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Remembering the USS Leopold
I’m taking some time out from art (and BBQs) to remember my Uncle Frank, not the easiest task since he died in 1944, several years before my mother was born. He was the youngest boy in a family of 6 children, and his family called him “Noonie” for reasons no one has ever explained to me. [...]
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Tags: editorial, memorial day, memory, open thread, us coast guard, uss leopold
I’ve personally been on Twitter since February 2007. And not long thereafter, I saw the business implications for Twitter and started an official Twitter account for EBSQ as well in April of the same year. We didn’t use it terribly much at first, mostly just for sharing important site updates. But as Twitter became more [...]
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Tags: #fixreplies, #twitterfail, community, customer service, ebsq, fail, twitter, user experience
“I’m a Survivor” by Fabio J Napoleoni
We’ve been spending a lot more time than usual on Twitter the past few weeks and we’ve seen a lot of people tweeting about holding sales events, making sales, and even excitement about receiving new commissions. So we’ve been wondering: How are you doing? Are you hanging in there? What (if [...]
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Tags: art, artbiz, artists, ebsq, economy, openthread, survival
Hey EBSQ, we’re turning to you to create an ongoing masterlist of EBSQ Art Bloggers which is published here as part of our blog.
Want to participate? Leave your name, your blog url, and your rss feed address (if applicable) in the comments of this post. Once we verify your EBSQ membership and the links provided, we’ll get [...]
Filed under: openthread, siteupdate | 26 Comments
Tags: art, art blogs, artists, bloggers, blogging, community, ebsq
Today I was having a conversation with artist Cynthia Fedor (@cynthiaisgr8) and writer Lon S Cohen (@obilon) on Twitter about how artists can balance a 9-to-5 career with their creative needs. You needn’t have a second job to feel unbalanced. Juggling your family and social obligations, as well as the very real work behind marketing and selling your [...]
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Tags: art, artbiz, balance, ebsq, openthread, productivity
As an admitted geek, I admire the basic concepts behind Polyvore.com, as stated on their “About” page:
Polyvore is a free, easy-to-use web-based application for mixing and matching images from anywhere on the web. It is also a vibrant community of creative and stylish people.
Polyvore lets you create sets composed of individual images using an easy to [...]
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Tags: art, artbiz, artists rights, cafepress, copyright, deviantart, ebsq, editorial, etsy, flickr, imagekind, infringement, mashups, pasha sadri, polyvore, redbubble, tech
Open Thread- Inspiration
There’s no question 2008 has been a tough year for so many EBSQer’s. Many of us (myself included!) are overdue for a creative jump start. What gets those synapses firing and itching to make something new?
Looking forward to 2009, we’d love to know what (or whom) inspires you to keep creating art.
Like what see here? Never [...]
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Tags: art, ebsq, Inspiration, openthread
Back in July, my editorial dealt with what then looked like general tough times, rather than the serious economic crisis that now faces us. It’s three months later and I know so many of you (and us as well, to be quite honest) are struggling to make ends meet. And in times like these, it’s hard to stay [...]
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Tags: art, artbiz, ebsq, economy, editorial, entrepreneurship, openthread
Those of you who know me know that I’m not just an artist; I’m also a huge tech geek. And so it’s with great interest (and concern) that I’ve been watching the most recent internet kerfuffle at the convergence of my two areas of interest. You may not be aware of the latest viral video that [...]
Filed under: artbiz, copyrights, openthread | Closed
Tags: controversy, copyright law, ebsq, fair use, flickr, kerfuffle, lane hartwell, mike arrington, open thread, richter scales, tech crunch, wired
This was originally posted in the EBSQ Glass Forum (now viewable by the public!) by resident glass artist Dawn Thompson and I felt it was extremely appropos for Labour Day. If you’d like to weigh in on this conversation you can post a comment here or respond to Dawn directly in the EBSQ Glass Forum.
It’s tough out [...]
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Tags: art, artisan, community, competition, craft, dawn thompson, ebsq, food for thought, forums, glass, industry, open thread, stained glass
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