Archives for “Visual Culture”

When I saw the guy they were arresting for the Boston bomb scare, I just had to say "well no wonder!"

OK... oh look. A story about YouTube on the BBC's site... Video-sharing site YouTube has signed a deal with media giant Warner Music to allow its ...

Soap Operas are often maligned as a guilty pleasure, best left to listless housewives. Once in a while, however, situations develop in the world outside ...

I think we all knew that it was only a matter of time. Amanda Congdon, the charming host of Rocketboom, has decided to move on ...

I used to read Adbusters when I was in high school. I eventually stopped because, well, I'm just not that mad all the time. I ...

Details for the Digital Media Experiment Subject Name: David Panarelli Height: 6'1" Weight: 21o Residence: Arlington, VA Occupation: Graphic Designer Astrological Sign: Libra Shoe Size: 13 Objective: To successfully consume a strict ...

With the vlog Rocketboom now available via TiVo, I had to wonder: what kind of media outlet does the internet really offer? Can my appetite ...

This is what a normal day looks like for me in the realm of media consumption: First thing in the morning: Google News Gmail In the car: NPR's Morning ...

I like TV, and I watch a lot of it, really. I like some online videos, too, but I don't watch that many. Is Rocketboom's ...

Like many parts of the United States, The DC Metro area is awash with gentrification. Urban neighborhoods like Shaw in DC have seen their working-class ...

The blog phenomenon has given a platform to countless voices that were previously unheard-- Postsecret is a uniquely effective execution of this. Postsecret cards are ...

Is it wrong that this almost looks fun, like a high-speed fireman's pole or something? Wheee! (for those of you outside of the the DC ...

Typophile.com asks: "If, in some bizarre alternate history, chatspeak abbreviations like “LOL” had become popular long before there were computers and character sets, they might ...

There is an evil in this world, and it is Sand. Keep your eyes open and see when and where this font pops up. I ...

TiVo is beta testing a new version of its video portability feature, TiVoToGo. The existing version allows content recorded by TiVo to be pushed across ...

Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones' superb font design has practically made them Rock Stars in the design community. Their fonts are everywhere, and we are ...

Marcia Lawson, founder of Design for Democracy, spoke to members and invitees of the DC Chapter of the AIGA. The event included a presentation by ...