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I’m starting to piece together what Monday night’s Pop-Up Magazine Song Reader issue is all about…and it is going to be cool.

First, a bit of backstory.

1. Pop-Up Magazine is a “live magazine,” created for the stage and a live audience.

Nothing will arrive in your mailbox. Nothing will go online. Nothing will be filmed or recorded. An issue exists for one night, in one place.

2. Song Reader is Beck’s latest “album,” only there’s no vinyl, no CD, no MP3s. It’s an album that can only be heard by playing the songs. (Or by listening to other artists perform them.)

Beck’s latest project comes in an almost-forgotten form—twenty songs existing only as individual pieces of sheet music, never before released or recorded.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

Pop-Up is basically the perfect way for Beck to release his versions of the songs to the world for one night only. Nothing will go online. Nothing is filmed or recorded. It exists for one night, in one place.

Tremendously cool. So excited to be there.

This was a fun project. Site was designed mobile first, from the ground up with Marylanders in mind. We held over half a dozen focus groups all across the state. Thank you, Maryland!

nicusa:

Governor Martin O’Malley today unveiled the next generation of Maryland.gov — redesigned from the ground up with Marylanders in mind. The new design is based on forward-leaning industry best practices, the latest web and mobile technologies, and focus group feedback from across the state.

Simplicity, ease of use, and citizen engagement were primary goals for the redesign, and the site’s responsive web design makes it easier to find and share information whether you’re on a desktop, tablet, or smartphone. Social media content from Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube have been deeply integrated into the site, and location-based data helps you find information and services near you.

“In an ever changing 21st century world, government must continuously evolve and adapt to meet the needs of the citizens we serve.”
— Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley

Congratulations to our team in Maryland. As DoIT Secretary Elliot Schlanger said, “This is much, much more than a face-lift to Maryland.gov.”

Read more about the new features in the Governor’s press release.

Love this! The first 30 seconds of the video are infuriating—are there actually doctors that would recommend this?!?—but the rest had me smiling and in tears.

seanmcdonald:

I love this - aside from from the choice to be such a great big brother, it’s amazing to see the maturity and empathy Connor has at his age. (Sports Illustrated Kid of The Year 2012 by SOAZstaff)

Hello There, Racists!

hellothereracists:

There is nothing wrong with disliking President Obama. Disagree with him on policies, dislike his politics. But the unbelievable amount of hatred simply because of the color of his skin and multifaceted background is quite simply, despicable. And totally Un-American. The slurs and calls for violence are wholly uncalled for.

This behavior (probably learned from their parents and relatives) should never be condoned. Teach your kids kindness, tolerance, and nonviolence, and that we are held accountable for the individuals we are - not the names or labels or colors of our skin. You may disagree with someone’s ideas - and that’s ok - but that is no excuse for slurs and hate. It is categorically wrong. There is no humor to be found in these cruel statements. There is nothing to joke about.

“Why Is Dad So Mad?” Because Han shot first! Or maybe because George Lucas put Hayden Christensen into Return of the Jedi.

This is a sculpture. Truly amazing.

Neil Dawson’s Horizons at Gibbs Farm in Kaipara Harbor, NZ

(via Aether – Journal | Neil Dawson Horizons)

Found via somnambulant.

“Gotta find me some of that…”

dear-photograph:

Dear Photograph,
It was the falling down and the burrowing into, a pile of crunchy leaves, that made you get up and go out and play. I need to go find me some of that…again.
Rachel

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T3i
Aperture: f/20
Exposure: 1/30th
Focal Length: 27mm

Tumblr as a platform for civic action? Yes, indeed. Historic and notable.

Yesterday we did a historic thing. We generated 87,834 phone calls to U.S. Representatives in a concerted effort to protect the Internet. Extraordinary. There’s no doubt that we’ve been heard.
So just to keep you updated: The well-intentioned, but immensely flawed “Stop Online Piracy Act” is still in the House Judiciary Committee. The hearing was yesterday and now members will debate and bring amendments to the bill. The Committee will reconvene in a few weeks — the date has yet to be scheduled. Nothing has been brought to a final vote. Everything is still very much in play. We’ll keep you posted on what’s going on and what you can do to help. But for now, we want to thank you.
One encouraging thing we heard yesterday:

I don’t believe this bill has any chance on the House floor. I think it’s way too extreme, it infringes on too many areas that our leadership will know is simply too dangerous to do in its current form.

— Representative Darrell Issa
We also want to express our tremendous gratitude to our friends at Mobile Commons who, on 30 minutes notice, hooked us up with their amazing platform (and provided their expertise) to automatically connect callers with their Representatives.

Tumblr as a platform for civic action? Yes, indeed. Historic and notable.

Yesterday we did a historic thing. We generated 87,834 phone calls to U.S. Representatives in a concerted effort to protect the Internet. Extraordinary. There’s no doubt that we’ve been heard.

So just to keep you updated: The well-intentioned, but immensely flawed “Stop Online Piracy Act” is still in the House Judiciary Committee. The hearing was yesterday and now members will debate and bring amendments to the bill. The Committee will reconvene in a few weeks — the date has yet to be scheduled. Nothing has been brought to a final vote. Everything is still very much in play. We’ll keep you posted on what’s going on and what you can do to help. But for now, we want to thank you.

One encouraging thing we heard yesterday:

I don’t believe this bill has any chance on the House floor. I think it’s way too extreme, it infringes on too many areas that our leadership will know is simply too dangerous to do in its current form.

— Representative Darrell Issa

We also want to express our tremendous gratitude to our friends at Mobile Commons who, on 30 minutes notice, hooked us up with their amazing platform (and provided their expertise) to automatically connect callers with their Representatives.

Been stuck in my head since Sunday night.

brokemogul:

Tonight’s end credit song on How to Make it in America

“Midnight City” by M83

I couldn’t agree more.

Found via @laughingsquid: 9/11 Memorial: Reflect

It’s a wonderful image. Also eerily similar to this poster from Tuesday’s Children:

(Source: nevver)

Yes! So excited that the world of a capella is alive an well with the next generation. :)

quinnmuller:

Today wasn’t such an exciting day for me. I was sick at home, ON THE 3rd DAY OF SCHOOL! Well at least I got to watch a bunch of TV (5 episodes of Doctor who). By the way, I’ve got a cool video I’d like to show you. I hope you love this a cappella Dr. Who Theme song.

1.USA.gov Open Data and Hack Day

So much potential to learn from the data aggregated by USA.gov’s link shortener. Very excited to see what comes out of the hack day next month!

usagov:

In March, we announced a new URL shortening service called 1.USA.gov. 1.USA.gov automatically creates .gov URLs whenever you use bitly to shorten a URL that ends in .gov or .mil. We created this service to make it easy for people to know when a short URL will lead to official, and…

The most subversive protest of all: An Egyptian protestor kisses a riot police officer.

/via kateoplis

Who knew?