My Work.

Lately i’ve been thinking a lot about what it is I do.  I have a role that takes me from 9-5 that I quite enjoy, and have been rather successful in.  I work for good people, doing good work which is challenging and diverse.  This is a good thing.  After two years wearing many hats each day from 9-5, i’ve grown into a desire to narrow my focus.

I think this is called career development, and i’m OK with that.

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BarCamp Philly 2 + BeerCamp

About the time of my last post here, I had this gchat convo with Roz Duffy:

stellarfluff: kelani12:38 PM me: wuzzup?stellarfluff: are you still into barcamp this year or you all fired up on other projects?

12:39 PMme: um, I could be into it…I guess it depends on when, who’s involved, etc.
you doing it again?
with JP??

12:40 PM stellarfluff: as of now thats the plan
me: nice
i’d love to help you out again
it was pretty awesome

12:41 PM stellarfluff: ok cool
you were ACES
me: aw shucks
stellarfluff: topps
me: well let me know when you’re rolling on it
stellarfluff: we’re working with uarts to choose the date now
then its all in
me: awesome

That’s all it took to get a game-changing weekend’s culmination of awesomeness rolling for me.  The inaugural BarCamp Philly completely shifted my perception of the power of community, especially the one growing here in Philadelphia.  I didn’t hesitate for a second to get involved when Roz and JP approached me towards the end of the summer.  Working with them last year was a blast, and illuminated for me where my skills are strong(or not), where I work well on a team, and how damn good it feels to facilitate community-driven innovation. Read More »

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BarCampPhilly 2 + BeerCamp v2

(or what I did for the last four months)

This post was my first attempt to summarize the awesomeness that was BarCamp Philly 2 + BeerCamp.  It came out rote and logistical, writing it the day after both events my mind was still reeling, so I left it unpublished for awhile, mulling over everything.  Now that i’ve typed up the broader-view of the experience (v1 above), I thought it worthwhile to publish this one too incase anyone out there on the interwebs wants to know how shit went down:

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A Business Plan for Art

An increase in thinking and talking about long-term aspirations as concerns income ’round these parts has lead to this newest idea: a business plan.  Simple.

I’ve been nurturing a strong urge to create and manage an arts space for quite some time now.  I realize that this endeavor will require funding, and so the question of how to purse that, REALLY do it, takes over.  @Howdiz thinks a business plan is the way to go.  Break the low-funding DIY and or grant/ass-licking mould and simply appeal to investors with a break-away powerhouse of an idea about how to monetize artistic talent in a progressively modern way.

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What’s Going On.

July + Summertime has thus far been a frenzy of family and life-things.  @howdiz and I are in the process of buying a house.  It takes up a lot of time, so I haven’t spent much on thought and art lately, though there are a few things I’d like to mention:

Theoretically + New Asshole Meetup

Last month Libby & Roberta made an email introduction between Rick Banister,  myself, and Manya Scheps of New Asshole - the thought was that we might have some things to talk about as concerns theory around art in Philadelphia.  I proposed a meet-up and then ordered a copy of my own New Asshole.  The zine came to the haus well before the meet-up came together, giving me plenty of time to traverse, digest, and become thoroughly enamored with the endeavor beforehand. Read More »

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