Technology in the Arts #57

We're back at long last! Brad recently accepted a position as Web Content Manager for Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College. He's in the same building as CAMT but no longer an employee of the Center. However, he and Jason will continue to host Technology in the Arts as part of his duties for the college. It's all a confusing way to say that if you keep downloading, we'll keep recording! Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along with the episode:

• Social Network Aggregators
• BrianOberkirch.com
• The Mattress Factory

Cool Sites of the Episode

Brad: Gigapan Jason: YouTube Photo Hunt

Again, 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.

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 #56

Happy holidays, everyone! This episode features a discussion of Twitter and Net Neutrality. Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along:

• Brad's Twitter Feed
• Twitter Search
• Seth Godin's Site

Cool Sites of the Episode

Brad: UnderwaterSculpture.com Jason: Muppets on YouTube

We'll be taking a short hiatus for the holidays, but we'll return in January with more arts and technology goodness!

Again, 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.

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 #55

Our most recent episode features two listener emails - one from Bill with a tip on a new Facebook tool and one from Margot with a question about the implementation of tech tools in museums for arts education. Also this week, Brad interviews musician Jonathan Coulton about his partnership with Creative Commons.

Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along:

• I'll Go! Facebook App
• Met Museum
• The Digital Museum
• American Association of Museums
• Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis
• CultureGrrl's Blog - "Sound Shower"
• Zeum.org
• JonathanCoulton.com
• Creative Commons

If you missed our first interview with Jonathan Coulton from March, check out episode #38.

Cool Sites of the Episode

Brad: Intersquash.com and Venuem.com Jason: YearbookYourself.com

Again, 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.

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 #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:

• Eileen Gittins, founder of Web-based publishing-on-demand tool Blurb.com
• Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, co-partners at 37Signals.com
• Vinny Lingham, founder and CEO of SynthaSite.com

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 #47

Merlin Mann is the creator of and primary contributor for 43 Folders, his family of websites about personal productivity, “life hacks,” and simple ways to improve your life. Merlin's writing has been featured in publications such as WIRED, Make Magazine, Popular Science, and Macworld, and he's delivered productivity talks for companies like Apple, Google, Yahoo!, Adobe, and PIXAR. Photo by Jeremy Harris

Merlin is also one of the hosts of You Look Nice Today, a hilarious and often explicit take on adult life.

The song used to close this episode is the soundtrack from the You Look Nice Today video game (this is a joke... don't rush out to Gamestop). This version is a remix by one of the YLNT hosts, Scott Simpson.

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 #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.

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 #36

In our most recent episode, Brad and Jason discuss "crowdsourcing" and technology portfolio management. Use the following handy-dandy links to follow along with the episode:

CNN's iReport - You report the news by submitting photos, videos and stories.

Vocalo.org - Chicago Public Radio's content sharing site.

The Kennedy Center - Since opening in 1971, the Kennedy Center has continued its efforts to fulfill his vision—presenting the greatest performers and performances from across America and around the world, nurturing new works and young artists, and serving the nation as a leader in arts education.

Cool Sites of the Episode

Jason: www.mikedaisey.com - Site of the self-proclaimed "actor, author, commentator, playwright and general layabout."

Brad: Siti Extended Ensemble (SEE) - The interactive online community for SITI Company.

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 #34

In our most recent episode, Brad and Jason present their list of New Year's resolutions every arts organization should make in 2008. Technology Resolutions Every Arts Organization Should Make for 2008

1. JASON: Research and Experiment. There are plenty of free, online or downloadable demos for all kinds of software.

2. BRAD: Back up your data. Buy an external hard drive and buy a backup software. If you have Mac's new Leopard operating system, you can use Time Machine to back up your stuff. If you run Windows, there is a piece of software I use at home called Acronis True Image, and you can get it at Best Buy or through the Acronis.com web site.

3. JASON: Don't fall for the hype. Resist the buzzword. Which buzzword? All of them. Don't fall in love on the first date, people.

4. BRAD: Educate yourself. It is very easy to add a few items to your daily task list that will help you stay on top of technology. Visit Wired.com, pcmag.com and gizmodo.com, three great sites that feature all things geeky.

5. JASON: Befriend a geek. We're people, too, you know. And some of us are lonely. Besides, geeks love to talk about the latest tech, what they've done with the latest tech and what the latest tech can do. A 15 minute conversation bouncing ideas off the geek down the hall could save you some time with the consultants down the street.

6. BRAD: Contribute. Plug into the interactive Web by trying an online social networking tool. Go to Flickr.com and create a free account. Go to WordPress.com and start a free blog. You'll never know if a tool might have some practical purpose for your organization if you don't start using some of them.

7. JASON: Lock it down! There have been a number of high-profile data theft cases in the news of late. Your constituents won't be very happy if their credit card numbers happen to walk away from you. What are you exposing to the internet? Who has access to it? What kind of security are you running internally? Who can see what? How often are you changing passwords and network keys? It could happen to you!

8. BRAD: Aggregate. Aggregate. Aggregate. Whether you use Google Reader, the Firefox Web browser's built in module, Outlook 2007, or any other tool, start increasing your personal efficiency by using an aggregator. Aggregators, also known as feed readers, are tools that let you enter RSS feeds and have the content come to you. They pull syndicated content to a single location for easy viewing.

Cool Sites of the Episode

Jason: www.lasagnacat.com - Actors (all human) play out Garfield comic strips from the past three decades, then the result is remixed to a tangentially-related song. Art project? Time-waster gone awry? Both? My current favorite: 3/24/1979.

Brad: Speaking of getting an aggregator, check out tiinker.com. Tiinker learns what you like to read about and adapts. It's like Tivo for your RSS feeds.

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 #17

Podcast - Technology in the Arts #17 In our most recent podcast, Brad and Jason share a little Girl Talk, and we feature an interview with Dan J. Martin, director of the Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises at Carnegie Mellon University.

Also, we're still waiting on two things:

1. Someone to answer our second pop quiz: "Name one of the two plays Brad saw while visiting London in March."

2. 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 either of the above by emailing us at podcast@technologyinthearts.org.

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

LibSyn.com - Podcasting made easy with Liberated Syndication

Thank You Felix - Online home of the Pittsburgh-based theater company Brad co-manages

Girl-Talk.net - Pittsburgh-based electronic musician Gregg Gillis

"Girl Talk" on Wikipedia - A link to the "Girl Talk" entry on Wikipedia with links that list the samples used on his albums

Institute for the Management of Creative Enterprises - IMCE's online home

Nonprofit Matrix - Online resources for nonprofit organizations

Princess Video/Game - Music video game by the Norwegian band Rektor

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

Technology in the Arts #13

Podcast - Technology in the Arts #13 In our most recent podcast, Brad and Jason discuss technology planning and spyware, and they offer listeners the chance to win a fabulous prize. (OK... maybe not THAT fabulous.) Use the following links to follow along with the episode:

Technology Planning - TechSoup's tech planning resource

SpyBot Search and Destroy - Eliminate Spyware

AVG Free Anti-Virus - A free, dependable anti-virus software

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