Office Supplies of the Day: “STAMPS OF DISAPPROVAL” by Heather K. Phillips.

Gone are the days of tearing work from the wall. These days, disapproval often takes the form of ambiguous encouragements. Put the language of critique in your hands with this series of 12 rubber stamps. Each stamp bears of fragment of abridged feedback associated with critique.

Purchase them here. Noticeably absent: ಠ_ಠ

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The Rorschach test has been more art than psychiatry for some time now, but it still makes for a great party game. To that end, Redstone Press is introducing a dozen new inkblots with a built-in personality test, perfect for playful second-date psychological analysis, or explaining away any lingering craziness you might have kicking around. They all just look like furries to us.

—R.B.

Arcade Fire x Google Chrome

Am currently debating both with myself and others as to the relative merits of different approaches to supplement lecture courses and traditional tutorials and problem sets, in particular to create classes where the students are very motivated to perform and go beyond the basic materials. One great thing about looking at the Harvard Justice class is the amount of interaction with the student audience. One particularly thorny one is the approach in  …

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Must See List of the Day: This is allegedly a list of must-see movies and TV shows penned by none-other-than “Prancing” Michael Cera.

Intervals Of Awesome writes:

My cousin, Harvey, randomly ran into Michael Cera at a London coffeeshoppe. Cera and Harvey hit it off and ended up having a 2 hour conversation over lunch. Cera wrote a list of stuff Harvey should see. I didn’t believe this story 100%

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Welcome to the first episode of Transmedia Talk a new podcast covering all things story. Transmedia Talk is co-hosted by Nick Braccia and Robert Pratten and looks to shed light on the topic of transmedia storytelling with commentary, interviews and tips on how storytelling is moving into the 21st century.

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The Web is Dead

Unsuck-it.com is here to save us from terrible business jargon.

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So, I’ve decided to write a series of posts with advice and comments on the whole process of the media studies job market. Sorry to any non-academic readers, but since I don’t think I have any readers anyways, I’m not too concerned!

Why? Well, there’s a dearth of good advice out there (for a major, lovely exception, see Jonathan Sterne’s site here). The main site seems to be the job search  …