Monthly Archive for June, 2009

Bookmarks for June 17th through June 23rd

Published on June 23, 2009 in Lifes Little Pieces. Closed

These are my links for June 17th through June 23rd:

ATPM 10.10 – ATPO: Deep Tinderbox – Very detailed write up about Tinderbox, one of the best spatial hypertext systems for you and me out there.
AAAARG.ORG – Extensive archive of major published works from philosophy and new media. Sort of instant key readings if you wanted to get a handle on most of the stuff informing contemporary media (new media) theory.
These Stories from These Pictures – Digital Storytelling site that provides a simple guideline for how to tell stories from the images we collect. Suffers from the usual ego psychology faith of the digital storytelling mob.
Labuat – A song with a fancy flash interactive. Interactivity dressed up as posh animation.
The Digital Given–10 Web 2.0 Theses by Ippolita, Geert Lovink & Ned Rossiter :: net critique by Geert Lovink – Post from Geert et al – ten web 2.0 probes (arguments/provocations).

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Bookmarks for June 9th through June 17th

Published on June 17, 2009 in Lifes Little Pieces. Closed

These are my links for June 9th through June 17th:

A Picture of Hypervideo Today – An online essay come hypertext on hypervideo (a term from Balcom et al's wonderful work from the mid 90s).
BUYACREDIT.COM – A site that lets you buy a credit on a feature film by being an investor for as little as a pound.
Flip Video Camcorder – Digital Camcorder | Flip Video – Small and cheap video camera. Solid state stuff, with a flip out (get it) USB connector.
CAMERAWAR.TV – "new film chapters posted each Monday, view chronologically or arbitrary order"
Boroondara Significant Trees | A project by Flink Labs – Visualisation project from a local (Melbourne) studio that uses a register of significant trees in a local council to do a mashup visualisation.

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Emergent Funding

Published on June 16, 2009 in Lifes Little Pieces. 0 Comments Tags: Network Literacy, Vogging.

http://buyacredit.com/ where a British pound will get your name on the credits of a feature film. This is similar to a simple videoblog project that Jay helped initiate where people would donate a small amount to establish a pool of funds that could then be awarded to applicants. These sorts of things can work as long as the scale works. The long tail is good for these sorts of initiatives if you have a community large enough to sustain it.

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Bookmarks for June 2nd through June 4th

Published on June 4, 2009 in Lifes Little Pieces. Closed

These are my links for June 2nd through June 4th:

Toward a Process for Critical Response – A detailed description and discussion of a critique structure for artists work. Relevant to strucuring a critique session for students around their work and practice.
ECi – Richard A Lanham – Yet to read, this is an essay by Richard Lanham (he of The Electronic Word) on the future of text.
Emphasis Techniques in Sketching › Wireframes Magazine – Blog post that uses an example to discuss emphasis in sketching – some techniques and why it matters.
Welcome to Open Source Cinema | Open Source Cinema – An Open Source Documentary Film about Copyright – from the site blurb: Open Source Cinema lets you create your own videos online, remix media that you have on your computer, as well as remix other people’s media from places like YouTube and Flickr. Is trying to be remix portal and community around video.
JURN : directory of scholarly ejournals in the arts & humanities – Directory of links of arts and humanities ejournals. Extensive and useful.

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Reciprocation

Published on June 2, 2009 in practice. 0 Comments Tags: Network Literacy, practice.

While going through assessment of some student work this semester I came across this simple gem from Sophie:

I’ve started to comment on other people’s blogs, having experienced the thrill of receiving a comment from one unrelated-to-this-course person once before, and I’ve realised that if I don’t get involved in the network the network is not going to get involved with me.

Don’t think I’ve ever put it that simply for students before (being an academic and all), but it works, doesn’t it?

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Bookmarks for May 25th through June 1st

Published on June 1, 2009 in Lifes Little Pieces. Closed

These are my links for May 25th through June 1st:

@ SXSWi: What's the future of map design? | Media | guardian.co.uk – Report from South By Southwest from a discussion/panel on mapping, the ubiquity of GoogleMaps and alternatives.
New Media: A Critical Introduction 2nd Edition – Welcome – This is the companion website for New Media: A Critical Introduction. Has a glossary, links to some additional readings, and so on. Useful for students wanting an overview come introduction.
GIS and Agent-Based Modelling – A blog dedicated to Geo Information Systems and Agent Based Modelling. I don't even know what the second thing is yet.
Home | ATN Assessment 2009 – A conference being held at RMIT on assessment in universities.
Online Communities Design Patterns – slideshow that goes over basic design patterns for online communities, eg use of avatars, etc.

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