viatorsmith (lifestream)

DUE March 1: Artadia Awards 2010 Houston

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:38:57 -0600

DUE March 1: Artadia Awards 2010 Houston:

“ONLINE APPLICATIONS CLOSE MARCH 1, 2010. APPLY NOW!
Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is currently accepting applications for the Artadia Awards 2010
Houston from all visual artists living and…

World Theatre Day SPECT[ACTOR] Proposals DUE Jan 11th, 2010

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:09:59 -0600

World Theatre Day SPECT[ACTOR] Proposals DUE Jan 11th, 2010:

All theatre artists are encouraged to submit proposals for random acts of theatre that they would like to stage around [Austin] as a part of the World Theatre Day SPECT[ACTOR] event. Why not dance on…

Call for Exhibition Proposals

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:16:22 -0600

Call for Exhibition Proposals:

Central Gallery (on the campus of San Jacinto College Central Campus) is currently soliciting Houston area artists to submit proposals for exhibitions in their new space. email Mark Myers if you are…

p.s. facebook (or, on communicating in the vernacular)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:18:55 -0600

in regards to my last post where I said the daily minutia of my life would be on twitter, I should clarify that most of what I post to twitter (and now tumblr, as well) is broadcast to facebook, so there is no reason to adopt that network if you have not and do not wish to do so. I do not post tweets ladened with @’s and #’s because readers on facebook have no desire to attempt to translate a different format, nor should they have to, since they have chosen which medium suits them best.

here’s the analogy I like to use: I am the social networking equivalent of multilingual, and will address you in your native tongue because that makes you more comfortable and by doing so, we can have a more meaningful conversation. different social networks have different norms, and so they are effectively and necessarily different ways of communicating, not unlike different languages.I want to communicate with you, so I do not expect you to learn another “language” to accommodate me to that end.*

basically it comes down to this, my goal is to keep in touch with people through the means they wish to use….hence my use of an abundance of social networking avenues.

*and, yes, I wish I was better at actually learning other languages, but that starts us off on a whole other post topic.

my digital life

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:14:00 -0600

(to sum up: I’ve decided to have tumblr post to facebook and twitter instead of having it import from twitter. this probably does not affect 99.99% of you, but if it does…well, there ya go. more details follow…)

as some of you know, I maintain a nameplate website. I decided to create one after stumbling across this article. so I created, viatorsmith.com in iWeb*. I realized I also wanted to share more than just a cliff-notes resume and some portfolio stuff, so I started this Tumblr page and linked it to the nameplate site.

I’ve toyed around with various amalgamations of importing and exporting data to try and link up all the social networking sites I use in the most efficient manner. I’m pretty happy with the set up right now and I think it works nicely with what I want it to do (share information).

I determined what information goes where based on three levels of privacy: private, semi-public and public. my private sharing occurs in forums (i.e. LiveJournal, Twitter locked account,) that enable the user to select who views which post(s) and in an anonymous blog. my semi-public information is on those networks where I have some, but not complete control of who sees what (FaceBook, LinkedIn, MySpace). and finally, public information is shared where there is no content filtering and there is no reasonable expectation of privacy (Twitter unlocked account, tumblr, public nameplate blogs).

based on these criteria, here’s where my tumblr set up stands as of today:
tumblr imports stories (headlines) from my public blogs and portals (ArtInformant, dexla, JeweledTiger, PerformanceStudies), it will now then export to both Twitter and FaceBook.

since I use Selective Twitter for FaceBook, this should not create any of the double posting issues I experience with previous setups.

oh, and for those of you interested, I also use Ping.fm for completely public posts. it broadcasts to MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter and depending on my use of the Selective Twitter function (#fb) it also filters through to FaceBook.

I suppose this essentially makes Tumblr more of a log of my blog posts and less of a lifestream, since the daily minutia are relegated to Twitter, but I feel that Twitter is the more appropriate space for those types of things anyway.

so, if you used to get all your updates from me here (which I’m sure is the grand minority of you), this will now be more of a catalog of my more involved writing and content managing and Twitter will remain the repository of over sharing it was always intended to be**.

*although, after using wordpress for a few other projects, I am working on migrating the nameplate site to WP as well.

**but, since Tumblr will be exporting to Twitter, that will be the place for all your one-stop shopping, er..ahem reading.

No, I did not wear the same pants to the office all week, I work(ed) in theatre, we own/wear a lot...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:21:41 -0600

No, I did not wear the same pants to the office all week, I work(ed) in theatre, we own/wear a lot of black. #fb

http://twitpic.com/pdw3y - @intellagirl this, my first twitpic, is the view from my office #geekpoll

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:21:41 -0600

http://twitpic.com/pdw3y - @intellagirl this, my first twitpic, is the view from my office #geekpoll

http://twitpic.com/pdw3y - @intellagirl this, my first twitpic, is the view from my office #ge...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:21:41 -0600

http://twitpic.com/pdw3y - @intellagirl this, my first twitpic, is the view from my office #ge ekpoll

Thankyou Roy, John, Dallas, Dustin, Norm & everyone else who has served. You are appreciated...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:58:22 -0600

Thankyou Roy, John, Dallas, Dustin, Norm & everyone else who has served. You are appreciated & loved more than you will ever know. #fb

New NEA Leader starting off in the right direction….

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:55 -0600

New NEA Leader starting off in the right direction….:

Rocco Landesman, the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, is setting off on a tour of arts organizations around the nation. In this article he also discusses the important role art…

UH and Texas A&M honored at White House Ceremony

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:55 -0600

UH and Texas A&M honored at White House Ceremony:

“Michelle Obama has presented a Coming Up Taller award (which recognizes and supports outstanding after-school arts and humanities programs) from the President’s Committee on Arts and the Humanities…

Note to self: put more music on phone and amp up the nano. #fb

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:11:57 -0500

Note to self: put more music on phone and amp up the nano. #fb

Props to the Judge for bringing some (court-appropriate) levity to the welcome/introduction #fb

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:43:04 -0500

Props to the Judge for bringing some (court-appropriate) levity to the welcome/introduction #fb

City jury duty is where it’s at. Just one day, apx 2 hours in a trial. #fb

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:43:01 -0500

City jury duty is where it’s at. Just one day, apx 2 hours in a trial. #fb

On a completely unrelated note, THX to pals w/ U2 tix. It was amazing! #fb

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:35:45 -0500

On a completely unrelated note, THX to pals w/ U2 tix. It was amazing! #fb

Never been called for jury duty. Always curious. Now both city & county want me. Today city. #fb

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:35:45 -0500

Never been called for jury duty. Always curious. Now both city & county want me. Today city. #fb

Houston Metro could increase ridership by making Trip Planner easier to interpret …just...

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:08:28 -0500

Houston Metro could increase ridership by making Trip Planner easier to interpret …just sayin’ #fb

…should really read more Heidegger.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:43:33 -0500

…should really read more Heidegger.

Very excited to be at the launch party for my friends’ webseries, Web Zeroes. Check it out!...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:53:39 -0500

Very excited to be at the launch party for my friends’ webseries, Web Zeroes. Check it out! #fb

Apparently herding cats was part of my job description, must’ve overlooked that one. #fb

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:56:43 -0500

Apparently herding cats was part of my job description, must’ve overlooked that one. #fb