Category Archives: Web Design & Media Production

Michigan film incentive, Lightworks Film Festival

director, cinematographer by Geoff George
Yesterday, Great Lakes Politics wrote:
The Michigan Senate is working overtime at the moment, accomplishing more than they have all year. This afternoon, they passed the Michigan Motion Picture Incentive Plan by a unanimous vote ... Michigan is currently one of the only states in the union that offer Hollywood absolutely [...]

The New Michigan Video Franchising Bill & Net Neutrality

Out the back door by Jill N. Hamilton-Krawczyk
Both the Detroit Free Press (New era arrives for cable customers) and the Detroit News (Senate clears way for cable TV reform) have articles on Michigan's new cable franchising bill which has passed the House and Senate and appears to be headed for a quick signing by Governor [...]

Michigan Film: The Gardener

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXsKZCy1cro

The Gardener is a seven minute short that was created for an intermediate-level film class at the University of Michigan's Department of Screen Arts and Cultures under the supervision of Professor Stashu Kybartas. The film was made over the span of two months, with the involvement of a number of local actors, most of them [...]

2006 Michigan Student Mock Election

Students at the Election Rally
There will be a rebroadcast all day TODAY (Nov 6th, 2006)
VISIT MICHIGANLIVEEVENTS.COM TO WATCH!!
On Thursday, November 2, 2006, Leland Public School hosted an area mock student election with nearly 1000 students from Glen Lake, Lake Leelanau St. Marys, Leelanau Schools, Northport, Suttons Bay and Traverse City schools. You can view [...]

Google Buys YouTube and 1000 A2 AdWords Jobs Make More Sense Today

Something that has been nagging at me was "where are all those jobs that Google is promising for the new Ann Arbor AdWords home going to come from?" Yesterday's purchase of the leading video sharing site YouTube for a reported $1.65 billion by Google goes a long way to answering that question.The two companies also [...]

Ann Arbor & Washtenaw County a High Tech Beacon

First National Bank Building by Allan M
Today's Freep has a nice feature on Ann Arbor's exploding high-tech job scene that says Google is not the only company planning to bring jobs to the city and Washtenaw County. Google, Toyota, Hyundai and others have committed to creating 2,500 jobs in the region over the next [...]

Michigan Politicians Courting Young Voters … for Good Reason

Politicians Turn to Web to Attract Young Voters from WLNS is a video report on a new trend in the 2006 Michigan elections: candidates turning to youth networking sites like Facebook to connect with young voters. Candidates with Facebook profiles include Jennifer Granholm and Dick DeVos, Debbie Stabenow and Mike Bouchard. The video includes [...]

Michigan Books: Michigan's Economic Future by Charles Ballard

Jack Lessenberry interviews MSU Economics professor Charles Ballard about his new book Michigan's Economic Future. Ballard says that manufacturing is destined to be a smaller part of Michigan's economy and says that the state needs to focus more on cutting edge industrial research. Jack asks "If Dick DeVos or Jennifer Granholm asks you what the [...]

Election 2006: Michigan Gubernatorial Web Site Fight

The Detroit Free Press has a feature on the campaign web sites of Governor Granholm and challenger Dick DeVos that you may want to check out.
TV advertising is still the name of the game for communication in the gubernatorial race. Do the campaigns think they can forsake the tube and go entirely the Web route? [...]

Construction Ahead - Proceed with Caution!

We don't have one of those animated hardhat guys to put up here but since it's Labor Day Weekend in Michigan, we figured we'd initiate some construction projects!
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