Windows Media Encoder

Batch processing for simple, efficient coding.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/default.aspx

i/o/d by backspace

Software is mind control - get some.
http://bak.spc.org/iod
http://bak.spc.org/index.cgi

ora-ito

A site chemically restructured and animated by Panther House.
http://www.ora-ito.com/

useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website

"Usable" information technology - includes 'Voodoo Usability'
http://www.useit.com/

Aliasing:The Blind Spot of the Computer Industry

Perhaps it's time to make aliased graphics a violation of OSH minimum standards for display quality.
http://djs.www.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/WIRED2-01.html

Coldcut

Macintosh interface, content supreme.
http://www.ninjatune.net/coldcut

The Ark

Recycling used computers from industry for schools and the community.
http://www.the-ark.co.nz/

Che Tamahori

Virtuoso web designer, working for Shift (formerly SFX).
http://www.sfx.co.nz/tamahori

Design in Motion

The Daily Motion Design Resource for time-based media professionals.
http://www.designinmotion.com/

Extrasolar Visions

A (non-fiction) guide to planets discovered outside our solar system.
http://www.extrasolar.net/

Gabocorp

Flash site (very inspiring, worth a look).
http://www.gabocorp.com/

Hactivism

The fusion of hacking and activism.
http://www.thehacktivist.com/

How can you buy or sell the sky?

Chief Seattle's letter to the US Government, 1854
http://www.chiefseattle.com/history/chiefseattle/speech/speech.htm

Imaginary Forces

Film and television typographers, led by ex-head honcho Kyle Cooper (now with Prologue Films).
http://www.imaginaryforces.com/

Nothing™

Fiona Jack's December 1997 exhibition - 27 billboards, run with the support of the Outdoor Advertising Association of New Zealand.

On Xerox, Apple, and Progress

"...user interface design must be driven by deep architectural issues and not just new graphical appearances: interfaces are structure, not image."
Bruce Horn (co-creator of the Macintosh)
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=On_Xerox,_Apple_and_Progress.txt

The PageMaker Scripting Center

Optimizing your PageMaker - faster, smoother, cleaner.
http://www.svprint.com/pmscripting.html

The Unabomber Manifesto (Industrial Society and its Future)

Ted Kaczynski's treatise on technology and its effects.
http://www.thecourier.com/manifest.htm

The Hacker's Manifesto

The Mentor writes, and having written, moves on. Read and be afraid... very afraid.
http://www.mithral.com/%7Ebeberg/manifesto.html

Interactive Architecture

Graffiti Research Lab

Interactive Architecture is an illustration of the concept that digital projections can interact with the surfaces upon which they are projected. G.R.L. is proud to introduce Agent Watson; specializing in British ninja tactics and particle systems.

http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=32#video

Peter Greenaway

Peter Greenaway wants to create a re-presentation of the painting of the Nightwatch called Nightwatching as an act of theatre, treating the event of the painting as a theatrical activity of players, costumes, props, light, sound and dialogue set in a highly technical, innovating and creative installation; a combination of art and technology designed for an attentive audience that will be intrigued by a world of light and moving images and the single frozen moment.

http://www.petergreenawayevents.com/index.php?page=Nightwatching

VJ set (couldn't resist!): http://www.notv.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&Itemid=26