December 2006
other people's stories
by jlesage
Every story on OPS is a story a contributor heard from someone else. These stories have been overheard and misheard, told and re-told and sometimes refined over time.
Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
by jlesage & 3 others
a basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin
November 2006
Lists of Bests
by jlesage & 5 others
again, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
Google Page Creator
by jlesage & 4 others
google tool for helping a person create their own web page and store it free online; very simple interface
What Should I Read Next?
by jlesage & 9 others
Like many web2.0 search sites, you tell it what you like and it builds a profile of your preferences. Film and entertainment addition in development.
Last.fm – The Social Music Revolution
by jlesage & 177 others
a web2.0 radio listening site; you can see others' tastes and perhaps pick up some tips from them; like Pandora, it learns your tastes
group hug // anonymous online confessions
by jlesage & 9 others
like 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.
Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio
by jlesage & 192 others
tell your favorite song, hear more like it; site learns your tastes
PublicRadioFan.com
by jlesage & 9 others
a radio listening site: schedule listings for thousands of public radio stations and programs around the world
self portraits -- imagining ourselves
by jlesage
you can contribute your own picture, a sketch, painting.
Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter
by jlesage
It's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.
Adding meaning and value to information
by jlesage
what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others
Listology: "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
by jlesage
lists like this give me ideas of what to look for in the library; the whole idea of "listology" is whacky and fun
Modern Ruins, Photographic Essays - Shaun and Wendy O'Boyle
by jlesage
Traces, in the sense of Walter Benjamin's Arcades project, mark visual culture and always tell a story, if we take the time to notice
Photo Essays in Black and White by Herman Krieger
by jlesage
views of vernacular architecture and everyday use in small towns; from Eugene Oregon
Enculturation: Barry Mauer on Found Photographs
by jlesage
"The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning"
Storytelling in Flickr on Flickr
by jlesage
various modes of flickr storytelling are described, and the keywords needed to get to them
lens culture: contemporary photography magazine
by jlesage & 4 others
Photographyy internationally: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, lyrical, personal, abstract, human, and street photography. Essays, interviews with photographers, reviews of exhibitions and photo books.
Guerrilla Filmmaking 101
by jlesage
the nitty-gritty of no-budget filmmaking, good on deflating romantic notions often held by first-timers
Fifty Ways to Take Notes
by jlesage & 31 others
both online and offline, include clippings or your own musings or both
September 2006
July 2006
KQED - About Our Workshops
by jlesage
"The Art, Skill, Craft, and Magic of Digital Storytelling: A How-Come, How-To Guide"--pdf file
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