It’s time for a two-week break from blogging to focus on other things. See you all in the new year. And have a great holiday season!
Archives for December 2005
Aggregating the distributed life
As the web offers more and more ways to automatically gather information, entertainment, and insights that are relevant to individual users (news feeds, podcasts, customized Internet radio, etc.), and as it offers more and more ways for individuals to publish elements of their own life on-line (weblogs, photo sharing, personal playlists, etc.), a new breed […]
Talk about a radical restructure!
After a dozen years as a university and regional performing arts center, the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is making a few small adjustments to its staff and programming. According to this article, and an announcement on Monday by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor: The Weidner Center will lay […]
Dancing to another place
Just a quick note today — amid many busy projects on my desk — to point you all toward a wonderful conversation elsewhere on ArtsJournal. The forum of dance critics, choreographers, programmers, journalists, and others, explores the current hotspots for dance around the world, and asks if New York is still one of them. Says […]
Fun with Riders
Pavarotti needs a golf cart, a lack of ‘distinct’ odors, and sofas on six-inch risers. Christina Aguilera needs Flintstones chewable vitamins, soy cheese, and a roll of film. Aretha Franklin needs a hotel room below the sixth floor and a $25,000 cash downpayment on her fee, handed directly to her. David Copperfield needs grilled boneless […]
The private artist and the public good
Here’s an interesting tidbit from Peterborough, New Hampshire, where town officials are challenging the nonprofit tax status of the venerable MacDowell Colony (here’s the AP story via CBS News, and here’s an update from the Keene Sentinal). The Colony has been a famed retreat and work haven for more than 5500 artists since 1907 — […]
So you want to accept donations on-line?
TechSoup has a useful report excerpt exploring the various ways smaller nonprofits can accept donations on-line (the full report is also available on-line from Idealware, but requires your name and e-mail to access it). The report authors reviewed 27 lower-priced online donation tools that can be used with an existing website. Since each user has […]
Describing the vibrant creative community
I see lots of cities promoting a ”vibrant creative community” in the wake of Richard Florida’s Creative Class and other similar reports. But few actually define what they mean by it. Which is why I liked Ottawa’s take on the issue on that city’s Arts and Heritage web site: The ingredients for a vibrant creative […]
It’s not your grandfather’s media format
You’ll find some great perspectives on podcasting from Mark Glaser and his overview of NPR’s strategic and successful move to the media format. Key to their success (so far) is their willingness to rethink their business model for the on-line world, to explore new content that’s more suited to niche markets (not just repurposed radio […]
Don’t go to the zoo, go to the jungle
Trendwatching.com has a good overview of what they call ”virtual anthropology,” or the observational research of consumer behavior that’s now possible on-line. They say: As consumers around the world pro-actively post, stream if not lead parts of their lives online, you (or your trend team) can now vicariously ‘live’ amongst them, at home, at work, […]
