“In fact, far from being a mere linguistic slip, this error does a profound disservice to concepts that are at the very foundation of modern technology. The fundamental distinction that is glossed over in that usage is the one between the continuous and the discrete.”
Tag: 06.11.13
The Power of Parting Words
“Goodbye is larger than just a word. It encompasses an entire ritual.” And why do many of us, for instance, end an email message with “Thanks” even when there’s been no occasion for gratitude to the reader?
Study: TV Talent Shows Boost Arts Participation
“A quarter of UK adults have taken more of an interest in singing, dancing and other areas of the performing arts because of reality TV shows, new research has revealed.”
Pittsburgh Symphony Settles On New Musicians’ Contract A Year Early
“Management and musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra have settled a new contract more than a year before the current one expires. The agreement calls for a 4 percent wage increase for the 2013-14 season, a wage freeze in 2014-15 and a 3 percent increase in 2015-16.”
NYCity Ballet’s Master Marks 30 Years
“At age 66, Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief, has weathered 30 years at its helm. He may well end up lasting longer than the 35 years enjoyed by the company’s founding ballet master, George Balanchine.”
Much-Awaited Report On Liberal Arts Education To Land Among Controversy
“The report, requested with much fanfare in 2010 by a bipartisan group in Congress and produced by a blue-ribbon commission assembled by the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is likely to land as controversy continues to surround Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, the academy’s embattled president and one of the report’s prime movers.”
Chicago WBEZ Public Radio Ditches Its Arts Critics
“They want audience participation. They want call-ins. Given that, they don’t have any use for experts.”
Magazine Declares “Golden Age” Of Magazines. But Look At The Examples They Cite!
“The choice of those particular six white men, most of whom represent legacy publications (GQ, the New York Times Magazine), suggests that Port has an amazingly conservative understanding of what constitutes the new golden age.”
Minnesota Orchestra Disputes How Many Players Are Leaving The Orchestra
But a commenter responds: “If you want to keep saying that it’s totally normal for a major American symphony orchestra to have two dozen empty seats, well, then I don’t know what to say. We don’t live in the same reality.”
Will Booklikes Be The Next Goodreads?
“If Booklikes is going to evolve into another Goodreads, millions of people will have to sign up for the service and start talking to each other there.”