September 2007
November 2006
Imagining the Internet
by jlesage & 1 other
popular site from Pew Internet Project; allows people to make predictions, read predictions from the 90s; nice for kids
Video History Project: Resources
by jlesage
information from/about practitioners and groups of videomakers; technical explanations of early video formats and equipment
Center for History and New Media
by jlesage & 1 other
extensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center
Zone-Tour : Database of Urban Exploration
by jlesage & 2 others
look at ordinarily unseen places: technical galleries, attics, construction places, roofs, all those "No Entry" places that form a sort of parallel deserted town
Newest Webcams
by jlesage & 12 others
random live webcams from the net, a new kind of documentary media, mostly surveillance
BookMooch: a community for exchanging used books (book swap and book exchange and book trade)
by jlesage & 4 others
send in your books and request and get others' used books
October 2006
STORYTRON - Interactive Storytelling
by jlesage
Software for something between a game and literary hypertext. "Storytronics uses Verbs to define what may happen in interactive storytelling. Each Verb represents one possible dramatic action, like a kiss, a demand, or an advice." Looks like fun.
Tracking Down Educators that Use Photo Sharing (flickr) | Teaching Hacks.com
by jlesage
aiding social networking and sharing of resources for using photography in education
howstuffismadeblog
by jlesage
manufacturing processes, labor conditions, and environmental issues involved in the production of contemporary goods
architechtural, music, media blog
by jlesage & 2 others
well written; of use to media people, especially for mise en scene, ways of attending to space
2006 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge
by jlesage
06 winners, with photos and explanations in a slide show
Guardian Unlimited | Science | DNA discovery may crack old murder cases
by jlesage
news article that gives new plot device to use in crime tv scripts or detective films; new way to interpret old or poor quality DNA samles
Soundslides
by jlesage & 2 others
low cost software to create your own simple audio/slideshow for the web
Martin Irvine, Georgetown University
by jlesage
useful website of communication, culture, and technology professor; many links to courses,lectures, slideshows and essays on art, visual culture, media theory
WIRED 3.02: "Viruses Are Good for You" by Julian Dibbell
by jlesage
a theory of the benefits of computer viruses
July 2006
Local Projects
by jlesage
designers of the installations for many important storytelling projects, most notably the StoryCorps booth; "an award-winning design studio that seeks to tell stories in public spaces, museums, and over the internet, often simultaneously."
Women researchers, designers & artists working in pervasive computing-related fields
by jlesage
list of women in new media technology
October 2005
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