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Recent Web Collaborations: IDA & Philly Stands Up

October 13, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech

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As someone who is committed to media justice and open access to technology for all -- and a competent communications designer with a tiny bit of free time -- I have been donating about five hours of media work a week to *non-funded* activist and cultural organizations. I get to…

Print Design! Layout Software that doesn't cost more than your rent

October 11, 2010March 16, 2015 by femmetech

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I love print design, and I've been at it for years; first my making zines in the 90's and next by making newspapers, magazines and promotional media over the last ten years. So it makes sense that people ask me for tips and recommendations regularly. Some examples are this page…

Postcards and the Art of Image Maintenance

June 22, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech

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I've been up late these past few weeks, getting ready for Femme Pride Week, and working on media for the US Social Forum, where I'm teaching a DIY New Media workshop with Sarah Jenny, and Femme2010, the amazing femme conference that I'm Co-Media Chair of this year. Part of my…

Hart Collective is teaching DIY Web at the US Social Forum!

May 27, 2010May 22, 2015 by femmetech

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The inimitable Sarah Jenny and I -- wearing our femmetech hats as the Hart Collective -- are going to the US Social Forum in Detroit this June! Our workshop, DIY New Media: Creating and Maintaining an Activist Presence using Websites, Blogs, Audio/Podcasts and SMS was accepted this week. We'll be…

Images: Print vs. Web, an explanation, instructions + resources

May 18, 2010May 21, 2015 by femmetech

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I love it when my talented friends send me fabulous pictures as proof of our magical lives on the interweb. It makes me feel grounded. BUT - beauty as those pics are, they aren't always great for printing when it comes times to make postcards or send images to people…

Webpages 2: My Friend Made My Site But Now…a Choose Your Own Updating Adventure

April 7, 2010May 22, 2015 by femmetech

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So your friend is super awesome and made your site a few years ago. You now have made more art or have new pics or got some great press etc. and want your site to reflect that...but your friend is Living On The Land and no longer does websites or…

Buying A Video Camera

February 1, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech

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Buying a video camera might seem like a simple task, perhaps because you haven't attempted to do it recently, or maybe you live in a world where video cameras are an oft-discussed item. For the rest of us -- hearty DIY people who would like to purchase a video camera…

Google games: beemp3 makes my songs into… ringtones?

January 26, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech

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[caption id="attachment_33" align="alignright" width="300"] woohoo narcissism![/caption] ONE So every once in a while I'll google my name[s] to see what comes up. And this time around I learned that you can get two songs from Ice 9 and two tracks from Exquisite Witness on the illustriously sketchy beemp3.com. This is…

Recording For Free: Sound on a Mac & PC [how-to]

January 25, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech

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I love recording audio, making music, archiving stories and beautiful moments, and I am not endowed with money -- and have definitely been seriously broke and still wanted to make audio art. What's a techhead to do? Read on for audio recording recommendations for voices and music on mac and…

Webpages I: Getting A Name

January 22, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech

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So you want a webpage, or maybe you want to be like me and have six plus some blogs [see blogroll]. Either way, you have to start with your web name! This covers basics like getting a domain name [your URL], what the heck you do to make it work…

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