Year: 2019
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Arte Agora Second Printing
Today I received delivery of 400 copies of the second printing of my book, Arte Agora: Art made, sold, or placed in the public way.
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Launch: 3rd Edition of the CUTGroup with new Preface
Today I published the third edition of my 2014 book, ” The CUTGroup: Civic User Testing Group as a New Model for UX Testing, Digital Skills Development, and Community Engagement in Civic Tech. The book included a new preface calling for systems of deep listening and qualitative user research to deployed en masse in order…
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Chasing Landscapes
Today I published a new essay: Chasing Landscapes: A Practical Study in the Removal of Arte Agora from the Public Way, as a limited edition 10-copy booklet. It’s a new form of participatory art criticism– I documented the existence and removal of items in an extended public art project. Here’s the introduction: This month, Vertical…
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Booklet on DXO Technology Experience
Today I published a 10-copy run of a 16-page look at my 20-year career in technology. I’m using it in a pitch for a potential client– remembering once again how much I love publishing.
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Presentation on Customer Engagement to WorldChicago Fellows
Today I talked about engaging new customers with products and services to the Fall 2019 Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship Professional Fellows of WorldChicago. Here’s the presentation: And here’s a pic:
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Methods in Ethnographic Management Consulting
When I left Ad Hoc and started up Civic Operator in October 2018, it was a chance to codify and solidify the consulting style I’ve developed over the course of my career into a coherent, useful set of practices. My client during this time has been a manufacturer with facilities all over the country. Over the last year, I…
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Lessons in Arte Agora at Matthew Rachman Gallery & SAE Institute
Today I taught students from SAE about the history of Arte Agora in Chicago, centering on Wesley Willis. We executed a similar lesson plan as the class I did in July 2019, but with a deeper focus on Wesley, especially the connection between finely detailed visual art and music.
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Documentation of Harvard Clothing, Litchfield, MI, August 2019
Here’s a set of documentation I created for this cut & sew athletic sublimation garment outfit. Videos: And a huge photo essay:
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Photos: Minnesota State Fair, August 2019
Here’s a love note to this master of the form.
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Arte Agora Lessons at SAE
Today I did my first Arte Agora lessons at Morgan Sayer’s art class st the SAE Institute Chicago. Two weeks before the session, introduce the concept of Arte Agora to the students. Define the term using the first portion of the book, provide a PDF of book, assign reading, and have a general discussion that…