Plan for getting audio for Pita Pit project:
*We want to interview Elyse and ask her general questions about what she does on a daily shift, experiences from her past years working there. We will ask about any specific customers, what he favorite and least favorite part of the job is etc.
*We will get general background sounds of the coffee machines, the grill where they cook the Pita's, the sounds of the sounds of the cash register.
*We want to get audio of her interacting with customers. A customer placing an order, her speaking to customers at the registers, and asking questions when they are ordering.
*Traffic in Philbrook.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Master Mind behind "The Pita Pit"
From Alison Ladd's Blog:
The person Sam and I chose to follow for this project is Elyse Citroni, employee at Philbrook Cafe and more specifically, part of "The Pit Crew." Elyse is a Senior Management and Finance major in the Whittemore School of Business and Economics. She has been working at Philbrook Cafe for the past three years. Her cousin is the manager of Philbrook and encouraged her to pick up some shifts her sophomore year. "I was hesitant to work at the dining hall, but I have really grown to love it," said Citroni. She has spent her time making subs, coffee and snacks for Area 3 and has loved seeing familiar faces throughout her years there. Citroni has realized that most of her customers are freshman and are extremely appreciative of her work. She said, "I enjoy fueling them with coffee and subs to get through class or an exam they have coming up. In turn, they are extremely friendly and make the time go by fast."
In her spare time, the senior business student enjoys working out, cooking and spending time with her friends. She has even met some of her best friends through working at the cafe.
Citroni has seen Philbrook Cafe go through many renovations. First, it was a small cafe with subs, snacks and drinks. Then it turned into a cafe with Starbucks coffee and now it is a full coffee shop making cappuccinos, frappaccinos and lattes. Also, Philbrook Cafe has become a "Pita Pit" which allows students to make their own pita with all of the fixings, which Citroni creates herself during her shifts.
Citroni hopes with her business degree she will some day own her own bed and breakfast. She thinks the customer service skills and cooking techniques she has learned at Philbrook cafe will help her in her future.
The person Sam and I chose to follow for this project is Elyse Citroni, employee at Philbrook Cafe and more specifically, part of "The Pit Crew." Elyse is a Senior Management and Finance major in the Whittemore School of Business and Economics. She has been working at Philbrook Cafe for the past three years. Her cousin is the manager of Philbrook and encouraged her to pick up some shifts her sophomore year. "I was hesitant to work at the dining hall, but I have really grown to love it," said Citroni. She has spent her time making subs, coffee and snacks for Area 3 and has loved seeing familiar faces throughout her years there. Citroni has realized that most of her customers are freshman and are extremely appreciative of her work. She said, "I enjoy fueling them with coffee and subs to get through class or an exam they have coming up. In turn, they are extremely friendly and make the time go by fast."
In her spare time, the senior business student enjoys working out, cooking and spending time with her friends. She has even met some of her best friends through working at the cafe.
Citroni has seen Philbrook Cafe go through many renovations. First, it was a small cafe with subs, snacks and drinks. Then it turned into a cafe with Starbucks coffee and now it is a full coffee shop making cappuccinos, frappaccinos and lattes. Also, Philbrook Cafe has become a "Pita Pit" which allows students to make their own pita with all of the fixings, which Citroni creates herself during her shifts.
Citroni hopes with her business degree she will some day own her own bed and breakfast. She thinks the customer service skills and cooking techniques she has learned at Philbrook cafe will help her in her future.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Exploring Multi Media
One audio that I particularly enjoyed while I was exploring the web was on the web site, Hearing Voices. It was called Mahmoon Palace and it was a short story on soldiers in Iraq that live in a palace in a town where Saddam Hussein lived. I thought that this was a powerful because when the audio first begins, it is with the tour of the palace and you can hear them walking through the palace as they begin to speak. I also liked the way they ended the audio with the same walking sounds. I thought that when the Sargent talked about "boredom" and how that is their biggest threat was so interesting, which leads him to talk about video games and how the video games teach them about real life combat. I thought that the background music corresponded with the subjects that were being discussed. It was a powerful piece because the Sargent talks about how they are just visitors of this palace, even though they live in it everyday, and how the Iraq government will let it continue to fall apart.
When I was looking at the photos in the New York Time's Lens website, I thought that the Egypt and Cairo pictures did a great job at showing views every side of what is going on half way across the world. There were photos of demonstrators fighting back, of police riding in the trunk of police cars, a birds eye view of all the thousands of demonstrators and a powerful picture of people all praying and one man standing up in the crowd. I thought that with everything going on in Cairo, Len's did a good job portraying the whole picture.
The multi-media project that I enjoyed was the USAtoday Five Years Later piece. I thought that it started off the project with a perfect quote, and then moved into the video, which showed us before, during and after still pictures that really captured what had happened during hurricane Katrina. I also thought that the next video about nature reclaiming New Orleans after humans did not return. I thought the footage of the houses being taken over by vegetation was a different aspect of Katrina that I did not know existed. I thought the then and now pictures were not only incredible to see, but they too were unique. It shows you that a lot has been done in New Orleans, but more things still need to be done. I thought that is was also a good idea that they included the interactive maps so you could learn all about the areas and the progress that is being made.
When I was looking at the photos in the New York Time's Lens website, I thought that the Egypt and Cairo pictures did a great job at showing views every side of what is going on half way across the world. There were photos of demonstrators fighting back, of police riding in the trunk of police cars, a birds eye view of all the thousands of demonstrators and a powerful picture of people all praying and one man standing up in the crowd. I thought that with everything going on in Cairo, Len's did a good job portraying the whole picture.
The multi-media project that I enjoyed was the USAtoday Five Years Later piece. I thought that it started off the project with a perfect quote, and then moved into the video, which showed us before, during and after still pictures that really captured what had happened during hurricane Katrina. I also thought that the next video about nature reclaiming New Orleans after humans did not return. I thought the footage of the houses being taken over by vegetation was a different aspect of Katrina that I did not know existed. I thought the then and now pictures were not only incredible to see, but they too were unique. It shows you that a lot has been done in New Orleans, but more things still need to be done. I thought that is was also a good idea that they included the interactive maps so you could learn all about the areas and the progress that is being made.
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