Blogmarks : Public marks from jlesage with tags identity & personal

27 November 2006

Lists of Bests

by 5 others

again, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com

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Google Page Creator

by 4 others

google tool for helping a person create their own web page and store it free online; very simple interface

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group hug // anonymous online confessions

by 9 others

like 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.

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22 November 2006

self portraits -- imagining ourselves

you can contribute your own picture, a sketch, painting.

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21 November 2006

Adding meaning and value to information

what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others

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GEO 101 World Human Geography

very evocative discussion guides for students doing exercises in and thinking about a wide variety of physical and cultural spaces; writers can gets lots of ideas from this course and its notes

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20 November 2006

Listology: "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"

lists like this give me ideas of what to look for in the library; the whole idea of "listology" is whacky and fun

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Modern Ruins, Photographic Essays - Shaun and Wendy O'Boyle

Traces, in the sense of Walter Benjamin's Arcades project, mark visual culture and always tell a story, if we take the time to notice

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Photo Essays in Black and White by Herman Krieger

views of vernacular architecture and everyday use in small towns; from Eugene Oregon

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Enculturation: Barry Mauer on Found Photographs

"The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning"

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Storytelling in Flickr on Flickr

various modes of flickr storytelling are described, and the keywords needed to get to them

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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."

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15 November 2006

Third Coast International Audio Festival // Chicago Public Radio

one of the best sources for audio documentaries; here also are many how-to sessions

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13 November 2006

Why Work?

CLAWS: Creating Livable Alternatives to Wage Slavery. Since I am retired and a webmistress for a media site, ejumpcut.org, I love the idea of this site for personal reasons. But most people do have to work, so this maintains an utopian sensibility for al

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