Comments on: 21st Century Business Models for Artists (2) – “the 5 W’s”

By: 21st Century Business Models for Artists (5) - Time Vs. Money — Words Words Words — The Dream Cafe Weblog

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:59:47 +0000

[...] Part 2: The Five W’s [...]

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Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:26:58 +0000

[...] Part 2: The Five W’s [...]

By: Ella

Ella — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:53:24 +0000

Kit@6: Well, barring a third Lebanese War or something equally unfortunate, the grand majority of the country is open to tourists and natives alike.

…That actually came out less reassuring than I’d intended. What I mean to say is, we’re perfectly harmless! Also, Israelis actually know a smattering of English, unlike the French. *preen*

By: kit

kit — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:19:32 +0000

Ella@5: Hummus from Nazareth!! Count me in. I loves me some hummus (and so does Steve). Actually it was my first Israeli friend that taught me to make it.

By: Ella

Ella — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:20:43 +0000

Kit@4: Oh, that would be splendid. :) Although I don’t know how much of a credit this first visit was to Israel’s cuisine–I think they only frequented one restaurant, and it was some Asian-Fusion thing, not representative of our culinary styles at all. Certainly, the second visit will have to be more thorough, and will contain hummus from Nazareth if I have to go and bring the damn pitas myself. *g*

By: kit

kit — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:14 +0000

Ella@2: From everything I’ve heard from R&S about their stay, it’s been a glorious time. I’ve wanted to visit Israel ever since becoming close to an Israeli woman I met at Burning Man in 2004 and hearing her stories about the country (and its food). I look forward to accompanying the Dream Cafe “posse” on a future visit.

By: Elizabeth Barrette

Elizabeth Barrette — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:34:14 +0000

This set of questions is good for writing project summaries and promotional materials. I’ve done it for my book _Composing Magic_ and for my freelance editing business. *ponder* I don’t think I’ve done it for my Poetry Fishbowls, though.

By: Ella

Ella — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:21:35 +0000

(To Steven and Reesa, most excellent Guests of Honour:)

This is an enormously helpful and very well-structured paper so far; I’m having great fun dissecting the ideas therein in light of our previous conversations at the con. (Kudos to Kit for this as well, of course.) Still sore about the fact I couldn’t attend the World Panel or Reesa’s lecture, since no doubt they were both awesome.

You’ve been sterling guests, both of you, and I, at least, have enjoyed every minute of your presence, in more a lot ways than one. Thanks again for the great–scratch that, magnificent–time. ;)

Enjoy the rest of your stay in Israel, and have an easy trip back! Remember to bring the rest of the posse when you return (soonest best, as we’re all aching to see you again).

P.S. From what I’ve heard, the Terry Bruks joke caught on like fire in a dry field. It really is quite inexplicable, in a totally hilarious way.

P.P.S. Hezak ve’emats!

By: kit

kit — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:10:27 +0000

I just discovered Freemind, a really nifty program useful any time a visual 'mindmap' can be useful -- this would include laying out your answers to the five W's or making a sitemap for your project's homepage. The 5 W's are a really useful tool too, because us artists often create projects that are too expansive for their own good. Remember that you can launch a project in stages -- write down all those pie in the sky notions for the future, but start with what is immediately feasible for your first step.