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WordPress: "born in Texas"
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in Austin PhD research SXSW 14 years, 1 month ago
SXSW kickoff
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in Austin Digital Media Networking PhD research SXSW UT-Austin Portugal Program 14 years, 1 month ago
If you consider to spend a full semester in Austin, I strongly recommend you plan to include the SXSW event in your schedule! Now in its 22nd edition for Music and Film, 3rd edition for Interactive, the festival is expanding more and more each year, attracting participants and attendants from ll over the world. And take this forwarded advice: sleep in advance, because you'll want to attend to a lot of presentations & interactive parties – just take a look at the SXSW 2010 schedule and check-in at the SXSW YouTube channel>>
Culture and showers with Rosental Alves
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in Austin Digital Media PhD research UT-Austin Portugal Program 14 years, 1 month ago
As soon as I got into his office at the School of Journalism in the CMA building, I realized he is not only dealing with news issues as a UT Professor and his Knight missions in journalism... I mean Rosental Alves is the news:
Me and Paulo attended his first Online Journalism Workshop at FCSH in 2008 – there we created the loev project, which we continued developing and presented at Future Places exhibition. Loev got a commendation for "commercial potential" – what else could we wish for a startup project?
It was nice to meet again last year to present the loev case study to the workshop participants, and for a welcome lunch with the workshop alumni. Rosental was glad his workshop in Portugal is confirmed in June 2010 – so am I, we'll meet again in Lisbon :)
Keep the suggestion: for the ones who didn't attend the Online Journalism Workshop yet, beware – it's an opportunity not to miss!
Meeting with Rosental was very enlightening: after presenting the RTiVISS ongoing research, I had his feedback with precious advice on the opportunity of studying in the US and further contacts at UT in case I'm implementing the Amazon case.
I was wondering about all the mexican style food I've been eating in Texas, then Rosental made it all clear: it's not the Mexicans that are influencing Texas, but the Americans that overtook mexican frontiers.
I got a "shower" of history, followed by unpredicted tropical showers to get back to the car after a radical vegan lunch ;)
So the raw description applied to ALL vegetables, including broccoli? "Crudite", remember that when you order the day's special at one of the fanciest natural-organic restaurant in Austin. Well, the result was an invigorating lunch combine the vegetables with 3 different sauces and several entrée cookies – no diet, and a lot of fun with a special witty Brazilian friend :)
On the way to UTA
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in Austin Digital Media PhD research UT-Austin Portugal Program 14 years, 1 month ago
Here's some views along the walk from downtown Austin at 6th St to the CMA (Communicatiobs building) at the University of Texas (UT), 25th St.. It takes around 30 min. walking to get there, 10 min. by Bus with a $1 ticket or taxi for $8.
There's always an enchanting framework with trees :}, and the UT campus is huge! Take some time to explore the maps here.
This building is similar to the Washington DC, but in Texas, they say, everything is bigger – the Capitol is!
Right on the other side, you can find boots, saddles, and "The enchanted florist " (oops, you'd better wait for the RTiVISS Enchanted Forest ;)) ... and yep, these boots are used in daily life, you can find it in the photos >>
If you're considering comming to Autin from March on, don't forget to bring your running shorts and shoes or sandals to classes – you'll be most fashionable!
Scheduling with Karen Gustafson
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in Austin Digital Media PhD research UT-Austin Portugal Program 14 years, 1 month ago
Karen Gustafson has been quite busy with my visit doing all the UTA scheduling that Sharon Strover recommended: Luis Francisco-Revilla of the School of Information; Ben Bays, who teaches Visual Effects and Motion Graphics; Rosental Alves of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. But that's not all for now: the plans for this visit also include to meet with Karen Kocher and Nancy Schiesari, too!
She's been fantastic with the reservation at the Extended Stay America, a hotel that stands out for its downtown location, and even picked me at the airport and took me for dinner at the natural and organic food WholeFoods Market… yay Karen, what a reception :)
