November 2006
ScreenReader.net: Our Mission
by jlesageAt ScreenReader.net we have freeware for blindness and visual impairment special needs throughout the world. It is free only to individual blind people for their personal use at home: it is not free to organisations.
Pandia Powersearch, all-in-one list of search engines and directories
by jlesage & 1 othernew search engine that also has useful tutorial on how to search and explanations of all the major search engines; good for college students to learn how to use Internet most effectively
October 2006
STORYTRON - Interactive Storytelling
by jlesageSoftware for something between a game and literary hypertext. "Storytronics uses Verbs to define what may happen in interactive storytelling. Each Verb represents one possible dramatic action, like a kiss, a demand, or an advice." Looks like fun.
Soundslides
by jlesage & 2 otherslow cost software to create your own simple audio/slideshow for the web
Overview of a Distributed Aesthetics workshop
by jlesageconsidering a new kind of network or network-assisted art, such as Internet or cell phone facilitated performances, on or offline; using locative media; Creative Commons, etc. An older idea was Internet Art.
BBC - Writersroom - Scriptsmart
by jlesagefree screenwriting formatting tool to use with Microsoft Word; I have not tried it and do not know how well it works.
September 2006
the complete idiot's [eejit's] guide to all aspects of filmmaking
by jlesageclear and witty, useful for practitioners as refresher or for students, especially production teachers
July 2006
June 2006
The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users � Slacker Manager
by jlesage & 24 othersparticularly useful is the explanation of how to use the Inbox on del.ici.ous, which I did not know before