10% Bonus Mark

Earn a 10% bonus mark by giving a informative 10 minute introduction to a blog (any blog) that you find interesting. Please book a time slot on any of the dates listed below:

Thursday Nov 2/06

4:40 – 4:50 Akash Murgai

Title: The Cool Hunters

Description: "The Cool Hunters" are messengers of new things that are popping up around the world that are unique. In another word, they are trendspotters - looking at how new digital networks help hipsters around the globe to hunt for the next big thing.

Link: http://www.thecoolhunter.net

Title: We Feel Fine

Description: We Feel Fine is an exploration of human "emotion" on a global scale (tying into the concept of identity and remix from the course content).

Link: http://www.wefeelfine.org/

5:00 – 5:10 Woojin Cho

Title: Photocritic.org

Discription: It is a DIY photographic based blog where the user shares his work as well as techniques that he uses. There is interesting post that relates to photography either by him or from other sites.

Link: http://www.photocritic.org/

Tuesday Nov 7/06

4:40 – 4:50 Tanya Lisle

Title: EmoRangers

Description: A myspace page used to market the EmoRangers movies.

Link: http://www.emorangers.com

5:00 – 5:10 Ava Famili

Title: Onegoodmove

Discription: Political

Link: http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/

5:10 – 5:20

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Thursday Nov 9/06

5:40 – 5:50: Gabrielle Carson

Title: Hanzismatter

Description: A blog dedicated to exposing horribly done chinese tattoos.

Link: http://www.hanzismatter.com

5:50 – 6:00: Peter Yu

Title: Wan's Comic Blog

Description: A blog done by an artist using comics.

Link: http://www.wretch.cc/blog/cwwany&category_id=330367

6:00 – 6:10: Lorne Mcintosh

Title: Baghdad Burning

Description: Girl's blog from Iraq: war, politics and occupation.

Link: http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

6:10 – 6:20: Ricky Cheung

Title: British Gaming Blog

Description: A Gaming Blog that covers all the lastest news on Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft.

Link: http://www.britishgaming.co.uk/

Tuesday Nov 14/06

4:40 – 4:50: Tony Tsai

Title: Korea Life & China Life

Description: American Shawn Matthews (now deceased) writes about his life teaching English in Korea and China.

http://chinalife.typepad.com/ (posts removed, store only)

http://korealife.blogspot.com/ (deleted)

5:00 – 5:10: Katie Holmes

Title: Motionographer

Description: A motion graphics, design animation and filmaking blog.

Link: http://www.motionographer.com/

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Thursday Nov 16/06

5:40 – 5:50

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Tuesday Nov 21/06

4:40 – 4:50

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Thursday Nov 23/06

5:40 – 5:50

5:50 – 6:00: Todd Baylis - www.designsnack.com A blog that showcases web design with a unique user/moderator hierarchy.

6:00 – 6:10: May Tanaka - http://www.nikki.ne.jp a web community which offers tips for job hunt in japan.

6:10 – 6:20

Tuesday Nov 27/06

4:40 – 4:50

5:00 – 5:10

5:10 – 5:20: 5:20 – 5:30: Krishna Patel - BAKING SHEET - http://www.bakingsheet.blogspot.com - This blog is a great tool for people who want to learn how to cook because it is very simple to follow and encourages you to share your thoughts and ideas. The woman running the blog shares her recipes and provides links to other food blogs.

Thursday Nov 30/06

5:40 – 5:50: Enoch Deer http://architectureyp.blogspot.com/

This blog is an excellent resource for those interested in architecture design. Features many well known architects, interesting renderings, and outlines processes from initial concept design to complete construction.

5:50 – 6:00: Ada Fu-http://www.kiplog.com/food/ AND http://mikeyhateseverything.blogspot.com/

(They're both Food Blogs, the first one is a Blog that links to other food blogs.)

6:00 – 6:10: Chen Che Danny Yang- http://www.wretch.cc/blog/giddens/ (novel author)

6:10 – 6:20