More linkage

If you have loads of time, make sure to check out the Coudal Partners site. There is all sorts of great stuff there. I am particularly fond of the Museum of Online Museums. Plan on getting sucked in and spending hours with those links.

I found the airhorn museum particularly interesting as it seems there’s an entire class of airhorns called “Leslie.” Considering my love of trains, that’s fitting.

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There is also another art buyer blog to follow. Caitlin is US-based and calls herself an Art Producer in the title of her blog, but what she actually does is very Art Buyer-esque, too. Definitely worth checking in on, like her recent post about Woody Allen suing American Apparel for using an image of him without permission. She lets readers know that sometimes the creatives get frustrated because the art buyer has to tell them “we can’t do that,” but when an AB says that, she’s (usually) covering everyone’s ass. It’s part of the job to make sure their company, and the client, doesn’t get sued like that.

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And then here’s an interesting series of interviews about the future–the future of marketing and advertising in particular, and it really touches on several important points photographers (and all creatives) need to think about for their own businesses’ futures. These are the problems for which you will need to be part of the solutions.

Oh, and if any of you says something like “yeah, but a bunch of these people aren’t American so it doesn’t apply” I will personally bitch-smack you–our industry *is* global and what someone in, say, Sweden or Japan says is relevant to what we do.