December 2006
Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
by 3 othersa basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin
November 2006
Google Page Creator
by 4 othersgoogle 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 otherslike 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 commentsearch 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 othersblog; 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
Alive with Alzheimer's, the first photographic book on AD by Cathy Greenblat
by a visual sociologist, a site for everyone
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 othersPhotographyy 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
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
Square America Snapshots & Vernacular Photography
by 5 othersa gallery of images from popular photos in US
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 otherinteresting 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
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