Ill Doctrine and Obama

This is a excerpt from Ill Doctrine (http://www.illdoctrine.com), an NYC based hip hop DJ called Jay Smooth who publishes a video blog. Check it out. What are your thoughts about race in America under an Obama presidency?
-sam smiley

President Obama and Education

Here's a clip from CNN about Obama and education. (Also a quote from Lesley President Joe Moore)
-sam smiley

Remixing, Lessig, and the Colbert report

One of the things we're going to be talking about this semester is copyright, and fair use. Part of this conversation is about remix- culture. I saw a great segment on the Colbert report where Steven Colbert interviews Lawrence Lessig, one of the founders of Creative Commons and author of Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy . Steven Colbert tells the audience not to remix the video.

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Lawrence Lessig

Colbert at Christmas
Colbert Christmas DVD

Green Screen
Bill O'Reilly Interview

Here's a remix, I'm sure there are several more on Youtube.



-sam smiley

Pie Charts

Hi! here's two great images from Information Esthetics.."Pie" charts! This one is from a pizza box and shows different types of data on different boxes
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2008/11/pie_chart_pizza_box_advertising.html


I lost the link to this one, but it can be found on the same web site. Plus it's an actually pie! Who said form doesn't follow data? -sam smiley

Shepard Fairey's VOTE!

Shepard Fairey's great print work!
(Get out and vote by the way :-)


http://thegiant.org/wiki/index.php/Shepard_Fairey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey

Flickr and Troy Davis

Troy Davis is awaiting the death penalty in Georgia where he was convicted of killing a police officer in Savannah Georgia in 1989. However, this was only on the basis of eye witness testimony, there was not other evidence connecting him to the crime and seven of the nine witnesses have recanted their testimony.

Here is an image from shaggyisaac on Flickr. This is one of many of the protest on behalf of Troy Davis on October 23, 2008.


Flickr (http://www.flickr.org) is an online database where people upload their photos to the web. Many times people upload current events in their area, protests, and gatherings. Uploading photos to Flickr has become a form of citizen reporting using photography.

For more information on Troy Davis here are some more links:
Amnesty International:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/troy-davis-finality-over-fairness/page.do?id=1011343

Troy Anthony Davis website
http://www.troyanthonydavis.org/

-sam smiley

Painting Poetry

Check out this great project about Youth poets in San Francisco and their collaboration with a visual artist named Evan Bissell who transcribes their poems into painting.



http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=9410d222d2391934859e510748802653

The full description and gallery is at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco
http://theintersection.org/gallery/

Via Racewire via a web site called New American Media.

-sam smiley