Legacy Multimedia Blog

Musings on personal history, video biographies and other digital tributes.

Putting the Pieces Together Again After Hurricane Ike

Posted on September 30, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving, Networking, Photo Restoration, Photos & Snapshots | Leave a Comment

It’s been a little over two weeks since Hurricane Ike slammed Houston. For awhile, we were all the press could talk about, and then real life happened and the county’s financial mess engulfed our 15 minutes of fame. With power still out in many areas and some 400 people missing from Galveston, it will be [...]

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Natural Disasters 101

Posted on September 12, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving, Photo Restoration, Photos & Snapshots | 1 Comment

Flickr photo:Kicks in New Orleans I am sitting here in Houston, waiting for Hurricane Ike to arrive. It’s 9AM and he’s not expected until around midnight but I’m nervous and not quite sure what to do. Arranging things around the house, most of it seems pointless. You never really know what’s going to happen until [...]

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Creating a Storyboard for Multimedia Projects

Posted on September 5, 2008 - Filed Under Family Memories, Media Archiving, Personal History | 1 Comment

Flickr photo: Sthomas01 A storyboard is an essential tool for laying out a video or film project to communicate the look of a piece, to show how a story or plot unfolds and to organize the sequence of scenes before any time or money has been spent on studio sets, location shoots or special effects. [...]

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