1. Bubba and I in the here and now.
2. New Media Institute SLAM – 5/5/12
3. Get the Certificate on your Transcript
4. Positions available in Fall’s NMIX 4310 Rich Media Production.
1. Bubba and I in the here and now.
I was in the moment. Living fully in the place I was standing. Attending to those things in front of me. Not worrying about where I wasn’t or why I wished I was. Just digging on the here and now. And so was Bubba.
Easter Sunday, I was at the Masters. Late in the afternoon – actually closer to early evening, I was standing on a hill overlooking the 10th green looking at a manual scoreboard. An antique where somebody hidden behind changes the numbers by hand. The tournament had been exciting. It looked like it was going to go to a play-off. And my expert tour guide (thanks, John Bateman) told us to forget running up to the 18th, we needed to post up on the 10th. It would be the second hole of sudden death – and would be where the winner was crowned. As we stood there our only connection to what was happening was that old-time scoreboard. It was going to be the way that we found out if they were going to play 10– or if the tournament was already over. It was like a time-warp. Nobody was connected.
Nothing electronic. No phones. No cameras. No radios. The don’t let anything electronic on the grounds of Augusta National during the Masters. More diligent than TSA but a heck of a lot nicer, the security ran metal detectors you had to pass through to get in. They even scrutinized my keyfob. They didn’t want the devices to disturb the players. So 35,000 people walk around without ringtones, earbuds, or flashes. You are just there – and nowhere else. Your memories of the day will be memories and nothing more tangible or permanent.
It took a while to get used to it. When there was a slow moment, I found my self fishing in my empty pocket for that device of distraction. But slowly I relaxed into it. And it felt great.
I was about 25 feet from the pin when Bubba Watson knocked his ball up on the green. Nobody stood in front of me with a camera or tweeted their friends to brag. We all just watched silently as a fellow Bulldawg sank the putt that gave him the green jacket. And I got to feel the raw power of unmediated reality. And I want more.
2. New Media Institute SLAM – 5/5/12
What are you doing on Cinco de Mayo? The NMI is hosting its annual New Media SLAM with over 26 different student projects. Crazy stuff. iBooks. Apps. Personalized Facebook videos. All of it live and awesome. We are going to be showing off the projects in the New Media Institute on the 4th floor of Journalism starting at 1:30P. You don’t want to miss it.
3. Get the Certificate on your Transcript
Are you an NMI student? Have you almost finished the New Media Interdisciplinary Certificate? Yeeeeee hawwww! Now let’s make sure you get it on your transcript. You must complete this form completely.
http://bit.ly/eE4JZX
Then after the semester is over and all of your grades have cleared, we will write the registrar and tell her to put the Certificate on your transcript.
Remember, you must have completed all of your Certificate coursework to request the Certificate to be added to your transcript. And if you have filled this form out this semester BEFORE, do it again!
4. Positions available in Fall’s NMIX 4310 Rich Media Production.
The NMI will be offering a section of Rich Media Production (NMIX4310) on Tuesday and Thursday at 11A in Fall of 2012. Clate Sanders is going to be doing some wild stuff in there — mainly building cool apps. If you are interested in taking the class, fill out this form
http://bit.ly/rME6Gj
We will let you know soon if we can give you a POD. Hurry and sign up now — it will fill up quickly.
