I Wanna Few Good Platforms

...Vook tries to address a big problem for book publishers as they expand onto digital formats. For all the hype and initial success of devices like the Kindle, they threaten to strip traditional books of much of their transportive appeal. Images on the jacket cover, inviting fonts and the satisfying feel of quality paper are all largely absent, replaced by humdrum pixels on a virtual page.

Even worse, on multipurpose reading devices like the iPhone, more immediately gratifying pastimes like video games are a click away for readers with short attention spans.

“Publishers are going to be confronted with the idea that either the words on the page have to be completely compelling on their own, or they have to figure out a way to create new sorts of subliminal draws in the new medium,” said Sara Nelson, the former editor of Publishers Weekly and a publishing industry consultant...

I was very taken by this piece in the NYTimes today by Brad Stone.

I am working on something like this for my work at my tiny little museum and we need a few good platforms, right? I got so many "tabs" going right now...

The other important thing I got my eye on is Art Babble.

It's the "baddest." And when I wrote that to one of the development team members at the Indianapolis Museum of Art [note: web site = "I'M A MUSEUM dot ORG" *love*], he wrote, "Wow! Thanks for the support. Saying "Baddest" is perhaps the most touching thing anyone has ever said about ArtBabble. Well done, Phil."

Aw. he didn't have to go that far...but it moved me. JOIN THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK.

According to the people at Art Babble, "On April 7, ArtBabble.org will be presented to the world. Humans will finally be able to Play Art Loud.

When you visit ArtBabble in a few days, you might notice something different. On April 7, we're removing the velvet ropes and making ArtBabble accessible to everyone, without an invitation... but wait, THERE'S MORE!

As always, we'll be offering you up some hot and fresh content just the way you like it- but we've got something up our sleeve. Check ArtBabble.org on April 7, for the big news."

BREAKING NEWS: USC to Absorb HUC in LA?

This just in from "The God Blog." A source told Jewish Journal editor-in-chief Rob Eshman that the University of Southern California and Hebrew Union College-Jewish institute of Religion, which already share some faculty and facilities, are working on a deal to fold the L.A. campus into USC as a Jewish studies program. “Its a win win,“ the source said. “HUC gets a big chunk of money for what it owns—about a block of prime real estate by the USC campus—and USC gets to solidify a Jewish studies and outreach program that it has been building for some time now.“ Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles has been having big problems -- a consolidation of resources may present a novel and impactful solution. VERY INTERESTING.

Why Go to A Conference Anyways?

@lidja @lyndakelly61 @futureofmuseums @creativemerc @museum_flavor pLz look http://tinyurl.com/qxlja4 &here http://bit.ly/q1mhV assoc./conf. grpthink @RichardMcCoy @DanielCull very import.

A Year-end Letter Update from James and Family

Dear Friends and Family, On the brink of the new year on December 31, 2019 we stood at the foot of Kehinde Wiley's brand new monumental equestrian sculpture in downtown Richmond at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. There were a bunch of families gathered around taking pictures together. Emblematic of this entire year and entitled “ Rumors of War ,” the monument depicts an unarmed Black man in heroic pose atop a horse. The man’s sneakers are in the stirrups, looking back over their shoulder like Napoleon as they ride forward up a ridge . It was a strange harbinger of the year that was, and how it’s going. Kamala Harris will be named our vice president in a few weeks. In between, the apocalyptic has been commonplace; I mean, what a year. Emil started high school this fall. Graduation this past spring from Mark Day School was likely the year’s highlight. Karen is still at Mark Day. This fall they've been doing hybrid learning. It’s the first time Karen and Emil have not been goi

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