November 2006
Code Z: Black Visual Culture Now
by jlesage
many categories, including fine art, design, fashion, film, architecture, publishing, digital media, public policy; attractively designed site, starting Aug. 06
Not Fooling Anybody: Bad Conversions of Storefronts
by jlesage
vernacular conversions of old IHOPs, KFCs, BurgerKings, etc. to another commercial use; a wonderful collection of tacky architectural facades
October 2006
I Want Media - Media News & Resources
by jlesage & 1 other
media headlines, regrettably no RSS feed for site
Critique of Ranking and Listing; Exchange with Kenneth C. Werbin
by jlesage
"Our increasing emphasis on quantitative reductions, like ranking lists, at the expense of critically engaged qualitative thought, can be seen as bottom-line strategies for efficiently navigating our increasingly .. networked cybernetic order."
net critique ยป Interview with Sole 24 Ore: Crushing the Web 2.0 Myths
by jlesage
social software's potential shaping of the Internet, journalism, business--or not
September 2006
World Wikia - World Wikia
by jlesage & 1 other
new developments in wikis, an open source travel guide that users can edit. Will it rival the megasite, Lonely Planet?
June 2006
user experience design
by jlesage & 2 others
Peter Morville, whose book Ambient Findability, is a classic about user experience of the Internet here says users want a site that is useful, usable, desirable, findable, accessible, credible. Common sense, but rarely said so clearly!
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