Luke Wroblewski’s notes from Josh Clark’s iPad design presentation.
—Casey Affleck, in an interview with Roger Ebert about I’m Still Here.
Roger Ebert’s Journal: Casey Affleck levels about “I’m Still Here”
This is a fascinating reflection by art critic Jerry Saltz covering his stint judging the Project-Runway-for-Visual-Artists competition Work of Art. Katherine and I found ourselves unexpectedly engrossed by the show. We’re not “art people,” primarily for the reasons Saltz mentions in his essay:
The art world has a love-hate relationship with visibility, entertainment, and anything populist. It claims to be open but relentlessly polices its borders for anything as alien as this TV show was bound to be.
Nevertheless, the show led to a number of interesting conversations in our house about art, art criticism, and commercial value. It’s easy to be a high-brow crusader against reality television of any kind, but it’s more interesting to reflect on what of value certain shows might offer. Like Saltz’ observation about how the show opened his perspective to new voices:
The show also changed the way I think about my job. Over the ten weeks it aired, hundreds of strangers stopped me on the street to talk about it. In the middle of nowhere, I’d be having passionate discussions about art with laypeople. It happened in the hundreds, then thousands of comments that appeared below the recaps I wrote for nymag.com. Many of these came from people who said they’d never written about art before. Most were as articulate as any critic. I responded frequently, admitted when I was wrong, and asked others to expand on ideas. By the show’s end, over a quarter-million words had been generated.
Hat tip: The Daily Dish.
Simple service, doing one thing well:
Free web service Album Reminder imports your favorite music artists from iTunes and Last.fm, and notifies you via email or RSS feed when they come out with new music.
I just signed up, and opted for the RSS feed over the email option (a default you have to disable in the settings). I appreciate the painless Last.FM and iTunes integration…now if only my favorite bands would release new music.
This is a guest post from the folks over at Test Freaks.
-Ezra Klein, reflecting on his own media consumption after reading the same quote from Chris Hayes I highlighted previously. I completey share Ezra’s bias against partial RSS feeds. The chances that I will read and digest a piece of content drop dramatically if I can’t do so within Google Reader. I recognize that this is an issue for me, but I think it highlights (yet again) the stubborn stupidity of those who would cling to partial RSS feeds to “drive traffic.”
