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General Resources |
| A Digital
Dreamer |
| Resource for graphic design, web design, photography and
animation. |
| BUBL
Link Multimedia |
| List of relevant sites |
| Google
- Multimedia |
| Gateway to multimedia resources. |
| Hotscripts |
| An Internet directory of Web programming-related resources aimed
at webmasters and programmers. Includes development tools- scripts,
books, and other resources. |
| Macromedia |
| Provides a range of products for multimedia authoring and web
development and contains documentation and support for all software. |
| MIT Media Lab |
| For information on research conducted by this US Lab. |
| Multimedia
glossary |
| A glossary of terms related to multimedia, new media, and
digital multimedia; provided by the Dept. of Media Services, UC
Santa Cruz. |
| Planet
Cartoonist |
| A portal of cartooning and comic arts. |
| Scala - Multimedia
Directory |
| Multimedia directory on the Internet. |
| Webopedia |
| Online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet
technology definitions. |
| Whatis?com |
| This site includes IT encyclopedia, news and information on latest
IT topics. |
| Wikipedia |
| Free online encyclopedia. |
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Associations
& Societies |
| Australian Centre for the
Moving Image |
| Includes online catalogue and information about upcoming events
and programs. |
| Australian
Interactive Media Association |
| Founded in 1992, AIMIA is a national industry body representing
the Interactive Media and Digital Content sectors in
Australia. |
| The Australian Network for Art
and Technology |
| A network and advocacy body for Artists working with science and
technology. |
| Experimenta |
| A Melbourne-based organisation that presents exhibitions and
events in new media arts, film, video, sound and performance.
The Website presents some Artists work. |
| Multimedia Art Asia
Pacific |
| A not for profit organisation that provides a space for Artists,
Multimedia Developers, Screen Practitioners, and Sound Artists to
exhibit and profile work. |
| Rhizome.org |
| An online platform for the global new media art community.
Includes mailing lists, online newsletters and online archive of new
media art. |
| UK Web Design Association |
| A not for profit organisation - established in 2001 to encourage
and promote industry standards within the British web design and new
media sector. |
| World Wide Web Consortium |
| Creates Web standards and includes information on HTML, net
graphics, and other information for Web designers. |
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|
Online Magazines & Journals |
| Animation
Artist |
| Includes animation news, articles, tutorials etc. |
| Animation
Journal |
| A peer-reviewed scholarly journal devoted to animation history and
theory. |
| Animation World Magazine |
| Includes news, articles, Artists work, reviews etc. |
| BeeHive |
| Hypertext/hypermedia literary journal with online work on
display. |
| First Monday |
| Online peer-reviewed journal covering society and digital media.
Created by the University of Illinois. |
| IEEE
Multimedia |
| Includes articles, product reviews, new product descriptions,
book reviews etc. |
| IMEJ |
| A prototype for an interactive multimedia electronic journal
edited and produced at Wake Forest University. |
| International
Journal of Design Computing |
| A refereed journal publishing interactive, multimedia journal
articles within the general topic of design computing. |
| Kairos |
| A journal for Teachers of writing in
webbed environments. |
| MESH |
| Experimenta's journal for new media arts. |
| Switch |
New media art journal of the CADRE Laboratory for
New
Media. |
| Text |
| The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing
Programs |
| UbuWeb |
Journal focusing on sound and
other artists. |
| Visual Magic
Magazine |
| Animation magazine with articles, news and reviews. |
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Copyright and Digital Rights -
Australian links |
| Arts Law Centre of
Australia |
National community legal
centre for the arts. Site
includes information on protecting your work and copyright and
Information sheets to download. |
| Australian Copyright
Council |
| Provides information, advice and training about copyright in
Australia. Includes many information sheets on topics such as
artworks, computer software, games, music, websites etc. |
| Australian Digital
Alliance |
| Provides a monthly summary of recent legislation, cases,
reports, etc involving intellectual property and
copyright. |
| Copyright Agency
Limited |
| An Australian copyright management company representing Authors,
Journalists, Visual Artists, Surveyors, Photographers and newspaper,
magazine and book Publishers as their non-exclusive agent to license
the copying of their works to the general community. |
| A guide to digital rights
management |
| Written by the Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry
Association to provide a source of ideas, information and resources
to assist creators, producers and traders with the management of
their content in the digital environment. |
| Intellectual
Property |
| The intellectual property section of the Commonwealth Department
of Communication, Information Technology and the Arts provides
Intellectual Property information relating to Australia including
fact sheets, legislation, media releases and publications. |
| IP Australia |
| The federal government agency that grants rights in patents,
trade marks and designs. |
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|
Copyright and Digital Rights -
International links |
| ODRL |
Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) Initiative is aimed at
developing and promoting an open standard for the Digital
Rights
Management expression language. |
| XrML |
EXtensible Rights Markup Language - an XML-based
standard
that allows users to securely specify and manage
rights to
digital content. |
| World
Intellectual Property Organization |
| An international organization dedicated to promoting the use and
protection of works of the human spirit. |
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| Knowledge Management |
| Institute for
Information Management |
| An organisation that provides members with information, events,
publications, special interest groups and resources |
| KMNetwork |
| Resource for business technology management and knowledge
management. |
| KMworld |
| Covers the latest in content, document and knowledge
management. |
| Knowledge
Management |
| Delphi Group knowledge management site. Includes glossary
and news. |
| Ontology
Development 101 |
| Article by Natalya F. Noy and Deborah L. McGuinness from
Stanford University. |
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| Image Databases |
| AHDS Visual Arts |
| Provides an online searchable collection of digital
materials |
| Animation
Library |
| Features over 13 745 free animations. |
| Australian
Prints |
| A website from the National Gallery of Australia giving access
to their print collection. |
| BUBL LINK
to Image Collections |
| A directory of world-wide online image collections. |
| Google
- Image Search |
| Searches the Web for images. |
| Image
Collections and Online Art |
| Part of the University of Michigan's art history site. |
| Luxonline |
| A free comprehensive on-line resource for people wishing to
learn about and explore British artists' film and video. Includes
images, text, video clips and excerpts of film. |
| Museum of Computer
Art |
| A non-profit online computer art museum |
| Museum of Web Art |
| Dedicated to presenting the art of the Web. It contains exhibits
of backgrounds, buttons, wallpaper etc. |
| Picture
Australia |
| An Internet based service that allows you to search many
significant online pictorial collections at the same time. |
| State
Library of Victoria's Pictures Collection |
| The Library's Pictures Collection documents the history of
Victoria and its people from the early years of the colony to the
present day. |
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| Web Page Design |
| 404
Research Lab |
| How to create your own 404 error message page. |
| About Web Design |
| Extensive resources for those designing web pages. |
| A List Apart |
| Articles and more about making web sites. |
| Australian In
front |
| A collaborative project space and launch pad for Australia's
online designers, artists, companies and other design related web
sites. |
| CodeAve.com |
| Includes assistance and articles on ASP, JavaScript, CSS and
HTML code. |
| Dev Shed |
| Includes articles on web development topics. |
| Dynamic
HTML - Drop-down Menus |
| Example of drop-down menus. |
| Page Resource.com |
| A web development tutorial and information site. |
| Tinderbox |
| Personal content management software. |
| Web Developers Virtual
Library |
| A library of tutorials, examples, and links to resources for
webmasters and internet developers on HTML, CGI, Java, graphics,
VRML, multimedia and animation. |
| Webmonkey |
| Web Developers Resources. |
| Web Page Design for
Designers |
| This site is aimed at designing for the Web and includes
articles, tools, links and general information. |
| Web Style Guide |
| Style Guide for the design of Web pages and Web sites. |
| Wiki |
| Server software that allows users to create and edit Web page
content using any Web browser. |
| XSL
Tutorial |
| An online tutorial. |
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|
Web Accessibility and Usability |
| Aware Center |
| A central resource for web authors for learning about web
accessibility maintained by the HTML Writers Guild. |
| CAST |
| Not-for-profit organization using technology to expand learning
opportunities for all people, especially those with a disability. |
| Convincing
clients to pay for usability |
| Article by Jakob Neilson. |
| Pandia
Search Engine Marketing 101 |
| Search engine marketing tutorial. |
| Privacy.net |
| Includes privacy test and latest web privacy issues. |
| Search Engine
Forums |
| Discussion forums dedicated to the topics of search engine
optimisation and industry issues. |
| Secure
Interaction Design |
| A paper on how to think about secure interaction design
including some design suggestions. |
| Top
Site Listings |
| Information about search engine optimisation and marketing
services. |
| Universal
Usability in Practice |
| Principles and strategies for practitioners designing
universally usable sites. Hosted by the University of
Maryland. |
| Usable Web |
Links to usability-related
resources. |
| useit.com |
| Created by Jakob Neilson provides a broad selection of articles
and fact sheets. |
| WAI Resources on
Introducing Web Accessibility |
| The World Wide Web Consortium's beginner guide to making your
site accessible to all. |
| WebSite
Medics - Tutorial |
| Optimizing frames tutorial - Fixing frames for search engine
ranking. |
| Webxact |
| Free online service that lets you test single pages of web
content for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues. |
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| Game Design |
| The
Art of Computer Game Design |
| Published on the web and originally composed by computer game
designer Chris Crawford in 1982. |
| Ferrageo |
| Games news, reviews etc. |
| Gamasutra |
| Covers the latest industry news, technical and product
information, career opportunities and community events. |
| The
Ludologist |
| A blog on game research and more. |
| Machinima |
| This portal for Machinima on the web. Includes a files archive,
news, articles, hosting, and introductions to Machinima. |
|
Mobile
Phone Based Games |
| A repository
for all those mobile phone games using GPS or cell towers
signals. |
| Neave Games |
| Free online flash games. |
| Pacmanhattan |
| A large-scale urban game that utilizes the New York City grid to
recreate the 1980's video game sensation Pac-Man. |
| Progress Quest |
| Computer role-playing game. |
| Smart
Mobs |
| A Website and Weblog about topics and issues discussed in the
book Smart Mobs: The Nest Social Revolution by Howard
Rheingold. |
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| Animation |
| Animation and
Interactive Media |
| Hosted by the Centre for Animation & Interactive Media at
RMIT. Includes information about courses, research, news and a
gallery. |
| Animation
Factory |
| Galleries of animated characters and creatures, objects, things,
holidays and themes for download. |
| Animation
Lab: simulating human motion |
| Simulating human motion of dynamic behaviours such as running,
bicycling, diving and vaulting. |
| Animation World Network |
| Includes searchable database archives, monthly magazine, web
animation. |
| Cartoombria |
| English version of official Cartoombria website. |
| Human Anatomy
Online |
| Explores human anatomy topics with animation and graphics. |
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|
Content and Writing for Multimedia |
| 253 |
| Described as a novel for the Internet about London Underground
in seven cars and a crash. |
| Communication
Best Practice Toolkit |
| Developed by the Victorian Government to assist with best
practice in communications. Includes examples, advice and
templates. For example Writing
Materials. |
| Fibreculture |
| A forum for the exchange of articles, ideas and arguments on
Australian IT policy in a broad, cultural context. |
| The Flight of the
Ducks |
| Project of Melbournian Simon Pockley. Covers his anthropologist
father's journeys into central Australia and Aboriginal
culture. |
| Halflives |
| This piece by Melbourne academic Lisa Gye is part family
history, part web theory and part personal reflection |
| Lev Manovich |
| Homepage for the author of The language of New Media and
includes links to articles. |
| LOSING
CONTROL: Writers, Readers and Hypertext |
| Adapted from a paper given at the Midwest Modern Language
Association Conference in October 2000. |
| Story
Shapes for Digital Media |
| Article by Katherine Phelps. |
| Trace Online Writing
Centre |
| New media writing, online courses, articles, web design, news,
discussions and research. |
| Writing
for Multimedia - A guide |
| Authored by Michael Butzgy, this site outlines the basics of
writing for multimedia. |
| Writing for
the Web |
| Includes articles and links to assist in writing for the
Internet. |
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| HTML |
| A
Beginner's Guide to HTML |
| An introduction to HTML by the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). |
| Authoring
HTML Basics |
| A "how to" library set up by Carnegie Mellon University. |
| Getting
Started with HTML |
| A short introduction to HTML by Dave Raggett. |
| HTML
Basic code |
| About.com provides Links to HTML guide sites. |
|
HTML Guides |
| Yahoo's guide to links for Beginner's HTML. |
| HTML
Quick Reference |
| Created by the University of Kansas Information Technology
Division. |
| HTML
Tutorial |
| Free online tutorials. |
| More
advanced features |
| Dave Raggett introduces more advanced feature of HTML. |
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| Flash |
| ActionScript[org] |
| An online community for Macromedia Flash developers at all skill
levels. We offer tutorials, open source, scripting assistance, news
and forums. |
| Becoming
a Flash 5 Master |
| Online Flash 5 tutorial by Michael Kay. |
| Flashguru |
| Flash news and tutorials. |
| Flash Kit |
Resource centre for flash creations, containing thousands of
open source movies, online
tutorials, help forums, sound
effects and loops, and fonts. |
| Fonts for Flash |
| Pixel fonts and Super Pixel Fonts for Flash developers. |
| Freeflashsource.com |
| Free flash templates, source files and more. |
| Moock.org |
| Information about flash and other web technology. Also includes
games, paintings, animations and a multi-user development kit called
Unity. |
|
Optimizing Flash |
| Online Flash tutorial by Marlow Markus. |
| Webmonkey
- Shockwave/Flash |
| Provides links to Shockwave and Flash tools. |
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