31 Aug, 2010

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
[coudal.]
31 Aug, 2010
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.
30 Aug, 2010
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 …
30 Aug, 2010 • posts i've written • No comments
Hey. You’re clever.
You should, right now, sign up for the Squirrel Fight.
Let’s do the math:
- You come up with a clever idea to generate the call for entries for the 2011 ANDY Awards
- Your idea is awesome, damn awesome
- You win the last spot on the Jury for the ad awards
- You fly to a secret location, stay in some swanky place, and spend your time with the 19 other jurors
- You persuade one of them to give you a new job, a grant, or the secret location to the private island off of Manhattan that only rich ad people know about, and where they hunt the most dangerous game for sport
It all starts with signing up for the Squirrel Fight and submitting your idea. And the deadline is August 31, 2010 @ 11:59pm MT.
Do it, do it, do it.
29 Aug, 2010

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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29 Aug, 2010
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.
download the podcast running time 51:22
This edition of Transmedia Talk covers the following.
Topics:
The Web is Dead
27 Aug, 2010

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 …