"The Art of Social Media"

Jason Falls, founder of social media explorer, was interviewed and he lists some key points for businesses to look at while using social media.

Jason Falls Interview from Michael A. Stelzner on Vimeo.

He talks a lot about things we have already said but I feel like this is a good tool for us to look at when evaluating Social Media uses by Not For Profit Art's Orgs. Maybe even a model for an evaluation? What do you think?

Re Doing your bathroom? Check this out!

This is why I want a house!!!

I love these tiles!

Images courtisy of picsroll.com

Click the linkk to see more epic tiles!

The storm thats taking over....

THIS is a fantastic article about community arts organizations using social media in different ways to gain a crowd. But while reading the article on Mashable I was shown a new social media website MediaStorm. In the article "How Community Arts Organizations are Using Social Media" they said, "For users, being able to spend as much time as they like poring over work on sites like the still photography and multimedia showcase MediaStorm is a better professional and amateur photography viewing experience than having museum crowds push them along."

What do you think? Would you rather be "pushed along" in a museum or stroll through an online gallery?

Personally I like both. It would be nice to view art online in a museum like online gallery when I can't make it to the gallery itself.

a map of musicians

Now THIS is cool! I have discovered quite a few new favorite bands using this map. Plus it is pretty awesome to see who they like to put in the same music group! Enjoy!

Weird things my cats do...

I have two very awesome cats...but they are very strange.



The gray and white stripped one is Zeke. He likes to sleep on or next to my face at night, jump on top of the counter to get to the refrigerator to jump up finally on top of my cabinets. His favorite napping places include the back of my computer chair, my boyfriend's pillow, and the cracks between the cushions of the sofa. He also likes to curl up in little balls and tell me that I can't go to work....



Xander is the brown and black stripped one. He covers his eyes with his paws when he sleeps. He also sits, fetches and gives high fives! on command. He likes to drink water out of the toilet and lick condensation off of soda cans, bottles, and the shower walls. We have a ritual every time I wash my hands in the bathroom he jumps up on the toilet seat and waits for me to shake all the water off of my hands on to him so he can lick it off....



As weird as they are, I would not trade them for any other cat in the world! They always keep me on my toes and are highly entertaining!



Do you have any animals? If so, do they do strange things also? Please tell me about it and upload a picture if you have one! To my fellow arts management seminar classmates, who ever has the best story gets a prize on Monday and if everyone participates maybe I will make something special for the whole class!

Relaaaaaaaaxxxx

Just a little something to help you relax after a long day of work or school. It is totally customizeable and it loops indefinately!

Wal-Mart on Facebook....

Social Media...

Sigh...

So I go to Wal-Mart the other day (I know you can all crucify me later) and on my receipt it says "Find Us On FaceBook!" I almost died. Wal-Mart is on Facebook.

Having big companies like Wal-Mart on Facebook makes the Not-For-Profit Arts Marketer's job more difficult. Facebook is free and efficient tool for NFP's to use to communicate with their clientele. Wal-Mart has all the money in the world. Why on earth do they need to be on Facebook? Look around you, Wal-Mart probably has ads in your local news paper, on your local television stations, billboards, on the internet, I wouldn't be surprised if they have radio ads!

Maybe I'm just crazy but I hate being spammed with Wal-Mart advertising as it is I don't need them on Facebook too. What do you think? Should major corporations have Facebook pages? Is it worth it for NFP's to try to compete with them for space in the social media world?

Domestic Engineering

We are not housewives anymore we are "Domestic Engineers"

What the hell is that supposed to mean anyway? Is it a way of empowering men who choose to stay at home? Forget about what Urban Dictionary says I want to know what this term really means. Does it encompass people who work part time but are also homemakers?

I get really frustrated when I tell a fellow female that I like to bake and they scoff at me. I was in studio last week and we were talking about what was new in our lives. My Professor asked me how living with my boyfriend was going. I responded that it was going great, I wake up with him every morning and pack his lunch for the day and make him breakfast.... I was then confronted by my Professor and one or two other students with a very negative attitude. "What are you Suzie Home maker from the 1950's?" One girl even replied that her boyfriend is the one who makes her lunch and her breakfast because that's the way it should be.

This conversation made me completely irritated!!!! Why is it that feminist extremist have to hate me because I enjoy doing things to make my partner's life easier? He doesn't MAKE me make his breakfast and lunch, I choose to do it because it is more convenient for him and it also forces me to get out of bed at 7am. My boyfriend doesn't look down on me because I make his lunch for him; instead he text messages me at 12:30 pm to tell me how much he loved my sandwich and that the cookies I baked him were just what he needed to get him through his day. Don't get me wrong, I will not stand for a guy telling me what to do, say, think, or wear. But a female who does the same thing in a reversed roll is just as bad! So what makes a feminist any different from a chauvinist?

Why is it that in order for you to be feminist woman you have to act like a chauvinistic man? I have chosen to be domestic because I enjoy the process and in all actuality it is a dying art. So many of my friends do not know how to cook, bake, or even sew a hem in a pair of pants. You can save SOOOOO much money if you learn these simple tasks! For instance, if I didn't make my boyfriend lunch and breakfast every day he would be spending on average $15 a day for breakfast and lunch. After his 5 day work week that's $75 a week, $300 a month! (which by the way is only $55 less than my rent!) Not to mention if we had to go out to eat every night for dinner.... Instead I make his breakfast and lunch spending about $20 a week on milk, waffles, cereal, bread, lunch meat, cheese, lettuce and the occasional replacement of a missing condiment. That's only $80 a month.

I love making my boyfriend sandwiches. I do it because he respects me and treats me like I deserve to be treated. And there is no greater high than seeing that look of appreciation on his face when he comes home and says thank you for the amazing lunch you packed me! I'm not oppressed, I do it because when two people are in a relationship they should strive to do things to make the other person's life easier. For a relationship is firstly a partnership of two people who are dedicated to each other.

So call me a domestic engineer if you want. Or even Suzie Homemaker...I don't care I am still going to make my boyfriend sandwiches.