Useful+Resources

There are many resouces you can refer to for further details on the various aspects of new media we are looking at in the course.
 * Useful Resources **

Below is a list of some of them. Feel free to add useful ones that you come across to the list. Please include your name as contributor (Contributed by: ) so that we know who to thank for useful links and materials!


 * List of useful resources on New Media: **

Available in our library: Call Number TK5105.8884 Sta Title How to do everything with your Web 2.0 blog Author Stauffer, Todd.

Call Number TK5105.887 Dem Title What no one ever tells you about-- blogging and podcasting : real-life advice from 101 people who successfully leverage the power of the blogosphere Author Demopoulos, Ted.

Call Number HM567 Blo Title Blogging, citizenship, and the future of media / edited by Mark Tremayne. Add. Author Tremayne, Mark.

Call Number TK5105.8884 Bry Title Videoblogging for dummies Author Bryant, Stephanie Cottrell.

Call Number TK5105.888 Mca Title Better business writing on the web : how to write fresh, functional, findable documents for intranets and web sites Author McAlpine, Rachel.

Call Number TK5105.888 Ros Title Writing for the Web Author Susannah Ross.

//** Writing for the Web: **// http://www.edtec.unsw.edu.au/inter/dload/webmedia/web_content/index.html // [|http://webword.com/interviews/gahran.html////] // [|http://iws.cit.cornell.edu/iws2/resources/writing.cfm//] [|http://www.sean.co.uk/a/webdesign/jakobnielsenonwriting.shtm////] [|http://www.sun.com/980713/webwriting///] // [|http://www.e-gineer.com/v1/articles/web-writing-for-many-interest-levels.htm//] // [|http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting///]

Web Credibility: [|http://credibility.stanford.edu///]

[|www.webpagecontent.com]
 * Quality web content **

[|http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/writing.html//] http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/articles/text.html http://www.its.monash.edu.au/staff/web/slideshows/webwriting/all.htm
 * Concise, scannable and objective writing **


 * Blogging **

http://wiredpen.com/2007/03/24/i-blog-therefore-i-am/ http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/ http://www.psu.edu/dept/medialab/research/researchprojects.html http://www.wordbiz.com/archive/20blogdefs.shtml (20 definitions of blogging)

Bradbury, D. (April 11 2006), FT, [|Might RSS help to solve your web mess?] Fernández Dutto, C. (September 19th, 2005)[|Internal blogs: How to design powerful conversations that open possibilities for action and collaboration within blogs] Albrycht, E. (September 19th, 2005) [|Blogs: Foundational Tools for Network Building]. Céré, J. (September 21st, 2005) [|Consumer Generated: from Mayhem to Marketing]. Sessum, J. (September 19th, 2005) [|"Why CEOs should blog"] Taylor, D. (September 19th, 2005) [|"Why CEOs Shouldn’t Blog"] Anderson C. and Mayfield R. [|Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki] Tekrati, (June 26, 2006) [|Deployment of Corporate Weblogs Will Double in 2006, Says JupiterResearch] [|The Inside Story on Company Blogs], BusinessWeek, Feb 14, 2006 [|Brad Henry SEO Business Blog], Sep 11, 2006 [|This Month In Optimize: Nothing To Fear From Executive Blogging], InformationWeek, July 11, 2005 [|Global PR Blog Week 2.0], Sep 19, 2005 [|BlogWrite for CEOs] [|Corporate Blogging:Is it worth the hype?], Backbonemedia 2005 [|Social networking becomes work], FT, By Geoff Nairn, April 11 2006 [|Corporate Blogging Blog]
 * Other Useful Blogging References **
 * (Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_blog") **

Students try their hands at creating multimedia literature, using their own writing and learning to mix it with images and sound. http://english.uiowa.edu/specialties/multimedia.html
 * Some student projects **


 * Podcasting: **

http://podcasting.about.com/od/podcastbasic1/bb/beforepodcast.htm http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/index.htm http://www.alizarian.com/design/pyramid.php http://www.podcastingunderground.com/ http://www.paulcolligan.com/

http://www.contentious.com/archives/2006/03/14/in-online-writing-little-things-mean-a-lot/ (microcontent)

http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/Designing-Websites-for-Older-Users http://www.useit.com/alertbox/seniors.html
 * Writing for the Elderly : **

Design is a major issue on the Web; writing text is part of the larger process of putting together an integrated site that is easy for your audience to use, reflects the purpose that you've set out to accomplish, and looks good. [|Tutorial on Web Typography] from Webmonkey (the tutorial section of HotWired) [|Color Matters:] a huge site all about color and design [|Techniques and Tools for Using Color in Computer Interface Design] from the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) [|The "Palette Man" site]for help in choosing a color palette for your site [|Do's and Don't's of Web Design] from SpiderPro [|Digital Thread] with a variety of design resources [|Evolt.org]: a large, eclectic site with lots of good information on a variety of Web-related issues. http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/does-my-web-site-suck/what-we-clicked-on-checklist-one.html http://users.ipfw.edu/blythes/teach/writeforweb/webwrite1.htm http://users.ipfw.edu/blythes/teach/writeforweb/design.htm
 * Web design and colours: **

http://www.theinternetdigest.net/archive/websafefonts.html http://kurafire.net/log/archive/2005/07/23/typography-serif-vs-sans-serif
 * Web fonts **