what is art?

This fun little video approaches the topic of “what is art” by assigning people’s comments to animated figures. Enjoy your long weekend!

getting the whole picture

I really enjoy some of the collections that show up on Flickr. I’ve referred before to the Library of Congress collection on the photo-sharing site. Here’s another interesting collection: a larger group of photos from which six were chosen for an article on photographing science museums. The photos and the subjects themselves are interesting, of [...]

voting america

Here’s an interactive map that “examines the evolution of presidential politics in the United States,” 1840-2008: http://www.americanpast.org/voting/. The site includes some nice map visuals with commentary, analysis that includes a look at voting during specific periods of history, and even a look at the history of political mapping.

calendar doodles

Coordinating calendars always seems to be a challenge. Outlook, Outlook+SharePoint, Yahoo calendar, Google calendar, etc. Which ones do you use? A colleague brought Doodle to my attention, and it looks like a nice alternative for calendar coordination. One of its features is the ability to poll meeting participants to help select a date for the [...]

wanderlust

Here’s a nifty tool that provides maps of historical journeys “from Magellan to Kerouac”: http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/features/011/Wanderlust/

good editors are essential

So in this representation, Willie S. didn’t necessarily know it, but editors really can be our friends.

iMedia Kentucky

iMedia Kentucky has launched. It’s a portal to information about business, organzations, science, technology and more that cross paths with entrepreneurial spirit and innovation. You’ll find video, a blog, radio clips, and reading recommendations among other items on the site: http://imediakstc.typepad.com/imedia/. Partners supporting iMedia Kentucky are the Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation, the Kentucky Cabinet for [...]

creepy social networking

According to the Chronicle’s Wired Campus, some students find invitations to class-related social networking “creepy.” Read the article here. Personally, I liked this reader response to the article: “All social networking – online and even <shudder> face-to-face – is creepy.”

TextMeTV

An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled “TextMeTV Is Either the Future of Television or Beginning of It’s End“) caught my eye – well, the idea of using text messaging in conjunction with live television rather than the title was what caught my eye. Everything since television began has been its future or its demise [...]

dorky memes

Tron Guy? JibJab! Ummmm, LOLcats? Okay, remember the Hamster Dance? It all comes together in ROFLcon. These “dorky memes,” as described by Wired, are a pretty interesting bunch. I found myself reading the article about the Web-celeb gathering and Googling the ones that were new to me. If you do that, too, just don’t get [...]