Timestream®
Places of Interest for Multimedia Development
(A Somewhat-ordered collection from 1996. Some or many of these links may no longer function!)
These gateways lead to a discussion of fonts and where to find them. With Esperfonto, Will Harris provides an interesting tool for making font decisions: Casual or Formal -> Body or Display -> Friendly or Serious: Cool or Warm: Modern or Traditional.
Warning: It is very easy to spend hours and hours downloading neat and interesting fonts; they are like the Midnight Snack Table on a Mediterranean cruise liner - ice carvings and delectable goodies laid out as far as the eye can see.
This white paper about Licensing Still Images and an intellectual property law primer for multimedia developers by Dianne Brinson and Mark Radcliffe provide useful insights into complex legal issues.
Schools and Skills
Bell Atlantic's WORLD SCHOOL Project is connecting more than 700 West Virginia schools to the Internet; Smart Valley, Inc. is a non-profit Silicon Valley consortioum providing advice and technical support to schools on the Internet. Vancouver Film School (604) 685-6331 was the first school in North America to
offer a full-time Multimedia Production program.
From homework helpers to literature guides to school registries to home pages and information servers, education is finding a place on the World Wide Web.
