http://www.tcf.ua.edu/jbutler Projects, vita, commentary, resources... Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:39:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've just joined the editorial board of MediaCommons, an online network for media scholars.  As it states on its "about" page: MediaCommons, a project-in-development with support from the Institute for the Future of the Book (part of the Annenberg Center for Communication at USC) and the MacArthur Foundation, will be a ... http://www.tcf.ua.edu/jbutler/blog/2007/02/22/work-in-the-mediacommons/ The pronunciation guide I've been working on has been christened ScreenLex, with its own domain name: www.screenlex.org We're also officially listed on the iTunes store now. To find us, just seach iTunes for "ScreenLex." I've also decided to use FeedBurner in order to captures some statistics about ScreenLex's use. Plus, it has ... http://www.tcf.ua.edu/jbutler/blog/2007/02/18/pronunciation-guide-gets-a-name-screenlex/ I just released The Pronunciation Guide for Film and TV Studies for beta testing: [Updated 18 February 2007: http://www.screenlex.org] The Guide contains terms used in film/TV studies and production, as well as people's names. These items may be accessed in three ways: As a downloadable MP3 file. As playable online audio. As a podcast ... http://www.tcf.ua.edu/jbutler/blog/2007/02/06/pronunciation-guide-now-in-beta/ My old homepage was beginning to look so 1990s--as you can readily tell from its splash screen (above). I used an rollover image and sliced up a clip-art computer. Pretty state of the art for its time (1998?). And it was pretty cute that, when rolled over, the image of ... http://www.tcf.ua.edu/jbutler/blog/2007/01/16/soooooo-1990s/