I'm excited about technological developments and new apps. When I find that I can do a lot of my blogging, and a lot of other things in a device that fits in the palm of my hand -- oh and it shoots video and takes good pix as well -- I find my life gets a lot easier. However, I'm running into a lot of people who seem to tired of it all, and are claiming technological overload. One person even told me he knew of a guy who unplugged his cable, his phone and every other device and is living simply. Then I thought about it. I realize that there was always a lot of stuff I wanted to accomplish, but could only do a small fraction of it before -- and not really well. And, as far as the complication factor -- I have shelves of books and paper and journals spread everywhere taking up space. Now I do all of that, and store it, in a device that fits in my hand. I am doing much more and I am doing it much more efficiently and effectively. Seems as though technology, when used well, simplifies things rather than making things more complicated. It is all a matter of what kind of things you want to do, and what you want to use to do them. These little goodies are tools. Use them well, and don't do like I do, and blow off everything else and lose yourself in a little box. Oh, and can somebody please send me an invite to Google + ????
Oh yeah, better late than never
Here is the July 4th celebration at Corporate Woods in timelapse
BEING ARTY
A Few Creative news links....
*Kansas Rectangle?
*Hometown of Uncle Tupelo is named all-america city
*Detroit wants a Power and Light style arts district
*Jason Pollen's fiber work in the Pitchit weekly
*Remembering Cy Twombly
*Fundraising for Joplin Music programs
*Explaining Bronze Horses at the KC Zoo
*JoCo's First Public art project
*Hometown of Uncle Tupelo is named all-america city
*Detroit wants a Power and Light style arts district
*Jason Pollen's fiber work in the Pitchit weekly
*Remembering Cy Twombly
*Fundraising for Joplin Music programs
*Explaining Bronze Horses at the KC Zoo
*JoCo's First Public art project