Wow, what a year it has been.

I can’t believe that I’m now a 3rd year “pre-junior” at Drexel, I’m now Managing Editor and an Editorial Board Member of Drexel’s independent student newspaper, The Triangle, and starting my second co-op internship at a digital marketing agency in Center City Philadelphia.

Let’s jump back to my last blog post, where I was on assignment for The Triangle at the opening of the Philadelphia Apple Store in September. I probably should have written a few blog posts between then and now, but the gist of my life is this (after the jump):

• Headed to Atlantic City with the Drexel University Photography Club and took a ton of pictures. (Check out flickr)
• Forced my twin brother to come down to Philly for the Red Bull Flugtag, and got a ton of pictures of idiots jumping into the Delaware River. (flickr)
• Started working at Digitas Health, a digital marketing agency that specializes in the pharmaceutical industry, as an associate interaction designer intern/co-op.
• Went down to the Schuylkill River Banks for the Light Drift event, and also got a lot of pictures from the trails of the river bank. (Light Drift needs to be uploaded, pics along the river bank here.)
• Finally got a smartphone to help me keep up with my digital life while on the go.
• Headed up to Boylston, MA for Halloween with my extended family for pumpkin carving and apple picking. (Check out the flickr pics)
• I also visited a bonsai tree farm near Boylston and got a lot of great pictures. (Still need to be uploaded flickr)
• Went to New York City for a photo walk though Central Park with the Drexel Photo Club. (Which I still need to upload on flickr)
• Spent Thanksgiving in Gloucester, MA via a quick flight up to Boston (and got back-scattered on my way home)
• Got the last issue of The Triangle for the term out complete with a Cellphone Holiday Gift Guide (See the blog post)
• Went back home to North Jersey for my Mom’s extra-large retirement party; she worked at Kraft Foods for 42 years (and managed to forget my camera for the party).
• Went back home (again) to go see the Trans Siberian Orchestra with my friends. The concert was awesome, and I really wish I could have brought my camera into the venue.
• Finally got back to North Jersey for longer than a weekend, just in time for the holidays. I even got to work from home for the week between Christmas and New Year’s, so I didn’t have to run back to Philly for three days.

…all while working 40 hours a week at DH and another 20 at The Triangle. And that catches us up to now.

I’m still quite amazed at how much I managed to fit into just three months. Now I finally have a bit of time to sit back, relax, spend time with my family, and do things like write this blog post (and maybe get the rest of my photos uploaded… eventually)

I hope that you have had a happy holiday season and a happy new year.

See you in 2011!

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When I think of  holiday gadgets, I only think of one thing. New Cellphones.

This year  for the last issue of The Triangle, I deciding to put together a simple guide identifying all of the best smartphones on each of the four major networks. I also made sure to include a section on the more budget-friendly smartphones for those who don’t want to break the bank.

Take a look at the few article at The Triangle’s website. The full size PDF is available there as well.

Holiday Gift Guide: Cellphones

Overall, it was a lot of fun to take this feature all the way from writing the article, to art direction, and finally to layout and production. Thanks to Sarah Michelson for taking all of the additional photography for the article.

Did I miss a phone that you think is awesome? Let me know in the comments.

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Last Friday, I got a chance to go to the grand opening of the Philadelphia Apple store. And by chance, I mean wait in line for and hour and a half and get a free t-shirt. Sure I’ve done  similar crazy things in the past, but this one didn’t even have much of a point to it. I didn’t even buy anything. Sure, I did get an extra-large t-shirt that says “Walnut Street”, but that’s it. Five minutes after I entered the store, I was ready to leave. I did however, stay longer.

And to a greater point, I did write an article about the entire event for The Triangle, as well as take a ton of photos.

Take a look at my article here:

New Apple store opens in Philly

Take a look at my Flickr set here:

Apple Store Philadelphia

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What happens when you take the 7 story expanse of concrete above the entrance to Nesbitt Hall, and a large projector? You get the Social Graffiti Project. The project was created by six digital media students here at Drexel for their senior thesis project.

Tweets displayed on wall as ‘Social Graffiti’

Take a look at the story behind the article, after the jump.

This article was a lot of fun to work on for a bunch of reason. First, the project itself was really cool. I really wish that the project had stayed up for more than a week, and that I could have gone into the projection room. What also made this article fun, was that I go to write the story, shoot the photos, and layout the page. I even got a tease in the “In This Paper” bar on the front page!

Overall, I’m just glad that I get to have such a large hand in the production of The Triangle. From writing articles, to shooting photos, and even designing house ads, it’s just fun. This territory may come with the fact that I am now the production manager for the summer!

Even more interesting, I’m actually pictured in the paper this week, along with our Entertainment editor, Jess Herbine:

It’s never a dull moment at The Triangle!

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This week, I got to create one of the most fun features of the year and even better, in a two page full color spread! The Orange Brick Awards are the annual funny, snarky, self-deprecating  awards The Triangle’s editorial board gives out where we poke fun at ourselves and Drexel. While I didn’t have to write anything, I did take control of creating and laying out the spread from start to finish. I even took an original photograph for the background.

Unfortunately, the only way to really appreciate the spread is to see it in print, due to its immense size. So, if you have a chance, go pickup a copy of  the June 6th issue of The Triangle. It will be on newsstands until June 25th. For those of you  not in the University City area, you can view the feature online in my portfolio at KeithHobin.com

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It has been a while since I actually wrote something for my University’s student news paper, The Triangle. Lately,  I have just been doing production work to get the paper laid-out and ready to be sent off to the printer, as well as a bunch of various administrative tasks.

This week, I had the chance to interview the founder of a new iPhone app development company, Patrick Casady of Caffeine Fish, which based out of the Philadelphia area. Patrick is actually a graduate of Drexel. His company released a new iPhone app called Trainboard with the daily SEPTA rider in mind. Take a look at my review below:

SEPTA iPhone ‘app’ mediocre

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Review: WiMAX 4G is not worth the cost

Hopefully I can get a version of this to cross post at The iLife.

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