October 06, 2010
Having already cemented its place in the still short history of new media, Adobe this week racks up another first. Forgoing the traditional concrete pillar housing of fine art, the design tools firm launches a virtual museum of digital media. This novel approach to exhibiting digital media in an...
October 01, 2010
Social networks are being used more frequently by Jamaicans to not only promote news, but also to break some stories. As Tropical Storm Nicole passed through Jamaican many locals became reporters, sending in photos and “news updates” on flooding and other weather issues. A week ago #...
September 23, 2010
Back in the 1996 Panmedia had a site on dining in Jamaica, and we have not lost our interest in food. This month we take note of two new restaurants in Kingston that broaden our choices. New Leaf offers perhaps the most sophisticated menu variety in vegetarian cooking we have seen here. With a...
August 18, 2010
The Apple Peel 520 is an innovative adaptor that converts the functions of your iPod Touch to that of the iPhone. The simple device is a soft plastic phone case or ‘skin’ into which you can slip your iPod Touch, install some software and Voila! You have an iPhone! Created in China...
August 17, 2010
In polite society we often brush aside the primitive beliefs of our many cultured pasts, citing science and logic instead. But it seems that superstition is so ingrained in our culture that many of us exercise it daily. Need proof? In the cleanest and most secure of settings, watch and see if a...