A grab-bag of my interests: contemporary theatre, creativity, plus life and learning online
These posts bring together digital technologies that I've experimented with in creative projects. Commentary includes reveiws and analysis of the process.
Icons, branding, labels … the medium as message, but what’s the message or meaning when it comes to theatre labels? There are lots around, and I’m curious about one in particular – independent.
I see it and its diminutive and the very buzzy word indie everywhere. I’m sufficiently that way inclined – too much of the [...]
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As the weekend turns towards the Oscar ceremonies on Sunday night (US) Monday morning (AU), AO Scott writes in the NY Times about the contenders in the Oscar race this year and especially on what he calls the David v Goliath battle of blockbuster up against little movies that can. It’s also about the way [...]
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Worth a complete read but here is the nub of the matter :
No matter your geographic focus, social networks are fundamentally about forming a community and having conversations. Therefore, having a clear purpose in mind when you choose your networks is essential.
We’ve all heard the adage “the medium is the message.” It means that the [...]
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There’s a Twitter discussion happening right now hashtagged #artsed . The hashtag acts as a search key for tweets that have anything to do with arts education, but this particular thread of the discussion is focussing on the issue of professional training for artists – more particularly theatre artists, and especially actors. [...]
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Photo: lukash
I found myself explaining the purpose of hashtags this morning on my Facebook page. I’d posted to my news feed about a livestreaming event happening later in the day, with a reminder that hashtagging it would enable the conversation to be tracked. Someone asked what a hashtag was. Oh, how easily we forget that [...]
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I’m not all that keen on the name of this handy little iPhone app: ‘Hollywood Helper – Broadway Buddy’ – yuk! ‘Lines Coach’ is plain, but it might well have served for an application that helps you to learn lines without your script, and which also understands how most actors work with pencil and [...]
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