February 2010
“Craft and creativity rather than science and art” re: design thinking - interesting post from @brynn - http://j.mp/aA72T3
About to read Edward Rothstein in NYT re: International Civil Rights Center and Museum - http://j.mp/bkzd6X
My mother just called as she was passing a Krispy Kreme and sign said @HotNow. Can’t wait. Channeling my inner @waynesutton.
Very interesting - RT @sarahw “Judges announce longlist for the ‘lost’ Man Booker Prize, which was never awarded in 1970 http://is.gd/7ru13”
RT @smalljones “Jaron Lanier’s ‘You are not a gadget’ is to the Internet as ‘Wind In the Willows’ is to the automobile” | @srharris19
Good memories of my time in Zaire (DRC) after making connections w/ @texasinafrica & @SoloKinshasa this week. Now this http://j.mp/9mkXH3
The design and message of “The Girl Effect” are provocative - http://www.girleffect.org/
RT @cspan “Q&A with Terry Teachout (@terryteachout), author ‘Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong.’ On C-SPAN - 8 & 11pm ET http://bit.ly/3cVRSd”
“The Photographic Conditions of Surrealism” - Rosalind Krauss via @aaaarg - http://a.aaaarg.org/node/9115
RT @wseltzer “Tell ‘em Gigi: DRM just inconveniences lawful users. My take: http://wendy.seltzer.org/anticircumvention.pdf #flatirons” PDF
RT @waynesutton “RT @nytimesbits: @Foursquare Partners With Bravo TV - http://j.mp/bev8kH”
RT @maudnewton “Amazon surrenders to Macmillan: http://tinyurl.com/yd3hezf (via @katmeyer)”
What does this actually mean? - “Kindle is a business for Amazon, and it is also a mission.” - http://j.mp/9zehXS
LOL! RT @DonLinn “And now that MacMillan appears to have prevailed, we’ll be back to Oh My God…EBooks are SO EXPENSIVE!”
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January 2010
RT @linksgoogle “40 Free and Essential Web Design and Development Books from Google - Speckyboy Design Magazine - http://bit.ly/eVuic”
RT @DonLinn “RT @drmabuse: My overview of Amazon-Macmillan flap, w/ links and questions about discriminatory pricing. http://bit.ly/btZUtg”
It’s all GOOD @jalenrose. I APPLAUD your social media & sports efforts. I was in grad school at U of Michigan during Fab Five era.
You’re welcome my friend, @shawncalhoun. Hope all is well in your world. I keep waiting for Kenyon Review to make a entry in social media.
Egypt beats Ghana 1-0 to earn African Cup title http://bit.ly/95mrCI via @feedly
LOL! @BrianReich - I was kind of chuckling last night at how @jalenrose fancies himself a social media “guru” these days. http://j.mp/91T3EZ
LOL! My Mom asked me if I wanted a pair of 3D glasses - Target this AM & I had no idea what she was talking about. Enjoy @dreamhampton!
Africa Cup of Nations on US television?!?!? Come on man you know how Americans feel about soccer in the first place, @fbihop. :-)
“Successions: Prints by African-American Artists from Jean & Robert Steele Collection” - Mobile, Alabama Museum of Art - http://j.mp/aybO8T
“Why brainy is suddenly chic” - (timesonline.co.uk - via @negaratduke) - http://j.mp/apVNYQ
Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, Alabama has a wonderful web site. Looks like they lack social media links however. - http://j.mp/QPv3P
Thanks @ryancoleman for the link to interview with David McCandless author of “The Visual Miscellaneum” - http://j.mp/bGd2Ge
Consider yourself fortunate re: why all of “your” academic conferences are in Georgia this year?, @zephoria. I love the state. :-)
“Gearing up for NCPH” - annual meeting of the National Council on Public History - via @foundhistory - http://j.mp/aKS8pZ
“Fully Booked: Cover Art & Design for Books” http://bit.ly/9FdCWK - a review by @apolaine
RT @resourceshelf “Black History Month Web Resources from Library and Archives Canada http://bit.ly/6e8whL”
Ted Genoways on “decline—both in numbers and in influence—of university-affiliated literary magazines” - http://j.mp/86STSl (Mother Jones)
Welcome to Chrome @whitneyhess. I’ve been using it on PC for months now & haven’t looked at Firefox too much again. Hope it works out.
You’re welcome @laurenpressley. From one tea aficionado to another! Enjoy!
Bill Charlap steps in as guest host for Marian McPartland w/ guest Cedar Walton - NPR - http://j.mp/ahiOz3 - Piano Jazz
Cool - Enjoy your time in Georgia. The “Peach” state is where my Mom is from and where I went to college, @zephoria. Safe travels.
#followamuseum day (Feb 1st) kicks of in New Zealand, Japan, Australia soon. Who will you follow? http://bit.ly/aZgE2Z via @MuseumNext
Good! - RT @roncharles: “Wash Post joins @RebeccaSkloot fan club w high praise for IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS: http://u.nu/9szu4”
“Thriving in the Knowledge Age: New Business Models for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions” - http://j.mp/102VxF via @ninaksimon
Chap 4 of “Thriving in the Knowledge Age” - Falk/Sheppard - begins w/ classic museum description found in Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye.”
RT @SimonTanner - “ISO Standards for Museum Imaging_CDI_v1.0 http://www.cdiny.com/white_papers.html”
“Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is ‘Bullshit,’ Adobe Is Lazy: Apple’s Steve Jobs” http://j.mp/cBbN2T (WIRED - Thanks @srharris19)
I am actually reading the book “Thriving in the Knowledge Age” right now, @kaitfoley. Heres the Google Books link - http://j.mp/9FKEO3
EXCELLENT summary of online presence of Gina Athena Ulysse “A Haitian Anthropologist on Haiti” via @UChicagoPress http://bit.ly/cEHCVK
RT @chapmanchapman “Reading ‘Changing My Mind’ in another universe Zadie Smith would’ve been our best film critic.” - I love Zadie myself.
“Social Media for Photographers” on @photoshelter http://bit.ly/6hWumK - Thanks @Armano.
As I sip my morning’s Chinese Oolong, this one’s for you @laurenpressley “Alexander McCall Smith on his tea addiction” http://bit.ly/a4f5Lg