public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags design & personal

December 2006

Art, Design, and Visual Thinking

by 3 others
a basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin

November 2006

Google Page Creator

by 4 others
google tool for helping a person create their own web page and store it free online; very simple interface

group hug // anonymous online confessions

by 9 others
like 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.

FindSounds - Search the Web for Sounds

by 41 others, 1 comment
search the web for material for your soundmixes; various file formats and sampling rates can be specified

Scenes of Provincial Life

a vblog diary from someone who has a good eye and lives in a picturesque environment

Photo Essays in Black and White by Herman Krieger

views of vernacular architecture and everyday use in small towns; from Eugene Oregon

Lifehacker, the Productivity and Software Guide

by 79 others
blog; always something interesting here about software or web sites that could be useful

ZoneZero: from analog to digital photography

a large socially committed ejournal, edited by Pedro Meyer, one of the pioneers in digital photographic art; galleries, essays, investigations into image circulation and production within digital communication, especially the Internet

THE PECULIARITIES OF CYBERSPACE by Albert Benschop

complete book online, covers many areas often not dealt with, such as porn sites and dating sites; one insight that may draw you to read more: "the times that count in cyberspace are highly accelerated and strongly individualized."

lens culture: contemporary photography magazine

by 4 others
Photographyy internationally: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, lyrical, personal, abstract, human, and street photography. Essays, interviews with photographers, reviews of exhibitions and photo books.

Low Probability of Racoons - Hypertext and Flash animated poems

uses the duration of video to make kinetic poetry that has a narrative in the words and beyond them; nice example for students of simple form with complex effects

Puzzle JumpStation - Links to Puzzles on the Web

visual computer puzzles; if you have kids at your house or visiting, this will keep them busy for hours; levels from easy to difficult

then there were 30 DAYS OF RAIN

a northwest animation based on rainy Portland, experienced from an interior

Wayfaring

by 26 others
Create a map of your life* Build a map for your event* Make a travelogue* Create a map with photos and videos

43 Folders

by 50 others
personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life a little better; check out "classics"; good for grad students who need to organize gettting through and out earning a real living

ZEN

by 4 others
a meditative site that quietly provides a new way to experience sound, image, temporality, space, and body

October 2006

I Photograph to Remember

Pedro Meyer's photoessay about his father's last days; a classic

July 2006

Kevin Kelly -- Home

by 1 other
interesting blogger with a wide variety of categories covered in site

Soothcircuit

a fun personalized daily creation of poetic advice just for you, visitable many times