27 November 2006
Free Fax • Free Internet Faxing
by 8 otherssend a free fax within the USA and Canada, PDF or Word files, maximum two per day or $1.99 per fax for more; I have not used it yet but it sounds promising
Last.fm – The Social Music Revolution
by 177 othersa web2.0 radio listening site; you can see others' tastes and perhaps pick up some tips from them; like Pandora, it learns your tastes
Pew Internet: Riding the Waves of "Web 2.0"
10/06 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 4 othersa librarian teaches you about the dark web; originally written 2001, updated Oct. 2006
Web-User - The UK's biggest selling internet magazine
by 1 otherit's interesting for a US Internet user to read an overview perspective from the UK
Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog
by 7 othersrather technical; useful list of many web2.0 bloggers; frequent comparison of sites serving a similar function
Quick Online Tips - Technology news, blogging tips, best computer software and web services
by 6 othersjust what it says; its lists and tip sheets are regularly updated
Imagining the Internet
by 1 otherpopular site from Pew Internet Project; allows people to make predictions, read predictions from the 90s; nice for kids
CyberJournalist.net: Technology, blogs, the Internet and the media, from the Online News Association
by 3 othersa news site about cyberjournalism, with many resources, such as roundup links to most cyberjournalist sites; a phenomenon being embraced by many news organizations themselves
Virtual Karma: Complete List of Web 2.0 Applications | Rian's blog
by 36 othersuseful annotations, garnering many comments and additions
Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio
by 192 otherstell your favorite song, hear more like it; site learns your tastes
Reconstruction
a cultural studies ejournal, with essays on literature and film; fall 06 issue is on blogging theories and practices.
essay on academic blogging in Reconstruction
06, overview, rationale, and links to academic blogs
26 November 2006
Cyberstudies webring
collection of sites with interest in cyberculture, many from the social sciences
MIT communications forum archive
the various programs are on many topics of media and mass communications; available in audio, video, or print format; good overview of contemporary media issues by academics and practitioners
Mediascape
ejournal, interdisciplinary approaches to visual culture
24 November 2006
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need
by 9 othershow to refine a topic and its searches; updated for web 2.0 and specialty searching; good for anyone starting to do Internet research on a topic and will take you to some previously unused search tools
TeacherSource | learning.now . Tag - You're Delicious! | PBS
may 06 discussion of how delicious works; useful overview and collection of comments. PBS teachersouce is also worth visiting from time to time
H2O Playlist: UDL and Web 2.0: Confronting the Drunk Librarian
considering Web 2.0 in the context of Internet useability for people with disabilities
Specialty Search Engines
* Answers * Computer * Domain * Financial * Government * Invisible Web * Legal * Mailing Lists * Medical * Newsgroups * Science * Shopping * Travel Search Engines • others
Writing Demonstrations
interactive demonstrations of Conducting Electronic Searches; useful both for the information contained and as a demo of web design and writing instructional media in a library context; the larger site is a resource for writers.
23 November 2006
Bokardo - Social Web Design » Thoughts on the Impending Death of Information Architecture
interesting thesis in post, even more interesting string of comments
22 November 2006
ArtLex on New Media
entry in big art site has many links and hypertext connections to trace out; useful
