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Media literacy is about asking pertinent questions about what’s there, and noticing what’s not there. And it’s the instinct to question what lies behind media productions – the motives, the money, the values and the ownership – and to be aware of how these factors influence content (Source: TeacherInfo)

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Nice packaging for Bomba Energy by Valentine Associates. From the website:
New Austrian energy drink Bomba needed a unique packaging solution to launch in Australia’s competitive marketplace. The packaging needed to attract a young, fashion conscious market while conveying the product’s natural energetic qualities.
Via Dieline.

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How can you keep yourself updated with everything new and relevant that gets published on the Web? What is the best to find always fresh, new content for your blog to write about?

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How can you convert the contents of a web page into RSS? How do you generate a RSS feed for a website, search result page or news source that doesn’t have one? Can you do this without spending any money and without having any technical HTML skill?

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Web 2.0 has revolutionized the panorama of the information society: users have become information producers and the new web platforms have become relationship venues where new knowledge and ideas emerge. Also the new tools of social networking, social tagging, wikis and blogs enable new forms of social interaction, participation and cooperation. But…

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Are eBooks being adopted? Is eBook usage increasing? Is the Amazon Kindle a total flop? Is the eBooks long promised revolution a rapidly disappearing fad or is this a new industry that is gradually finding its proper niche? What future awaits eBooks hardware and software producers and what should you expect in the [...]

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The latest MasterNewMedia traffic trends and statistics for the month of September show a slow but steady increase in volume and additional data further defining MasterNewMedia specific audience demographics and technographics (the characteristics and traits of their technical setup: browser, operating system, screen resolution, etc.).

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If you look at the fast changing media and at new emerging technologies you may be endlessly enchanted by the new ideas, capabilities and traits that each one integrates. At the same time, the more you closely follow such change without taking critical and analytical distance from it the more you risk of never being [...]

Looking for some cool online marketing tools? Thanks again to my ongoing collaboration with Italian future-looking magazine 7thFloor for which I have been producing a small multi-part content section called “Yellow Pages for explorers and innovators”, I am bringing to you the extended and upgraded version of a small collection of useful online marketing tools [...]

The vast majority of web sites today are not monetizing their advertising to their fullest potential.

Here is a company, a rare one I must say, that not only has spent serious time trying to understand and match my needs with their specific services, but has had enough integrity and courage to openly recognize its strengths [...]

Scheisse is a large pendant lamp. The lamp pays its respect to the traditional incandescent light bulb,which with its warm light and good color reflec..
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New Modern Glass Shade Ceiling Lighting Pendant Lamp

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A while back I wrote “Where to Go to Find Design Inspiration “, where I listed some of my favorite places to peruse when I’m looking for design inspiration. At the end, I posed the following question to the readers: “Where do you go for design inspiration?”, and asked that you contribute suggestions. This [...]

Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them.

Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS4/CS3/CS2 Video Training Tutorial
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Editor’s note: We’re pleased to welcome Max Gladwell, of MaxGladwell.com , as a regular guest writer on sustainablog. Max Gladwell covers the nexus of social media and green living. We feel that these two trends and technological developments hold tremendous promise for improving quality of life for everyone on the planet.
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AdSense for Search is now powered by Google Custom Search. Yesterday, Google officially announced the availability of AdSense for Search for use in combination with the powerful Google Custom Search service, something not possible until now and potentially very welcome to both small and large professional web publishers looking for further ways to optimize their [...]

Persuading people to buy, to sign-up for your newsletter, or to download your supercool new PDF, it is much harder than internet marketers would have you believe, and to obtain tangible successes it is generally not enough to have a great product and to be able to sell it online.

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What is Feedburner ? I know many of you are already very familiar with Feeburner and its array of useful features, but however hard to believe, I am getting a ton of emails from individuals just starting their online publishing career and asking me to spend a few words to better explain what Feedburner is [...]

Gel fireplace made of stainless steel
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Vintage Kerosene Lamp Metal Steel Mantle Lamp Chicago

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This fully adjustable stainless steel belt by Sebastian Bergne. Clever details and unusual use of materials makes it truly unique.
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Hand crafted sterling silver belt.

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Your corporate identity is very important when starting out. Here are dozens of stunning logos to inspire you and your graphic designer when creating your business’ face to the world.

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Have a voice conference while co-browsing any web site and whiteboarding with your team. Better yet: connect to all major instant messaging networks from one new service, share Flickr pictures in real-time while you are chatting, and send any type of file or document without using email. All in this week collaboration tools focused Sharewood [...]

Publish your recorded video lecture next to your PowerPoint original slides while keeping everything in sync, compare and convert images, download videos, and browse your image library like you have never done before. All in this week Sharewood Picnic and more.

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Here my selected visual communication tools for this week:

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There is a lot of information out there. And it’s growing. Faster. It is difficult to get a clear grasp of the amount of information currently in existence and we are all at a primitive stage when it comes to handle, process, digest, evaluate and understand this growing ocean of information coming at us.
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AdSense revenues can ignite spikes of exhilarating joy as well as phenomenal dips of depression, depending on whether AdSense-based revenues are moving rapidly up or have suddenly dropped without any apparent logic to it.
The reasons for such advertising revenue fluctuations can vary a great deal, and learning which variables and factors can affect them [...]

Extending Internet reach and accessibility while making it more resilient, and immune to possible controls and manipulations has been one of the major concerns addressed, and although some significant steps forward, at least in terms of awareness, have been made in this direction, bridging the digital divide and safeguarding Internet net neutrality has remained for [...]

Welcome to 2008, the year of the friend. This year it’s not about what you like or are interested in, it’s what you will show interest in because your friends thought you should. Toluu has launched to help us with this task. It’s simple to use: pop in your feed list (also known as OPML), [...]

Alright so this one is a bit complicated but let’s give it a try. KIT Capital, which has invested in former NY-based ROO Group, has provided an unspecified strategic investment in NY-based Viewdle. Viewdle has created a video search engine based on their proprietary facial recognition software. Side note, why aren’t they indexing photos in addition [...]

Pufferfish’s flagship inflatable display system, the
PufferSphere®, offers a compelling 360° spherical
viewing window for the high-impact display of digital
content in a wide range of environments. Visible at
distance, this unique platform opens the way to new
possibilities in the presentation of content.
The arresting 2 or 2.5 diameter spherical screen is
inflated via a [...]

Part sculptural works, part high-design objects, these
warm and functional forms are composed of seamlessly
interconnecting stools, chairs and benches that blend
historical and contemporary aesthetics with an
unusually light-hearted touch.
Designer: Yvonne Fehling, Jennie Peiz
Made in Germany
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A lightweight wooden chair using duct tape for the seat
and backrest. Easy to renovate, just by using a piece
of new tape.
Designer: Stephan Siepermann
Material: wood, ducttape
Made in the Netherlands
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RADIO DESIGNSPOTTER SPECIAL-JUST FOR YOU!
Easter holiday without soulsender.de? No way jose!
Again the guys from soulsender.de are doing a
fantastic job and spinning the wheels of stylez
just for you designspotter friends. Take some time
to listen to our designspotter radio easter special.
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Design company Indera joined forces with Xavier Lust,
rising star of the Belgian design. Their cooperation is
epitomized in ‘FLOW’, a beautiful timeless sofa.
In this sofa, Xavier Lust unites innovation, movement
and emotion. He combines cool high tech/futuristic
aluminium with a sensual, seamless play of shapes and
warm fabrics.
The result is ‘FLOW’, [...]

Soul Ash Solace
There’s only one certainty in life: we will all die
someday. In our society there’s a trend towards cremation.
Cremation however demands for specific solutions.
Therefore we’ve created a cremation coffin with integrated
urn in order to appeal to the specific functional needs
and emotional circumstances of a cremation funeral.
Most coffins on the [...]

an acoustic, half high, freestanding wall that won
already the ‘Brussels Design Award for Best Belgian
Product’.
Designer: Sas Adriaenssens
Made in Belgium
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Moonwalk lamp
This cosmonaut lamp is a “Playful” wink in the universe
of the creator. The lamp is in aluminum cuted and lacquered.
(Several colours are available).
Designer: Thomas De Lussac
Made in France
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