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Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons: A Youtube video assessing the impact of fair use and its cultural impact -- specifically, the impact of art upon other artists and how referencing and sometimes even imitating other works of art has helped shape art and culture as a whole. The video shows various examples of artworks that have used each other as references and is a good way to understand the importance behind this.

It's not the Robin Williams you were thinking of I was disappointed too but the article is a great reflection of how CRAP design impacts the web.

I decided to share this so everyone could be as disappointed as I was when I found out it was not the Robin Williams I was thinking of. The article has plenty of relevant points though and is worth a read.

"Proper alignment of elements and text on your website greatly impact the overall design."

new media is powerful and it impacts the marketing and advertising of companies.

a nifty website that explains digital remediation in plainer terms than the original paper assigned.

REMEDIATION. This is a fun wikibook that breaks down the complex idea of Digital Remediation It gives a brief history of it and its impact on the web and justifies the significance of recognizing its influence.

This website explains you how to crop images and the common mistakes that people make.

Some more advanced principals of design that can be used to attract readers. This particular page goes over how elements in web page design can be put in balance to create greater (or lesser) impact to an audience.

The about.com page on balance in design.

I think this is a great resource because it caters directly to digital writing in that it is aimed at how balance works and can be achieved in web design. (10/14)

Chapter 6, Repetition: An analysis of contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity with examples of each in the form of website design. This shows how they all work in harmony and how they impact the design element of a website.