Anthony Rapp at Purnell
The Tartan Online: "When Anthony Rapp walked onto the stage of the Philip Chosky Theater in the Purnell Center for the Arts, he looked little older than the college crowd before him. Slender, with a head of mussed blond hair, Rapp hardly seemed like one of the most famous stage actors of our time, or one of the original cast members of a landmark contemporary American musical, Rent. But Rapp can without a doubt claim both of these distinctions. His appearance at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama Conservatory Hour gave students a chance to participate in a Q & A and talkback session, in conjunction with Rapp’s one-man show, which just closed in Pittsburgh."
Back to Basics: Procrastination - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Stepcase Lifehack: "There is a positive side to procrastination, but it’s important not to confuse procrastination at its best with everyday garden-variety procrastination. Sometimes — sometimes! — procrastination gives us the time we need to sort through a thorny issue or to generate ideas. In those rare instances, we should embrace procrastination — even as we push it away the rest of the time."
Gary Hardesty’s Massive Olympic Sound System
Live Design: "How do you make sure an audience of 91,000 can hear what’s going on in an Olympic stadium? Ask Gary Hardesty of Sound Media Fusion in Los Angeles, who served as chief audio designer for the opening and closing ceremonies at the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in August 2008"
Nemetschek North America Releases Vectorworks 2009 Product Line
Stage-directions: "Nemetschek North America has announced the 2009 release of its Vectorworks line of design software, including: Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Machine Design, Fundamentals and Renderworks. The Vectorworks 2009 product line features a new engine that gives users 2D and 3D capabilities, at speeds the company says are up to five times faster for modeling operations."
Should You Live Blog/Twitter A College Class?
Techdirt: "It's quite common these days for people to 'live blog' or 'live Twitter' different conferences or events they're attending, filling in others what's happening in near real time. However, what happens when someone does that in a college class? Already, there are some professors struggling with the fact that students use the internet during class, but they're not at all happy about the idea that they might not just be using the internet to surf around -- but to report to others what's happening inside the classroom. The issue is discussed in detail by Mark Glaser in his latest MediaShift column after an NYU professor told her students to stop blogging or Twittering things about her class."
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