Update:
Just scheduled my last interview with Stephen Koenig, the director of Industry Analysis for the Consumer Electronics Association for Monday, March 4 at 5:00 p.m.
Will have my final draft written up Monday evening and sent to Mindy and Bosisio in an email and I'm bringing a hard copy to class.
Photo is already chosen - taken by Megan.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Lowe - draft finished
Jamie Lowe
It’s not a bird, it’s not a
plane but there is some new hardware zooming through the sky.
Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles,
UAVs, or drones have flown into current technology in the form of the shelves
in the form toys and hobbyist pieces all the way to military survelliance
drones. The U.S. Department of Transportation has classified drones as
“device(s) used or intended to be used for light in the air that has no onboard
pilot.”
Austin Hixenbaugh, a
Management Information System senior at Georgia Regents University, shared his
opinion on UAVs and quadcopters.
“I like playing with
[remote-controlled] items like trucks, cars and planes,” Hixenbaugh said. “I
don’t really see the difference between [remote-controlled] airplanes and
drones. Although drones seem to have the ability to capture video footage.”
While Amazon.com has stayed silent about there
recently released Amazon Prime Air service featuring 30 minute deliveries by
drones, Amazon is a competitively active website that consumers can purchase
quadcopters and other toy UAVs.
Chris Cole and Drew Wright,
writers for the Drone Wars UK website gave a definition of current drones,
consumer and military.
“While there are dozens of different types of drones,”
Cole and Wright said, “they basically fall into two categories: those that are
used for reconnaissance and surveillance purposes and those that are armed with
missiles and bombs.”
This means that the most
popular use of drones is purely for pleasure or surveillance of some sort.
Small-sized quadcopters and drones can be had for under $100 on most purchasing
websites. There are other more costly models that hobbyists pursue and rate
amongst themselves.
Alex Bracetti, a writer for
ComplexTech, recently rated the top 10 consumer drones in the current market.
“The most popular drone on
the consumer market made a huge splash at last year’s CES,” said Bracetti of
the Parrot AR. Drone 2.0. “Three being the improved control system, the built-I
camera capable of capturing 720HD video and the ability to create its own wi-fi
network.”
It goes without saying that
these consumer drones are highly technical and some people other than the U.S.
government, are working on how to apply these devices to business in day-to-day
life.
Ian Nott, the founder of DR1,
started his company out of Savannah College of Art and Design.
“Our mission is to provide very expensive, very technological UAV.
Before, like on a movie set, the director would have to hire production crews
with high booms and even helicopters to get aerial shots or even use CG,” Nott
said. “We make the software to go on these UAVs to get shots that were never
possible before.”
Although there are several
possible arts-related application for drones, there are also agro and tech
possibilities that Nott’s company is exploring.
“Say if you're a farmer and there's a field of
crops... a big field of corn, you can fly one of these UAVs over the field and,
using spectrum-anaylsis, figure out if some sections of the entire field are a
little water starved or maybe need fertilizer,” Nott said. “Then the farmer can
go out and make those adjustments. It would let you see certain areas instead
of just looking at the whole field. You could also use our UAVs for inspection
of roofs and towers. Things that people are risking life and limb for."
Nott and his associates are working on more
potential uses and how to apply their hardware and software to other products
and fields.
"This
is the next computer industry,” Nott said. “We're the personal computers of the
'70's and the next Steve Jobs has yet to come along to show off
Macintosh.”
Lowe - draft 1, missing last interview and a few points
Jamie Lowe
It’s not a bird,
it’s not a plane but there is some new hardware zooming through the sky.
Unmanned
Aircraft Vehicles, UAVs, or drones have flown into current technology in the
form of the shelves in the form toys and hobbyist pieces all the way to
military survelliance drones. The U.S. Department of Transportation has
classified drones as “device(s) used or intended to be used for light in the
air that has no onboard pilot.”
While Amazon.com
has stayed silent about there recently released Amazon Prime Air service
featuring 30 minute deliveries by drones, there are other uses for consumer
drones.
The most popular
use of drones is purely for pleasure. Small-sized quadracopters and drones can
be had for under $100 on most purchasing websites. There are other more costly
models that hobbyists pursue and rate amongst themselves.
Alex Bracetti, a
writer for ComplexTech, recently rated the top 10 consumer drones in the
current market.
“The most
popular drone on the consumer market made a huge splash at last year’s CES,”
wrote Bracetti of the Parrot AR. Drone 2.0. “Three being the improved control
system, the built-I camera capable of capturing 720HD video and the ability to
create its own wi-fi network.”
It goes without
saying that these consumer drones are resplendently , and some people other
than the U.S. government, are working on how to apply these devices to business
in day-to-day life.
Ian Nott, the
founder of DR1, started his company out of Savannah College of Art and Design.
“Our mission is to provide very expensive, very technological UAV.
Before, like on a movie set, the director would have to hire production crews
with high booms and even helicopters to get aerial shots or even use CG,” Nott
said. “We make the software to go on these UAVs to get shots that were never
possible before.”
Although there
are several possible arts-related application for drones, there are also agro
and tech possibilities that Nott’s company is exploring.
“Say if you're a farmer and there's a field of
crops... a big field of corn, you can fly one of these UAVs over the field and,
using spectrum-anaylsis, figure out if some sections of the entire field are a
little water starved or maybe need fertilizer,” Nott said. “Then the farmer can
go out and make those adjustments. It would let you see certain areas instead
of just looking at the whole field. You could also use our UAVs for inspection
of roofs and towers. Things that people are risking life and limb for."
[business- ian
explanation]
[chunk of ian
intrnview]
[rules of UAS]
Smith, Feb. 27
Update:
As of now I am almost finished with my article. I am currently tweaking different parts of my article, such as adding more information about my products and editing it by the suggestions given to me by Mindy. I am also adding additional information from another source to my article. My article should be finished and completed by this weekend. My only concern at this moment is photos. Since I haven't been in contact with William Sonoma, I do not have information about their products in my article. Also, the particular product that I wanted to cover is not currently sold at our local location. Because of this, I am kind of stuck on photos since my article is about products being released later this year. However, I did get in contact with a representative from LG earlier and she is gathering photos to send to me this weekend. Hopefully something she sends will be useable to go along with my article.
As of now I am almost finished with my article. I am currently tweaking different parts of my article, such as adding more information about my products and editing it by the suggestions given to me by Mindy. I am also adding additional information from another source to my article. My article should be finished and completed by this weekend. My only concern at this moment is photos. Since I haven't been in contact with William Sonoma, I do not have information about their products in my article. Also, the particular product that I wanted to cover is not currently sold at our local location. Because of this, I am kind of stuck on photos since my article is about products being released later this year. However, I did get in contact with a representative from LG earlier and she is gathering photos to send to me this weekend. Hopefully something she sends will be useable to go along with my article.
Lowe DR1 photos
Photos sent from Ian Nott of him and his drones at DR1. I have a HUGE sized-version of these saved on the desktop of "my" computer in the Mac Lab if y'all need bigger!
THESE PHOTOS have been contributed by IAN NOTT but are to be "copyrighted to Steve Moraco"!! This is Ian's request and I told him it would happen. YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY PRETTY PHOTOS!
middle drone "it's a 450mm quadcopter that weighs just a couple of pounds" says ian Nott.
middle drone "it's a 450mm quadcopter that weighs just a couple of pounds" says ian Nott.
Day, Feb. 27
I have everything ready to be written but every time I begin writing my article, I freeze. I just don't know how to begin because I don't normally write in the first person and I'm worried I'll do a horrible job and the paper will crumble and all of you will hate me. I'm sure all of this is quite rational thinking.
Anyway, I'm working on the article. It will be done and I hope it will be good. As soon as I get a draft I don't completely hate, I'll email it to Mindy. Hopefully by tomorrow afternoon.
Also, I hope that everyone else is doing alright with your articles. We should have a party this Tuesday to celebrate them all being turned in. I'll bring cookies or chips or something. Yum.
Anyway, I'm working on the article. It will be done and I hope it will be good. As soon as I get a draft I don't completely hate, I'll email it to Mindy. Hopefully by tomorrow afternoon.
Also, I hope that everyone else is doing alright with your articles. We should have a party this Tuesday to celebrate them all being turned in. I'll bring cookies or chips or something. Yum.
Lowe - interview with IT guy
Hey All!
Exciting news!
I got my last interview i needed and someone posed a really good question!
Austin hixenbaugh, Managment Information System Senior
"I'd like to use them. I like playing with RC items and I really like flying RC planes. I don't really see the difference [between RC planes and drones]. Although there is potential to use [drones] to get cool video footage."
Exciting news!
I got my last interview i needed and someone posed a really good question!
Austin hixenbaugh, Managment Information System Senior
"I'd like to use them. I like playing with RC items and I really like flying RC planes. I don't really see the difference [between RC planes and drones]. Although there is potential to use [drones] to get cool video footage."
Perbetsky, Feb.27
Hey everyone,
I had an interview with a student who previously owned both the fuel band and fitbit; however, she had to cancel today because her child got sick and had to take her to the doctor. She did tell me that as soon as she gets home and settled in that she will call me so I can talk to her.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Stewart, Feb. 25
Hello all,
I really haven't had any updates until now. I have an interview tomorrow with someone at Engadget who has used the products I wrote about at CES 2014.
I won't add anything to my rough draft until I get it back from Mindy though so I can make sure I'm going in the right direction, but once I make additions - it'll be uploaded.
I really haven't had any updates until now. I have an interview tomorrow with someone at Engadget who has used the products I wrote about at CES 2014.
I won't add anything to my rough draft until I get it back from Mindy though so I can make sure I'm going in the right direction, but once I make additions - it'll be uploaded.
Barry, Feb. 25
I got a new source from Cathy Kingeter yesterday. Her name is Holly Gray, and her daughter has used Proloquo2go since she was 3-years-old. I called her yesterday afternoon, but she did not answer. I left a message, and I am going to call her again today.
I talked to Megan last class, and she came up with the idea of taking more of a feature angle on this story. I am going to focus on Proloquo2go, and Caleigh, Holly's daughter. I will talk about Caleigh's growth with the app, and I will also offer a comparison to traditional ACDs.
Yesterday afternoon I read Holly's blog for about three hours. She has tried many technologies with Caleigh, so she will be a great source. I can still use all of the information that I got from Kingeter. After that, I will need a third source. I am wondering if I could use quotes from Holly's blog because she has recorded Caleigh's progress extensively over the years.
I talked to Megan last class, and she came up with the idea of taking more of a feature angle on this story. I am going to focus on Proloquo2go, and Caleigh, Holly's daughter. I will talk about Caleigh's growth with the app, and I will also offer a comparison to traditional ACDs.
Yesterday afternoon I read Holly's blog for about three hours. She has tried many technologies with Caleigh, so she will be a great source. I can still use all of the information that I got from Kingeter. After that, I will need a third source. I am wondering if I could use quotes from Holly's blog because she has recorded Caleigh's progress extensively over the years.
Perbetsky, Feb. 25
Hey all!
I asked Fitbit if we could use the photos they sent me, with correct credit given, and I recieved the confirmation in an email from them so let me know what photos everyone likes! Also, I am still trying to get an interview setup with the person here in town who recently owned both the Nike fuel band and a Fitbit so once I get that I will get it up and have it ready to go I am going tomorrow evening to interview a personal trainer and will get that up tomorrow night. Any questions just ask me! :)
I asked Fitbit if we could use the photos they sent me, with correct credit given, and I recieved the confirmation in an email from them so let me know what photos everyone likes! Also, I am still trying to get an interview setup with the person here in town who recently owned both the Nike fuel band and a Fitbit so once I get that I will get it up and have it ready to go I am going tomorrow evening to interview a personal trainer and will get that up tomorrow night. Any questions just ask me! :)
Lowe Savannah drone-guy interview highlights
Woah! I finally got an interview with Ian Nott, the kid behind DR1 - the drone building company in Savannah. Thanks to y'all who forwarded me that article. When I finally got to talk to him he was really nice.
So, I don't transcribe interviews. But I do write out important quotes that I'll be using in the article. So here's the important quotes from Ian Nott, the man with the plan;
Ian Nott, UAV Entrepreneur
"Our mission is to provide very expensive, very technological UAV.. Before, like on a movie set, the director would have to hire production crews with high booms and even helicopters to get aerial shots or even use CG. We make the software to go on these UAVs to get shots that were never possible before. We also do a lot with the agro-industry and spectrum-analysis. Say if you're a farmer and there's a field of crops... a big field of corn, you can fly one of these UAVs over the field and, using spectrum-anaylsis, figure out if some sections of the entire field are a little water starved or maybe need fertilizer. Then the farmer can go out and make those adjustments. It would let you see certain areas instead of just looking at the whole field. You could also use our UAVs for inspection of roofs and towers. Things that people are risking life and limb for."
"our job is really to recognize the types of services that are needed. We provide the tools necessary to complete these jobs. We determine what goes into the craft by listening to our clients."
"When I first started it was with the cheap $50 or $60 toys. They give you an insight to how the UAVs work. I experimented with these toys and wanted to stretch my wings a little. I started building my own configurations and then I hooked up with SCAD and Volta-Collaborative."
"I use a DGI Naza controller, with pre-installed software. It's more programing and adjusting settings for what you need. It's not coding per se, it's adjusting values through a computer interface."
"Our Kickstarter campaign was designed to throw this at the wall and see what stuck. Honestly, it was an epic failure, but we learned so much. We then shaped what our company is, our direction and our value."
"So there's a couple other associates that I have but they're not paper-certified partners. There's me at the core and a huge ring of support including Volta-Collaborative. They're let me on as a sort of start-up accelerator. They use JetPack to analyze revenue options, competitors and the current market to make a direction of how to best spend the money."
"This was really born out of SCAD to foster some students who are more entrepreneurial with business ideas instead of art just for the sake of art."
"If you trace the history, it started when I got into the toys. The more I played with the toys the more I saw the high end stuff that was out there that these could be used for. I was doing really well on my own and then I hooked up with SCAD and Volta and it really took off."
"[Volta] are on the business side where I'm on the technology side, so it's really great."
"This is the next computer industry. We're the personal computers of the '70's and the next Steve Jobs has yet to come along to show off Macintosh. This is the next big thing in techonology."
"Scaling this business is one of our main missions right now. It's growing more and more every day. People are more and more acceptive and it's very, very exciting."
"There is the ruling in Colorado that declared open season on drones, meaning that hunters who are hunting deer have the right to shoot down UAVs. It's the silly, knee-jerk reaction of people who equate UAVs with Iraq, the military, spies and that kind of thing. But everywhere we go everyone we talk to is very positive. Whether it's an 8 year old boy to an 80 year old owman, everyone has smiles on their faces and thinks this is the coolest thing in the world. People connect UAVs with the negative, but when you're out in the field with a smile on your face talking about how positive it is, people get excited. People like it. If you compare our UAVs to the government drones it's literally liek comparing an RC car to a military tank."
AP picked up that story in the Savannah Morning Star and he said that he's seen his photos, with AP credit, attached to a USA Today article about drones. Gave us full rights to those photos. Said he would also contribute some.
So, I don't transcribe interviews. But I do write out important quotes that I'll be using in the article. So here's the important quotes from Ian Nott, the man with the plan;
Ian Nott, UAV Entrepreneur
"Our mission is to provide very expensive, very technological UAV.. Before, like on a movie set, the director would have to hire production crews with high booms and even helicopters to get aerial shots or even use CG. We make the software to go on these UAVs to get shots that were never possible before. We also do a lot with the agro-industry and spectrum-analysis. Say if you're a farmer and there's a field of crops... a big field of corn, you can fly one of these UAVs over the field and, using spectrum-anaylsis, figure out if some sections of the entire field are a little water starved or maybe need fertilizer. Then the farmer can go out and make those adjustments. It would let you see certain areas instead of just looking at the whole field. You could also use our UAVs for inspection of roofs and towers. Things that people are risking life and limb for."
"our job is really to recognize the types of services that are needed. We provide the tools necessary to complete these jobs. We determine what goes into the craft by listening to our clients."
"When I first started it was with the cheap $50 or $60 toys. They give you an insight to how the UAVs work. I experimented with these toys and wanted to stretch my wings a little. I started building my own configurations and then I hooked up with SCAD and Volta-Collaborative."
"I use a DGI Naza controller, with pre-installed software. It's more programing and adjusting settings for what you need. It's not coding per se, it's adjusting values through a computer interface."
"Our Kickstarter campaign was designed to throw this at the wall and see what stuck. Honestly, it was an epic failure, but we learned so much. We then shaped what our company is, our direction and our value."
"So there's a couple other associates that I have but they're not paper-certified partners. There's me at the core and a huge ring of support including Volta-Collaborative. They're let me on as a sort of start-up accelerator. They use JetPack to analyze revenue options, competitors and the current market to make a direction of how to best spend the money."
"This was really born out of SCAD to foster some students who are more entrepreneurial with business ideas instead of art just for the sake of art."
"If you trace the history, it started when I got into the toys. The more I played with the toys the more I saw the high end stuff that was out there that these could be used for. I was doing really well on my own and then I hooked up with SCAD and Volta and it really took off."
"[Volta] are on the business side where I'm on the technology side, so it's really great."
"This is the next computer industry. We're the personal computers of the '70's and the next Steve Jobs has yet to come along to show off Macintosh. This is the next big thing in techonology."
"Scaling this business is one of our main missions right now. It's growing more and more every day. People are more and more acceptive and it's very, very exciting."
"There is the ruling in Colorado that declared open season on drones, meaning that hunters who are hunting deer have the right to shoot down UAVs. It's the silly, knee-jerk reaction of people who equate UAVs with Iraq, the military, spies and that kind of thing. But everywhere we go everyone we talk to is very positive. Whether it's an 8 year old boy to an 80 year old owman, everyone has smiles on their faces and thinks this is the coolest thing in the world. People connect UAVs with the negative, but when you're out in the field with a smile on your face talking about how positive it is, people get excited. People like it. If you compare our UAVs to the government drones it's literally liek comparing an RC car to a military tank."
AP picked up that story in the Savannah Morning Star and he said that he's seen his photos, with AP credit, attached to a USA Today article about drones. Gave us full rights to those photos. Said he would also contribute some.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Trawick, Feb. 24
OLED topic update:
I had two interviews tonight. One with Fred Butler, the business development manager for Phillips who talked about OLED tech in lighting and another with John Taylor, the vice president of LG who talked more about it in home electronics and mobile phones.
I'll have them transcribed on here by Wednesday.
On Friday evening, I went to Best Buy Mobile and Megan brought out a live version of the LG G Flex, the new curved phone that uses OLED technology and took some photos. She took some for me also. Photo credits are below.
Ashley Trawick | Staff
I had two interviews tonight. One with Fred Butler, the business development manager for Phillips who talked about OLED tech in lighting and another with John Taylor, the vice president of LG who talked more about it in home electronics and mobile phones.
I'll have them transcribed on here by Wednesday.
On Friday evening, I went to Best Buy Mobile and Megan brought out a live version of the LG G Flex, the new curved phone that uses OLED technology and took some photos. She took some for me also. Photo credits are below.
Ashley Trawick | Staff
Megan Stewart | Staff
It's next to a Samsung Galaxy to show the curve.
I have more photos (no worries) and I can always go take more, if necessary.
As for more interviews, I emailed Samsung last week but no luck. I'm going to email and call Sony tomorrow morning for one more source.
I'm just glad to be making progress.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Williams Feb. 20
I need two more sources for my robotics story. Reached out the Doctors Hospital, MIT and a competitive robotics team. Just waiting on them to reach me back with a time and day for interviews. I'm going to try and make some calls tomorrow.
Wadley, Feb. 20
*Called Matt Watson at Sunbelt Nissan;
waiting to hear back.
UPDATE: Alonzo Scott called and left a
voicemail; I called him back and got his voicemail; so now we're just
in a game of phone tag but he agreed to do a phone interview or set
up a time for me to come talk in person and Matt Watson said I could
come take some pictures of their vehicles!
*Emailed public affairs at the
department of transportation regarding setting up an interview with
David Friedman of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(citing Fox News story about cars communicating with each other).
UPDATE: They “respectfully declined”
my interview request but sent me a news release on vehicle-to-vehicle
communication technology so if nothing else I can pull from that for
informational use in the story.
*Called Johnson Motor Company (Cadillac
dealership); they just got a new shipment of their ELR; made an
appointment for Friday morning at 10 a.m.; ask for Gary Johnson or
Monty Smith. I plan to take a camera with me and try to get some photos there as well.
Info from a story Boss sent me about
Cadillac technology:
Finally,
something that we may see as early as 2014 from Cadillac is hands-off
adaptive cruise control,
which keeps the car in the center of the lane and a safe distance
from the car in front of it (Cadillac calls its version "Super
Cruise"). Using data from cameras, radar and ultrasonic systems,
the system responds more rapidly to traffic fluctuations than a human
operator can and keeps the vehicle in its lane without any input from
the driver.
*Called
Mercedes Benz of Augusta; left a message with the general manager
about setting up an interview.
I
will continue to call dealerships around the area as needed until I
get a full slate of sources. For now I'm comfortable with where I
stand. I'd like my story to focus on the aspects of new features for
safety, compared with new features for entertainment/luxury (i.e.
Audi's blind spot detection, BMW's heated and cooled seats, Lexus
premium surround sound, Subaru dual-stage airbags, Mercedes active
cornering headlight system, etc. … those are coming from this LA
Times story:
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/highway1/la-hy-tech.pg,0,6527460.photogallery?index=la-hy-tech-intro.jpg).
That being said, I probably won't use ALL of these as examples, but
those are the TYPES of things I plan to focus on in my story. So
when I go to the various dealerships I'll ask about their new
features and see what I come up with—I have a feeling the sales
people I talk to will include both safety and luxury features in
their interviews.
And,
for those of you waiting with bated breath, I should have my rough
draft up by Monday, final draft by Thursday's deadline.
Smith, Feb. 20
Update:
So far I have a rough draft consisting of 2 interviews, both from Whirlpool. I have recently had another interview with LG, which I need to insert into my article.
I just got it edited by Brittany Ward and received positive feed back on the status of my article so far. I feel really confident on where my article is and feel like I have made great progress with it.
As far as pictures go, I have not been able to get the approval to take photos at William Sonoma yet. I am hoping to be able to take photos there, but I am not able to then I am not sure what my photos are going to be. As of now photos are the only concerns that I have.
So far I have a rough draft consisting of 2 interviews, both from Whirlpool. I have recently had another interview with LG, which I need to insert into my article.
I just got it edited by Brittany Ward and received positive feed back on the status of my article so far. I feel really confident on where my article is and feel like I have made great progress with it.
As far as pictures go, I have not been able to get the approval to take photos at William Sonoma yet. I am hoping to be able to take photos there, but I am not able to then I am not sure what my photos are going to be. As of now photos are the only concerns that I have.
Ward. Feb.20
Waiting on two more sources. One will happen this weekend. The other is unknown but no matter what the story will be complete this weekend. Rebecca is doing my pictures
Barry, Feb. 20
Jordan
Barry
Rough
Draft
With
all the advances in technology, it is not surprising that no one has been left
behind.
Those
with disabilities now have access to many new assistive technologies. One of
those is an app for phones known as Proloquo2 go.
Cathy
Kingeter, vice president of marketing and communications, said the app helps
provide a voice for people who are unable to speak. Proloquo2go targets
children with autism, people with cerebral palsy, apraxia, ALS, stroke victims
or anyone else who are unable to speak.
"Proloquo2go
was introduced in 2009, and it has been very, very successful,” Kingeter said. A
large population, like I said over 75,000 users, it's won awards as a
communication app. It's brought benefit to people around the world."
The
app is much less expensive than the traditional devices. Allison Smith said it
has changed the life of her twin boys.
Barry, Feb. 20
Just sent this email to Assistiveware
Hello,
I have called Allison at least seven times over the past week or so, and she has not answered her phone. Do you have anyone else I can talk to?
Lowe. Not dead.
heads up, haven't cyber died. Update soon on El drone status.
El Drone status;
Amazon PR departments suck at answering their phones. Like, mad.
I've emailed, FB friended and messaged Ian Nott about talking to him regarding his savannah-based drone program initiative. working on getting that guy to talk to me with my sheer wit, persistence and unfaltering beauty. ...yeah.
I've emailed brian merchant who wrote a really good article about consumer drones. Here;
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-best-drones-money-can-buy
Also fb friended and messaged a guy named Alex bracetti who wrote an article about the 10 best drones to buy.
and.... yeah. Apparently these tech-savvy drone people aren't so savvy about talking to real people.
El Drone status;
Amazon PR departments suck at answering their phones. Like, mad.
I've emailed, FB friended and messaged Ian Nott about talking to him regarding his savannah-based drone program initiative. working on getting that guy to talk to me with my sheer wit, persistence and unfaltering beauty. ...yeah.
I've emailed brian merchant who wrote a really good article about consumer drones. Here;
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-best-drones-money-can-buy
Also fb friended and messaged a guy named Alex bracetti who wrote an article about the 10 best drones to buy.
and.... yeah. Apparently these tech-savvy drone people aren't so savvy about talking to real people.
Perbetsky Feb. 20, 2014
HEY!!! I finially got some stuff from Fitbit. It is not an interview but it is press media kit and include photos that they said I could use for the story!! I have someone here in town that I am currently trying to get an interview with because she had both the Fitbit and the nike fuel band and hated them so I am going to have the pr and non pr in the story and I am also going to go this weekend and talk to a personal trainer and get how these technologies and helping and hurting the fitness industry.
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