I've been retained by the Smithsonian Institution for a blog project about which you'll be hearing more in the near future. For now the details are nearly that scant, so this isn't so much an announcement as an announcement that the announcement is forthcoming. It's going to be neat, and I'll tell you more soon.
MORE: Or less, rather—it's going to take some time for the project to come to fruition. I'm sure I jumped the gun by mentioning it at all; a lot of people from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (the branch developing the project) are and have been working on it, and there will be some inhouse work before anything goes live.
Posted by Kriston at June 13, 2005 10:21 AMpre-congratulations!
Posted by: tom at June 13, 2005 1:22 PMannouncement as an announcement that the announcement is forthcoming
Oh dear, we had a good month of those from Talking Points Memo!
In any case, congrats, and we await the new project.
Posted by: Chris Cagle at June 13, 2005 1:55 PMThe Smithsonian made a fine choice--well done, Capps.
Posted by: sarah at June 13, 2005 2:05 PMI've got a great story...but I'm not going to tell you what it is....
Posted by: R™ at June 13, 2005 2:35 PMKriston, be sure to give us a little advance notice when the actual announcement's coming :)
And, congratulations!
Have you formed an exploratory committee?
Posted by: Tyler Green at June 13, 2005 7:28 PMI warmly extend my premature congratulations to you.
Posted by: Franklin at June 13, 2005 10:37 PMThanks, guys. First item on the agenda: Putting an end to the leaks.
Posted by: Kriston at June 14, 2005 12:08 AMGreat pre-news--congratulations!
Posted by: Missy at June 14, 2005 7:14 AMSorry—I was overeager with the MT blacklist and deleted someone's comment.
Posted by: Kriston at June 14, 2005 11:34 AMthere will be some inhouse work before anything goes live.
But very cool nonetheless, and congratulations. I look forward to reading it.
Posted by: JL at June 14, 2005 11:52 AMGood work, Kriston!
Posted by: j.scott barnard at June 14, 2005 12:03 PMCertainly needed, but I hope it will be a more informal than official voice of SI.
Posted by: phred at June 14, 2005 12:20 PMTo be clear, the project is not for the entire SI but for SAAM. As far as the "voice" of SAAM is concerned, that's something that a lot of people are working on, and I imagine it will take time to correct it. The increasing number of institutions that are looking to blogs as a way of relating to media, consumers, and peers are surely all puzzling over this question.
Posted by: Kriston at June 14, 2005 12:31 PMI can't believe you made it work... you clever bastard.
Posted by: matt at June 14, 2005 6:43 PMWow, can you get me free Smithsonian tickets now?
Posted by: Dimmy Karras at June 14, 2005 11:29 PMKriston
Congrats- The Smithsonian made a great choice. Thanks for forging a new trail for all of us.
Posted by: gregg at June 15, 2005 12:36 PMLooking forward to seeing it when it happens. We started a blog at the 92nd Street Y in NY at http://blog.92y.org and have had great success with it.
Posted by: Sean Flannagan at September 19, 2005 8:38 PM