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april 2010
This looks like a good wireframe theme for WordPress projects.
WordPress 960.gs grid blog april 2010
Survs
september 2009
This online survey tool is based in Portugal, and it may offer a nice alternative to SurveyMonkey, etc.
survey research Portugal september 2009
Stacey, Simplified portfolios
september 2009
Stacey is an easier way to create a portfolio site.
No database setup or installation files, simply drop the application on a server and it runs.
web_publishing CMS design No database setup or installation files, simply drop the application on a server and it runs.
september 2009
MODx CMS
september 2009
This looks like an interesting alternative to CMS like Joomla
CMS opensource webpublishing september 2009
captin nod: Plungercam 2: cheaper and more predictable :)
august 2009
These are instructions for building a DIY tilt-shift lens.
photography DIY hack howto august 2009
25+ Free Professional Magazine Themes For Wordpress
august 2009
Some of these could be nice for DM CoLab
WordPress blog august 2009
26 Must-Have Free Fonts | Presidia Creative
july 2009
As with many free fonts, these tend toward the cheesy, but many of these are appropriate for designing rave flyers.
fonts typography rave july 2009
Omkrets arkitektur: Typografi
june 2009
This looks it could be a really useful font for a variety of design projects.
typography june 2009
PDFGridder
june 2009
This tool allows the user to specify a grid and output a pdf, which can be pulled into tools like Illustrator.
grid, design, useful june 2009
font.is: Making grids in Illustrator
june 2009
Here's a tutorial about how to set up grids in Adobe Illustrator. It's a pity there aren't more grid templates for the package.
grid, Illustrator, design, tutorial june 2009
ISDT Wiki: Event tags
june 2009
I created this page to announce an official tag for the 2009 International School on Digital Transformation. ISDT09 seems like a reasonable tag.
ISDT09 Portugal folksonomy del.icio.us ISDT june 2009
Mashable: Ma.gnolia Goes Open Source
august 2008
I think I may move to the Ma.gnolia platform for my social bookmarks and quick posts to terrorintheheartland.com. My username over there is McChris if you want to find me.
opensource Web2.0 socialsoftware folksonomy august 2008
Re-Nest: Craft a Table Using Old Magazines
august 2008
This post shows how to create a stand of dubious structural integrity by folding the pages of magazines. This seems like a worthwhile project, although I would probably have to buy magazines second-hand, since my subscriptions look pretty rugged by the time I'm done reading them.
craft DIY re-use august 2008
mysqlgame - shard 3
august 2008
This MySQL role-playing game might be a good way to learn the syntax. Or it may just be a good way to get frustrated and bored.
gaming MySQL silly august 2008
Rhizome: Last Breath in Alaska (Found Object)
august 2008
The artist Pascual Sisto found a series of Google Street View images where a plastic bag found its way on top of the car-mounted camera. He's created a Flash document of the images, which are striking in their own way.
art googlemaps Flash august 2008
HappyCow: Porto Vegetarian Restaurants
august 2008
This might come in handy, although it would seem Porto is not so vegetarian friendly.
vegetarian portugal august 2008
What's My IP Address?
august 2008
If you need to know your IP address, this site will tell you what it is.
Web_publishing useful internet august 2008
Threat Level: Wikipedia Struggles With John Edwards Love-Child Rumor
july 2008
Wikipedia editors do not consider The National Enquirer a sufficiently reliable source for article information, at least on controversial issues. Conservatives are crying foul after allegations about the politician were spiked from the article.
wikipedia politics politics2.0 july 2008
Design Observer: Annals of Ephemera, Part III: Aging 2.0
july 2008
Jessica Helfand discusses techniques that are used to make new goods look old, and what it might say about our culture. I wonder if this is a white thing; the article doesn't seem to make any claims about ethnicity, but it sure seems white.
preservation design july 2008
Bob Donlon’s Web TV Blog: Son of Ben Kurns
july 2008
This tutorial shows how to use After Effects to create the parallax effect used in The Kid Stays in the Picture.
animation Adobe aftereffects howto july 2008
The American Prospect: The White Stuff
july 2008
Samhita Mukhopadhyay argues that the blog "Stuff White People Like" is too gentle and celebratory in its critique of what David Brooks would term "Bobo" culture.
class race whiteness july 2008
Center for Social Media: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
july 2008
Here is a set of guidelines for appropriating footage and publishing the product online.
reference intellectualproperty teaching july 2008
Austin American-Statesman: Burnt Orange Productions stops making films
july 2008
I'm disappointed but not surprised to see this project fold. Although I had some concerns about the ethics of building a business based on student labor, it was great to see students get big-budget experience.
utexas austin film education july 2008
Anarchogeek: The ascendancy of Hacker News & the gentrification of geek news communities
july 2008
One of the founders of Indymedia claims "we won" because Web 2.0 sites now offer the self-publishing abilities that Indymedia promised.
Web2.0 socialsoftware indymedia july 2008
The Nation: Surveillance Protest Group Tops Obama Website
july 2008
It's really quite amazing that the largest group on a campaign site is one protesting the candidate's action on the telecom-immunity bill. It seems as if administrators would have snuffed out the group by this point.
yasns elections politics july 2008
my.barackobama.com: Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity - Get FISA Right
july 2008
This group on my.barackobama.com protests Obama's lack of a clear stance on telecom immunity.
yasns privacy surveillance elections july 2008
Wordle: infobong tag cloud
july 2008
Wordle is an information visualization tool that allows users to create visual word frequency charts and display them in different formats using parameters like font and color.
wordle information_design neato del.icio.us july 2008
Official Google Blog: Google learns to crawl Flash
july 2008
I suppose this could be a good thing in some ways, but it's one less excuse to not create a Flash-based abomination.
Flash searchengine google webdesign july 2008
globeandmail.com: I killed Tim Russert (on Wikipedia)
june 2008
A Canadian journalist discusses why Wikipedia contributors might be motivated to "scoop" each other.
wikipedia Web2.0 news june 2008
Positive Space: 30 Essential PDF Documents Every Designer Should Download
june 2008
I find pdfs maddening, but I suppose graphic designers trained in print prefer the format.
design reference list june 2008
Examiner.com: This is Sparta! — Facebook prank or political statement?
june 2008
A Facebook group encouraged members to write "This is Sparta" on their AP Literature exam essays.
education facebook silly june 2008
Valleywag: NBC contractor broke Tim Russert death on Wikipedia first
june 2008
An outsourced contractor working on-site at NBC posted about Russert's passing on Wikipedia before the news was otherwise released to the public.
wikipedia news TV june 2008
NYTimes: The Wiki-Way to the Nomination
june 2008
I missed this article from last week that uses wiki publishing as a metaphor for much of the cultural production surrounding the Obama campaign.
wiki Web2.0 politics2.0 elections june 2008
Museum of Intellectual Property
june 2008
A University of North Dakota law professor is creating an online gallery of IP case studies.
teaching intellectualproperty law june 2008
Do Artifacts Have Politics?
june 2008
Winner, Langdon. The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986. 19-39.
technology to:read june 2008
City of Austin: 311 Citywide Customer Information Center
june 2008
This web form allows Austin residents to report failing city infrastructure, such as poor bicycle facilities or broken traffic signals.
austin cycling useful june 2008
Bicycling.com: Invisible Riders
june 2008
Dan Koeppel describes and interviews laborers who ride to work in Los Angeles.
LA labor immigration cycling transportation june 2008
Obama Spoke Cards Hope To Attract Fixed Gear Demo
may 2008
I guess this isn't merch from the Obama organization, but I wonder if there will be a hipster backlash now that you can get little Obama signs to stick in the spokes of your fixie.
hipsters politics cycling may 2008
City Pages: Moles Wanted
may 2008
The FBI is looking for informants to go to "Vegan Potlucks" in the Twin Cities and report on potential protests during this years Republican National Convention.
minnesota surveillance vegan protest lawenforcement may 2008
CUP - Making Policy Public
may 2008
This series of pamphlets pairs a designer and a policy expert to explain an important policy issue in layperson's terms.
neato print publicpolicy information_design may 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer: Wireless network nears scrap heap
may 2008
Earthlink is working to dismantle the municipal wi-fi network in Philadelphia. I can't say I'm surprised, but I'm a little disappointed.
wifi Philadelphia utilities end-of-life may 2008
Threat Level: Democrats Launch McCainpedia, An Attack Site Masquerading As A Wiki
may 2008
I don't really understand why people object to the DNC restricting write access to a wiki used for internal research.
wiki politics2.0 elections may 2008
PBS Independent Lens: T-Shirt Travels
may 2008
This website for a documentary about how donated clothing has destroyed local textile industries in Africa has a nice infographic. The Salvation Army profits off selling donated clothing to Africa.
Africa economics clothing globalization may 2008
FCC Fines Noncommercial Station for Enhanced Underwriting Announcments that Were too Commercial
may 2008
Given the non-ad ads on that are on KUT all the damn time, I wondered when this would happen. The article doesn't say what station was fined, however.
public_broadcasting broadcast advertising FCC may 2008
John Resig - Processing.js
may 2008
John Resig has "ported the Processing visualization language to JavaScript, using the Canvas element."
visualization javascript webdesign whoa may 2008
Information Design Patterns
may 2008
This work for a Master's thesis identifies common techniques used in information design.
information_design Flash hmm may 2008
The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It
may 2008
Jonathan Zittrain's new book on Internet law and policy is available online with a Creative-Commons license. This site presents the book in an interesting hypertext format that allows readers to comment on specific passages.
CreativeCommons telecom Web2.0 publicpolicy may 2008
MediaWiki Markup for WordPress
may 2008
I practically think in MediaWiki markup these days, so this WordPress plugin could come in handy.
blogging WordPress useful may 2008
Nick Sibicky, Composer - My Music
may 2008
I saw "Life and Afterlife " performed last night at the Eyes, Ears, and Feet recital and I really enjoyed it.
music mp3 utexas may 2008
User Labor: A framework for sustaining user labor across the web
may 2008
"With User Labor, we propose an open data structure, User Labor Markup Language (ULML), to outline the metrics of user participation in social web services."
labor Web2.0 metadata may 2008
QSR Magazine: Taco Bell Helps Oklahoma City Get Fit
may 2008
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett has announced a partnership with Taco Bell promoting its "fresco menu" for the "Mayor's Challenge" program, which encourages OKC residents to pursue healthy lifestyles.
OKC stupid health may 2008
Create Digital Music: Record Sales Up — No, Really, Actual Records
may 2008
Vinyl LPs appear to be the only segment of the physical music business that is growing. I suspect music fans prefer the tactility and size of the LP format.
vinyl technology music business may 2008
The Great Porteño Smokeout
april 2008
This account is interesting for many reasons, but I'm posting this because I learned that Argentine ranchers would rather raise soybeans than cattle, but the government has policies that coerce them into making meat.
economics agriculture Argentina april 2008
Photoshop Brushes: Your Number one source for Photoshop Brushes
april 2008
This site has oodles of no-cost Photoshop brushes.
photoshop design useful april 2008
Victim Complex: Coping With Bike Theft
april 2008
BikeSnobNYC offers some sound advice for dealing with bike theft that makes a lot of sense for computers as well.
cycling crime april 2008
Honda Navigation System Warns of High Crime Areas
april 2008
If this weren't being rolled out first in Japan, I would flag this system that alerts drivers to bad neighborhoods as automated racism. Still, I suspect that would be the case in the states.
GPS crime creepy racism april 2008
AP: Charges dismissed against NY professor who obtained bacteria for art
april 2008
A judge did the right thing and dropped the charges against Steve Kurtz of the Critical Art Ensemble.
art lawenforcement april 2008
Rough Type: Open source as corporate joint venture
april 2008
A recent study shows that most Linux contributors are not hobbyists, but employees of software-development organizations.
linux economics opensource april 2008
Tim Robbins' NAB Keynote
april 2008
Here's an mp3 audio file of actor Tim Robbin's address to the National Association of Broadcasters convention. In the speech, he decries the current state of discourse in the media.
media celebrity broadcast april 2008
Introduction to Whiteness Studies
april 2008
In this short essay, Gregory Jay outlines what whiteness studies studies and its goals.
academic whiteness cultural_studies race april 2008
techPresident: Truckers are Organizing Online: Is a Nationwide Shutdown Coming?
april 2008
If this involves Ali McGraw in a halter top, I'm all for it.
economics labor transportation energy april 2008
Identi-Tape - 2-inch Safety Reflective Tape
april 2008
This is the best source for black reflective tape I've found so far.
cycling useful shopping april 2008
Woopra
april 2008
This looks like a nice traffic-tracking service for blogs and whatnot.
Web_publishing visualization blog april 2008
New York Times: City Subpoenas Creator of Text Messaging Code
march 2008
Lawyers representing the NYPD in civil-rights suits have subpoenaed Tad Hirsch for information about his TXTMob software used during the 2004 Republican National Convention.
NYC protest elections march 2008
Logo Can Make You 'Think Different'
march 2008
"People who were exposed to the Apple logo generated significantly more unusual uses for the brick compared with those who were primed with the IBM logo, the researchers said. " I would like to see the methodolgy.
advertising branding weirdscience march 2008
Freedom to Tinker: Comcast and BitTorrent: Why You Can’t Negotiate with a Protocol
march 2008
"The problem is that you can’t negotiate with a protocol, for the same reason that you can’t negotiate with (say) the English language. You can use the language to negotiate with someone, but you can’t have a negotiation where the other party is the
bittorrent publicpolicy telecom p2p march 2008
Syndicate Product Covert HQ: A troublesome bird.
march 2008
AJ relates how Philadelphia cops harassed her for taking a photo in the Suburban Station concourse – where photography is permitted – and reflects on a beating death that took place at SEPTA headquarters days before.
photography lawenforcement Philadelphia stupid march 2008
From Hoops To Hipsters - washingtonpost.com
march 2008
The takeaway from this puff piece on Nike subsidiary Converse is that designer John Varvatos's new boutique occupies the site of former punk club CBGBs.
branding clothing punk co-optation march 2008
O'Reilly Radar: Amazon Gets Demanding with Print-on-Demand Publishers
march 2008
"Amazon has effectively told publishers that if they wish to sell POD books on Amazon, they must use Amazon as the POD printer. Small/self publishers are unsurprisingly feeling bullied."
publishing amazon distribution Web2.0 march 2008
NYTimes: Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison
march 2008
American researchers found a mechanical audio recording in France that was created before Edison's claim to inventing the phonograph. I wonder what the reserve price on eBay will be.
oldmedia records technology march 2008