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January 23, 2012 at 8:18pm
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Want to learn to survey old school?

Initial Points: Anchors of America’s Grid looks at the historic surveying infrastructure of the USA, and how literal monuments of place have evolved into expressive cornerstones of space.”

@The Center for Land Use Management

December 16, 2011 at 4:00pm
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I don’t knit, but still LOVE this knitting blog

“So, no surprise, but look who’s hugely behind (and who has a huge behind, nyuk nyuk nyuk, I’ll be here all week) on the holiday knitting.”

November 30, 2011 at 2:10pm
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Always a great technique: video, scale, imagery in unexpected places. Philly 2008.

Always a great technique: video, scale, imagery in unexpected places. Philly 2008.

November 22, 2011 at 8:54pm
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Iteration is the sincerest form of flattery.
(photo by Kevin Twomey)

Iteration is the sincerest form of flattery.

(photo by Kevin Twomey)

8:13pm
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Ye Hallowed 3rd Place

Listening to the radio today about how movie theaters on Market Street in SF played shows, news, etc. before the movie (prior to BART). Sounds like a great 3rd place model.

My beloved museums have a way to go but I think there are approaches out there that could get us there… worth trying (and fun) anyway.

November 15, 2011 at 9:01am
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I love it when people imply that education is on one side of the museum arena, and curatorial on the other, as if we couldn’t possibly have both.

— Museum Ed Blog

November 7, 2011 at 5:46pm
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The art market flourished, but it also created a lopsided demand for painting and other market-friendly mediums.

— Sound familiar? The NYT talks about an exhibit in NY that looks back on this time in “Circa 1986”.

2:16pm
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What I’m studying now for work. Greeks and drinking.

What I’m studying now for work. Greeks and drinking.

November 4, 2011 at 11:25am
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Yes, it’s museum related. A cheer for the field.

October 24, 2011 at 10:57pm
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“The term hacker has been so corrupted by misuse in the past twenty years that to call contemporary co-opting or repurposing “hacking” devalues and mislabels the varied creative methodologies at work today.”
- NEW ART/SCIENCE AFFINITIES

“The term hacker has been so corrupted by misuse
in the past twenty years that to call contemporary co-opting
or repurposing “hacking” devalues and mislabels the varied
creative methodologies at work today.”

- NEW ART/SCIENCE AFFINITIES

October 19, 2011 at 6:03pm
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Photoshop ≠ feasible

October 13, 2011 at 11:53am
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Going to an Embroidery Class tonight by the Princess Animal. Not a super crafty myself, but something about the sewing/stitching thing works with how I think.

Going to an Embroidery Class tonight by the Princess Animal. Not a super crafty myself, but something about the sewing/stitching thing works with how I think.

October 11, 2011 at 9:14am
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Doesn’t every museum need a Taco Truck? The talented guys from Pseudo Studio driving it into install and tarting it out.

Doesn’t every museum need a Taco Truck? The talented guys from Pseudo Studio driving it into install and tarting it out.

October 10, 2011 at 10:46am
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More CCM visitor-made: mobile platform installed, view from below

More CCM visitor-made: mobile platform installed, view from below

10:40am
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In progress by CCM staff: honoring “visitor made”

In progress by CCM staff: honoring “visitor made”