June | 2016 | Michael Firus

Course reflection – Michael P. Firus – Semester 1 – Media 1

Michael P. Firus – Course reflection – Semester 1 – Media 1 The pace at which this semester slipped by can only be described as disconcerting. The past 13 weeks have been my first taste if university life. Prior to my enrollment I traveled to the CBD only a few times a year: corresponding to…

Large Noises

I have always thought that the shooting of free music videos for upcoming artist is a damn good idea. On the face of it, it may seem lacking in benefit. The ol’ argument comes up: ‘what’s in it for moi?’. But in reality, the benefits are huge. You get to have an amazing subject to…

PB4 Reflection – Michael Firus

Over the past couple of weeks, PB4 has been a stressful, exciting and educational experience. In some ways, it broke new ground for me, and in other areas reinforced and enhanced prior knowledge. Before this project, I had never been at the business end of a Vox pop. For the first time, I was the…

Technology and Us

It seems that humanity is stuck with technology. Literally, we’ve been inseparable from our little trinkets since our forebears realized that life would be pretty crapy and short if they didn’t rub their pair of brain cells together to come up with some sort of labor-saving device. One gets pretty excited about technology – especially…