Here at Hall Media, we find our selves on the internet more than we spend time watching TV, hanging out with others, or even going outside. Over the years, we have discovered websites that we check daily. Some of them we wouldn’t be able to function without. So we went around the office and asked everyone what their top favorite websites are:
Colleen Cottone:
Colleen is always spending time with the kids, and in this day of age, even her family has their own blog that she updates regularly.
Colleen also can’t keep away from the new Google Earth 5.0 that just came out 2 weeks ago. With new features such as historical imagery from around the globe, ocean floor and surface data, and integrated street view, you’ll feel like Christopher Columbus all over again as you discover new places around the globe!
Mickey DeLorenzo (Lead Multimedia Developer):
Mickey gets a lot of design projects, where he has to quickly put together a mock up website in a small amount of time. So when picking the color theme, Mickey always goes with Adobe’s Kuler that allows you to choose one color, and it will build a theme of matching colors and create a custom made pallet based on triads, complimentary, and harmony colors.
We can’t even walk by Mickey’s computer without seeing Digg.com opened up in the background. Mickey seems to always know the most recent stories from the day, thanks to that website.
He also owns, manages, and designed his own website at: WiiNintendo.net. You may remember him as the Wii Fit Sports Experiment champion.
Nicole Vergalla (Editor):
Being a Final Cut Pro wiz, Nicole utilizes websites such as larryjordan.biz for excellent tutorials on digital editing systems.
She also visits Creative COW for all media support questions and the Apple Forums , where other users are happy to help in answering technical questions. While at work, Nicole could never go without a day of music, and so Pandora internet radio is always opened on her computer.
Being a knitting expert, Nicole loves sites such as Craft Zine where they have inspiring projects, how-to’s and patterns. She also loves Boing Boing for fun and interesting news articles and posts.
If you want to dig deeper into her own personal life, you can view her blog as well.
Kevin Phillips (Interactive Intern):
Kevin’s favorite website for all digital media related knowledge comes from AfterDawn.com, where they have hundreds of tutorials, free software, and technology news.
Other than just software, Kevin knows his computer hardware inside and out. He always buys computer parts from New Egg, where they have fast shipping, the lowest prices, and other intelligent users who rate the products like a magazine critic would.
Outside from the virtual world, Kevin has made an appearance on the Montel Show (though not for family reasons), and even plays the real drums in his band, Silent Dynamite.
April 13, 2009
Google Earth? I didn’t realize I was such an addict.