Incase SYSTM

Trying to steer away from typical sneaker blog, I want to introduce the world to other findings i come across. Incase brand have always created many stylish and simple phone cases but they were never been the best in protection, mostly because protection is over taken by Otterbox. Incase have now introduce a whole new line of phone cases that not only looks great but can support the life of your phone. Only available at the website.  Here's a glimpse of the product but there are more colors and variation to choose from.

Incase Website

All Star Weekend 2013

Some amazing sneakers were worn this weekend in Houston for NBA All Star Weekend. Kevin Durant, Lebron James, and Kobe Bryant all displayed their All Star Edition sneakers for the event. Here is some of the cool shoes that was worn.

Lebron James showing off his new sneakers to rapper Jay-Z and singer Beyonce.

Hardcore defense from Kobe Bryant with his new Kobe 8 "All Star".

OKC Thunder Kevin Durant dunking like a beast with his new All Star edition KD V.

LA Clippers Blake Griffin taking a lob wearing his own custom Jordan SuperFly 2.

Dave Rhea

Blogger, Dave Rhea had a special appearance in class today. He gave us a great insight on how blogging has impact journalism. Due to blogging, print news is becoming obsolete to journalism. Rhea explained that now journalists are blogging more often. I agree to that statement because blogging is a much simpler way to express ideas and thoughts without rules of medis ethics. The only thing that is holding a journalist back from telling the truth is knowing whether or not they should.

Dave Rhea defined blogging as an expression point, a place to share ideas. It is no difference from movies or songs. Blogging is rather time consuming, the only way to keep a blog interesting is to be creative. The creativity derives from the types of storytelling you present. Rhea explain that you should tell a story in 3 different ways: text, video, and audio. This will give the readers many outlets to interpret the story and keeps the readers interested. 

Even though my blog is less about story and more about information, I do consider all of those media outlets to deliver my post. Rhea has given me much inspiration to write blog post with a new state of mind. Given my post a tad bit of new and creative ways to deliver content.

Here is Dave Rhea's Blog
http://www.jdaverhea.com/

Collaboration

I stumble across a unique video of a meeting between New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony and highly respected British artist Dave White. The video takes place in London where the two meet to discuss about a sneaker. This video will give you an insight on the conversation that goes on while discussing design for a sneaker.

To be a better blogger

ProBlogger

ProBlogger gave a great insight on how to make my blog look better. The advice that stood out was grouping ideas. The posts that I write are usually descriptions of products, so making lists is an ideal route for my blog.

About.com

This provided a great way to make your blog stand out visually. My take on the creating a visually appealing blog is to have a color scheme. Images can be used and can help grab the attention but I feel like having too many images can be clutter.

16 Rules of Blog Writing

My favorite rule that I feel applies greatly to my blog is keeping the paragraphs short. That is the only way to keep the attention of the audience. Because my audience would read the post about the description and move right to the image. Keeping a consistency of short paragraphs and common theme will keep my blog interesting.

BlogScoped

BlogScoped focused on the writing style on the blog posts. When writing my posts, I apply the inverted pyramid because it requires you to start the post with information that is most important to least important. Also, I use a lot images and lists because that gives a better description of the post.

Typography

ThisIsColossal

This is a very interesting blog about visual arts, but the presentation is poorly done. I feel that the typefaces used were very small and made it difficult to read. Also, the color contrast blends together to make it again hard to follow. Overall, the blog can be tolerated because of the visual images but the type they used is very hard to follow.

UpscaleHype

This is a blog about high-end fashion sightings on celebrities. This is a pretty linear blog about a very specific area, but the type makes easy to follow. It uses a very large font and contrasting size in the subtitles. The choice of size and contrasts helps the readers follow better when there is not much to read. This is blog is the first blog the caught my eye solely based the typefaces and the large subtitles.

Release of Air Jordan III Retro '88

The Air Jordan III have been an iconic sneaker that have stayed alive for more than two decades.The biggest breakthrough was the design of the shoe. The first two shoes of the Air Jordan series were based on fashion aspect of the sneakers. The Air Jordan III followed that trend but created a new design  the public are not familiar with.

Michael Jordan seen here wearing the Air Jordan III during the 1988 Slam Dunk Competition. 

Back in 1988, Air Jordan release a shoe that had a unique elephant print that has never been used on a shoe before. The sneaker was designed by Tinker Hatfield, who later became one of the most influential man in the sneaker culture. Along with that very distinct pattern on the shoe, the Air Jordan III was the first time ever that Jordan and Nike introduce the Jumpman logo on a shoe. This created a new symbol for Jordan Brand because for the first time, the Jumpman can stand alone without piggy backing next to the Nike swoosh. 

The official name for the colorway is White/Black/Red/Cement

On February 6, 2013, Jordan Brand are re-releasing the Air Jordan III with all original design, including the Nike Air logo. The shoe was re-release in 1994, 2001, 2007, and 2011 but had Jumpman logo on the back heel. Whereas, the Air Jordan III Retro '88 features the iconic Nike Air logo that has not been on the shoe since 1988. This year, the sneaker is retail at $200 exclusive at NikeStore. This is the most anticipated sneaker by Jordan Brand releasing this year so far.