Here are some of the many Northern California resources and organizations --a small glance at why a digital media arts portal from Michigan State University to Northern California can enrich the MSU program. At the end of the list, you'll find online area resources for local restaurants, things to do, movies, earthquakes, etc.
If you're a company or organization who wants to get involved in the portal, please contact Carrie Heeter, 415-681-6473, heeter@msu.edu
MSU DMAT GUEST SPEAKERS
Bruce Damer, Avatars
http://www.digitalspace.com/avatars/index.htmlTodd Shafer, Cosmo Worlds
http://www.cosmosoftware.com/Tamiko Theil, New Media Artist
http://mission.base.com/tamikoSheri Kramer, MacroMedia
http://www.macromedia.com/
MSU DMAT STUDENT INTERNSHIPS/JOBS/PROJECTS
Aaron Marcus and Associates
http://www.amanda.com/Broderbund Software
http://www.broderbund.com/Circumstance Design
http://www.circumstance.com/Ty Ahmad-Taylor, @Home Network
http://wwwdb.home.net/RKD Inc.
http://www.rkdinc.com/
COMM TECH LAB PROJECT COLLABORATIONS
Michael Millman, Death Penalty Information Center
http://www.essential.org/orgs/dpic/Bruce Williamson, The Gorilla Foundation
http://www.gorilla.org/GF/index.htmlDr. Rama Ramakrishna, INVSee (Nanoscience Education Interactive Visualization Engineering) Arizona State University
http://invsee.asu.edu/news/title.htmNancy Capulet, Putting Your Heart Online
http://www.heartsonline.com/
BAY AREA ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
AND RESEARCH LABS
Berkeley Multimedia Research Center (BMRC)
http://www.bmrc.berkeley.edu/Jacob Nielsen
http://www.useit.com/Steven Wilson
SFSU Conceptual Arts Program (CIA)
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~infoarts/SFSU Extension Program: Multimedia Studies
http://www.cel.sfsu.edu/msp/SRI Center for Technology and Learning
http://www.sri.com/policy/teched/welcome.shtmlByron Reeves, Social Responses to Communication Technologies, Stanford University
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/group/commdept/Contact Consortium Virtual Worlds
http://www.sri.com/policy/teched/welcome.shtmlFreedom Forum
http://www.freedomforum.org/the VRML Consortium
http://www.vrml.org/
BAY AREA DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS INTEREST GROUPS
BayCHI (Computer Human Interface) special interest group
http://www.baychi.org/Interactive Media Trade Association
http://www.mdg.org/San Francisco ACM SIGGRAPH
http://www.siggraph.org/chapters/sf/Software Forum
http://www.softwreforum.org/Spectrum Interactive Media & Online Developer News
http://www.3dlinks.com/spectrum/VRML SIG
http://www.softwareforum.org/sigs/vrml/index.htmlWebgrrls of San Francisco
hrrp://www.webgrrls.com/sf/aSiteIndex.htm
SOME OTHER BAY AREA DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS COMPANIES
Apple Computer
http://www.apple.com/Blaxxum Interactive (VRML)
http://www.blaxxun.com/Diba (Information Appliances)
http://www.diba.com/DEC
http://www.research.digital.com/Healtheon
http://www.healtheon.com/HP
http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com:80/Hotwired
http://www.hotwired.com/IBM
http://www.sunlabs.com/index.htmlIntel
http://www.ccon.org/theU/index.htmlInterval Research
http://www.interval.com/Microsoft Bay Area Research Center
http://www.research.microsoft.com/barc/Netscape
http://www.netscape.com/Pacific Bell
http://www.pacbell.com/SEGASOFT
http://www.segasoft.com/main.htmlPurple Moon
http://www.purplemoon.com/Red Sky
http://www.purplemoon.com/SHOUT Interactive
http://www.modvr.com/Silicon Graphics
http://www.sgi.com/Sun Computer
http://www.sunlabs.com/index.htmlThe Vivid Group
http://www.vividgroup.comThe VRML Knight
http://www.vrmlknight.com/Xerox Parc
http://www.diba.com/Ziff Davis
http://www.zdnet.com/
PLACES TO EAT & THINGS TO DO IN SAN FRANCISCO
Microsoft Sidewalk
http://sanfrancisco.sidewalk.com/CitySearch
http://www.citysearch7.com/Digital Lantern
http://www.digitallantern.com/san_francisco/The Ultimate Resource for San Francisco
http://www.transaction.net/sanfran/ult/index.htmlThe List Foundation (apartments, jobs, tech events)
http://www.listfoundation.org/San Francisco Chronicle on the Web
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/San Francisco Bay Guardian
http://sfbg.com/Restaurants in the Berkeley Area
http://sseos.lbl.gov/Restaurants/Restaurants.htmlMovieLink
http://web7.movielink.com/The Roxie Cinema
gttp://www.roxie.com/San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
http://www/sfmoma.org/Recent US Earthquake Map
http://nutria.esri.com/cgi-bin/eq?s=2&cd=fBay Area Transit Information
http://www.transitinfo.org/Bay Area Bicycle Information
http://www.transitinfo.org/BikesSan Francisco Public Library
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/California Highway Conditions
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/HourlyMaps of California
http://gocalif.ca.gov/maps/pdf/cenvally.pdf