Weekly Digest for November 7th

Published Mangrove Mud Womp Artist Residency. Published Weekly Digest for October 31st. Published The social media landscape. Published The social media landscape. Published Bass Museum of Art: Laurent Grasso. Published Joshua Simon, Neo-Materialism, Part Three: The Language of Commodities. Published Last Poem. Published Open Call: Spring/Summer Residency and 2012 Fellowships. Published The Smartphone Wars Are [...]

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New from Typekit: Faster font browsing

New from Typekit: Faster font browsing: “Today, we’re excited to release the first of many improvements to the Typekit website. We set out to make it as fast as possible to browse thousands of fonts. Just a few clicks, in a few seconds, to get to what you want. The new browsing interface. To start, [...]

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The Smartphone Wars Are Over

The Smartphone Wars Are Over: “Statistics, arguments, sales figures, and passionate explanations claiming’one or another smartphone platform has sold or will sell more than another in a specific market’might litter the web for a while to come. But, really, it’s all over but the shoutin’.’ ‘Android outselling iPhone by two to one in the UK,’ [...]

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The social media landscape

The social media landscape: “Lee Rainie was asked to present about the state of social media, in particular how non-profit groups might think about using social media to promote their missions. He cites the newest data from Pew Internet Project surveys and describes how the ‘messaging environment’ for non-profits is changing. He also describes how [...]

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Weekly Digest for October 31st

Published Letters of Resignation from the American Dream. Published Front: Art Rules. Published Weekly Digest for October 24th. Published Open Call for Video Artists. Published Artist Access Grants Program. Published Upcoming power2give workshops!. Published New York Times Tries to Make the Case Against Cutting Arts Funding, Inadvertently Presents Excellent Argument for Cutting Arts Funding. Published [...]

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Amory Lovins On Creating A Prosperous Economy Without Oil, Coal, Or Nuclear

Amory Lovins On Creating A Prosperous Economy Without Oil, Coal, Or Nuclear: “In his new book, ‘Reinventing Fire,’ Lovins creates a system for powering a 21st century civilization without using 20th century methods. Amory Lovins, the chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute and the author of influential books like Winning the Oil Endgame and Natural [...]

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Life Expectancy (1960-2009)

Life Expectancy (1960-2009): “Highlight by region, roll over for individual country info. The interface is a little janky – you can join the discussion over at FlowingData if you have any suggestions.” (Via Chart Porn.)

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New York Times Tries to Make the Case Against Cutting Arts Funding, Inadvertently Presents Excellent Argument for Cutting Arts Funding

New York Times Tries to Make the Case Against Cutting Arts Funding, Inadvertently Presents Excellent Argument for Cutting Arts Funding: “From today’s New York Times, a sad story about what happens when states are forced to cut funding for the arts: For 10 years Erika Nelson, an artist in Lucas, Kan., has been making miniature [...]

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Weekly Digest for October 24th

Published Weekly Digest for October 17th. Published Art Fallout – Fort Lauderdale. Published Independent Curators International (ICI): Launch of the Curatorial Hub in New York. Published Sanford Biggers’s Art in a Two-Borough Exhibition. Published Gimme Shelter | Exorcising the Post-Democratic Body. Published Postwar & Contemporary Art: Chuck Close and Other Artists Sue Christie’s and Sotheby’s [...]

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Weekly Digest for October 17th

Published CALL-TO-ARTISTS – Palm Beach State College. Published Weekly Digest for October 10th. Published CALL-TO-ARTISTS – Palm Beach State College. Published Los Angeles County Museum Moves a 340-Ton Rock. Published Imported From Detroit. Published Calling From Canada | Haute Culture: General Idea Retrospective at AGO. Published HDR is technique, not style. Shared Under the Big [...]

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