Thursday, December 5, 2013

Tips for podcasts Fan Summary


Tips for Podcast Fans

Discovering Podcasts 

This is  screen shot of my own iTunes search


Here you have a link to a begginers guide I found useful:

For our tecnology assignment of this week we had to read and do a summary on this webpage: http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/

Find a free podcast. 

iTunes has lots of free podcasts, you only have to find them. Firts of all you have to go to the iTunes Store on the search bar at the right insert podcast an automatically iTunes store will take you to thos that are free. 




Both of this screenschot are from my own computer.
 Hope the might help you!
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Search podcasts by popularity.

If you want to see those podcasts recomended by the iTunes people you can go to the podcast page and see which ones are the most popular or search for the  topic  you want directly. 












See what tops the podcast charts.

To see which are the top podcast charts you go to the podcast page on the iTunes Store. And on the rights side of the page you can see a label where it says "Top Episodes". You can also choose whether you you want to see video podcast, sound podcasts or all of them in an upper bar in your screen. Here is a screen-shot to help you see what I am talking about: 
http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/

Sunday, December 1, 2013




Podcasts II: U iTunes and Juanma Ortega


How do I download a podcast? 

First of all, you should know that podcasts as for their great demand are very easy to access them. If you use RSS , podcasts can be downloaded directly into you computer, ipod touch, ipad or any other electronic device you use. And the great thing about RSS (Really Simple Syndication, a  format XML to share a content in the web.It is used to pass actualized information frequently to users who are subscribed to such contents) is that once you've been submitted you'll get the podcast immediatly into your computer once it is released.

The most common and popular program to download podcasts is iTunes as it is the easiest, safetest on to use. As for its prize, podcasts are quite cheap because they are like magazines articles therefore they do not have a great cost. 

Juanma Ortega: 

Born in Barcelona in 1966, he is one of the most popular podcaster of Spain. He receives hundreds of visiits daily and due to his popularity he now works for Cadena Ser  one of the most imporatan radio stations of Spain.  

Here is the link to his own blog: 
http://www.juanma.com/ 

And you can download some podcasts here: 


 U iTunes: 

Before podcasts, students and researchers all over the world only had books and websites as a source to get information. But thanks to this revolutianry tecnology nowadays we do not have to attend so many lectures because whe have them at our reach everywhere and can listen to them several times! 
And this is only thanks to iTunes who has created iTunes-U an app where you can download all of these podcasts for free! 


My Subscription

As part of this week assignment we had to subscribe to a podcast. I decided to susbscribe to Oceanos de Cienca, as I am thinking in studying Marine Biology in Spain next year 

Monday, November 25, 2013

Podcasting






Nowadays podcasts are one of the most popular way to ellude ourself. This is why they are on great demand! 

But what is a podcast? That is what we must ask ourselfs. 


The defenition of podcast: 
audio files (in mp3 format or mp4) which are distributed vía RSS. The listener can listen to them anytime because you can download them into you computer or other device.  
This is the key to the popularity of podcast.Everyone can listen to them if they have an acces to internet and a device to download it. 

Where does the term come from? 
On contrary to popular belief Apple did not create the word of "podcast" (even though wikipedia says so.) it is actually the mix of the words: public on demand and cast. However, it is true that Apple made it popular. 

What is so special about podcasts? 

Podcasts are spoken magazines issues were you recieve them if you subscribe to them. There are podcasts on every subject!! For example you can download a podcast on sailing with boats or about some math theory. They are a recording that someone uploaded to the internet. One of the great things about this "electronic magazines" is that most of them are free! 

How do you listen to a podcast? 
You can listen in lots of different programss like Odeo, Doppler or iTunes. You just have to look for them! 


Here is a link to rtve where you can download podcasts on the spot!!! 

http://www.rtve.es/radio/podcast/ 


Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Accounjt Request Extra Credit

Spain Big Brother? 

Recently in the news, especiañly in the DailyMail had revelead how many countries requested big social network for information on people's account. Apple decided  to list  governments that request the most personal information about its customers - and the U.S. UK and Spain top the list. 

This is not the first time this type of news are released. Google and Facebook did this some months ago too.  From January to June there were almost 3,000 requests from 31 countries. Requests related to data about the owners of lost and stolen phones.They also included requests for data about vulnerable or missing people.Apple only granted requests which it considered to be valid
This is an image released by the DailyMail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2488282/Apple-lists-governments-request-personal-information-customers.html

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Mavericks OS X and iCloud

This new operative system that Mac has recently launched has breaken the records on downloads!!!

It comes with several new apps and prestetions that are easy to use. It also has a new tecnology where your computer works as fast as always but consuming less energy.

With OS X Mavericks a new chapter on iBooks history has been started. Now you can download directly into your iPad, iPod etc.. and they woul apear immediatle as iBooks.

The application on maps has also been improved in such way that it blows your mind!!!!

With the new graphics it is imposible to get lost:



Photo of the new Maps







Apart from this two, the new software also has a news iCloud installed! More or less like a new key string where you save all of your passwords, scripts etc.. Now you have everything saved up in the cloud  therefore you can access everything you want, whenerver you want, wherever you want! It evens suggestets them to you



Tuesday, October 1, 2013

How To Do A Movie: Step By Step 

Before you start you must know...

start story fast!
attention holder
loads of imagination
any experiences
big challenge: convert an idea

Step 1:
Do an outline
:
short 

begging/ ending
Characters

Step2:
 Write the script 
Loads of drafts till you have the final one!

Step 3:
story board 
how is it going to look
draw the images
shot from different places

Step 4: 
set up the movie
casting 
make up and other props
Not spending any money


Step 5:

production

a lot of communication

make sure everything is all right


Step 6:

the producer in front of the screen

good material

use the program you have

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Summer'13

UCSB
This summer I spent six weeks in University of California Santa Barbara taking a pre-college course. After having a great time there studying Biology of Cancer and surfing and going to the beach with my friends I went to Marbella. In Marbella I had a lovely time as well. I have plenty of friends there and had many fun nights. I can't wait to get back!
Summer'13