Ecoartspace, an organization that focuses on addressing environmental issues through the visual arts (the image below, from a 2009 exhibition, is by Nils-Udo), got in touch with me recently about a planned spring exhibition of small works on paper devoted to a simple question: What matters most?
Monday, February 15, 2010
What Matters Most: NY Times dot earth blog
Andrew Revkin writes:
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food | Video on TED.com
Jamie Oliver has a record of good works. He founded Fifteen
"Fifteen is a commercial business with a purpose – a global social enterprise with young people at its heart. Fifteen has four restaurants worldwide - Amsterdam, Cornwall, London and Melbourne – all of which operate a pioneering apprenticeship scheme for young people, between the ages of 18 and 24, alongside the day-to-day running of the restaurants."
Starting working in his family's pub at an early age, he later became famous as The Naked Chef, and has a direct, wonderful approach to food and sensible nutrition. He's recently won the TED Prize.
"Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food."
Strongly recommend his books and his elan for great simply prepared food. (Pizza crust: water. flour. bash it about. EZ PZ Bob's Your Uncle.)
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
TechCrunch The Long Tail of Video
From the five cents a glance validation crew:
The Long Tail Of Video Sites Capture Half Of All Viewing Minutes
Back to writing here...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Environmental Restoration in Texas from All Things Considered
Wonderful interview long on practical stewardship.
"David Bamberger converted 5,500 acres of some of the most badly damaged and overgrazed hill country in Texas into a showpiece of environmental restoration. Bamberger has been hailed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and has won the state's top voluntary land stewardship award.
A visit to Bamberger Ranch is like a trip back in time. Instead of cedar brush and barren limestone breaking the soil's surface, large hardwood trees surround grassy meadows. Wild turkey and deer wander in the open, and bobcats lurk in the hollows hunting game"
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The New Amazon iSnit
Amazon announces the new iSnit in reaction to new publishing dynamics.
I wrote a piece (private working paper) anticipating this kind of disruption in broadband media planning back in 1992:
- "Discussion of micro-transaction models “5 Cents A Glance” driving new media and businesses." which was strongly influenced by Ted Nelson's Project Xanadu publishing infrastructure.
The Amazon-Macmillan brouhaha below.
From the New York Times
Bits: Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement
Amazon removed Macmillan books from its site in a dispute over prices of e-books.
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