public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tag news

November 2006

Welcome to Transparency

by 1 other
"interprets and critiques movies and television, news and political rhetoric, theme parks and advertising, computer games and the Internet, and other creations of contemporary culture"

Code Z: Black Visual Culture Now

many categories, including fine art, design, fashion, film, architecture, publishing, digital media, public policy; attractively designed site, starting Aug. 06

Open Source Radio Show

"Every time we have an idea for an hour of radio we post it to the site." Via blog viewers help build shows which air after research.

Cabinet Magazine Online -

a quarterly journal of art, design, culture; partly playful, some art, some scholarly essays; good mix of specific reviews and overviews

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.

"We"--with the words of Arundhati Roy

a 64-minute Internet documentary made anonymously in New Zealand, using Roy's speech and a montage of politically inflected imagery; new style of essayistic documentary; DVD at hi-res available

NOVA | Mars | Mars Up Close | PBS

audio/slideshow of what Mars Rover discovers and sees

WWF - A way of life threatened by climate change

an audio/slideshow with native peoples of Alaska testifying to effects of climate change

SF Gate: Sex trafficking from South Korea to US

During their trip to South Korea, Chronicle reporter Meredith May and staff photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice found that while the public sex industry has slowed, parts of the business has gone underground and is still alive and well. Audio/slideshow in 4 p

Solution Watch - Your descriptive source of solutions

by 14 others, 1 comment
"reviewing and providing in-depth walkthroughs of today’s best products and services"; valuable because of plethora of new Web 2.0 software; explanation of how to use it gives clues as to if you would want to try new software.

October 2006

The Propaganda Remix Project

by 2 others
old WW2 posters with contemporary messages; very well thought out designwise; print out for your office door

HowStuffWorks - Learn how Everything Works!

by 4 others
Check out how blogs work, how MySpace works, how DSL works, how digital cameras work; also how to buy....

September 2006

Think Progress

by 6 others
left news and reports, well written, has newsletter to send via email daily

BlogDance--The best film / movie blog posts from around the web

uses rss feeds to keep track of movie blog news, useful daily roundup of film gossip and news

August 2006

Watching America

by 1 other
translated news from non-English sites