Category Archives: Comparative Studies

Universities and Branding

Having spent time creating official and unofficial university publications for Clayton State University and Mercer University, I’ve found that it’s just no fun to talk to those in charge of the university’s logo. Even with the backing of a department, it can add weeks to the project just to get institutional approval. For this iPhone [...]

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No Man is an Island – On Open Source

So I want to make an iPhone app. With my limited coding skills, I always knew that the likelyhood of this happening wasn’t very high. I could, of course, get hip deep in code and piece my way though. I’ve done it before with wordpress themes, wikimedia preferences, and integrating different sets of software together. [...]

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Coding an iPhone App

So I’ve decided to create an iPhone application for my Comparative Studies in Emerging Media class at GSU and document my progress here.
For now I’m working on creating a library search application that will allow me and others to search my university’s library from anywhere and create a list of the books I need [...]

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