracchia, whose MS 326 students make such a big splash at the Annual Citywide Graphic Arts Competition, is spreading his creative wings as the composer and director of Hush, a musical review that opens off-off Broadway... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2011 at Graphics Teachers Web Log
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Award-Winning Graduate Returns to Discuss Web Design
At yesterday's Graphics Teachers Technology Conference (GTTC) hosted by B&H Photo,web and print designer Ed Moss participated in a panel discussion on Web Development Trends. He spoke on the topic "What web development trends can high school teachers teach their... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2010 at Graphics Teachers Web Log
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100,000 People a Day View Students' Work at Port Authority
Beginning this month, student photography and visual art productions from the High School of Graphic Communication Arts will be on display in the Port Authority termina (at right) on 40th Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan. The theme of the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2010 at Graphics Teachers Web Log
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2010 Graphics Teachers Technology Conference Program
The Graphics Teachers Technology Conference is a special professional development event FREE OF CHARGE for New York City graphics teachers sponsored by the Graphics Industry Advisory Commission, part of the Advisory Council for Career & Technical Education. Join experts, educators... Continue reading
Posted Oct 26, 2010 at Graphics Teachers Web Log
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Graphics Teachers Professional Development set for Nov 2
Announcing the 2010 Graphic Teachers Technology Conference Tuesday, November 2, 2010 9:00 am to 2:00 pm A Special Professional Development Event for New York City Graphic Arts High School Teachers sponsored by the Graphics Industry Advisory Commission, Advisory Council for... Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2010 at Graphics Teachers Web Log
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2010 National Student Design Competition
The Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF®) second annual student design competition challenges students to create marketing materials designed to promote GRAPH EXPO 2011 – the largest and most comprehensive trade show and conference for the graphic communications industry... Continue reading
Posted Apr 9, 2010 at Graphics Teachers Web Log
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Mar 15, 2010
Beautiful Nightmare: Matsuda's Augmented Reality Visualization
London architecture student Keiichi Matsuda has posted a brilliant and scary visualization of the near future of augmented reality. Continue reading
Posted Feb 1, 2010 at JPowers @ IN3.ORG
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Tablet PCs and EMRs: Survey
On the day of Apple's tablet computer introduction, Chris Thorman of SoftwareAdvice.com has posted a survey asking"Which Tablet PC Will Rule the Halls of Healthcare?" The results should be enlightening. I've seen early-adopting docs who use tablets as naturally as... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2010 at Healthcare NBIC
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Saletan's Stat-Packed 2010 State of the Digital World
Saletan on the state of the world as we live it through technology. Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2010 at JPowers @ IN3.ORG
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Augmented Reality Still Too Jumpy
Today's AR apps don't offer a solid user experience. Continue reading
Posted Jan 20, 2010 at JPowers @ IN3.ORG
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EMRs: Don't Wait for the Government
The billions earmarked for electronic medical records (EMRs) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) could provide the tipping point for doctors to spend the money, time and aggravation needed to automate their offices. A... Continue reading
Posted Jan 8, 2010 at JPowers @ IN3.ORG
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EMRs: Don’t Wait for the Government
A new study urges physicians to use stimulus spending to install electronic medical records.
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Posted Jan 8, 2010 at Healthcare NBIC
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Taming social media in the new decade
I sign up for everything: GeoCities, Classmates, Ryze, Orkut, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Yahoo, Flickr, LibraryThing, Plurk, Lifeblob, Meme, various Ning sites, Technorati, RSS feeds and God knows what else. Partly it's to learn what they're all about, partly... Continue reading
Posted Jan 7, 2010 at JPowers @ IN3.ORG
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Design the NYC High School Directory
High school students will design the NYC High School Directory.
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Posted Jan 7, 2010 at Graphics Teachers Web Log
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Competitive Edge: "Designers are Big Shots These Days"
Kay Hymowitz's fascinating article in the City Journal, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Businesswoman, describes the rising status of design in modern business: Image by JPowersNY via FlickrVisual artists are living in a career candy store filled with... Continue reading
Posted Oct 26, 2009 at Graphics Teachers Web Log
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"But before we can have civilization again, we need civility. We need to stop assuming that other Americans are evil, or consort with evil, that they have evil intentions or evil hearts."
Last Saturday:
Dirty F'ing Haties
http://www.danablankenhorn.com/2008/02/dirty-fing-hati.html
"Stop fearing Rush Limbaugh and Neal Boortz and Michelle Malkin and their ilk. Laugh at them. Right in their faces. Laugh at them. They don't scare you anymore, they're buffoons, they're figures of fun, they're circus clowns, every single goddamn one of them."
"Next, I want you to do the same with anyone who takes them seriously. Anyone who listens to them ... Anyone who blogs approvingly of them -- don't read that person. Don't take a word they say at face value. Don't address any of their points. For God's sake, don't argue with them. They're drug-addled, the drug is hate ..."
"Laugh at them instead. They're idiots, they're imbeciles, they're useless...."
"Next, I want you to go to their enablers. Their advertisers, their employers, anyone who takes them seriously. Let them know that you don't, that you no longer take them seriously, either, because they're keeping this garbage alive. ... that anyone who supports lunacy is a lunatic themselves."
Civility. D'yeah, right.
How Long Has This Been Going On?
My 16-year old son and I got into a big fight this afternoon over the previous post. Partly it was his exhaustion after a hard week of school. (Afterward he took a 3 hour nap.) Partly it was his natural inclination to play Argument Clinic over just about anything. But he got me to thinking....
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