I'm just home from a literary lunch featuring Courier Mail journalist Lawrie Kavanagh.As my dad Peter Stephenson also worked for the Courier Mail in the art room starting in the 50s,they would have crossed paths there for some years. Interesting too that they both were born in Rockhampton. So I bought dad "Outback", Lawrie's Book which has illustrations by Hugh Sawrey in the same quick messy illustrator style that my dad used to do to go with articles in the Courier Mail all those years ago before computers and photographs came to dominate newspapers.
In those days being a press artist involved illustrations, some in color but most in ink line drawing, touch up work for photos and maps, and page layout - gluing the articles in place on a paper page not on a computer - before it was sent to the setup room for the presses.
Dad has fond memories of the Courier Mail, and it was nice to meet one of the men he talked a lot about.
For anyone else who remembers' "Kavanagh's Queensland" columns, he also has been persuaded to start up a blog for his memories and musings
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Podcasts
Some interesting podcasts I found among the many thousands available include those ABC National Book Reviews that are on the radio while I am at work, and the Powerhouse Museum podcasts on design of new products and ideas that spark them.
I found the hardest part even with search engines for podcasts was narrowing the many offerings down to something I would be tempted to subscribe to. There are just too many out there on any topic. Tag clouds and ways to search by subject and other parameters are most useful and badly needed in some cases.
Question: what do podcasters get out of their work other than the hope someone sees the podcast? Any way they can make money from this activity?
On libraries in an internet age I've been able to embed and so promote further to you the following offering from Christine Mackenzie (Yarra Plenty Regional Library) at the 'Broadband, libraries and the creation of Australia’s digital culture' seminar at NLA, 18 Nov 2008. Public libraries are reinventing themselves to ensure their relevance in a digital world. This presentation will describe how libraries in Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands are strategically positioning themselves as places with content for information, learning, culture and as meeting places. It will also describe how Yarra Plenty Regional Library is integrating web 2.0 tools to encourage content creation as well as introducing training programs for staff, the profession and the community. such as A Taste of Web 2.0
This example shows how a conference speech or Uni lecture saved as a podcast could be shared with more than the immediate audience and opens up added online learning opportunities in a very democratic way for internet users.
I found the hardest part even with search engines for podcasts was narrowing the many offerings down to something I would be tempted to subscribe to. There are just too many out there on any topic. Tag clouds and ways to search by subject and other parameters are most useful and badly needed in some cases.
Question: what do podcasters get out of their work other than the hope someone sees the podcast? Any way they can make money from this activity?
On libraries in an internet age I've been able to embed and so promote further to you the following offering from Christine Mackenzie (Yarra Plenty Regional Library) at the 'Broadband, libraries and the creation of Australia’s digital culture' seminar at NLA, 18 Nov 2008. Public libraries are reinventing themselves to ensure their relevance in a digital world. This presentation will describe how libraries in Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands are strategically positioning themselves as places with content for information, learning, culture and as meeting places. It will also describe how Yarra Plenty Regional Library is integrating web 2.0 tools to encourage content creation as well as introducing training programs for staff, the profession and the community. such as A Taste of Web 2.0
This example shows how a conference speech or Uni lecture saved as a podcast could be shared with more than the immediate audience and opens up added online learning opportunities in a very democratic way for internet users.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Google maps
Ok, so I made this local map for tourists some time back, which could have photos added, but not at this stage.
Rockhampton recently became a finalist in the "Most liveable place in the world" awards, so check the map out to see why tourists would like it here.
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Rockhampton recently became a finalist in the "Most liveable place in the world" awards, so check the map out to see why tourists would like it here.
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Mashups
Browsing the Mashups awards, which gives a quick overview of some popular mashyups, I am tempted by search options Triplify and search-cube. I have not used bing before, and it is interesting to use an engine other than google.
Question - which is the top metasearch engine at this time?
Search cube requires a (free download) flashplayer to work. Where most search engines provide a list onscreen and you need to scroll down, maybe only seeing 10 at a time, Searchcube gives 16 at a glance, on 6 sides of the cube, 96 results across all media including individual images and slideshows.The results are quickly browsed using a mouseover to see popup details.
Some of the older mashups sites seem to have already become dead sites, which is perhaps the way of the internet world - something either gets traffic or not.
I wanted a site to find mp3 songs by obscure artists such as Railroad Gin or Jeannie Lewis, but have not found a great mashup to do this so far, as many seem to focus on the more recent and popular artists. I wanted to find a track of "Les blouses blanc" by Jeannie Lewis to add it to a slide animation. Still searching on that project.
On the other hand, zoomii.com seems a great way to browse Amazon books, just like shelves in a real bookstore, sorted by category.I like looking at the covers of books I buy, and there is a shelf look option or a thumbnail cover picture with details of the books listed beside them , which avoids the need to click to a further screen to view title details.
I really liked suburbview.com and will use it to check realestate prices, value of our house, and rental figures by suburb.
SearchBay could save some site hopping when online shopping. I would use this combined with biblioz and alibris to search for out of print titles, but use the latter to get a more sure idea of the valuation price of such titles. Alibris now allows private sellers to sell books online. Maybe there could be a mashup which combines the two, showing you what a title is worth at online booksellers and then including the SearchBay sites.
Hmm, this is turning into a 'where would I buy books' discussion. Despite the fact the Australian dollar is catching up to the US dollar, I would still try Fishpond which guarantees to beat Amazon's price every time, or TheNile which says it is Australia's largest bookstore to find current titles.
Not sure if it is a mashup - I think so because it is an application that I created online- but I have also created a store for my zazzle products (and some other zazzle artists I like) at my facebook site, so linking the two functions and making it easier for people to find the products and so build customers using the principle of the more links, the better chance people will find you.
Question - which is the top metasearch engine at this time?
Search cube requires a (free download) flashplayer to work. Where most search engines provide a list onscreen and you need to scroll down, maybe only seeing 10 at a time, Searchcube gives 16 at a glance, on 6 sides of the cube, 96 results across all media including individual images and slideshows.The results are quickly browsed using a mouseover to see popup details.
Some of the older mashups sites seem to have already become dead sites, which is perhaps the way of the internet world - something either gets traffic or not.
I wanted a site to find mp3 songs by obscure artists such as Railroad Gin or Jeannie Lewis, but have not found a great mashup to do this so far, as many seem to focus on the more recent and popular artists. I wanted to find a track of "Les blouses blanc" by Jeannie Lewis to add it to a slide animation. Still searching on that project.
On the other hand, zoomii.com seems a great way to browse Amazon books, just like shelves in a real bookstore, sorted by category.I like looking at the covers of books I buy, and there is a shelf look option or a thumbnail cover picture with details of the books listed beside them , which avoids the need to click to a further screen to view title details.
I really liked suburbview.com and will use it to check realestate prices, value of our house, and rental figures by suburb.
SearchBay could save some site hopping when online shopping. I would use this combined with biblioz and alibris to search for out of print titles, but use the latter to get a more sure idea of the valuation price of such titles. Alibris now allows private sellers to sell books online. Maybe there could be a mashup which combines the two, showing you what a title is worth at online booksellers and then including the SearchBay sites.
Hmm, this is turning into a 'where would I buy books' discussion. Despite the fact the Australian dollar is catching up to the US dollar, I would still try Fishpond which guarantees to beat Amazon's price every time, or TheNile which says it is Australia's largest bookstore to find current titles.
Not sure if it is a mashup - I think so because it is an application that I created online- but I have also created a store for my zazzle products (and some other zazzle artists I like) at my facebook site, so linking the two functions and making it easier for people to find the products and so build customers using the principle of the more links, the better chance people will find you.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Promotional panel previews and link to my zazzle art products
make custom gifts at Zazzle
Just a few of my library promotional images available for sale internationally.
Including bookmark templates, library bags, stickers, Dewey guide and Tshirts for book lovers
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Promotion And Presentation Of The Arts Through Public libraries
Check out this SlideShare Presentation:
The Art of Last Resort
Check out this SlideShare Presentation: it shows young aspiring artists how to draw a chibi!
The Art of Last Resort
View more presentations from lastres0rt.
Peter Stephenson artist and illustrator
Even better, I find that I can embed this presentation right here or on my facebook page!
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