“It is sometimes suggested that in time the worry that the internet is making us forgetful will sound as silly as early fears that books would do the same. But the internet is not an incremental step in the progression of written culture, it is revolutionising the way we consume information.”
Tag: 02.23.16
Digital Scanning Is Revolutionizing The Way We Study Evolution
“The digital format makes it possible to distribute raw data about specimen anatomy around the world in an instant, with the potential to throw the datasets wide open, allowing direct assessments of repeatability and compilation into ‘super-datasets’ from which everyone works. Such a systemic change could transform the entire study of human origins and evolutionary biology writ large.”
A True Theatre Of Its Community Doesn’t Actually Stop When It Closes For Remodeling
“We’re not setting out to create an exotic cultural safari. It’s a fine line and a challenge … We are not going to disrespect the community by putting them on show, but we do want to remind people of the extraordinary diversity that is here on our streets.”
A ‘Bizarre, Noble Experiment’ – When They Tried To Put Magazines On CD-ROM
“A handful of magazines saw the potential of the CD-ROM and saw dollar signs. Problem was, this was an idea without an audience at first, and there was no clue if creating multimedia content in lieu of a mag would actually work. (It didn’t.) Today’s Tedium into the world of the magazine-on-disc – the publishing world’s bizarre, noble experiment in multimedia.”
We’re Using A Totally Bogus Standard To Judge The Success Of Musicals
“Where once a musical running one or two years would have been a great success, that achievement has now been devalued. The 1989 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love was the first time I heard the expression ‘West End failure’ applied to a show that had, in fact, run a very credible 1,325 performances but was being compared to Lloyd Webber’s previous musical, The Phantom of the Opera.”
Why Did “Jeopardy” Just Ban Canadians From Competing On The Show?
Some suggest our digital privacy and anti-spam laws might be the cause, while others suggest that maybe we’re just smarter than Americans who don’t want to be upstaged by “moose-munching iceholes.”
This Composer Writes Classical Music To Subsidize Her Pop Songs
“There’s this assumption that there’s money in pop. No – my contemporary art music funds my burgeoning middle-aged pop sensation career! … It’s made me realise how much support and infrastructure there is for classical music.”
Watch The Alvin Ailey Company On PBS NewsHour
“Robert Battle grew up in one of Miami’s poorest neighborhoods wearing metal braces on his legs but dreaming of dance. Thirty years later, he runs the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – the very company that inspired him as a child. Battle joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss how dance can transform lives and his vision for the company’s future.”
The Chilling Effect Of The Disappeared Hong Kong Booksellers
“Some publishers and authors have lost confidence in Hong Kong’s autonomy and left the territory. Others, like Bao Pu, the founder of the New Century Press, had little confidence to lose.”
Website Intends To Put Every Public-Owned Piece Of Art Online
“Although the public owns the art, about 80% is in storage, on the walls of council offices, fire stations hospitals and other civic buildings, or in the Palace of Westminster, where portraits line the walls of the Speaker’s magnificent reception rooms where the project was launched.”