Rants and Ramblings: random commentary about culture, media, politics, technology and whatnot.

links for 2007-06-01

• Soul of Athens
  What is the soul of the 200-year-old community of Athens, Ohio and the county that surrounds it? A multimedia project by the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University.
  (tags: webdesign community onlinenews journalism flash photography video)
• Zave Smith Photography
  (tags: webdesign flash portfolio photography via:pcompton)
• Gallery: Photographer Denis Darzacq’s Paris exhibition | Guardian Unlimited
  The French riots of 2005 inspired the photographer Denis Darzacq to head for the housing estates on the outskirts of the capital. He wanted to capture an entire generation in freefall and with no one to catch them.
  (tags: photography france via:bcordyack)
• Ballston Examined | The Goodspeed Update
  A study of urban design in a recently-developed area of Arlington’s Ballston neighborhood.
  (tags: ballston arlingtonva urbanplanning)
• Journalistopia
  A world for online journalists. Come all ye scribes, artists and innovators of the press.
  (tags: journalism onlinenews blogs)
• 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know | Houghton Mifflin Company
  “The words we suggest are not meant to be exhaustive but are a benchmark against which graduates and their parents can measure themselves. If you are able to use these words correctly, you are likely to have a superior command of the language.”
  (tags: language writing via:aleja)
• arial or helvetica? | a quiz from iliveonyourvisits.com
  (tags: helvetica typography games via:ashley)