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Links for 2012-01-25 [Digg]

2012-01-26T00:00:00-08:00

Gates: I don't pay enough tax
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he does not think he pays enough tax, and says wealthy Americans should contribute more in order to solve the deficit problem.
10 Most Popular College Majors (Infographic)
YouTube Killed the TV Star: Why Online Video Marketing is Essential for Marketers in 2012 | Socialnomics
No other tool in your marketing toolbox delivers the bang-for-your-buck like video content. Awareness, Inc. shares insights to video marketing.
GE Innovation Barometer : Key Findings
73% of executive's agree innovation is driven more by creativity than scientific research
GE Global Innovation Barometer : Scorecard - United States
92% agree that innovation is the main lever to create a more competitive economy

Links for 2012-01-24 [Digg]

2012-01-25T00:00:00-08:00

How To Get On The Front Page Of Digg
In my job as one of Discovery Channel's Social Media Editors, bloggers ask me one question more than any other, "How do I get my post on the front page of Digg?" It's an interesting question. However, I think the broader idea of how to be successful with social media, whether it be Digg, Reddit, Twitter, Pinterest or whatever's coming out tomorrow, is a lot more important. And the answer is a lot more useful. So what is the magic formula?

Links for 2012-01-23 [Digg]

2012-01-24T00:00:00-08:00

Google Analytics Blog: An update on the new version of Google Analytics
Since May of last year we’ve been working on a new version of Google Analytics and quickly adding new features and functionality to provide you with fast access to the insights you need. We’re extremely pleased with the new capabilities around multi-channel measurement , real-time analytics, flow visualization and improved device reporting to name a few. Our goal was to create a faster, more intuitive platform for the future and I think we’ve met many of these goals. Before we fully move to the new version we’re ensuring that you have the key functions you’re used to and which enables GA to be integral to your organization. We’re working hard on some priority features - email scheduling and PDF export as a top priority, alongside profile copying and dashboard sharing - and want to let you know that we’ll only fully be moving over to the new version once these are in place. We’ve collected a lot of feedback on things you love and things you miss - but if there is still something you just can’t live without let us know by filling in this survey . We’re excited to bring you more in 2012 - we have a lot on our to do list - so keep reading and I hope to hear from you so we can continue to make GA the most intuitive, useful analytics tool available for marketers and site owners today. Posted by Phil Mui, Group Product Manager, Google Analytics
16 Celebrities With The Weirdest Allergies
What do Zooey Deschanel, Keith Olbermann and Billy Bob Thornton have in common? Weird food allergies.

Links for 2012-01-22 [Digg]

2012-01-23T00:00:00-08:00

Internet Marketing Basics – What You Need to Know
If you'd like to find long term success using Internet Marketing, it is important to master the basics. If you understand what it takes to build a strong and effective foundation for your IM business first, you'll make your journey easier. A lot of beginners in the Internet Marketing world today tend to ignore the initial steps they should be take....
The Best Way to Advertise In Facebook
Being a person who owns an online business, you realize you need to advertise your website online to ensure that you to generate targeted traffic. Keep in mind that to ensure that an online business to get good results, targeted traffic is the main factor. With targeted traffic, you'll have the ability to increase sales as well as the quantity of p...

Links for 2012-01-21 [Digg]

2012-01-22T00:00:00-08:00

Merchant Circle Mayors in Uproar and Let MC know about it | Occupy Merchant Circle
It looks as though Merchant Circle has reneged on another promise, and MerchantCircle Mayors are letting them know about it.

Links for 2012-01-18 [Digg]

2012-01-19T00:00:00-08:00

When the Job Hunt Gets Tough, Time to Get Creative
Ali | Job Search Tips

Links for 2012-01-17 [Digg]

2012-01-18T00:00:00-08:00

New Tool Reveals Country's Most Polluted Places: How Close Do You Live?
Thanks to a new tool from the EPA, you can see how close you live to the country's biggest polluters.
MEMC SunEdison Stakes out $4.6 Billion in Solar Power Projects as Japan Readies Feed-In Tariff
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How To Reuse Or Recycle Your Old Tech
What do you do with tech leftovers? Combat rising e-waste by using old PCs and electronics in different ways or recycling them conscientiously.
Honeybee problem nearing a ‘critical point’
Anyone who’s been stung by a bee knows they can inflict an outsized pain for such tiny insects. It makes a strange kind of sense, then, that their demise would create an outsized problem for the food system by placing the more than 70 crops they pollinate — from almonds to apples to blueberries — in peril. Although news about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has died down, commercial beekeepers have seen average population losses of about 30 percent each year since 2006, said Paul Towers, of the Pesticide Action Network.
Minecraft, Intellectual Property, and the Future of Copyright in Gaming
IP lawyer Greg Lastowka looks at what Mojang has achieved with its massively popular game -- not just creatively, but in terms of shattering the boundaries between player and developer, and what that means in the current internet age.
PODhouses Are Perfect For Swiss Hotel and Permanent Camping
Remember snow? It still falls in Switzerland. You can stay in a lovely little PODhouse at Camping Flims
Over 500 million Chinese citizens now connected to the web
The number of internet-connected Chinese citizens jumped 4 percent in 2012, pushing the country's total number of users over the 500 million mark.
The Coolest Laser Display Ever (Photos)
This animated laser display works by beaming a laser generated image onto glass planes containing a film of nanoparticles.
10 Most Awesomely Disguised Satellite Dishes [w/pics]
Satellite dishes have bestowed a plethora of marvels upon the modern world, aiding in space exploration, allowing for increased security from military attack, and of course, helping to provide an amazing choice of television services from all over the globe!
BREAKING: Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang Resigns!
Yang, who started Yahoo in 1995, is leaving the company's board of directors as well as all other positions within the company effective Tuesday...
Institutional Whitewash
Can an art practice intended to carry a confrontational message, a voice of outrage against the status quo, maintain its authenticity, even its life, when turned into a commodity and safely boxed in the institutional space of the museum? This tension, between artists who intend to make strong political statements in the public sphere and the owners or custodians of the spaces they choose as their platform, has a long history. It is a particularly interesting history in Los Angeles, a city well known for lacking public space and public discourse.
Urban Crude: Touring the Oil Fields of Los Angeles with Drew Heitzler and the Center for Land Use Interpretation
Last fall I met the artist Drew Heitzler in front of the Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) headquarters on Venice Boulevard in Culver City, where we boarded a sightseeing tour bus and settled in for a day of exploring the largest oil field in America: Los Angeles.

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2011-01-25T16:07:00.002-07:00

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2011-01-25T15:47:00.001-07:00

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Storyboards for Commercial Video Production

2009-11-19T13:51:00.000-07:00

Designarts - New film development sketches for Phoenix video production company client. Four out of 16 frames in black & white, pencil.

Fractal Kitten

2009-01-28T12:05:00.001-07:00

Fractal Kitten, originally uploaded by Haarnaald.

Art meets science in this image of a radiant cyber kitty. Enlarge to fully appreciate. Best regards, Kent

RedShoe2

2009-01-22T14:16:00.001-07:00

RedShoe2, originally uploaded by designartsaz.

Thanks for all the reviews. Great to hear from all. I will develop this piece into a large painting on canvas and will post when completed.

Artist Blogs

2008-07-26T17:17:00.005-07:00

Artist Blogs - Care to share some Link Lovin'?

Just found Alison's Artist Blogs link here at Blogger and this list site opens a new world into artist's blogs and virtual studio visits.

Sometimes Less is More. Art blogs [art-blogging.blogspot.com] is just that. An artist's list without a pitch. Not even a forum. This could be an opportunity to start something new or trace your steps back to the beginning of your own inspirations and works.

Make some new roots at http://art-blogging.blogspot.com/

Investigate and learn...

Kent Looft

360design network is live...

2008-03-10T14:16:00.005-07:00

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Just launched my first Ning network site.

Way cool. Add videos, groups, forums, photo portfolio, music, etc. Crazy hot web 2.o .

Let me know what you think and how I can help your design business grow.

Best regards, akento

Technorati Profile

2007-12-11T15:43:00.000-07:00

Thanks, Gretchen for publishing my article.
Here's my networking profile.

Technorati Profile

Creating Art with Heart

2007-12-07T16:18:00.000-07:00

Here's a recent article I wrote for my artist friend, Gretchen:

Hello, Gretchen. You asked if I would be willing to contribute to your blog at heartaday with an article. Initially, I wasn’t quite sure where your readers might take interest, so I thought this overview might prove insightful and strike some discussion. To begin, I want to congratulate you on choosing to express your art with the HeArt a Day Series.

Reflections. Back in art school, I recall seeing a book that was a series of photos from Europe that consisted of a series of shots of simply, doors. And on the surface it would seem boring and a waste of time viewing much less shooting, but what it revealed was surprising.

Results. The door book viewing provided a portal of reference to people across the diversity of cultures, life styles, values, and position. And while some doors were magnificent with carving and ornamentation - others were profound in their simplicity, color and utility.

Variation on a Theme is an expression that is found in many art forms including music. The masterful works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Beethoven were often expressed with compositions based on a fugue theme that is woven throughout a composition. Today repeating themes are evident in current rap and hip hop music with the use of pre-ecorded audio loops and tracks that overlay the lead vocals. Da Da Da Dum…

One graphic element that occurs in many of your HeArt works I have seen is the spiral element. In a series you may choose to keep some aspects of each work the same – such as size, substrate, media, and a signature element (like your spiral) and alter other criteria such as color, pattern, scale.

The Medium is the message. Or create a series within a series of one design rendered with charcoal, pastel, watercolor and acrylic on different surfaces which will illustrate the range of expression each media brings to the table (easel).

Tell a story. The reason behind your choice of a heart form may be the most significant to center your expression through it. What does it represent to you, your life & family. Is is always happy or sometimes melancholy? How would it be seen thru someone other than yourself? A child? A grandparent? Shakespeare said; How do I love thee? Let me count thy ways….

Best wishes on your journey, Kent

Kent Looft is an author, artist and marketing consultant at Designarts, Inc.
http://www.designartsaz.com
www.artifactsgallery.blogspot.com
kent@designartsaz.com

Creating Art with Heart

New Works & Gallery Wraps

2007-10-03T14:01:00.000-07:00

Spice of Life, acrylic on canvas

2007-05-18T17:14:00.000-07:00

Chile Finale, Pastel on Arches

2006-07-19T17:07:00.000-07:00

Bird on Laguna Cliffs

2006-05-26T17:33:00.000-07:00

Toucan Tropics

2006-05-26T17:21:00.000-07:00

Right as Rain

2006-05-26T17:17:00.000-07:00

Birds of Prey

2006-05-26T17:04:00.000-07:00

Friends First

2006-05-26T17:00:00.000-07:00

On Golden Palms

2006-05-26T16:55:00.000-07:00

Sonoran Tapestry

2006-05-26T16:49:00.000-07:00

Shiprock Highlands

2006-05-26T16:48:00.000-07:00

2006-04-07T18:18:00.000-07:00

Deep Blue, Deep Brown, original photo (composite), Holga. A.K. Looft

2006-04-07T16:57:00.000-07:00

Calla Study One - 15x20 pastel on paper. A.K. Looft

New Frames, Old Lens

2006-04-07T16:33:00.000-07:00

Here's a sample of my new shots and some archive shots for a mini "retro" show.

I have scads of studio work images, including painting, charcoal, pastel, etc. and will use this space as a litebox/showcase to consider new work, commissions and promotion. I ordered a site at TheArtistRegistry and will initially focus on setting up a portfolio there and also developing a gallery site to add to my current design business site at www.designartsaz.com.

Let me know your thoughts and constructive input. Thanks for taking the time to review. Best regards, Kent