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Technology in the Arts #51

In our most recent episode, Jason and Brad discuss Brad's recent trip to New York, NY, for the 2008 NYC Web 2.0 Expo, where geeks gather to discuss the latest trends in Web development. This episode features Brad's interviews with:

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Podcast - Technology in the Arts #51

Technology in the Arts #45

Artlog.com, launched in January 2008, is about connecting people through art and design. It is a free, open platform for artists, art professionals, art enthusiasts and anyone with a passing interest in art. The platform combines social networking, directory services and user-generated content. The site is publicly accessible but currently in beta. Artlog.com was founded by Dylan Fareed and Manish Vora, Brad's guests for this episode.

The song used in this episode is I Feel Fantastic by Jonathan Coulton. The song was downloaded from the Podsafe Music Network, a phenomenal resource for podcasters.

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Technology in the Arts #40

In our most recent episode, Brad and Jason answer a listener's questions, including: 1. Why is Google saying my site is evil? 2. What are the best ways for artists to market themselves online?

Also, Brad attends Museums and the Web 2008 in Montreal, Canada, and interviews Web usability gurus Michael Twidale, associate professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and Paul Marty, associate professor at Florida State University's College of Information.

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

Google's Harmful Site Info - Are Google's search results saying a Web site may be harmful? Here is some info to help make sense of that scary message.

SQL Injections - Some information about SQL injections: What are they? How do I fix it? How do I prevent them?

Paul Marty's Usability Info - A great place to start your research on simple, affordable Web usability testing.

Don't Make Me Think - A great book about Web site usability.

Cool Sites of the Episode

Jason: weatherbonk.com - Personalized weather and traffic information.

Brad: WordPress.com and WordPress.org - A great blogging platform that can also be used as a content management system. We've talked about it before, but Brad thought it was worth a mention, as the new Technology in the Arts site is built entirely in WordPress.

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Podcast - Technology in the Arts #40

Ruprecht, Sotheby's rescuer, talks about global market

This interview with CEO and president of the publicly traded Sotheby's, Bill Ruprecht, makes references to topics such as an art valuation bubble, black markets, and demand. I laughed at myself while reading the article, because on one hand I sympathize with the line of questioning that the interviewer poses, and yet I have my economics professor's voice yelling in my mind, "It's demand you ninny! Of course Sotheby's doesn't create the market."

Thanks goodness for literacy. If I can't excel in the damned class, at least I can identify economics when it's in play.