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American Artifact

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:22:01 +0000

Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010
Time: Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for drinks and chit chat. Film begins at 7 p.m.
Location: Heights Theater, 339 West 19th Street, Houston, Texas 77008

American Artifact chronicles the rise of American rock poster art since its birth in the ’60s.

Director Merle Becker crosses the country interviewing rock poster artists from the different eras to discover that America is currently in the midst of a 21st century “rock poster art movement”, where thousands of artists around the country are doing silk screened rock poster art inspired by their local scene, the music of our time, and the spirit of our era.

The film explores the history / rise of the current rock poster movement in America, and features a cast of quirky / interesting, and extremely talented rock poster artists, talking about their work, and telling the story of their underground art movement.

This extraordinary film, which includes interviews with over 30 artists, takes the viewer on a journey through the different decades and incarnations of this rebellious art form, and spends time with, arguably, some of the finest artists of this era talking about what inspired their truly American works of art.

To learn more about this film please visit www.americanartifactmovie.com

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE

closes at 5 p.m. March 17

Pre-Registration Pricing:
$10 AIGA Members
$20 Non-Members
$5 AIGA Student Members
$10 Student Non-Members

Pricing at the door:
$15 AIGA Members
$30 Non-Members
$10 AIGA Student Members
$20 Student Non-Members

Anthony Volodkin: Why Steep Learning Curves Are Worth It :: Articles :: The 99 Percent

Admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:15:44 +0000

via the99percent.com

In 2005, back when music blogs were still a relatively new phenomenon, Hype Machine creator Anthony Volodkin imagined a website that would aggregate those diverse critical voices to answer an age-old question: “What should I listen to?” A 19-year-old college student with an IT side job, Volodkin had little time, little money, and little experience working on the web. But rather than getting discouraged by an incredibly steep learning curve, he took it as a sign that he was onto something.

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Seth’s Blog: We can do it

Admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:17:36 +0000

via sethgodin.typepad.com

Too often, it seems, this attitude is missing from teams, organizations or the community.

Read more at: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/

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The iPadpreneur. | Nitrozac and Snaggy | Voices | AllThingsD

Admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:23:53 +0000

via voices.allthingsd.com

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Video: Texas Tribune’s Evan Smith: ‘I Was A Hater, Then I Became A Zealot’ | paidContent

Admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:22:30 +0000

via paidcontent.org

One of the side benefits of coming to Austin for South By Southwest Interactive: spending some time at the Texas Tribune, the non-profit news site launched last November to cover statewide politics, public policy and government. The enterprise started with venture capitalist John Thornton, who recruited Texas Monthly‘s Evan Smith as CEO and Editor in Chief. Smith and I spoke about the transition from magazine to web journalism, how Facebook and Twitter can—and should—be used for news, and ways to work with other non-profit journalism efforts across the U.S. A dozen of those news organizations will meet here in Austin next month under the auspices of the Knight Foundation to discuss just that. I’ll pull some excerpts but for now, here’s the video:

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