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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>A wide view of small things, with emphasis on internet culture, new media, database cinema, experimental film, creativity, and old school filmmaking. I’m currently a filmmaker living in Grand Rapids, MI.</description><title>nanoramas</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @nanoramas)</generator><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Animated GIFs</title><description>Animated GIFs: My students made animated GIFs for an exercise in creating seamless loops. Keyboard...</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/235292342</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/235292342</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:44:55 -0500</pubDate><category>gifs</category><category>animated gifs</category><category>animation</category><category>loops</category></item><item><title>http://xkcd.com/657/large/</title><description>&lt;img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kshxzlsyIc1qznu47o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://xkcd.com/657/large/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://xkcd.com/657/large/" target="_blank"&gt;http://xkcd.com/657/large/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/231019221</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/231019221</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:26:08 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Dresden Codak » Archive » 42 Essential 3rd Act Twists</title><description>&lt;img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krva5sEf9i1qznu47o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://dresdencodak.com/2009/05/11/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/" target="_blank"&gt;Dresden Codak » Archive » 42 Essential 3rd Act Twists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/219060549</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/219060549</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:44:15 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"I am a husband, father of two and journalist who would rather be a proponent of free speech than..."</title><description>“I am a husband, father of two and journalist who would rather be a proponent of free speech...</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/217566502</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/217566502</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:28:09 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>“Whale Song” for Modest Mouse on Vimeo (via...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6929537&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6929537&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6929537&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Whale Song” for Modest Mouse on Vimeo (via &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/6929537" target="_blank"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lots more info and production stills at the Vimeo page.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/215478383</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/215478383</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:51:11 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Wave Cinema:  Pulp Fiction (via copyrighthater)
Kinetic...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xcxF9oz9Cu0&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xcxF9oz9Cu0&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google Wave Cinema:  Pulp Fiction (via &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/copyrighthater" target="_blank"&gt;copyrighthater&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kinetic typography via Google Wave.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/214667353</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/214667353</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:19:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Hand from Above on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Augmented reality FTW!</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7042266&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7042266&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7042266&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hand from Above on Vimeo (via &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/7042266" target="_blank"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Augmented reality FTW!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/214179703</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/214179703</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:56:57 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan</title><description>&lt;img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krdffqJ1bP1qznu47o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/10/much-worse-than-i-expected.html" target="_blank"&gt;The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/210449677</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/210449677</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:21:25 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>wreckandsalvage:

Chukwa’s Approach III (The Final Encounter) on...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6799350&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6799350&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6799350&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.wreckandsalvage.com/post/202764570/chukwas-approach-iii-the-final-encounter-on" target="_blank"&gt;wreckandsalvage&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Chukwa’s Approach III (The Final Encounter) on Vimeo (via &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/6799350" target="_blank"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Turtle + Processing = Yes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As my old film professor and mentor Franklin Miller used to say, “Why not?”&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/203500274</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/203500274</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:35:30 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Toilet Tricycle Race, Grand Rapids on Vimeo (via Vimeo)</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6769086&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6769086&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6769086&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Toilet Tricycle Race, Grand Rapids on Vimeo (via &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/6769086" target="_blank"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/197626098</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/197626098</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:46:00 -0400</pubDate><category>grand rapids</category><category>artprize</category><category>michigan</category></item><item><title>chuckolsen:
My Synesthesia Map: Grapheme-color synesthesia</title><description>&lt;img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqht8kQK4n1qz56mro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://chuckolsen.tumblr.com/post/196040430/my-synesthesia-map-grapheme-color-synesthesia" target="_blank"&gt;chuckolsen&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Synesthesia Map: Grapheme-color synesthesia&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/196062035</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/196062035</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:13:03 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School</title><description>Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School: Good God, this is the greatest thing ever. A rogue film school...</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/194632969</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/194632969</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:30:50 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>rillawafers:

suckafuck:

How Prodigy created “Smack My Bitch...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WI7H5q28ykI&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WI7H5q28ykI&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://rillawafers.tumblr.com/post/194556244/suckafuck-how-prodigy-created-smack-my-bitch" target="_blank"&gt;rillawafers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://livetogetradical.com/post/194521855/how-prodigy-created-smack-my-bitch-up" target="_blank"&gt;suckafuck&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How &lt;b&gt;Prodigy&lt;/b&gt; created &lt;i&gt;“Smack My Bitch Up.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Definitely the DIY Shiz of the Day&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This came from another world.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/194623857</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/194623857</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:16:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"#
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Use it any time – day and night.
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Lomography is not an..."</title><description>“#
Take your camera everywhere you go.
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Lomography is not...</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/194196872</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/194196872</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:56:00 -0400</pubDate><category>photography</category><category>lomography</category><category>filmmaking</category><category>creativity</category><category>inspiration</category></item><item><title>Arch in the main building (via Jen Pro-V)
A photo from remains...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq773vT7Yg1qznu47o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Arch in the main building (via &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jenpro-v" target="_blank"&gt;Jen Pro-V&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A photo from remains of the Great Northern Portland Cement Company in what was Marlborough, Michigan, near Baldwin.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This company shut down in 1907, and these ruins are all that remain of the plant and the town that was built around it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This photo was taken on another outing to shoot Super 8 for an upcoming film. Visiting all these abandoned locales has been a great way to learn about (obscure) Michigan history.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/191447449</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/191447449</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:02:19 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photograph of Jesus by Laurie Hill in association with the Getty...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2362113&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2362113&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2362113&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Photograph of Jesus by Laurie Hill in association with the Getty Images Short &amp; Sweet Film Challenge on Vimeo (via &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/2362113" target="_blank"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/190174307</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/190174307</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:55:15 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>thedailywhat:

Pixelated People of the Day: Some collect stamps;...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpywk8Hbx21qzpwi0o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedw.us/post/187746916/pixelated-people-of-the-day-some-collect-stamps" target="_blank"&gt;thedailywhat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pixelated People of the Day: &lt;/b&gt;Some collect stamps; others macramé. Kristof Saelen makes kawaii 8-bit avatars &lt;a href="http://www.veryimportantpixels.com/" target="_blank"&gt;of famous pop culture icons&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don’t know about you, but I would play the hell out of&lt;i&gt; Leisure Suit Lynch&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can you name them all?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/188035464</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/188035464</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:07:22 -0400</pubDate><category>avatar</category><category>directors</category><category>8-bit</category></item><item><title>Nike presents Onwards - Directed by James Jarvis and Richard...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4238176&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4238176&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4238176&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onwards.tv/" target="_blank"&gt;Nike presents Onwards - Directed by James Jarvis and Richard Kenworthy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m the very worst runner ever, but this is still how I feel when I do it.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/185464314</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/185464314</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:12:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. on Vimeo (via Vimeo)</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6223439&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6223439&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6223439&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. on Vimeo (via &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/6223439" target="_blank"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/185376468</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/185376468</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:40:35 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Rapidian promo on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Here’s a little teaser...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6478640&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6478640&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6478640&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rapidian promo on Vimeo (via &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/6478640" target="_blank"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here’s a little teaser I put together for a new citizen journalism website we’re launching here in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have high hopes that The Rapidian will be an amazing, hyperlocal news resource that can also serve as a template for similar projects in other cities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With a minimal but important amount of training, area residents can become reporters for the project - text, video, audio, photography, or any combination thereof - and The Rapidian will offer four physical neighborhood news hubs with equipment and resources for citizen reporters. I’m so excited to be a part of this endeavor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The project launches September 15th - check it out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://therapidian.org" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://therapidian.org" target="_blank"&gt;http://therapidian.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/183003880</link><guid>http://nanoramas.tumblr.com/post/183003880</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:54:00 -0400</pubDate><category>citizen journalism</category><category>michigan</category><category>grand rapids</category><category>community news</category></item></channel></rss>
