Voice Mail Archives

The New York Times reported the other day on the growing use of virtual worlds by young children, who are getting engaged in record numbers on sites like webkinz.com, Club Penguin (A Disney site that looks like Habbo), Pixie Hollow (another Disney site), and Nicktropolis (a Nickelodeon virtual world).

I found this a little late for this year, but I'm really excited about the Send-a-Singer project that Bryan Miller blogged about back at the beginning of December.

Beth Kanter, from Beth's Blog (of course), presented the Bloggers Who Create Community Award to Small Dots!

Am I a digital native? Or can I write my own metaphor?

Do social networks mostly promote inclusion or exclusion?

So we're off to Syracuse for Christmas tomorrow. Not that I want to, but I have to. You know how it is. In-laws, and all that.

So Beth Kanter does a lot of work with nonprofits, helping them answer pressing and far-reaching questions about their use of technology, and how it can advance their missions without leading them down some nightmarish rabbit-hole of Bad Tech Decisions.

Thanks to all who helped me cement my ideas for my upcoming course for artists. It's really starting to take shape - but I don't want to write about the specifics until I have a conversation or two with the specialists I'm trying to recruit to help me pull it all together. I am really excited about the rather nifty idea I have for branding and marketing the branding and marketing course, though! I can see it so clearly in my mind...

I'm working on a series of topics for a course this spring -- a syllabus, for an eight-week evening class. The course is for artists and cultural organizations, to teach them technical skills that will help them market themselves better and reach new audiences.