Maria Daniels

Digital Natives

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:17:18 +0000

The people outside the castle walls are all “relaxing”… or are they just plugged into the grid?

Colorado microsite

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:03:00 +0000

Great teachers and leaders for all Colorado kids! Here’s a microsite designed to help the public show support for pending legislation that will improve teacher effectiveness and better position Colorado to receive hundreds of millions of additional federal funding for its schools.
http://www.greatteachersandleaders.org/

Medford Farmer’s Market – July 9

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:25:12 +0000

This is the second week I’ve been to the nearby farmer’s market this summer. Hits: gigantic strawberries from Sunderland, Massachusetts; sugar snap peas; extra virgin olive oil; the musical entertainment (Tokyo Tramps).

Misses: Not enough tables! Is all the rain harming the crops, or are people just used to rainy days by now, and not showing up to buy and sell?

Medford Arts Council – June 10

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:42:10 +0000

Bethany Beach, Delaware

Met members of the city’s human rights commission at a diversity event at City Hall. Our missions have some overlap. They sponsored a photo project that will be exhibited at an upcoming Arts Council-funded event: the International Family Festival at Springstep.

The mission of the Human Rights Commission is to protect the civil rights of Medford residents, reinforce a positive community atmosphere, work with community groups and agencies to educate, promote understanding to eliminate prejudice and intolerance, and to mediate within the community whenever needed.

‘Faces of Medford’ is a traveling photographic exhibit highlighting the diverse families of Medford. On display at the International Family Festival @ Springstep – June 14th 10:00AM – 2:00PM

American Experience

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:35:56 +0000

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2000-2009. I led the team that launched American Experience’s new, video-centric Web site PBS.org, January 2009. I worked at WGBH as American Experience’s Director of New Media for nine years, leading the documentary series into the digital era with a slew of innovations: PBS.org’s first fully bilingual English/Spanish site, first video podcast, first DVD that was fully accessible for people with disabilities, and a prototype video-on-demand application for linking historical documentaries to the rich archives that underlie them.

The Public Sphere in an Electronic Age

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:14:14 +0000

Attending a workshop at Tufts co-sponsored by the Open Knowledge Commons. In Germany a single-volume printed version of Wikipedia was issued by a Bertelsmann subsidiary (50K entries – abridged from the online version), and sold out.

You can never predict how people will want to use information. Great power in aggregating/collecting sets of information. The research focus is on making it all available, interoperable, manageable. There’s a big need for derivative products, in my view – interfaces and packages that will help people approach the mountain in practical, helpful ways.

Perseus Project

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:57:30 +0000

Tetradrachm with head of Arethusa

1990-2000I was hired as a photographer and soon became the project’s first visual collections curator, bringing thousands of artworks and over 40,000 images into a pathbreaking digital library based at Harvard and Tufts Universities. I specialized in building collaborations with museums in the U.S. and Europe, ultimately creating partnerships with over 60 institutions. I helped write grant proposals, as well.

Medford Arts Council – June 1st

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:41:15 +0000

The Arts Council is doing its annual community input work. We have a survey, online and in city locations including the Medford Public Library and the Danish Pastry House.

The new grant season begins now, with information sessions and community outreach leading up to a proposal submission deadline on October15, 2009.