Chris Barr

@heychrisbarr

Art + tech. I help cultural institutions and non-profits get digital initiatives off the ground. Previously: he/him

Raleigh, NC
chrisbarr.net
Joined March 2008
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  1. Jul 22

    Quality neighborhood finds.

    Sign: Come to Latta Street and buy pottery to help Refugee Services.
    Ceramic mug
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    Jul 16

    While you’re waiting for today’s podcast to drop, make sure you’re caught up on last week’s episode where we found out which game engine prefers. Is it ? Or ? Or perhaps something else? 🤔

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  3. Jul 16

    Hope y'all are tuning into the Disability Futures festival on Monday:

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    Jul 13

    Pass it on! We’ve got a bunch of job openings at ProPublica. See 🧵 for details… 1/5

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  5. Jul 14

    Fantastic group of Art + Tech Lab grant winners from .

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    Jul 4

    Remembering Bill Withers, born on this day in 1938 in Slab Fork, West Virginia. Here he is performing "Grandma's Hands" in 1973.

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    Jul 2

    As a designer who consults with museums on gender inclusive practice, I am often asked about signage and icons. Here are some of my top recs for easy swaps you can make for a more gender inclusive visitor experience:

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  8. Jun 30

    The final report can be downloaded here:

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  9. Jun 29

    This research is a huge contribution to the field of art + tech. It covers a range of practices being explored by artists, ways to navigate the field & practical recommendations for arts supporters. Incredible leadership by Jax Deluca at . h/t

    a person wearing a head-to-toe blue suit with different wires rigged to an electronic device they carry in their hand
    TODAY! Join us 6/29 @ 3pm ET for a free, virtual discussion/ publication release: Tech As Art: Supporting Artists Who Use Technology as a Creative Medium. Speakers incl Hrag Vartanian, John Maeda, Ruby Lerner, Omari Rush & more. Register:
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    Jun 27

    🔥Hot off the press: Issue #98 of Level Up, a curated newsletter for leaders in tech w/content from & more! See

    Level Up Issue #98 out now
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  11. Jun 25

    Thanks for the article. The title reminds me that everything that I know about doing nothing, I learned from 's wonderful book. Everyone should read it.

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  12. Jun 25

    In this interview about productivity with the makers of my favorite email app, , a question about a tagline on my website moved the discussion to the art that I made a decade ago that aimed to critique the capitalist drive for productivity. :)

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    Jun 17

    McClatchy's NC outlets - & - are still the state's most essential journalism. But after a decade of cuts, and as new hedge fund ownership settles in, what lies ahead for the state's most storied newspapers?

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    Jun 8

    Here's an interesting project by and : using a botnet that “artificially inflates the value of climate news” to click on ads on articles about climate change. A fascinating “second-order climate engineering scheme.”

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    Jun 1

    “If there’s any religion in my life, it’s for the working class.” Happy birthday to the great Hazel Dickens, who was born on this day in Montcalm, West Virginia in 1935. Read more about Hazel’s approach to work in my piece for

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    May 24

    To think—folk told me I’d have to move to NYC to have a flourishing (journalism) career. Within the entire breadth of my career so far I’ve been to NYC a handful of times. I’m choosing to believe that the South is the center of the Universe instead. Art can be made elsewhere.

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    May 24

    A new study finds that affirming the gender identity of trans youth saves lives.

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  18. May 19

    Hey WV friends, has built a database for "experts from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the media." They currently have zero experts listed in WV. Help with some suggestions: cc

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    May 19

    This is our statement, signed by more than two dozen faculty, about the stunning failure of to tenure :

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  20. May 18

    I've always loved those map tiles. Pairs well with .

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