http://www.infobong.com the absurd courts the vulgar Tue, 06 May 2008 19:30:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Information Design Patterns This work for a Master's thesis identifies common techniques used in information design. (del.icio.us tags: hmm Flash information_design) http://www.infobong.com/wordpress/2008/05/06/linkdump-for-20080506/ The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain's new book on Internet law and policy is available online with a Creative-Commons license. This site presents the book in an interesting hypertext format that allows readers to comment on specific passages. (del.icio.us tags: publicpolicy Web2.0 telecom CreativeCommons) MediaWiki Markup for ... http://www.infobong.com/wordpress/2008/05/05/linkdump-for-20080505/ Nick Sibicky, Composer - My Music I saw "Life and Afterlife " performed last night at the Eyes, Ears, and Feet recital and I really enjoyed it. (del.icio.us tags: utexas mp3 music) http://www.infobong.com/wordpress/2008/05/04/linkdump-for-20080504/ User Labor: A framework for sustaining user labor across the web "With User Labor, we propose an open data structure, User Labor Markup Language (ULML), to outline the metrics of user participation in social web services." (del.icio.us tags: metadata Web2.0 labor) QSR Magazine: Taco Bell Helps Oklahoma City Get Fit Oklahoma City Mayor ... http://www.infobong.com/wordpress/2008/05/01/linkdump-for-20080501/ Graffiti Taxonomy "The intent of these studies is to show the diversity of styles as expressed in a single character." (del.icio.us tags: typography streetart) The Great Porteño Smokeout This account is interesting for many reasons, but I'm posting this because I learned that Argentine ranchers would rather raise soybeans than cattle, but the ... http://www.infobong.com/wordpress/2008/04/24/linkdump-for-20080424/ AP: Charges dismissed against NY professor who obtained bacteria for art A judge did the right thing and dropped the charges against Steve Kurtz of the Critical Art Ensemble. (del.icio.us tags: lawenforcement art) Rough Type: Open source as corporate joint venture A recent study shows that most Linux contributors are not hobbyists, but ... http://www.infobong.com/wordpress/2008/04/22/linkdump-for-20080422/ Tim Robbins' NAB Keynote Here's an mp3 audio file of actor Tim Robbin's address to the National Association of Broadcasters convention. In the speech, he decries the current state of discourse in the media. (del.icio.us tags: broadcast celebrity media) Introduction to Whiteness Studies In this short essay, Gregory Jay outlines what whiteness studies ... http://www.infobong.com/wordpress/2008/04/19/linkdump-for-20080419/ This Saturday is Record Store Day, which celebrates the role of local, independent record stores in music and local cultures. I haven't run across a page that aggregates the Austin stores observing Record Store Day, so I'm posting a list here. My favorite Austin record store, End of Ear is ... http://www.infobong.com/wordpress/2008/04/17/culture-and-unique-place/ techPresident: Truckers are Organizing Online: Is a Nationwide Shutdown Coming? If this involves Ali McGraw in a halter top, I'm all for it. (del.icio.us tags: energy transportation labor economics) Errol Morris: Play It Again, Sam In this blog post, Errol Morris discusses his controversial decision to use re-enactments in documentaries, arguing that he ... http://www.infobong.com/wordpress/2008/04/11/linkdump-for-20080411/ Next American City: Respect for the Human Scale In this interview, James Howard Kunstler discusses how the scarcity of petroleum will lead to cities becoming less mechanized, but not before an effort to keep car culture intact. (del.icio.us tags: urban_planning sustainability transportation) Stanley Fish : French Theory in America This NYTimes blog post ... http://www.infobong.com/wordpress/2008/04/08/linkdump-for-20080408/