My Blogs 2.0!

Hi y'all! I am excited... check out my new blog dedicated to documentaries!

I've been taking a web editing course at Ryerson U and I have all these exciting new ideas for my blog - like optimizing it for search engines, making it possible for you to subscribe to my RSS feed, creating easy to use video links... so much fun. I'm thinking of even getting back on board with social networking (I got tired of Facebook, but there are other methods); and social boomarking (like Delicious). I want more participation from you!

Joe is also busy in his own internet second life - he's created two private social networking sites, one a photography network he calls ISO459 and the other for our families to share information and updates.

My express goal is to spend more time promoting, critiquing, and celebrating documentary film , so I created a new blog dedicated to that task called I Heart Docs. Stay tuned for more info on this year's Oscar-nominated documentaries.

This blog will remain my main forum for ideas regarding film, street fashion, literature, photography, culture, travel and ideas...!

Ilka's Picks - Fun Stuff to Watch, Read and Listen To

This is the first time I've published a post containing nothing but links. I'm taking a Web Editorial course at Ryerson University right now and my brain is full of websites... creating them, updating them, finding the best bits in the massive slushpile that is the Interweb... My assignments will include repurposing a print magazine article for it's online component; presenting a magazine website that I love (http://www.vanityfair.com/) and later re-vamping a magazine website that could use sexing-up (I don't know which one I'll pick for that assignment though it has to be Canadian.) As I work through the course, and the rest of my Magazine Publishing Program, I will try to update my blog with whom I have been regretfully out of touch of late!

For "Lost" the TV series fans (Yeah! a new season! This is fun while waiting between episodes):
http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/missingpieces/index?pn=index

For those curious about torture (who's not?):
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/video/2008/hitchens_video200808

For lovers of short story (this stuff makes me weak at the knees):
As a story editor, I LOVE seeing the edits!
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2007/12/24/071224on_onlineonly_carver
But I LOVE Chandler's original version even more:
The UN-edited version of Chandler's story:
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/12/24/071224fi_fiction_carver

For global street fashion fans (so fun!!):
http://www.thesartorialist.blogspot.com/http://streetpeeper.com/
For your customized listening pleasure (this radio learns what you like to listen to most):www.last.fm

For understanding the pulse of a nation (those wired, that is):
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2008/#top

For Nina Simone lovers (I got my boobies!):
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQ

For the sheer celebration of humanity (to balance out the torture selection above):
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qBXr15K2uSc

Jung Personality Test

I tried this test a year ago and it surprises me that I end up with the exact same result today! Apparently I am a compassionate writer type with a tendancy towards counseling - go figure...

As my best friends already know, you can come to me with your problems - they will be heard without judgement and I will help you see the bigger picture.

Here's the questionnaire if you are interested in learning more about yourself:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

My detailed results:

http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=3&c=counselor

http://typelogic.com/infj.html

New Year's 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!