Art love on the Internet for December 10th:

• Quick Highlighter: A simple to use code syntax highlighter - Doesn’t get any easier than this to create a webpage from your source code.

photo by GaetanLee on Flickr.

You are invited to City Club Missoula’s December Forum: Art in Missoula: Left Brain - Right Brain.

The following is reprinted from the Missoula Cultural Council newsletter.

City Club Missoula’s December Forum is entitled Art in Missoula: Left Brain - Right Brain. This forum promises to educate and intrigue you with a discussion of the left brain (economic values) and the right brain (intrinsic values) of art in our community, on Friday, December 21, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel.

Tom Bensen, director of the Missoula Cultural Council, will report the findings of a national study, Arts & Economic Prosperity III on the financial impact of art and culture in Missoula. Barbara Koostra, director of the Montana Museum of Arts & Culture at the University of Montana, will explore the intrinsic values of art through a view of the institution’s permanent collection, a treasure of more than 10,000 artworks and artifacts, from Rudy Autio to Rembrandt. City Club Missoula forums are open to everyone. You do not need to be a member to attend; however, reservations are required.

Reservations for the December City Club Forum can be made by email to ccm@cityclubmissoula.org or by calling 546-6643 before Wednesday, December 19. Please indicate if you want lunch: $11 for members and students, $16 for nonmembers, or the no-lunch option of forum only for $5. Cancellations must be made by the reservation deadline. For more information about City Club Missoula, visit www.cityclubmissoula.org.

Over the course of the past few weeks, regular visitors to my site have noticed that I’ve been auto-posting using a title Marc Moss’ yummy del.icio.us bookmarks for [ date ]. I wanted to take some time to explain that, and also to provide you with a structure of how I’ve been organizing these bookmarks, which are all art related.

Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site that allows users to keep an online repository for their bookmarks. Users can discover other sites that may be of interest to him based upon trends of bookmarks he saves in relationship to the bookmarks others are saving. Bookmarks are described by user defined “tags”.

Del.icio.us describes tags this way: “A tag is simply a word you use to describe a bookmark. Unlike folders, you make up tags when you need them and you can use as many as you like. The result is a better way to organize your bookmarks and a great way to discover interesting things on the Web.”

The top ten tags I’ve been using are listed below, along with a short description of their function.

1. art - General tag

2. artist - Deals primarily with one artist and his technique. often comes with the “eyecandy” tag, but can also be considered to by default have the “inspiration” tag. See also “illustrator” tag.

3. artists - Deals with multiple artists and their technique or projects.

4. eyecandy - Beautiful images. May also have the “inspiration” tag.

5. photography - Items dealing with photography across a broad spectrum - tutorials, advice, types of photography.

6. photoshop - Items dealing with Photoshop and photo editing.

7. toolbox - Resources for the artist. Usually online tools to help one make art, but also a repository for online catalogues and resources.

8. tutorial - One tutorial is featured.

9. tutorials - Multiple tutorials are featured.

10. WebDesign - many artists are realizing the importance of having an online presence beyond Myspace, but cannot afford to hire a web designer and are learning how to make their own webpages out of necessity. Here are tips and tricks to keep in mind as you hone your programming chops.

Check out my del.icio.us bookmarks and use them as your own.