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Technology and Creativity

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#2amt Meetup

Twitter, that almost-as-ubiquitous-as-Facebook but far more fun social app was responsible for bringing together a group of total strangers this afternoon. Some of the loose collective of theatre makers and thinkers that tweet using the #2amt hashtag took the plunge this afternoon and met up at Seven on 7th Avenue in NY. Of course we

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A New Year and Other Beginnings

The first signs of a festival started appearing all over yesterday. I noticed Jewish New Year wishes via special cakes – challa and honey bread at the bakeries. Little memorial lights candles are for sale in the local supermarket, and there’s a sense of vitality at the start of something new; tweets and Facebook updates

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Walking Broadway

Nice to read this morning how NYC is helping reclaim Broadway for pedestrians. Traffic is being phased out gradually between Times Square and Columbus Circle. There’s presumably cleaner air and more pedestrian friendly space for footslogging down Broadway as I intend to do one day later this week. I want to check the parks and

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Rooms With a View

More than makes up for the nearly 28 hours of travel from Australia – all the way with QANTAS. Finally we’re here; it’s early evening with the view from our apartment. Now to check out the ‘hood!

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