October 2007
December 2006
other people's stories
by jlesageEvery story on OPS is a story a contributor heard from someone else. These stories have been overheard and misheard, told and re-told and sometimes refined over time.
November 2006
Lists of Bests
by jlesage & 5 othersagain, 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
group hug // anonymous online confessions
by jlesage & 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.
Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio
by jlesage & 192 otherstell your favorite song, hear more like it; site learns your tastes
PublicRadioFan.com
by jlesage & 9 othersa radio listening site: schedule listings for thousands of public radio stations and programs around the world
Scenes of Provincial Life
by jlesagea vblog diary from someone who has a good eye and lives in a picturesque environment
Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter
by jlesageIt's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.
Adding meaning and value to information
by jlesagewhat we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others
Modern Ruins, Photographic Essays - Shaun and Wendy O'Boyle
by jlesageTraces, in the sense of Walter Benjamin's Arcades project, mark visual culture and always tell a story, if we take the time to notice
Photo Essays in Black and White by Herman Krieger
by jlesageviews of vernacular architecture and everyday use in small towns; from Eugene Oregon
Enculturation: Barry Mauer on Found Photographs
by jlesage"The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning"
Alive with Alzheimer's, the first photographic book on AD by Cathy Greenblat
by jlesageby a visual sociologist, a site for everyone
lens culture: contemporary photography magazine
by jlesage & 4 othersPhotographyy internationally: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, lyrical, personal, abstract, human, and street photography. Essays, interviews with photographers, reviews of exhibitions and photo books.
Third Coast International Audio Festival // Chicago Public Radio
by jlesageone of the best sources for audio documentaries; here also are many how-to sessions
Square America Snapshots & Vernacular Photography
by jlesage & 5 othersa gallery of images from popular photos in US
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Audio slideshow: Eel and pie shop
by jlesagethe restaurant has been running in London since 1862. Audioslideshow
North Fork, Long Island - slide show by Thomas a Ferrara
by jlesagerural part of Long Island, audio/slideshow
Henry Jenkins: Taking the You Out of YouTube?
by jlesagewhat kinds of censorship face You Tube and My Space, in addition to the site's ownership of content?
Baby Animals - Pictures of Baby Animals
by jlesage & 6 othersnot just folks with kids but lots of us can enjoy these terminally cute kidlets
October 2006
I Photograph to Remember
by jlesagePedro Meyer's photoessay about his father's last days; a classic