Online tools: Resources to create cool multimedia for The Rapidian
by Denise Cheng (dennetmint)
Submitted 07-06-2010 under OPINION
From The Rapidian staff: It's astonishing how easy it is to create interactive media with free tools right at your fingertips (literally)—that is, if you know where to look. We covered a couple tools in a previous editorial, but here are a few more...
Google in Grand Rapids
by douglas dooley (douglasdooley)
Submitted 05-20-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
On May 19 at DeVos Place, Google came to town for their annual update on their business, bringing in their online sales and operations manager out of the Ann Arbor office, John Black, to detail the astonishing growth of their business and where...
Google is Good for Grand Rapids & Grand Rapids is Good for Google
by Suzanna LaCroix (Suzanna LaCroix)
Submitted 03-22-2010 under NEWS
Families, business people, college students, politicians, unemployed workers, company owners, educators and high school students came out Friday, March 19 to Calder Plaza to support the nomination of Grand Rapids as a test city for Google Fiber....
Multimedia production: Freeware, royalty-free and Creative Commons media tools
by Denise Cheng (dennetmint)
Submitted 03-09-2010 under OPINION
From Rapidian staff: You've just written a story about some virus originating from Grand Rapids affecting giraffes in Africa. You need a picture to go with your piece but don't exactly have an image of a giraffe on hand. A quick search on Google...
Grand Rapids makes a case for Google Fiber
by Denise Cheng (dennetmint)
Submitted 03-01-2010 under NEWS
Japan has it. Other European and east Asian countries have it, and now Google is working to bring fiber connectivity to the United States. Grand Rapids is among dozens of cities vying to host the Google Fiber initiative. Internet connectivity has...
