Read and comment

This is a bit long, but it touches on one aspect of blogging that drives me nuts... bloggers who block people who make comments that counter the post.
http://tinyurl.com/3yha6q

I Found Your Private Stuff and I Posted It Online

I'm afraid this isn't very relevant, but it does have to do with forging connections online over bits of personal media; and it has a voyeuristic aspect to it, which reminds me of PostSecret (well, and YouTube and Flickr and all kinds of online user-generated content):

I Found Your Camera

There's potential for serious privacy problems here. I'd think most people would object to having their private media published without their consent -- although, in this case, it does help reunite people with their lost photos, and the submitters do seem to respect the owners' privacy as much as they can.

But how about the note from someone saying she wished she'd lost her camera? Is she interested in taking part in this ad-hoc community? Maybe this has some compelling social networking aspect aside from the lost-and-found. Or maybe she's just lonely and wants someone to look at her pictures and contemplate her life.

Is anyone here familiar with geocaching? This also reminds me of the caches with disposable cameras or memory cards in them, asking visitors to take photos of themselves to be posted online later. Hooray for ad-hoc communities that form around a place, but not a time.

Click!

Click! is a photography exhibition that invites the general public to be the jurors. This is an interesting concept and experiment. Check it out and be part of the experiment.

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/click/

Metaverse Roadmap

This is a site where people like Edward Castronova try to study and forecast the near-term (2016) future of the Metaverse (including Augmented Reality, Lifeblogging, "Mirror Worlds" like Google Earth, and mash-ups of these realms). Metaverse Roadmap.

http://www.metaverseroadmap.org/

Distributed Narrative

Here is an interesting way to tell stories using digital media. I grabbed several urls from the site as it's a bit vague IMHO.

http://www.wetellstories.co.uk/
http://www.wetellstories.co.uk/stories/week1/
http://www.sixtostart.com/

10 tips to make your online videos better, and lighting tips

So it seems that many people have questions about lighting and other aspects, and we looked at a few tools in class, I just thought this video gave some nice and easy tips on making your next video a success.





Also, there is a video that deals with the color of white light, and light temp, these are more than likely foreign terms to most, and this is a great tutorial on getting your desired effect out of video, and photos.

Something for you to play with

Another one! You might want to play with this a bit and see what you think. Not sure how long before you get to sign up (you have to request an invite).

http://iminta.com/

Tips for Success in the Web Video World

This is a bit simplified, but it's good for you to hear from someone else the importance of building and maintaining your audience.

14 Ways to Broadcast Yourself Live

This is a bit old news, but it's a nice compilation for those of you who are new to this area. Please read the article below, and post your comments here. I want you to seriously think about the issues, such as copyright, etc. and post a thoughtful response. You don't have to have all the answers, but I want you to consider the issues.

http://venturebeat.com/2008/01/02/14-ways-to-broadcast-yourselflive/

Helpful links

Here is a list of links for you to peruse.
Photo/Image Sharing sites
Flickr
Fotocommunity
DeviantArt
iPernity
Saatchi Gallery
My Art Space

Video sharing sites
YouTube
Blip.tv
Vimeo
Kaltura

Other resources
Digg
Twitter
LinkedIn

Resources to track your stats/traffic and see who is linking to you
Site Meter
Technorati

Feel free to post any additions you like.

Survey for Chris

Here is the link to Chris' survey. Please take the time to do this. This is an assignment. There are only 8 questions.
http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB227JJ9BHGAA