From the category archives:

let's talk

the truth about facebook & twitter

The Truth about Facebook and Twitter

Uncategorized by Bill

One of favorite things to do when I’m out in pub­lic is peo­ple watch­ing, I love guess­ing the sto­ries hap­pen­ing around me, most of us do…it’s kinda hard to resist. We can’t help eaves­drop­ping on con­ver­sa­tions in pub­lic places

Read on for more good stuff...→ View Comments
on the shoulders of giants

Leaning on the Shoulders of Giants

let's talk by Sarah Lacy

That whole shoul­ders of giants thing? Def­i­nitely going to take advan­tage of that. These dudes and dudettes knew what they were doing. I would be a com­plete idiot to ignore their knowl­edge. I’m an art his­tory book addict, but I’ve never sat down and stud­ied it before.

Read on for more good stuff...→ View Comments
words of and inspiration of an artists journey

A stamp of approval

let's talk by Sarah Lacy

I told myself I wanted to stop sell­ing my art because I wanted to focus my entire being on study­ing and learn­ing. That’s a lie. The real rea­son I wanted to stop sell­ing was because I didn’t think I had a right to. I didn’t think it was fair to try to sell peo­ple low qual­ity art made by a Not Real Artist. I didn’t have the stamp of approval. The “art world” had revoked my license.

Read on for more good stuff...→ View Comments
TED talks photography as a tool of connection

How photography connects and changes us

let's talk by Bill

The shift to dig­i­tal meth­ods of cap­tur­ing our lives has moved pho­tog­ra­phy from the mys­ti­cal and mag­i­cal lim­ited to only a select few will­ing to mas­ter the mys­te­ri­ous rit­u­als of the dark­room to a tool of the peo­ple. The pro­lif­er­a­tion and ready availability

Read on for more good stuff...→ View Comments
social networking talk at TED conference

Resistance is Futile:the truth behind social networks

let's talk by Bill

The net­works we cre­ate are organic, they change and grow over time while often keep­ing the same focus. For instance net­works of obese peo­ple tended to remain rel­a­tively the same as it evolved, and, more impor­tantly, as mem­bers left and new ones joined the obe­sity level of the new mem­bers increased.

Read on for more good stuff...→ View Comments
slaying monsters of self promotion

Self Promotion Monsters

let's talk by Sarah Lacy

It kinda makes me want to throw up. Even those words – the pro­mo­tion of my self. Ick. Ew. Ugh.

And I feel so ridicu­lous for doing this. All of my per­sonal mon­sters and demons are yelling. Loudly.

Read on for more good stuff...→ View Comments
let's talk about beauty

Does Beauty Matter? part II

let's talk by Bill

Scru­ton explores the change brought on by Deuchant, Koontz et. al. and how that change attempted to give mean­ing to “a hear and now” world as opposed to an ide­al­ized one. Scru­ton main­tains that art is really about cre­ativ­ity which is a call to oth­ers to see the world the way the artist sees it.

Read on for more good stuff...→ View Comments
let's talk

Does Beauty Matter? part I

let's talk by Bill

While Scru­ton isn’t posit­ing a new lan­guage he does uncover some of the keys to why beauty/art mat­ters and the place it plays in anchor­ing a culture’s val­ues and beliefs…

Read on for more good stuff...→ View Comments
soccer moms artists and Etsy

Why you don’t need bargain hunters

let's talk by Bill

The cur­rent rebel­lion over under­pric­ing soc­cer moms on Etsy has got­ten a lot of other artists’ undies in a bun­dle. There are few options for artists to sell their work on-line so the sites that offer all the things that make us cre­atives shud­der like credit card pro­cess­ing, store front design etc., are very enticing.

Read on for more good stuff...→ View Comments

← Previous Entries