Gmail: A Behind the Scenes Video

All you creative lab users might be interested in a collaborative video project that the friendly folks at Google's GMail are working on. Basically, just film your own (10-seconds or less) clip and submit it.



Details are here:

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/gmail_video.html

It's a short and simple enough project that anybody should be able to come up with something. All it takes is the most basic iMovie skills (which we can help you with!) and a little imagination (you're on your own for that one.)

The deadline is August 13. If you do submit a clip, be sure to let us know and we'll feature it right here in the most popular blog in the whole lab!

No Red Ink

Update: Ok, we're back in business. Magenta (not red. my bad.) ink is loaded and in plentiful supply.

We ran out of red ink on the poster printer tonite. Sorry! (Thanks, Neal, for checking in and letting me know about the problem.) There's been an onslaught of poster printing in the last week the likes of which we've never seen, and our printing supplies dwindled much faster than expected. If it's any consolation (and I know it's not), we have enough glossy paper now to last us well into next year. I'm pretty sure we do have more ink down in the supply closet, but we won't have access to it until Monday, so the poster printer will be out of commission until then. If you're in dire straits and can't wait that long, check out Kinkos or Campus Copy. They both charge a lot more than we do, but then they probably have red ink, too. (note: this applies only to the poster printer. The normal color printer should be working fine.)

Nick's Geometric Thing

Nick Salvatore is one of the lab consultants you've seen working here at the Vitale Digital Media Lab. He's probably even helped you on one of your projects. In this picture, Nick is holding a 3D geometrical object he created with the help of the Adobe Illustator CS2 software in the lab. He was able to take the computer file of his design and use it to program a special cutting laser (made available to School of Design students) to cut the pieces out of 1/4"-thick plastic, which he then assembled by hand.



Want us to showcase a project you worked on in the lab? Email us at medialab@pobox.upenn.edu