Gif by Alex Boya AbstractAn assessment of a thought experiment exploring public history blogging on a cryptocurrency platform. Participants included graduate school students at Temple University, in

Clip from the Richard Pryor film, Brewster's Millions Growing up with the film, Brewster's Million's taught me to avoid large sums of cash. At a young age I learned that a bounty of bucks only leads to

Image by Diane Ferlatte The International Storytellers' Festival Recently, I discovered a juicy white paper about storytelling and blockchain. Check out this meaty morsel from the Story Blocks: Reimagining

Image by Emily Szalay from The Western Museums Association. Did you know that the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works conducted an audit of all of the United States' cultural

As a self-proclaimed digital strategist, I've got plenty to say about the topic, especially in relation to non-profit culture organizations. For four years I worked as the Director of Interactive Media

I recently came across a cases study that reminded me of how awesome the internet can be in sharing ideas. As if written for me to discovery at that exact juncture in time when a mix of different interests

Image of the golden record and cover made of aluminum w/ an electroplated ultra-pure sample of the isotope uranium-238. Previously I wrestled with the notion of public record and public trust. Who writes

What is the public record? Is it the running list of top 10 Billboard hits? Twitter? Anything with an ISBN number and barcode? Or is it something less tangible yet infinitely more sanctimonious? Once I'm

DAM or Digital Asset Management is the business and technical term for managing all your digital shit. On a personal level it is the journey from making scrap books with photos printed from disposable

Image from Uncanny X-men Vol 1, Issue 230 Art by Marc Silvestri. HypothesisCurated content by subject matter experts mixed with user generated content contributed by engaged individuals is the best way

For the last couple months I have been exploring the non-profit sector in Philly with a cohort of students at Temple University. We're using this platform as a thought experiment in public history, micro

Image by Tamlyn Blasdale-Holmes Previously on this blog ... we posited new ways that blockchain technology, and Steemit in particular, can open up new revenue streams for nonprofit organizations as well

Gif from The Artist's Dilemma (1901) So is blockchain the advent of Web 4.0? Is it a new renaissance as some would like to believe? Can upvotes to artists and creative types actually support their lifestyle

Image by Yusuke Hana Steemit has the potential to offer new revenue streams for non-profit organizations looking to compete in the attention economy. Myself and a group of other contributors from Temple

What type of value are we even talking about? Money in the bank (aka assets + equity)? Membership numbers? Cultural/social impact measured by qualitative and quantitative data? Have you stopped even caring

Like Alice following the hare down the rabbit hole, I followed the tabla playing accountant to the mysterious new world. It was 1998, and I was a recent college graduate who took a random workshop in

It’s funny how we’re never tourists in our own backyard. Just the other weekend I entered the Woodmere Museum on the edge of Philly in Chestnut Hill for the first time. Image from Woodmere Art Museum,

Image from Classic Film Aficionados On January 27th, 1918 a quiet salt of the earth kinda guy made his heroic debut on Broadway. As this was his silent film debut it would be another fourteen years before

One hundred years ago. A century. It sounds substantial. In terms of units of measurement, it has solid notoriety. I mean, it’s no milenia, but 100 years is a respectable chunk of time. For humans. Like

Image from Megillat Esther These pithy introductions on social media platforms always strike me as goofy. Like a stand-up comic on stage regurgitating their resume rather than making you laugh. Someone