01 December 2006
Digital Web Magazine
by 33 otherssee Nov. 27 06 and earlier, "The Rise of Flash Video" by Tom Green; many articles of interest to both designers and theorists in this ejournal
A List Apart: Primer
by 3 otherstips on a variety of aspects of web sites for new designers and web site owners
27 November 2006
SEOmoz's Web 2.0 Awards
March 06; useful discursive comparison by judges of top contenders in each of many categories, which rhetorically can be used to teach students how to write about the Internet; sizeable honorable mention lists
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
24 November 2006
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
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 ยป Thoughts on the Impending Death of Information Architecture
interesting thesis in post, even more interesting string of comments
22 November 2006
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journal for newmedia teachers; issue 10 is on visual culture
21 November 2006
20 November 2006
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
by 20 otherssuch things as i-pod handouts for folks who get one as a christmas gift
Morgans Office :: biro.bemidjistate.edu | Office / HomePage
very interestingly designed home page of rhetoric teacher, in the form of a wkik; lots of discussion of teaching, new media, softeware
Visual Rhetoric
extensive course materials
Enculturation 3.2: Visual Rhetoric
2001 issue of online journal
Design Observer: writings about design & culture
by 1 othervery well written blog; as I have commented before, knowing about space and place is crucial for thoughtful mediamakers
19 November 2006
Lifehacker, the Productivity and Software Guide
by 79 othersblog; always something interesting here about software or web sites that could be useful
18 November 2006
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."
16 November 2006
Illusion Works
illusionary effects, demonstrations, and artwork
creativebits | mac design community
by 4 othersa professional blog and community site for graphic designers working on Mac OS X
Visual thinking school on Squidoo
by 1 otherbasic concepts broken down into useful small steps, with many visual examples to guide process. Web 2.0 in that it provides for interaction and author's introduction to sections.
14 November 2006
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
13 November 2006
$99,000 house
built out of shipping containers, schematics given; is this sustainability?
