Posts by Russell Brown
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We went down in May and got a nice weekend. And where else do you go but to the Sunday market?
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Hard News: Reviews: #NZGT and the Herald, in reply to Peter Calder,
If I’d subbed that I would have left it.
Me too. And I'd be grumpy if I'd written it and a sub changed it.
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Hard News: Reviews: #NZGT and the Herald, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Unless it was just the iPhone app that got a facelift.
Probably. There is no other platform [ETA: of any significance], after all.
Ah. I had to search for the app when an update wasn't showing, and just downloaded and synced that to my phone. Didn't notice that the phone app is different to the iPad one. I now have dual instances of Herald apps on my iPad.
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Hard News: Reviews: #NZGT and the Herald, in reply to Rick Shera,
Interested to see the increased use of QR codes in NZH. I’d thought that these were generally a fad/on their way out but I actually find them quite useful for this sort of thing (and on billboards etc).
I quite like the way the Herald has set up QR codes -- with the scanner now built in to the app -- but they need to link to more useful content. Example: the QR code for the Kylee Guy story led to a pointless photogallery (we know what these people look like) when it could have led to a scan of the letter that the story was about.
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Hard News: Reviews: #NZGT and the Herald, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
I didn’t see the show on Sunday night as the nieces haven’t been on yet, but I’m going to hate seeing how they edit it. I presumed that at least the applause might actually be filmed in relation to the performers, but when the performers were performing all cameras were pointing at the stage (except the one directly behind them), so any sweeping shots they show of Dunedin crowd applauding – nothing to do with the act you’ve just watched.
Think of it as a rare opportunity to see how this kind of television is actually made. It's not all in the editing, but mostly.
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Hard News: Reviews: #NZGT and the Herald, in reply to Paul Brislen,
While you’re right, there’s some meat in there (although what an odd place for it in the magazine)
There is indeed: beef and lamb, to be precise. The meat ad on page 41 has cover stars Sarah and Lisa in the same orientation as the the cover pic and the feature photo. It doesn't even bother to identify them. Feels a bit odd.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Love Cat Power, in reply to Lilith __,
Wow, I downloaded Cat Power’s Cherokee it’s quite different to her early stuff! Might have to get the whole thing and have a proper listen. She’s very talented.
I didn't quite get 'Cherokee' when it hit the internets a while back, but a couple of listens to the whole album and it clicked. It's a cool record.
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Hard News: Media3: PIF, Paralympics, and…, in reply to Greg Sands,
But the sports are interesting for a change – for example, goalball, and sitting volleyball (of all things)!
Wheelchair basketball is pretty awesome. They get amazing topspin on the ball to make it drop. I certainly prefer those games to the track and field and swimming.
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Hard News: Media3: PIF, Paralympics, and…, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Oh bugger. There isn’t going to be enough time to come to this as well as Late. And I know 3 of the panellists!
Well, I'm doing both, clearly. We're hoping to be done not long after 6pm. It's tight, but there's certainly time.
