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War Blogs give individual writers unmediated access a worldwide audience. See the article on war blogs from Time, which includes links to some of these blogs .

Rob Wittig, e-lit author and researcher, will speak at the Tweed Museum's Lecture Gallery on Tuesday, April 15 at 10 a.m. Visit Wittig's site to see examples of his work. His talk is entitled, "Creation at the Crossroads of Literature, Design and New Media."

Bring on the meetings! Here's my typical Spring 2003 week for scheduling purposes.

In Spring 2003, I'll be teaching

  • "Web Design and Digital Culture" (COMP 5230, formerly titled"Web Pages, Application and Presentation," Wednesday evenings from 6-8:30)
  • "Visual Rhetoric and Culture" (COMP 3220, formerly titled "Practical Graphics," Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 2-3:15
  • "New Media Writing" (COMP 5250, Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8-9:15)

CALL FOR PAPERS: Beyond Usability: Web Design, Digital Theory and the Humanities. For this book collection, I am calling for essays that describe or theorize ways that the humanities disciplines might enlarge, enrich or provide an alternative to the scientistic standard of "usability," which has achieved a critical hegemony in current discussions of Web-site creation. More...

The Oxford Internet Insitute "has been established by the University of Oxford as an independent and multidisciplinary Internet research centre which will focus on the social, economic, legal and ethical impact of the Internet." More...

In Fall 2002, I'll be teaching

> New Titles and Classes. To better reflect their content and focus, several of the classes I teach will have new titles.

  • COMP 5230 "Web Design and Digital Culture" (formerly "Web Design, Application and Presentation)
  • COMP 3220 "Visual Rhetoric and Culture" (formerly "Practical Graphics")

    Also, the Composition department has approved proposals for two new classes for the Information Design program.

  • COMP 5250 New Media Writing (tentatively scheduled for Sp '03)
  • COMP 5290 Advanced Web Design and Digital Culture (5/02)

> Visual Culture and Globalization. "The globalization of the media was supposed to knit the world together" writes George Packer in the New York Times. "...But this technological togetherness has not created the human bonds that were promised. In some ways, global satellite TV and Internet access have actually made the world a less understanding, less tolerant place." More... (5/02)

> New Resources. My Resources page now include new sections on Visual Culture, Academic Programs in Digital Communication and Culture, and People. Contact me if you can suggest additional links to add to these sections. (4/02)

> Introducing the Ideas Site. The Ideas Site will eventually compose a searchable database of critical ideas from English studies, composition, cultural studies, and information design to support my classes at the University of Minnesota Duluth. (4/02) More...