2010
Creating Engaged and Passionate Users, Part 1
by ebilodeauhow could a library web site address these different user scenarios?
2006
Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
by jlesage & 3 othersa basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin
Dr. Chris Mullen, The Visual Telling of Stories, illustration, design, film, narrative sequences, magazines, books, prints etc
by jlesage & 1 othera very large historical archive, often from advertising, "to provide for all levels of possible viewer a visually orientated taxonomy of the ways in which pictures are used to tell stories." unique collection, also useful for many other purposes
Google Page Creator
by jlesage & 4 othersgoogle tool for helping a person create their own web page and store it free online; very simple interface
Mojiti-video commentary software
by jlesage & 11 othersuseful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."
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.
Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, TV Show Reviews, Game Reviews, Book Reviews - Metacritic.com
by jlesage & 19 othersMetacritic is a usefully organized site, providing tips on what you might like to do.
Google Help : Cheat Sheet
by jlesage & 32 othersone page of tips to remind you of search protocols on Google
Writing Demonstrations
by jlesageinteractive demonstrations of Conducting Electronic Searches; useful both for the information contained and as a demo of web design and writing instructional media in a library context; the larger site is a resource for writers.
Sharpening 101
by jlesage & 1 otheran explantion of what sharpening in Photoshop does and the theory behind it, plus workarounds
Vispo ~ Langu(im)age: interactive, visual, and sound poetry by Jim Andrews
by jlesagetheory and examples, with links to other artists
StorySprawl Hyperfiction Story Creator
by jlesageongoing fiction sites that readers can contribute chapters to
What Can We Do With Flickr? on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
by jlesagehow to create hotspots with popup notes on Flickr. Very useful for image analysis and assignment requiring students to comment on social aspects or formal aspects of image; or to formally critique them.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
by jlesage & 20 otherssuch things as i-pod handouts for folks who get one as a christmas gift
photos you likebetter: you are what you like
by jlesagea charming game in which you pick which of two photos you like the best, supposedly revealing something about you
Fixings Shadows - Still Photography
by jlesagework of individual photographers and photographs of historical and ethnographic interest and value, including a section on found photos
Conversations with Dina
by jlesagepost on how students did visual ethnography using Flickr and the tags people put there
Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
by jlesage & 4 othersportal to essays, museums, art work web reproductions
Photo Essays in Black and White by Herman Krieger
by jlesageviews of vernacular architecture and everyday use in small towns; from Eugene Oregon
Online Image Collections by Subject: Rotch Visual Collections: MIT Libraries
by jlesageExploring image collections on the Internet, compiled by MIT, an annotated links page