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  • iOS & WordPress: Health Ed. and Promotions

    iOS & WordPress: Health Ed. and Promotions

    For the last quarter, I have been working Professor Brittanie Lockard and her Health Education and Promotions class, in bringing new technology life to a routine course.  This was a large 50 seat class, where they would have the opportunity to create education materials targeting K-12 and college students. Professor Lockard wanted this class to make…

  • GoPro meets Moto

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6nO0izqumQ The GoPro is a quite capable camera, I would go as far as to say it is MacGyver of cameras; you can use it in just about any situation. And if not, add some duct tape and string and you are set. It’s durability, small form factor, and ability to be mounted to practically any…

  • GIF: BPM: Tech logo sketched in Paper by 53
  • Turn a moment; into a Memento

    Turn a moment; into a Memento

    A look at Autodesk’s new (beta) application Memento. An app that allows you to take up to (mono) 200 photos around an object, and then have it become a full mesh model. The process is pretty easy going, snapping photos using your camera (DSLR, Mirrorless) of choice and uploading them to the Memento app. From…

  • On the Air with KGMI: Apple vs FBI

    Segment starts about 8:22 into the show KGMI Morning Show 2/19/16: Posted February 19, 2016 Dillon talks with AJ Barse, Technologist at Western Washington University about to talk about iPhone security.

  • An exploration into View-Master reels in the 21st century

    An exploration into View-Master reels in the 21st century

    One of my favorite photographic technology toys of my childhood has to be the View-master. Being able to see photos of far way places,  and some of them pop out before your eyes in 3D,  fascinated me as a kid. Now all grown up, or at least partially, I wanted to take a photographer and maker’s approach…

  • VR Media Creation Workshop

    VR Media Creation Workshop

    Free workshop for WWU students on creating content for Virtual Reality!  (Sponsored by the WWU Student Tech Center) A 50-minute workshop for students to create both 3D images and panoramic images for display within Google Cardboard! Those attending the first two workshops will receive a free Google Cardboard headset. Use Google Cardboard with your smartphone…

  • 8*F at Palouse Falls

    8*F at Palouse Falls

    8*F at Palouse Falls Next in the Winter is Coming photo series; 8* F at Palouse Falls. Palouse Falls is probably on of Washington’s most popular waterfalls. In the spring, it is lined with flowers and a popular photography subject by any photographer.  I wanted to go after this falls- in the dead of winter.…

  • 5 years ago: Looking back at starting LNPR

    5 years ago: Looking back at starting LNPR

    The year was 2011. Podcasting (or Net-casting) was finally getting a little bit more noticed by mainstream as the iPhone and the iPad was making it easier for people to access and get shows. Lummi Nation Podcast Radio (LNPR) was created to supplement the monthly newspaper and provide the Lummi community was a show that…

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