New Media Design by Jeffrey Britanico

VIVA Pop Event Poster

jrbritanico — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:39:34 +0000

this is the poster i just finished for Icon Nights!

VIVA POP Saturday September 4th!

Sassy SaaS

jrbritanico — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:42:41 +0000

Sassy Saas — words and visual by Jeffrey Britanico

The philosophy, simply put, behind this module is this — with the high range of use and the low subscription prices, on-demand SaaS gives license benefits with out a license.

Super sassy SaaS’s like these can be applied to a wide range of use from businesses (small to large) and also individuals (casual or professional):

For businesses, SaaS’s can offer supply-chain management programs, customer relationship applications, etc.

For individual users, Saas’s can offer just basic email serves. These programs are typically supported heavily by advertising (sometimes dynamically generated by content in emails).

Ownership is a tricky thing to define when the application is free. Usually, after a one time payment, the property belongs to the users who made the purchase, generally speaking. After this software support and updates are provided, usually.

SaaS works a little differently — with a license. Rather than a one time buy out, payment through is made via subscription.

There are advantages to this on a user stand put; the obvious would be a financial benefits:

Lower prices that do not include a large licensing fee. The user only pays subscription fees, if any fees at all.

More versatile storage options. Instead of only being to store information on an external hard drive or internal hard drive, the user can now leave important information online.

On a business owners stand point, it is possible that less personnel has to be hired. Because SaaS looks over maintenance, monitoring and updating software. The SaaS provider usually has their own team whose individual specialize in one thing oppose to generalize in a lot of IT aspects with not a lot of depth.

How the vendor makes money is pretty simple. The primary advantage for the vendor is the continuing flow of income. This continuing flow of income can be expected to gain more monetary gain than the traditional licensed software. More so, sellers of SaaS, are more likely to tone down piracy and unliscned use of soft ware and reduce overall loss.

Software as a Service bring up interesting possibilities. Although novelty right now programs like PicNick and MP3 Cut are more or less novelty now but as this model continues to grow and grow the possibilities of unlicensed software seem endless. It’s not like the Adobe people, for example, have no idea that people are pirating their software, every single day.

Wikipedia defines it as “software that is deployed of the internet and/or is depoyed to run behind a firewall on a local area network or personal computer.” Essentially SaaS or Software As A Service or Software on Demand is a delivery system that gives access to software as an Internet based service. Examples of this service would be free email systems (hotmail, yahoo, gmail).
The philosophy, simply put, behind this module is this — with the high range of use and the low subscription prices, on-demand SaaS gives license benefits with out a license.
Super sassy SaaS’s like these can be applied to a wide range of use from businesses (small to large) and also individuals (casual or professional):
For businesses, SaaS’s can offer supply-chain management programs, customer relationship applications, etc.
For individual users, Saas’s can offer just basic email serves. These programs are typically supported heavily by advertising (sometimes dynamically generated by content in emails).
Ownership is a tricky thing to define when the application is free. Usually, after a one time payment, the property belongs to the users who made the purchase, generally speaking. After this software support and updates are provided, usually.
SaaS works a little differently — with a license. Rather than a one time buy out, payment through is made via subscription.
There are advantages to this on a user stand put; the obvious would be a financial benefits:
Lower prices that do not include a large licensing fee. The user only pays subscription fees, if any fees at all.
More versatile storage options. Instead of only being to store information on an external hard drive or internal hard drive, the user can now leave important information online.
On a business owners stand point, it is possible that less personnel has to be hired. Because SaaS looks over maintenance, monitoring and updating software. The SaaS provider usually has their own team whose individual specialize in one thing oppose to generalize in a lot of IT aspects with not a lot of depth.
How the vendor makes money is pretty simple. The primary advantage for the vendor is the continuing flow of income. This continuing flow of income can be expected to gain more monetary gain than the traditional licensed software. More so, sellers of SaaS, are more likely to tone down piracy and unliscned use of soft ware and reduce overall loss.Software as a Service bring up interesting possibilities. Although novelty right now programs like PicNick and MP3 Cut are more or less novelty now but as this model continues to grow and grow the possibilities of unlicensed software seem endless. It’s not like the Adobe people, for example, have no idea that people are pirating their software, every single day.

20 Things I’ve learned in 20 years

jrbritanico — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:09:31 +0000

Although I turned 20 a month ago, my first crack at something like this felt, more or less, forced. Now that I’ve gotten used to the new shirt that is 20 years old, I figure I’d try again.

Also, I can’t sleep.

Also, I found a petrifying sliver of silver hair atop my fro-faux-hawk.

Enjoy.

- Never expect a thank you.

- “Maybe” is usually “No.”

- Do not underestimate a skinny white girl.

- Facebook statuses that reference lyrics in mid-sentence are lame. Very lame.

- Private high school is still high school.

- When in doubt, go home.

- Try to take as many pictures. A lot.

- Do not raise on a face card/mid-kicker suited. Ever.

- Chivalry is dead; act accordingly.

- “I don’t know” is always the wrong answer, even if it’s true.

-Hum to yourself when you’re stressed out.

- When in doubt, keep your mouth shut.

- Within 20 minutes of very single game of Would You Rather will always end up talking about sex.

- You can’t teach tough.

- Never bet on a fight.

- There are only 4 things worth writing about: I want you, I’m leaving, You’re leaving, I believe in something,

- An awkward morning trumps a lonely night 7 days out of the week.

- When in doubt, go clean shaven.

- When/if escaping through a window, know, if you didn’t know already, that you’ve done something stupid/awesome.

Thanks for reading. Enjoy your teen years if you still have some because it’s all down hill from there.

The 20 Things I’ve learned in 20 years
Although I turned 20 a month ago, my first crack at something like this felt, more or less, forced. Now that I’ve gotten used to the new shirt that is 20 years old, I figure I’d try again. Also, I can’t sleep. Enjoy.
- Never expect a thank you.
- “Maybe” is usually “No.”
- Do not underestimate a skinny white girl.
- Facebook statuses that reference lyrics in mid-sentence are lame. Very lame.
- Private high school is still high school.
- When in doubt, go home.
- Try to take as many pictures. A lot.
- Do not raise on a face card/mid-kicker suited. Ever.
- Chivalry is dead; act accordingly.
- “I don’t know” is always the wrong answer, even if it’s true.
-Hum to yourself when you’re stressed out.
- When in doubt, keep your mouth shut.
- Within 20 minutes of very single game of Would You Rather will always end up talking about sex.
- You can’t teach tough.
- Never bet on a fight.
- There are only 4 things worth writing about: I want you, I’m leaving, You’re leaving, I believe in something,
- An awkward morning trumps a lonely night 7 days out of the week.
- When in doubt, go clean shaven.
- When/if escaping through a window, know, if you didn’t know already, that you’ve done something stupid/awesome.
Thanks for reading. Enjoy your teen years if you still have some because it’s all down hill from there.

Next Time on Mad Men

jrbritanico — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:52:49 +0000

Next Time on Mad Men — Jeffrey Britanico

photo by Kimberly Akrigg

modeled by Kelsey Harker

New Media without Intellectual Property

jrbritanico — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:41:31 +0000

New Media Without Intellectual Property — Visual and Words by Jeffrey Britanico

I originally watched this under the impression that it was going to talk about the evolution the fashion world has taken across the years or maybe how small designers can still survive with fashion giants like the Gap or H&M dominating almost every key demographic.

Although it did touch on all of those thing, there was an underlying theme, if not a challenge. Because clothing was seen as too utilitarian of an aspect when the legal boundaries of intellectual property was being forged, there is no intellectual property rules for fashion.

The challenge was fundamentally this: the fashion world has not only survived, it has and will continue to dilate — can the digital industry (video games, music, film, photography, etc.)?

Just so we’re on the same page, let’s make sure we know what intellectual property is. Dictionary.com defines the phrase as “property that results from original creative thought, as patents, copyright material, and trademarks.” (For a more indepth definition click here)Essentially it means anything that you create is covered by intellectual property. Therefore just because someone found a picture off Google images, doesn’t mean they can’t manipulate it however they want. Just because someone found an instrumental track of a song, they can just add new lyrics to it and make their own track.

At first thought, the digital world without intellectual property, looked like the wild, wild west. Probably with more Helvetica (bold) and drop shadows in exchange for whore houses and shoot outs at dawn.

In my opinion, the first casualty would be film. Right away. They wouldn’t last one screening on a silver screen. More likely, the premiere would be split up into 20 parts on YouTube. I think video games and music would go out around the same time. The world would be over run by indie games that take 20 minutes to finish. Music fans would have to settle for $400 for nosebleed seats at a Vampire Weekend concert.

This would be the world for the first few years, as I see it. Maybe. But maybe digital artists would be pinching pennies together at this juncture simply because the methods used to promote a musician, a film or even a video game not 5 years ago would be simply irrelevant in this world. One could even argue irrelevant in this one world as well. Case in point Timothy Chantarangsu aka Traphik as more followers on Youtube than platinum recording artist Soldier Boy.

I like to think I believe in the viewing public. Even though the best video games or the best songs would be able to be duplicated over and over in its entirety, I believe the view public will still have standards. I believe the buying public won’t buy in terms of quality every single time but people are smart enough to want good art, digital or not, to prosper. I believe the originators will stand apart from the imitators. Either that or the Adobe empire would crumble and visual artists would resort to strictly painting all over again.

What if the rules changed for real? What if tomorrow one can simply take whatever they saw and claim it as original work? Would you sink or swim? Without ownership, is there any motivation to innovate?

About Me

jrbritanico — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:13:18 +0000

My name Jeffrey Britanico. I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. I’m a student at BCIT and plan on learning for the rest of my life.

My favourite quote is “An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” — by Henry Ford.

I love New Media because I love ideas.

I love New Media because it means not having to do the same thing everyday. Today can be putting together the opening credits for a film. Tomorrow can be brainstorming for a branding strategy. The next day can be talking about a billboard.

Although young, it is apparent to me that thinking inside the box is a certain path to mediocrity. It is unrealistic to flip a switch and turn on a light. It is unrealistic to combine metal and physics homework and then be able to fly. It is unrealistic thinking that is the base of any idea worth existing.

Again, my name is Jeffrey Britanico. Let me know if you’re interested in, or have an idea out of the ordinary.

Check out my Vimeo, Twitter and Tumblr account

Thanks for reading =)