Photo: "media stacking" by Will Lion
A few worthwhile finds from my recent Web travels are:
1. Are you a "media stacker"? Read this TimesOnline article "Hello? I'm on the internet - and watching the television" to find out.
2. "The Buzzwords of 2008" is full of overused, wordy gems. On this New York Times' list, you'll find digital cliff, staycation, and Phelpsian, among many others. The article is co-written by Grant Barrett, "a lexicographer specializing in slang and new words, ... co-host of the public radio program 'A Way With Words' and head of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society." Accompanying illustrations by Jessica Hische are witty and original.
3. "This is where we live" is a stop-motion animation of a city made entirely of books. Over 1,000 copies of various books from U.K. publisher 4th Estate were used to make it. From ViaComIT.
4. Make more room to read! Change This and 800CEORead are working together on an innovative benefit for Room to Read. The details:
For $30.00, we are putting together a Mystery Box of three business books. In this box you are guaranteed one title that either won, or made the shortlist for, the best book of 2008 in its category, along with 2 other titles from last year that were submitted for the awards. As a bonus, we will include a copy of this year's In The Books, our annual review of business books. 100% of the purchase will go directly to Room to Read, and we'll cover the shipping on all orders.
Room to Read promotes increased literacy in the developing world by establishing libraries, computer labs and even schools in communities with few educational resources. It is a powerful organization which makes real and lasting positive impact. If you're not familiar with the group, I suggest clicking through and looking at what they do; it is inspiring.
Seriously, doesn't EVERYBODY do the media stacking thing? I didn't know that it had a name, but I've been doing other things while watching television for years, and while I don't ALWAYS have the tv on while I'm on the internet, I usually do for at least an hour or so ...
Posted by: --Deb | January 25, 2009 at 06:17 PM
Hello --Deb - Yes, that thing we all do actually has a name. ;)
Media stacking is a way of life for many I know, too.
Posted by: KG | January 25, 2009 at 11:34 PM