A website compiling the "Largest List of Text Message Shorthand." I found this interesting because i think this is one example of how writing is turning into a vastly abbreviated medium.
This website discusses whether or not it is still possible to remain anonymous on the Internet. Cases such as the Lori Drew Myspace trial, in which the mother of a teenage girl created a fake Myspace account in order to bully a peer of her daughter, have made it apparent that the act of creating false Internet identities is not only frowned upon, but even considered criminal behavior. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Google are already taking precautions to help eliminate anonymity. The article goes on to question whether Internet users' beliefs that they are not anonymous influence their online behaviors, even if these beliefs are not entirely true.
American Zoetrope, brainchild of Francis Ford Coppola, is an online community dedicated to workshopping many forms of art, ranging from short stories to songwriting to costume design. Members are required to provide constructive feedback on a certain number of works before they can post their own works on the site.
The Free Art & Technology website. This relates to the topic of plagiarism - here we have a forum for artists to share their methods and finished products and borrow from others. Often referred to as "open source" art.
Find out how to do anything you can think of - people post up their own how-to videos. Can be anything from a professional painter, to anyone who wants to upload a video.
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