we are the “wild” ones, we are the “wild” ones . . .

ooops, nope, that’s “we are the champions” by queen sorry, but the best thing I like right now with web 2.0ing is the video scene, i love to find great old songs, great author/artist interviews and of course you can practically find a download or podcast of just about anything “important” anymore . . . say . . . . in defense of food?? by pollan??

Michael Pollan visits Google’s Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss his book, “In Defense of Food.” This talk took place on March 4, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

. . . the greatest find of late is the “authors@google” or “candidates@google” . . .

– here’s a few goodies, they are all an hour in length so it’s not a quick soundbyte thing, hence maybe some people would be bored .. . . all i can say is Do your political homework folks!!! (ahem)

Illinois Senator and 2008 Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama visits Google’s Mountain View, CA, headquarters to deliver his innovation agenda, speak with Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and take questions from Google employees. This event took place on November 14, 2007, as part of the Candidates@Google series.

and don’t forget to have some fun!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6M2y0YhhaU

Glass artist Dale Chihuly visits Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his Gardens of Glass. This event took place on June 19, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Dale Chihuly is most frequently lauded for revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement by expanding its original premise of the solitary artist working in a studio environment to encompass the notion of collaborative teams and a division of labor within the creative process. However, Chihuly’s contribution extends well beyond the boundaries both of this movement and even the field of glass: his achievements have influenced contemporary art in general. Chihuly’s practice of using teams has led to the development of complex, multipart sculptures of dramatic beauty that place him in the leadership role of moving blown glass out of the confines of the small, precious object and into the realm of large-scale contemporary sculpture. In fact, Chihuly deserves credit for establishing the blown glass form as an accepted vehicle for installation and environmental art beginning in the late twentieth century and continuing today.

Vodcast/podcast/youtubes . . . .

. . . . my basic appetite for this type of technology has been music videos from youtube and news podcasts i missed from NPR’s many varied shows . . . or an art interview or montage from some of my favorite artists, what did we do before these wonderful additions to our now “instant gratification” grab a vid society?

Here’s one of my favorite music vids:

this is joe bonamassa at the Monterey Blues Festival a few months ago, a quick clip of his solo . . . of Sloe Gin . . .he’s an awesome bluesman . . . guitarist like zepplin/vaughn/hendrix . . . he’s only 31.

and an art vid interview:

My painting professor from Mills College.

We are a social group!

Thanks to Caroline, we had a jump on this one!! She created our NING network early before starting our web 2.0 assignments so I think that counts for this assignment, but also explore the others’ if you haven’t already. I use FACEBOOK and MYSPACE for my art connections/friends . . . it’s really amazing how you can make connections around the world and I’ve made some business in europe whereas without these networks, my work may still just be in my studio!

R.eady S.et S.oooo?? (my RSS is done)

yep, have a bloglines and am collecting hits as we speak, i don’t know how often i’ll use this, if i were more disciplined i might be able to write my next book with RSS collecting all the tidbits of research i need, you know my personal “clip” assistant?? hey, maybe i’ll try that . . . but it takes some initial investment time to get the right sources, i guess that’s not too hard, i like research, puzzle solviing  . . . i’ll give it a whirl . . .

OH about the assignment? did it, came up with the same old lapsit’s we’re finishing up this month, deleting some feeds, it seemed pretty straight forward . . . just so you know, the IM assignment was my least favorite so far . . . unless we could use it for fun, hey, maybe an “IM” staff meeting? and we could all race and see who could put the puzzle together the fastest?? yep, Ian and I checked out one of the games there . . . I know, not library related, well, puzzle solving is definitely part of our job!! bye for now, bfn.

IM ME

my name is rtmilne (so original) but I’m officially on the library chat with meebo now . . . i talked with the peer trainer on the widget, but want to see if my account actually works.

I bet this would be a good format to ask a staff member a quick question rather than phone calls . . . i’m sure there is other ways to use the IM in a library environment, i’ll put my thinking cap on . . . if it can be done as a group you could have a little meeting even if you were at home i suppose?

Yep yep!

I’m a grammy, check my pics on Flickr!! Most amazing experience for me to see my first child have his first child. What a gift!! Welcome Maya Sofia on July 17 at 7lbs. 19.5 in long . . . sweetest little girl in the whole wide world!! [smiles]

done the doc at google

hmmmm . . . here’s the link to the post grad entry for google docs, hmmmmm

oh i wondered about that, it appears the post grad document is not yet published, hmmmmm . . .

délicieux? squisito?

Whether in french, italian or bookmarking . . .

del.icio.us still reminds me of food.

more about words v. art

Oh i just couldn’t resist . . . this hub-bub about the “twilight” series has me intrigued. . . . the whole concept of words being made visual has kept me constantly creating either in my studio (which most paintings have text even it disappears behind the color) or writing in my journals and documenting my thoughts, feelings and actions . . . my observations . . . isn’t that what makes life interesting? The combination of working in the library and being an artist makes me contemplate the juxtaposition of visual versus text almost 24/7 . . . Questions: Text without visual; does that allow for more imagination? Visual without text does it inspire? ‘Tis a puzzlement . . .

“Twilight”, the extremely popular Young Adult series (adults too) about Bella (a mortal) and Edward (a vampire) and their unusual and enchanting relationship is now on the verge of becoming a movie and Meyer’s new book “Breaking Dawn” check her webpage is coming out shortly. I started looking at her webpage and myspace and all the hype around this story becoming visual. “Tis a puzzlement . . . will Pattinson be the “Edward” you imagined? brings up the whole chicken/egg dilemma, should a read the book first? or see the movie but in this instance the book is what made the movie possible. If you go to Youtube.com you can view a myriad of trailers and even an interview of Meyer (posted below) . . . explore and don’t forget to see what Meyer has planned after “Breaking Dawn”. . . anyone got “edward”?

This morning coming into work, I heard a clip of NPR’s Forum with Michael Krasny as he interviewed artists in the new show at SFMOMA “Half-Life of a Dream” Contemporary Chinese Art (opening today in SF) and I was inspired by listening to the artists speak of their experience and what they feel about art in the rapidly changing China. Of interest to me especially was listening to my professor from Mills College, Hung Liu and realizing her experience growing up in Maoist China and having to hide her drawings and paintings and go into a field to create was her way of using her voice . . . and then . . . language??

I came upon a blog in the NYTimes about music . . . on words and bridges . . . check it out here, but this brings in a whole other language and so you see??? this topic is so large – visual, text, sound and well . . . composition seems to be core for all, a whole other topic . . . i think i’m blathering now . . . i’ll stop.

p.s.

. . . as i just handed someone the well worn copy of “Inkspell” by Cornelia Funke, I thought, i’m so happy to be in a library! We do the “reuse, recycle, reduce rethink” philosophy superbly!! I won’t go out to buy the new “breaking dawn”!

Flickr Away!

Here’s my flickr page . . .