Saturday, October 24, 2009

Essay


The idea of the Internet as Cyberspace has been a part of our contemporary culture for some time, particularly in the popular medium of film. But is the concept of cyberspace still relevant to our contemporary society? Discuss with reference to your own experience of contemporary media.


Cyberspace is a relatively new term used to describe the Internet and is defined in The Macquarie Dictionary (1985, p. 108) as, ‘a world created in virtual reality.’ This concept is very relevant in today’s society as more and more aspects of our everyday life are becoming entrenched in the Internet. Different services offered from a variety of sectors are now available online, with many options of things to do on their websites. This has led to an increasing number of multi-functional websites like Google. Cyberspace is changing the dynamic of a society. In this age of technology, research into the sociology of this frontier, notes the changes it has created. These include the opportunity to change and/or alter one’s own identity, and giving voice to any everyday person and their opinions, whether it is warranted or not.

Many companies now have websites and offer online services, with more of our everyday errands now available to do in the comfort of our own home. What once could have taken a day of driving here, there and everywhere, it is now accessible at the easy click of our mouses on the Internet. There is a very broad spectrum of things available to do and range from; banking to shopping to job hunting. The list of services now accessible online is almost endless.





(Photo courtesy of eBay Australia)


(Photo courtesy of Seek)


With the use of the Internet and number of services available online increasing, we are beginning to see a rise of what can only be described as super websites. They are multi-functional and offer many different things all at one convenient website. What department stores are to retail, these websites are to the Internet. There are many examples of these websites that offer a variety of options and various features. I have chosen the following five to show in more depth. Ninemsn’s features include; news, entertainment, lifestyle, travel, hotmail, as well as many more. Some of the many things to do on Facebook are; adding friends, instant chat, sending messages to friends and uploading photos. The different components of Wikimedia include; Wikipedia, Wikitionary, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikinews, Wikispecies, Wikiquote and Wikisource. Google has many features apart from the general search engine such as; videos, maps, news, Gmail and blogs. The website Sensis consists of; Yellow Pages, White Pages, Trading Post, Whereis, Citysearch, GoStay, Telstra plus many more.



(Photo courtesy of Ninemsn)


(Photo courtesy of Google)


As we use the Internet more and more and become dependent of it in our daily lives, it in turn affects the dynamic of how we function as a society. Howard Rheingold coined the term ‘virtual community’ to describe the rise of the Internet and the deterioration of real community life. The age of technology has in turn distanced us as a society from reality. When catching up with friends, once entailed meeting up over a meal or drink, it is now more likely to occur using Instant Messaging over the Internet. People are becoming less involved in real life community groups, in favour of those that exist on the Internet.

Cyberspace and its virtual reality offer many things; among those is the opportunity for people to change their identity. It may be as simple as editing a photo of yourself before uploading it on Facebook, or in an extreme case, a sexual predator pretending to be a different person to lure victims. The ability to alter our true identity further emphasises the concept of a virtual reality and in turn has good and bad effects. In some ways it may be invigorating to be able change and conceal parts of our identity in this alternate universe. Though there are serious consequences from this. Social theorists, Mead, Berger and Luckmann (Gibson, S & Ovledo, O 2000, p. 170) state;

Physical bodily interaction with objects and people is necessary to develop a sense of self. Therefore eliminating physical contact by socially interacting in electronic space raises the issue of how people present themselves to each other.


As society becomes more and more embedded in Cyberspace, anyone’s unprofessional and non-expert opinion can potentially be voiced to millions of other people. Cyberspace allows any person the chance to have their opinions heard whenever they choose through creating a webpage or posting a blog. Unlike traditional media, the Internet does not allow censorship nor any form of required skill for a person to submit something. Anyone is able to write whatever they want without the editing and publishing that would normally exist in traditional forms of media. In this virtual reality, issues or opinions are being voiced whether they deserve to be or not, and in most cases, are those that wouldn’t normally be if they had to go through the procedures required in traditional media.

(Photo courtesy of Blogger)

It can evidently be seen that Cyberspace is very much a concept relevant in today’s society. Our everyday life and the errands we partake in, are becoming more centred on the use of the Internet, as aspects of our everyday are more readily available through the Internet. We are able to do our grocery shopping, pay our car registration, book our next holiday and find a new house, all without even leaving our own home. With the popularity of the Internet increasing, it has given rise to the super website. These multi-use websites that have been created offer numerous types of options all on the same website. Cyberspace, in creating a virtual community, has led to a change in the way society functions. This has allowed the opportunity to change one’s own identity; with its good and bad consequences. The age of technology has also allowed anyone the chance to write what they want, whenever they want with the potential of millions of other people able to read it. The concept of Cyberspace may not have all positive outcomes, but it is very significant in our society today and for the foreseeable future.

BIBILIOGRAPHY


· Hepp, A, Krotz, F, Moores, S & Winter, C (eds) 2008, Connectivity, Networks and Flows: Conceptualizing Contemporary Communications, Hampton Press Inc, Cresskill.


· Armitage, J & Roberts, J (eds) 2002, Living With Cyberspace: Technology and Society in the 21st Century, Continuum, London.


· Bell, D 2001, An Introduction to Cybercultures, Routledge, London.


· Gibson, S & Oviedo, O (eds) 2000, The Emerging Cyberculture: Literacy, Paradigm, and Paradox, Hampton Press Inc, Cresskill.


· Nunes, M 2006, Cyberspaces of Everyday Life, vol.19, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.


· Hunter, D 2003, ‘Cyberspace as Place and the Tragedy of the Digital Anticommons’, California Law Review, vol. 91 no. 2, pp. 439-519, California Law Review, viewed 17 October 2009,

http://www.jstor.org/stable/3481336


· Adams, P 1997, ‘Cyberspace and Virtual Places’, Geographical Review, vol. 87 no. 2, pp. 155-171, American Geographical Society, viewed 17 October 2009,

http://www.jstor.org/stable/216003


· Flanagan, P 1999, ‘Cyberspace: The Final Frontier?’, Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 19 no. 1, pp. 115-122, Springer, viewed 17 October 2009,

http://www.jstor.org/stable/25074080


· Siegal, L 2008, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob, Serpent’s Tail, London.


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· Dyens, O 1994, ‘The Emotion of Cyberspace: Art and Cyber-Ecology’, Leonardo, vol. 27 no.4, pp. 327-333, The MIT Press, viewed 17 October 2009,

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1576008


· Mitra, A & Watt, E 2002, ‘Theorizing Cyberspace: the Idea of Voice Applied to the Internet Discourse’, New Media Society, SAGE Publications, viewed 17 October 2009,

http://nms.sage.pub.com/cgi/content/abstract/4/4/479


· The Macquarie Dictionary 1985, 3rd edition, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd, Macquarie University.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

My Rating..

Apparently our final blog requirement is to a evaluate the course overall.


Well to be honest, I really wasn't such a fan to begin with.. I actually walked out of the first tute with plans of immediately changing out of the class into something else, but then I realised it was compulsory for my degree. Haha I guess the joke was on me there..


But anyway, as the weeks progressed I did come to enjoy it more and more and actually find it really interesting. As much as the 8 AM lectures were a bitch (AND MY GOD THEY WERE!!!), I did really enjoy them. Finding out about all the websites I never even knew existed, and more importantly, all the things I am capable of doing on the net which I had no idea about.


Not only has it been a real eye-opener in that aspect, I can definately understand now why this is a compulsory subject for a communication degree, as all the things I have learnt will no doubt be very valuable in my career in the future.


So although it took me a little to warm to the subject, I really have come to thoroughly enjoy it!




Blogs I've found.. Part 2


Well this part two of blogs that I've come across since beginning this course. Before New Comm Tech never read any blogs, but I have since taken a bit of an interest in it.

"Monday Artday is a blog of over 400 members. A challenge word or phrase is given each Monday for the members to illustrate and they post their work here. Come on in and enjoy and be inspired!"

A couple of my favourite pieces from this blog:


The Homeless Know Karate


"He's starving....FOR ACTION!" -Nick Fechter




Vampire Bat

"Vampire Bat are Nocturnal" - Eric Wirkanata



Couldn't find about me part.. but it's pretty much just all music related news. Even has links to buy new released albums.

Looks to be an English based website as there was a blog entry about Glastonbury.

Well can't really mention Rock and Roll nor England without mentioning for the almighty..


One Million Footnotes


"There are books in which the footnotes or comments scrawled by some reader’s hand in the margin are more interesting than the text. The world is one of these books.—George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952)"

This is just such an original quirky idea. Very fascinating. Here is a few interesting ones I read:

2339


Every today was always becoming tomorrow.



2578


There was nothing to do but sleep, so he stayed up a little while longer.

2444

Twice multipled by twice multiple by two times half itself.

Lecture - Week Ten

Unfortunately I had to work today, so I missed the lecture this morning. I've read through the lecture notes so I will just summarise the main points I got from it.






Video games studies include:


- Arcade Games
- Consoles
- Computer (PC) Games
- Mobile Games
- MUDs
- MMOGs




Sub-genres of games include:



- First Person Shooters
- Adventure/Strategy Games
- Puzzle Games
- Life-simulation Games





Study of videogames is done in two ways:


Narratology

Narratology denotes both the theory and the study of narrative and narrative structure and the ways that these affect our perception. Wikipedia


Ludology

(from ludus, the Latin word for "game"), to refer to the yet non-existent "discipline that studies game and play activities". Ludology



Ummmm craziest fact of the day... 41ST PC GAMERS ARE FEMALE. Woah!!!



Well I'm no game fiend, but I do really rate free cell.



Wednesday, October 7, 2009

My Art


As was established in the Sketchcast task... my artistic ability is non-existent. So thanks again for reminding me of that with this task!

Instead of even trying to draw something, I decided to edit some of my photos.. may have already done this in an earlier blog. But I just enjoyed it so much the last time.. haha.


I pull some pretty sweet dance moves. haha.




My friends and I are all clearly highly mature 21-22 year olds..

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Lecture - Week Nine

The lecture was taken again by crazy man, Jason (minus the coffee in a jar this week!). As always a very interesting and entertaining lecture. The topic for this week according to our course outline was 'Cyber-Utopia' but I think it was more to do with learning how to use software.

The following instructions have been copied directly from Jason's notes.

Jason's all everything gigantic and super lecture on how to teach yourself software!


1. Begin by figuring out what you need to do.

2. But then maybe what you think you want to do, is not exactly what you should be doing.

3. Ok.... so you've figured out you need to learn advanced software in a few days.

4. You can't learn software in a few days.

5. Begin by plaing. Make something. Anything.

6. Common features of all software packages.

7. You better save your work dammit. And save it five thousand million billion quadrillion times. Save as something else.

8. Try the help file.

9. Ok so the help section sucks.

10. Search it dammit. (Specific searches)

11. Join forums and ask the damn question. (check for forums with replies to other questions)

12. Don't fear tutorial books and video tutorials.

13. Don't take a course.

14. Remember, as soon as you learn that software, either a new package will come along or new version will be out.

15. It's all about content dammit.


So they were Jason's words of wisdom on that subject!



And some other wise words...





Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Internet Politics


Our task this week is to do with political participation via the internet.


Sign e-petition

"Help us put an end to whaling!We are trying to get a million people to sign this petition and we need your help to spread the word." Whales Revenge

1104531 Carly Djosovic from Gold Coast, Australia - signed petition on 7th October 2009


Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site

Not exactly sure what constitutes a 'professional' blogger but I did respond to Dave Toomey.

Guest Post - Dave Toomey argues we should forget climate change


What is Barack Obama up to today?


This morning, President Obama addressed over 100 assembled representatives of the world's nations, emphasizing that although the challenge ahead of us is great, we hold the solutions to this global crisis. (Organising for America - Bradley Portnoy's Blog)


Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are

Local (Currumbin) - Jann Stuckey
State - Anna Bligh
Federal - Kevin Rudd.


Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament

Let your local member know what you think about their last speech

I couldn't actually find any speeches from Jann Stuckey. I looked on the Hansard, but the only time her name was mentioned was in attendance, not actually speaking.

Read the lecture and the readings, pursue a couple of the topics that you find most interesting and then post your blog with your well-considered thoughts about the theory and practice of politics

I think the most obvious point that can be made about internet politics is it has opened up the chance of more people being able to be involved in politics and have their opinions heard. As a democratic society, this is a very positive outcome.


What do you think of the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")???

I had no idea about this, so I googled it and came across No Clean Feed website which was very helpful in explaining it all. I'm definately AGAINST the clean feed, and completely agree with the website.. like come on we're not China. Australia is a free democratic society. As far as it in terms of censoring of websites for children. This isn't the responsibility of the government, it is the parents.


What place does censorship have in a democracy?

I think above all, this is the most important factor. We can not claim to be a democratic society and then go and censor the internet.


What opportunities can you find for political participation via the internet. How many of the following can you achieve while sticking to your political beliefs?


I think there is an abundance of oportunities for political participation over the internet. It makes it a lot easier to be involved then by participating in the real world. I will be honest I don't have any interest in politics, so can't really stick to following certain beliefs..


Interestingly enough when you search google images for internet politics and Australia that picture is the fourth result.. ah god bless Australia.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Lecture - Week Eight

Well I will be honest, I didn't actually attend the lecture this week. I was lucky enough to be spending my time trying to write a 2,000 word essay. YAY for me! Anywayyyy.. I had a look at the lecture notes/novel Stephen Stockwell put up.

It was very full on so but from what I can can gather it is to do with the politics of the internet. Internet related terms used include:

CyberPolitics - politics as carried out in cyberspace, comprehending such concepts as electronic voting. (Wikitionary)




eDemocracy - E-democracy represents the use of information and communication technologies and strategies by democratic actors within political and governance processes of local communities, nations and on the international stage. Democratic actors/sectors include governments, elected officials, the media, political organizations, and citizen/voters. (Wikipedia)






Hacker: A slang term for a computer enthusiast, i.e., a person who enjoys learning programming languages and computer systems and can often be considered an expert on the subject(s). Among professional programmers, depending on how it used, the term can be either complimentary or derogatory, although it is developing an increasingly derogatory connotation. The pejorative sense of hacker is becoming more prominent largely because the popular press has coopted the term to refer to individuals who gain unauthorized access to computer systems for the purpose of stealing and corrupting data. Hackers, themselves, maintain that the proper term for such individuals is cracker. (Webopedia)




Cyberpunk: Cyberpunk is about expressing (often dark) ideas about human nature, technology and their respective combination in the near future. (Cyberpunk Review)




Can't exactly see the comparisons when thinking of what springs to mind about 'real' punk.






Saturday, September 19, 2009

The tute that never took place..

Well there was a teacher's strike, so we didn't actually have a tute for this week. I had a look at the New Comm Tech blog and our task for the week was to download one or more of the freeware apps that we learnt about in last week's lecture and write about it.
I downloaded Photoscape from download.com. This software is to used to edit photos.

I've edited some photos of my holiday earlier this year and have put the before and afters:

1.




2.



3.


Lecture - Week Seven

This week we had the funny guy again as lecturer and the topic was Open Source Software.



Before I get on to that though, just one thing that really stood out to me from that lecture, he was drinking coffee out a jar (like what was probably once a spaghetti sauce jar). Some one asked him about it and his response was 'well you trying drinking coffee when your driving.' Ummmmmmm... travel mug???

But anyway, back to the lecture. It was all about software that you can download from the internet. Some are called open source software, and this is where the code has been opened up for everyone to use.
Some of the websites he showed us were:


Some advantages of this, is that you apart from being free in most cases, you are able to just get specific things. So incase you wanted just one program, you wouldn't need to buy the entire set of software pack.

The drawback to open source software is that viruses are more easier to form and that the programs won't automatically update and need to be done manually.

He also briefly spoke about Linex and Red Hat. Linex provide free software over the net.



Red Hat sells service; helplines, etc.



Fan Films / Mash ups


Following on from what Josh showed us in last week's lecture, I decided to look at some more fan films and mash ups using fanfilms and thetrailermash.


SouthTrek Episode 1: Logic Has Nothing to Do with It

'This fanfilm is a spoof/parody of Star Trek (the original series) - South Park style. Lots of references to stuff from both shows.'




This was very clever, and pretty funny! I don't know much about Star Trek but I recognised all the Southpark references and jokes. They used all the same characters, though they had different
names and outfits.


Bike to the Future

'A spoof on Back to the Future. Doc Brown needs Marty's help to test out his new invention. But this time machine is no Delorean.'




This one was pretty funny too! They had the same characters' names, but unlike the other one, they didn't look at all like the characters from the movie.


Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Thriller)

'I re-edited Ferris Bueller’s Day Off into a supernatural psycho thriller.'




Hahahahaha! I'm quite a fan of the movie, and this is just hilarious. It's amazing how it can be made to look like a completely different film.


A Clockwork Orange

'A Clockwork Orange becomes an ’80s teen comedy when Alex decides to take a day off, Ferris Bueller style.'


Very, very clever!! Anthony Burgess would probably be rolling in his grave though..

iReport

In this week's tute our task was to create a fictitious news report and upload to ireport.com. A CNN news website that allows the general public to upload news.



My group consisted on Tenneal, Alisa and Felix. Our news report was about alleged ghost sitings at Griffith Uni. I was the reporter on campus doing a story, Alisa was a witness and Tenneal was.. well a dead body really. Felix was the camera man.

It started with WS of the campus, panning around to stop at me. MLS shot of me introducing the report. MS of witness describing what she'd seen. Cut off by scream in the background. Camera pans to me shocked face and then changes to WS as I run to where a body is lying dead on the ground. CU of the body. MLS shot of me reporting of sign of ghost a handkerchief found in tree. I scream having seen ghost coming for me. Reporter and I run away WS shot. Film cuts out as the ghost gets the reporter.




Our news report was called "Attack on Griffith Uni Campus.. 37 already dead AND COUNTING". Strangely though it has been removed from iReport. Here is the link of it on Felix's blog. Our Report

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Lecture - Week Six

I'm a little belated in writing about last week's lecture..

The topic of the lecture was Consumption and Production.


CONSUMERS OF MEDIA

BIG SCREEN

- Cinema (shared)
- Televison (shared/private)
- Personal computer (private/shared)



(if only they had a cinema like this on the coast.. PARTICULARY with johnny depp on the screen!)

SMALL SCREEN

- Personal media player (ipod)
ON-THE-GO
- Mobile phones (ipod touch) "smart phones" 3G
ON-THE-FLY




PRODUCERS OF MEDIA

- Fan film
- Mash ups
- Re-genre
- Re-cut
- Webisodic dramas



Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Google Maps, etc.


PERSONAS


We started the tute with going to

http://personas.media.mit.edu/personasWeb.html

Because I have a wog last name mine came up with no matches.


GOOGLE MAPS


View Places I Want To Go.. One Day in a larger map


SKETCHCAST



Yep, pretty sure a six year old can draw better than me!

OTHER SITES

Our task was to pick 5 of the websites from the New Comm Tech blog and briefly critique. Following on from the comments made of our lecturer (can't remember his name!)about what will be the next big things to come in the internet, all of the websites below are specialised to particular interests.


Vampire Rave

"Vampire Rave is the social networking website for vampires and goths."

This website builds on the general social networking idea, but limiting it to only those interested in vampires or goth scene. What is probably the most surprising part is that there are 15,519 members. Sure it's no facebook phenonemon, but that's still an alright following.


Lifehacker

"Lifehacker is a technology blog with a slightly different way of looking at the world. We see technology as a shortcut to life. If you’re tech savvy and looking for a better, faster way to do things, or you’re just starting to explore what you can do with technology, stop by Lifehacker to check out the latest tips, tricks and shortcuts."



It seems to have a bit of everything. The type of website where you would go to for tips on a multitude of things in life. There's a communicate, design, fix, money, organise, travel and work section. For example, in the travel section the top stories are: 'Create a single, reusable packing list' and 'Google Maps adds Australian traffic information'. I think this would be very useful site and because it caters for so many different things, it would appeal to a variety of people, the only problem is that, well I for one would have never have known it existed had it not been for this class.

Mashable

"Mashable is the world's largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Media news. With more than 7 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what's new on the web and offering social media resources and guides."

Well I guess this website would prove quite popular with the proper social networking fiends. It's the site to go to when checking your facebook/twitter/emails every half hour still just doesn't quite keep you updated enough in the world. It's updated daily and features any news related do with facebook and twitter predominately.

The Generator Blog

"This blog is not about those machines used to change mechanical energy into electrical energy. It's about software that creates software. Software to play around and have fun with."

This website is a bit of everything as well. Everything internet related anyway. Some of the things on the home page were; make your own lego character, random youtube insult, photo effect toolkit. Similar to lifehacker in that because it's so varied in things to can do, you could use the website frequently and by many different people, but again I would never have known it existed and I think that would be the same for a lot of people.

Polyvore

"Polyvore is a free, easy-to-use web-based application for mixing and matching images from anywhere on the web. It is also a vibrant community of creative and stylish people."

This blog is a haven for the fashion conscious girl. It features female clothing and accessaries and it is sorted by outfits, brands, styles, celebraties, etc. I will admit I did quite like this site, and would probably actually use it again. This blog is very, very specialised and would only appeal to a very minute demographic.

Short Films


My Super Sweet Funeral




This is about a teenager daughter that has died and the requests she has on her will. It's like a parody of My Super Sweet 16, etc. Some requests are that her dog crys pink tears, Zac Efron is in the coffin with here. Pretty silly, but it did really make me laugh!!!


Ctr Alt Delete





Set in the UK, whilst searching for free porn, Andy accidently deletes the internet. When his computer freezes he trys the ctrl alt del trick, and presses ok to the questions asked on the screen without thinking and ends up deleting the internet. THE US ring him asking what he did. Was pretty funny..


Black Button




This is such a clever film. A man, Mr Roberts is offered $10 million to press a button and which would result in somebody in the world's death. Mr Roberts hesitates about this for awhile trying to justify doing it, eg. people die every day. The man behind the desk tells him if he doesn't answer in 30 seconds he will withdraw the offer. At the last second Mr Roberts presses the button. It is then that he is told that he has already died and is in purgery and it was his test to see if he could get into heaven. Because he failed he is sent to hell.

Friday, August 28, 2009

AAAGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!


Why is it that no matter how many times I go into each blog and fix up the spacing, making everything perfect and matching, every time I publish the post and view it, everything is out of line!!!! Particulary the timeline of computers, I have tried soooooooooo many times to fix that, making sure everything is neat and the spaces are even. AAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!! Maybe I'm a bit of a perfectionist, but it is really, really frustrating. Well everything WAS perfect.. until I published the posts!


Blogs I've Found.. So Far


Over the past few weeks I have come across some pretty interesting blogs. I found them on blogger.com on the Dashboard page by looking at the Blogs of Note for each month. I have listed below a few of my favourites.


Paris 2e


“I am Cedric, discoverer of things that would go unnoticed in the streets of Paris, historic haven of fashionistas and city of lights ('lights' as in 'enlightenment', not street lights). But seriously: I'm an expat from Luxembourg (the country, not the garden), living in the center of Paris (hence 'Paris 2nd arrondissement'), and currently studying art history...”
I could easily spend hours on his blog looking at all the amazing pics of Paris. It makes we want to pack my bags and buy a ticket for the next flight there!! It’s really interesting seeing Paris from a less touristy perspective. He has just been to New York and so his most recent blogs have been pics of sites around there.

Here’s a few pics from his blog:










Swish and Swanky



“My name is Amanda and I love all things beautiful. Swish and Swanky is a collection of fabulous finds, design inspiration and lifes loves”

It reminds me of those homeware stores, though you have never have any intention of buying anything, you always go in and look around at all the beautiful things. It’s a collation of things Amanda has found in stores and magazines of.... This blog would be of great help if you needed decorating ideas for your house.


Here’s a few pics from her blog:







Skull-A-Day


“My name is Noah Scalin and I made a Skull-A-Day for a year. I started by making an orang paper skull
on June 4th, 2007 and posting it online saying, "I'm making a skull a day for a year". I made my 365th skull on June 2nd, 2008 (and even posted a bonus skull the day after since it was a leap year!). June 3rd, 2008 marked the start of year two of the project (called Skull-A-Day 2.0) and featured daily submissions from readers.”

Well I’ve only had a look at some of the skulls he made – all 365 would be a little too time-consuming. From what I saw though, they were all very cleverly done. It is such an interesting concept.


Here is a few pics from his blog:







Post-It Project


“this blog was originally dedicated to documenting the post-its i doodled while at work. however, this blog has grown beyond it's original intent to encompass the post-its drawn by me and any post-it compatriots who deem to grace it's halls with their own artful pictographs.”

Again I didn’t actually look at all the post-its, but from what I saw they were very interesting. Like the skull blog, a really fascinating concept... wow so many imaginative and creative people out there!!


Here is a few pics from his blog:










I couldn’t actually find anywhere an About Me section, but the blog is a eclectic mix of different photographs. It seems as though they are from all different photographers that she has found. I saw many, MANY, amazing photographs on here.

Here is a few pics from her blog: