I appreciate @Richard_Florida & his colleagues putting a name on this phenomenon, but I also feel it has distressing implications, so for this week’s newsletter I wrote a bit about why:
https://t.co/ZQTx937O3m
Ken Montague: “It’s possible to establish an art collection of portraiture that will be uplifting while being truthful to history and exploring ideas that are essential when we think about Black culture, Black identity, Black life.” https://t.co/iYEc7vwhio
“The idea is to make sure that these institutions reflect the communities that they serve on all fronts.” This week’s podcast: art collector & patron Ken Montague on Black joy and changing museums from the inside: https://t.co/iYEc7vwhio
Happy to have our podcast interviews with @djrupture and @longform_ed linked in today’s First Floor, a great music newsletter by @shawnreynaldo:
https://t.co/ZgFkEHVDux
As we enter gift-giving season, I wrote this week on @freshkillspark & @vollebak, two very different organizations repurposing waste into something new and better.
On @freshkillspark: “It took decades to close the landfill; it is taking decades to rehabilitate its Staten Island site; and it’ll take yet more decades of awareness-raising and activism to reduce our great tides of refuse to a trickle.”
https://t.co/vA1rPxAuuQ
Thinking about Humane’s AI Pin and @newcomputer’s Dot, I realize: “there is still plenty of room to grow within current paradigms of human-computer interaction. That runway is in designing conversation.”
https://t.co/oG8va6Mry5
The bad-neighbor effect was part of my argument against the MSG Sphere in July. Glad to see the London Mayor’s office taking their concerns seriouly.
https://t.co/jW21lKyvgj
London Mayor Sadiq Khan rejects Madison Square Garden’s plans to build a Vegas-style giant orbed shape entertainment venue in east London’s Stratford district https://t.co/8Ok0sCeFuB
This week: realizing I want AI that builds upon what I know, not what the world does. For me, that means @newcomputer over @Humane. Hardware is (almost) fungible; relationship-building isn’t. cc @jasonyuan & @sjwhitmore
https://t.co/oG8va6LTIx
On a new book about experience design: “Burickson’s framework does, though, give me useful ways to think about experiences that feel inconsiderate or hollow.”
https://t.co/crLbtt6m0U
Super excited to launch some big new updates to profiles on https://t.co/WJsdKb8tla today! Our new writing tab gives you the power to publish a blog, journal, or anything word-related right on your profile. We've also made attachments and text editing richer and more flexible ✨
Changes are live now, so let us know what you think!
Abraham Burickson’s @yalebooks title “Experience Design” reminds me of @notrobwalker’s “The Art of Noticing” and @austinkleon’s “Steal Like An Artist”—they all advocate for using our powers of observation and creativity when relating to the world.
https://t.co/crLbtt6TQs
This week: Abraham Burickson’s @yalepress@odysseyworks book “Experience Design” suggests a profound shift in how we conceive of the act of design:
https://t.co/crLbtt6m0U
The new exhibit “Urban Archaeology” shows off architectural relics salvaged from buildings destroyed during the urban renewal era in St. Louis https://t.co/MMq6XmeTta
The @pulitzerarts Foundation has a great-looking exhibit on the “lost buildings of St. Louis.” At the same time, its patron has a large real-estate project one block west of the museum. Urban-development advocates would benefit from linking the two.
https://t.co/Kygx56yTdy
I spent a few months interviewing Discogs sellers and former employees about the site's decline, why it's flailing, and how the new fee increase is making it untenable for many longtime sellers. The piece is now live at @Stereogum:
https://t.co/EIEVyZaHc1
Independent-music communities are at a crossroads. There’s more great music, and more great music writing, than ever. But despite (because of?) technological progress, it’s getting harder to find & support it.
https://t.co/Oqqc4M0Muz
Following on from the piece above & from my interview last week with Jace Clayton: Spotify will soon no longer pay royalties on tracks with fewer than 1,000 streams. Here’s @dada_drummer rightly excoriating this policy:
https://t.co/xsQmYGP0Lj