'engage with art'

[Simon Willison's Blogmarks]

'Arts and Ideas'

'free and open Web'

Advance the Web. Empower People.

We envision a Web that empowers all people, including billions excluded today, by providing new opportunities for creativity, collaboration, teaching, learning, enterprise and a better life. To reach this goal, the Web Foundation will put the power of the Web into the hands of people around the world through effective, high-impact programs.

'think culture'

street art blog

detailed historical documents

'all so similar'

explore the vaults

'fascinating correspondence'

light sabre enthusiasts

submitted moonwalk videos

'excesses of capitalism'

'A History in Postcards'

Tokyo's film cameras

We are at the point where people who shoot film do simply because they choose to, and the Photo Culture of Tokyo is full of film camera users. When I meet them out on the streets I'll ask to photograph their camera, and post it here.

'Salon owners... expressed relief'

'thinking outside the box'

a 'school with no curriculum'

'examines the diversity'

public domain audiobooks

'by and for the street community'

a new day

more 'hyperlocal'

'a hyperlocal blog'

international photojournalism

'Isotype' symbols

'a collection of things'

'hip-hop video blog'

Indie = Low self-esteem?

extensive Dylan resource

'Look at you!'

opening access to archives*

*some content excluded (see follow-up)

true number could be higher

More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report.

Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report...

Sick

NYC's Livable Streets movement

middle of the road activism

Japanese matchbox labels

cultural archetypes

'independent WebTV'

public art program

'most acceptable rodent'

life's many predicaments

Swiss butchers have raised the alarm over a shortage of the Brazilian cows' intestines used to wrap the nation's favourite sausage, the Cervelat....

A joint "Task Force Cervelat" composed of scientists, bureaucrats and industry representatives has been formed to tackle the sausage crisis.

the 'Intellectual YouTube'

hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

a look at 'ancient history'

advertising in public space

The steady normalization of invasive advertising dulls the public’s perception of their surroundings, re-enforcing a general attitude of powerlessness toward creativity and change, thus a cycle develops enabling advertisers to slowly and consistently increase the saturation of advertising with little or no public outcry.

'Arts in the Parks'

police remove 'offending loo'

a different era...

'under surveillance'

'modern self-portraits'

...Social networking websites may make relationships more reliable, but whether those relationships can be humanly satisfying remains to be seen.

in search of a national slogan

National mottos have been around almost as long as nation states, yet the UK has been characteristically demure about committing a spirited slogan to paper....

...So, in the interests of representing Britain in all its rich diversity, below, we present not 10, not 100 but 1,000+ of the best mottos for the UK, submitted by our readers.

more 'air guitar'

teaching the wrong values

'collective portrait'

age of the 'the Prozac defense'

Most of the students entering College this fall, members of the Class of 2011, were born in 1989. For them, Alvin Ailey, Andrei Sakharov, Huey Newton, Emperor Hirohito, Ted Bundy, Abbie Hoffman, and Don the Beachcomber have always been dead.

'fascinating'

'master, not mister'

'Design and Social Change'

thin-skinned King

'communication in public spaces'

experiments and demos

'to complexify small things'

'forbidden exposures'

about culture...

'money changing hands'

'perfect place'

unusual street posters

'mixed views'

Ukranian street art

digital collection

'lifelogging'

a favorite...

gallery of unused objects

interactive Java applet

to provoke thought...

blog plus fashion mag

'thriving street art scene'

local music scenes

'Godfather of Soul'

the 'new India'

'new vision of the city'

'compulsive internet use'

UCLA Library

woodblock prints

graffiti in Iran

'from innocence to experience'

in photos...

'vibrantly multi-cultural'

Irish Graffiti

'bands coming to your town'

first issue...

food for thought...

Exploring Underground NY

Internet TV

Domino's Pizza founder...

strengthens social ties...

huge collection

a photoessay...

Detroit area graffiti

independent films

'exploring cultures'

science and culture

London

"art, music, literature and film"