04 December 2006
U.S. Copyright Office issues new rights - Yahoo! News
by jlesageFilm professors can copy snippets from DVDs for educational compilations.
03 December 2006
EVERYTHING 2.0: KNOWLEDGE 2.0
by jlesage & 1 otherlinks to knowledge sharing or knowledge management site; larger site is most comprehensive listing of web2.0 sites I have seen, organized into many categories; blogger is from Netherlands
other people's stories
by jlesageEvery story on OPS is a story a contributor heard from someone else. These stories have been overheard and misheard, told and re-told and sometimes refined over time.
01 December 2006
Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society
by jlesage & 2 others"Our interests extend to the wondrous, the curious, the singular, the esoteric, the arcane, and the sometimes hazy frontier between the plausible and the implausible." a whacky collection
Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions
by jlesageThe site poses problems in lateral or logical thinking, from easy to hard, with both hints and answers. Great party conversation and something kids will like.
Media Art Net | Sitemap
by jlesageEnglish site overview page of a large German site for media, art, and the Internet
Cinemarati Blog
by jlesage"brings together online film critics for serious, and seriously fun, discussion about film"; links to blogs by selected critics
No More Marriages!: Welcome To The Film Criticism Blog-a-Thon!
by jlesageAndy Hobal's film blog runs a carnival on film criticism; the film bloggers run many blogathons and garner good accumulated comments
Offscreen.com :: Volume 10, Issue 10
by jlesage & 2 othersCanadian film journal online since 1997, wide coverage of independent and international film; many resources
artists and art...the-artists.org
by jlesage & 1 otherextended visual, biographical, and textual database of 20th Century and contemporary visual artists
[debates] A Concise Lexicon of / for the Digital Commons
by jlesageby Raqs Media Collective / September 2001; keywords not usually used by folks in literature and film, yet they will want to enter the fora where these ideas have a formative influence
30 November 2006
27 November 2006
Dr. Chris Mullen, The Visual Telling of Stories, illustration, design, film, narrative sequences, magazines, books, prints etc
by jlesage & 1 othera very large historical archive, often from advertising, "to provide for all levels of possible viewer a visually orientated taxonomy of the ways in which pictures are used to tell stories." unique collection, also useful for many other purposes
Lists of Bests
by jlesage & 5 othersagain, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
group hug // anonymous online confessions
by jlesage & 9 otherslike postsecrets but in prose; "type a note about a fault of your own, something you did or thought about and are not proud of"; filters out obvious lies, overtly vulgar, identifying specific others.
Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, TV Show Reviews, Game Reviews, Book Reviews - Metacritic.com
by jlesage & 19 othersMetacritic is a usefully organized site, providing tips on what you might like to do.
Pew Internet: Riding the Waves of "Web 2.0"
by jlesage10/06 report from one of the major sources of information on Internet use in the United States
Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed
by jlesage & 4 othersa librarian teaches you about the dark web; originally written 2001, updated Oct. 2006
Virtual Karma: Complete List of Web 2.0 Applications | Rian's blog
by jlesage & 36 othersuseful annotations, garnering many comments and additions
Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio
by jlesage & 192 otherstell your favorite song, hear more like it; site learns your tastes
26 November 2006
PublicRadioFan.com
by jlesage & 9 othersa radio listening site: schedule listings for thousands of public radio stations and programs around the world
activelearning strategies
by jlesagea philosophy of education that relies on simulations, role plays, real world activities; practical tips and bibliography