21 November 2006
Adding meaning and value to information
what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others
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."
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison
an entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used
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.
data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics
by 31 otherslots of ways to visualized processes
15 November 2006
dichtung-digital. Hyperfiction, Netzliteratur, Hypermedia: Interfictions
here is a page listing all essays available in English; distinguished authors
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?
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
"multiple contours of daily life in an unevenly digital era... how technology shapes, transforms, reconfigures, and/or impedes social relations...including issues of globalization, mobility, power, and access"
EasyRGB - The first RGB and COLOR search engine on the Web!
by 11 otherspractical suggestions about real life colors matching computer generated RGBs.
11 November 2006
43 Folders
by 50 otherspersonal 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
Fifty Ways to Take Notes
by 31 othersboth online and offline, include clippings or your own musings or both
