Category Archives: visual

The Web is About Connections

Posted on August 3, 2009 by joanvinallcox

Holiday Monday and I’m playing on the web. I’m scanning through my MakeUseOf.com subscription and decide to look at this – http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/technology-explained-how-the-internet-works/ I read this: Look at a map of the Internet sometime and you’ll see that it is like a million superhighways with no lines painted on the road. It’s a snake pit of View Post

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News & Celebrity Now

Posted on February 17, 2009 by joanvinallcox

Will Richardson describes the way news is currently collected: from his blog – http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/the-news-according-to-twitter/ Clay Shirky in Here Comes Everybody says journalism is losing ground as a profession, as it becomes an activity that anyone can practise, and this demonstrates his point.

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Art Life Images Myth

Posted on February 16, 2009 by joanvinallcox

Excerpted from the fascinating”We’re All Gonna Die” The mythic crone, maiden, and mother, and the mother’s t-shirt combined with her child suggests death’s presence in life.

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Newpapers and the Web – Influences

Posted on January 22, 2008 by joanvinallcox

I’m finding it fascinating watching how the web is influencing the look and structure of newspapers. By the 1940s, magazines with their frequent images had begun influencing newspapers, as pictures became frequent, especially on the front page. f0d7_1_b.JPG (JPEG Image, 400×300 pixels) via kwout Readers read by glancing at various headlines and choosing articles, and View Post

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