Jake Hodesh has accepted a position as Director of Mentoring of Cintrifuse in Cincinnati, Ohio. He starts the new position in February.
Savannah’s Creative Coast enters another transition as executive director departs
Alexis Madrigal in The Atlantic: Home Page Design Advice from October 1991
“Both the cover model and the card model are totally valid ways of thinking about a home page. […] We really haven’t gotten beyond thinking about home pages with one or the other of these analogies.”
Allison Arieff in the NYT: Reading the City
Really great post by Allison Arieff, a design and architecture writer at the NYT: Reading the City – NYTimes.com
Are humans hardwired for compassion?
Sometimes it’s pretty easy to think that Homo sapiens is a pretty crappy species. But I was struck by this piece today in the New York Times: Ancient Bones That Tell a Story of Compassion
Instagram backs off new policies that would have allowed commercial sale of users’ pics
I’m not an Instagram user — not yet, anyway — but I’m not entirely reassured by the waffling language here of “not our intention” and “we’re going to remove the language that raised the question”.
Sanders Bohlke’s album “Ghost Boy” — rich and haunting
Sanders Bohlke’s haunting new album Ghost Boy is one of the most emotionally rewarding collections of songs and sounds that I’ve heard in a long time.
Mark Thoma on fiscal policy during a recession: did we learn anything?
“If both sides agree that taxes and spending can be used to offset recessions, then why can’t we use fiscal policy more effectively?”
Four months after crash, Baroness posts rehearsal video: “it’s time to get back to it”
according to an upbeat post by John Baizley on the band’s website, Baroness is resurfacing after four months of recuperating after a motor coach crash in England.
7 movies from Savannah Film Festival pick up Golden Globe nominations
It’s always interesting each year to see how the various selections from the Savannah Film Festival fare in the Golden Globe and Oscar nominations.
As usual, the 2012 SFF did pretty well. Kudos to the festival organizer
CNN covers Georgia’s growing film industry
The CNN reporter George Howell didn’t really get out of Atlanta for this report, but it’s still well worth a watch.
Connecticut state police address misinformation on social media
“Misinformation is being posted on social media sites,” Lt. Paul Vance says, before noting mimicry and pretense online. But from the time of the shootings on Friday until at least late Saturday, mainstream media outlets were posting all sorts of inaccurate information that had allegedly been confirmed by officials.
When push comes to shove, Americans — including Republicans — oppose significant spending cuts
President Obama and leaders of both parties need to do a better job of educating Americans about the simple realities of the arithmetic.
And the news media needs to do a better job of it too.