After four years of collaboration and hard work, MEGA (Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities) will launch next month. It was designed to inventory archaeological sites so conservators and archaeologists can monitor and preserve them more easily. It was developed at the Getty Conservation Institute, with funding aid from the World Monuments Fund and in partnership…
The photo of President Obama on the cover of the June 19 Economist was altered in Photoshop to make him appear more “alone”, alleges the New York Times. The Economist photo editor argues the others in the photo were removed to keep the focus on Obama, and to not confuse the viewer. What do you…
If you need to send large documents or images quickly, you might try YouSendIt.com, a service that allows you to expedite large files online. Registration is required, but the “Lite” account is free and gives you an individual file size of up to 100M, a 1 GB monthly download limit, and 7 days for the…
We recently learned of two terrific FREE tools to help scholars at every level organize the research materials spread all over their computers into a 24/7 library. Both allow you to create a “cloud” of personalized resources that you can log in to from anywhere: Zotero plugs into Firefox and lets you ” collect, manage…
Neal Gabler has a very interesting essay in the LA Times today about communal culture in art – from collage and Andy Warhol’s Brillo Boxes to music and film sampling, and the fine line between collaboration/sharing and appropriation. He fears the loss and intangibility of authorship, while recognizing the seemingly limitless freedom allowed through new…
If you work between Macs and PCs when creating or viewing PowerPoint presentations, here is a useful link that explains the difference between PowerPoint versions and what you need to keep in mind when you move from one platform to another. This page contains other useful links that help you troubleshoot PowerPoint problems.