Technology in the Arts #52

Our most recent episode features interviews from the 2008 Technology in the Arts National Conference, the third annual Pittsburgh-based conference dedicated exclusively to technology strategy and implementation for artists and arts managers. Special thanks to composer and sound designer Joseph Fosco for providing our new theme song. Learn about Joseph and his work at www.JosephFosco.com.

This episode features interviews with:

• Dan Lythcott-Haims, Pandora
• Leatrice Ellzy, National Black Arts Festival
• Adam Forest Huttler, Fractured Atlas

For more information about the conference, visit www.TechnologyInTheArts.org/Conference.

Join us in two weeks for episode #53, which will feature the remaining interviews from the conference.

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

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Technology in the Arts #48

The Steve Project is a research effort to determine how social tagging can best serve the museum community. Steve is a collaboration of museum professionals that view tagging tools as valuable new mechanisms for describing and accessing museum collections and encouraging visitor engagement with museum objects. Susan Chun and Rob Stein are two of the Steve Project coordinators, and they're Brad's guests this episode.

The song used to close this episode is I'm with Steve Now by thehipcola. The song was downloaded from the Podsafe Music Network, a phenomenal resource for podcasters.

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

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Technology in the Arts #46

The Brooklyn Museum's photography show Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibit, running through August 10, let users register and adjudicate work that was accepted as part of a March 2008 open call. The submitting photographers were asked to "consider Brooklyn's transformation over the years, its past and its present, and submit a photograph that captured the 'changing face(s) of Brooklyn.'" Shelley Bernstein, the Museum's manager of information systems and the exhibit's coordinator, is Brad's guest this episode.

The song used in this episode is Standing Inside a Crowd by Gertie Fox. The song was downloaded from the Podsafe Music Network, a phenomenal resource for podcasters.

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

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Technology in the Arts #39

In our most recent episode, Brad interviews Ben Cameron, program director for the arts at Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF).

From 1998 until he started with the DDCF in July 2006, Ben served as the executive director of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for not-for-profit theatres. Prior to that appointment, he was active in corporate philanthropy, first as senior program officer at the Dayton Hudson Foundation and subsequently as manager of community relations at Target Stores in Minneapolis.

Ben has taught theatre at the Yale School of Drama, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Virginia Tech, and Columbia University.

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

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Technology in the Arts #38

In our most recent episode, Brad interviews Jonathan Coulton, an independent musician known by millions of geeks as the guy who wrote the song Still Alive for the award-winning console game Portal.

Coulton discusses his use of Creative Commons and other online practices to build a rabid and connected fan base.

Creative Commons allows an artist to apply a standard copyright and then scale back the restrictions. While many musicians and record executives are trying to find ways to lock down their songs, Coulton has found a way to make money giving his music away. (But please... be kind and pay what you can. The guy's good and deserves to eat.)

Check out Coulton's songs here.

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Technology in the Arts #30

Podcast - Technology in the Arts #30

In our most recent episode, Brad and Jason discuss the Writer's Guild of America strike, the new beta version of Joomla!, and Brad's reasons for switching to a Mac... for good.

Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along with the episode:

United Hollywood - Updates on the WGA strike.

Joomla! - Joomla!, an easy-to-use content management system.

DanceJam - DanceJam is still an invite-only beta, but bookmark the site now for future online booty shaking.

Kompoz - A collaborative music composition tool.

Layer Tennis - Graphic artists compete with Photoshop layers.

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

Technology in the Arts #25

Podcast - Technology in the Arts #25

In our most recent episode, Brad and Jason discuss Bjork's never-ending weirdness, the term "bleeding edge," a pixel-based stained glass window and controlling your computer with a Wii-mote.

Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along with the episode:

ReacTable - The tabletop synthesizer.

Sony Reader - Portable reading device that uses a "digital paper" technology.

Photo Scene Completion - A project at Carnegie Mellon to create a new image completion algorithm.

Pixel-Based Stained Glass - Gerhard Richter's stained glass window.

Wii-mote Computer Control - Eric Loyer's Wii-mote computer project.

Technology in the Arts - Check the official site for information on the conference's 2007 programming.

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

Technology in the Arts #24

Podcast - Technology in the Arts #24

In our most recent episode, Brad interviews David Dombrosky, contemporary art and new initiatives director for the Southern Arts Federation. Read David's full bio here.

And our ongoing - possibly never ending - challenge still stands: We're still waiting on someone to send Brad a MySpace page that looks good. The first person to achieve this seemingly impossible task will win a free lunch.

Respond to the above by emailing podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along with the episode:

Second Life - Not happy with the real world? Become anyone in this virtual world.

Molotov Alva - Documentary about a man who disappears from the real world and is rediscovered in Second Life.

Technology in the Arts - Check the official site for information on the conference's 2007 programming.

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

Technology in the Arts #20

Podcast - Technology in the Arts #20 In our most recent podcast, Brad and Jason urge Pennsylvania residents to take advantage of Technology in the Arts conference scholarships and have a mini argument about whether 'steampunk' is art. Part two of Brad's interview with Girl Talk is also featured.

And our ongoing - possibly never ending - challenge still stands: We're still waiting on someone to send Brad a MySpace page that looks good. The first person to achieve this seemingly impossible task will win a free lunch.

Respond to the above by emailing podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along with the episode:

Steampunk - An article from WIRED about the recent steampunk craze

artsnetCMS - Announcing CAMT's new FREE content management system program for non-profit arts organizations!

Technology in the Arts - Check the official site for scholarship and ArtsTech Award info

Girl Talk on Wikipedia - Unlock the secrets of the Girl Talk samples

Whistlebox - YouTube on crack

77 Million Paintings - Musician and artist Brian Eno's Mac-driven digital art

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

Technology in the Arts #18

Podcast - Technology in the Arts #18 In our most recent podcast, Brad and Jason talk about their new recording toy and Jason tries to make amends for an error he made in episode 17. The duo also discusses tiny URLs, Dale Chihuly and VOIP.

Also, we're still waiting on someone to respond to the challenge of sending Brad a MySpace page that looks good. The first person to achieve this seemingly impossible task will win a free lunch.

Respond to the above by emailing podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along with the episode:

ZoomFX - Thanks to our new podcast sponsor

Skype - One of the most popular VOIP services

Dale Chihuly - Online home of the famous glass artist

Pittsburgh Celebrates Glass - 2007 is the year of glass in Pittsburgh

Blue Gobo - Online musical theater video repository

TinyURL - Make long URLs tiny with ease

Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.