October 2006
The Center for American Places Online Gallery
by jlesage
photogallery of many US sites, seen with critical and loving eyes
Imaginary Museum Projects - Tjebbe van Tijen
by jlesage & 1 other
innovative uses of image and text in a wide range of projects, many cultural and historical, to create an uniquely online museum-like experience
12 Principles of Web Writing and Design
by jlesage
from teacher Craig Stroupe, who has online many useful teaching tools across tech and cultural fields
Peter Murphy's Panoramic VR Weblog
by jlesage
panoramic pictures and social context; often witty in their detail
RUT } Radical Urban Theory: writings on the modern urban condition
by jlesage
includes many essays by Mike Davis
graphic illustration of data about US
by jlesage & 2 others
I learned new search terms for visualization: infosthetics or infoviz.
architechtural, music, media blog
by jlesage & 2 others
well written; of use to media people, especially for mise en scene, ways of attending to space
WRT: Writer Response Theory
by jlesage & 1 other
"exploration of digital character art — any art involving electrons and making use of letters, alphanumerics, or other characters in an interesting way"
what to think about so many lurkers
by jlesage & 2 others
more lurkers than online writers--do you need to worry about it?
favorite choses
by vodkacoca & 2 others
impressions envies inspirations tendances / objets décoration design mode danse écriture dessin création
b o r d e r l a n d s e-journal :: all issues
by jlesage
"writings cutting across and between politics, media, literature, history, law, science, medicine, philosophy, economics, music, film and more." Attractive and informative graphic design for ejournal homepage.
virtualpolitik
by jlesage
"A blog about digital rhetoric that asks the burning questions about electronic bureaucracy and institutional subversion on the Internet." Well-written, points to developments in the arts and on the web that otherwise might go unnoticed.
"Theses on Distributed Aesthetics" by Anna Munster & Geert Lovink
by jlesage
We live inside fragmented and spatially dispersed networks, and do not just use the computer as part of a network.
course outline on space, place, and landscape in contemporary art
by jlesage
You will need to cut and paste URLs into your browser, but there is much here to followup on in terms of bibliography and links.
September 2006
IDEA Photographic | After Modernism
by jlesage
a useful and attractive comparison of modernist and postmodernist photography, with explanations and thematic organizations
BLDGBLOG: Container Home Kit
by jlesage
Plan to turn shipping containers into modules for building a home. Interesting blog on space, architecture, and landscape.
August 2006
About Cool Hunting
by rickdog
daily update on stuff from the intersection of design, culture and technology.
The Tangled Web of Syriana
by jlesage
a fun chart illustrating the plot and connections between characters of a good political film
Pioche - un site de news culturelles et techno
by clilian
Un site web qui permet de soumettre des news, puis de voter pour faire passer ses préférées en première page (style digg).
L'orientation du site est plutôt "culturelle".
Les nouvelles sont assez variées : cinéma, photo, high-tech, insolite, logiciels, jeux...
