I’m really excited about the threshold I’m standing on with miamiartexchange.com. I sent out a newsletter to start having art meetups for both Miami-Dade & Broward counties. Since I live on the county line, this is a relatively good place to do it. So far, I’ve received a few r.s.v.p.’s. That’s encouraging because of the enthusiasm of the responses. I’m hoping to also generate a bit more than some networking out of this too.

I was asked to sit on a panel for Miami-Dade library when they do one on alternative media and the arts. I think that will be kewl. I wasn’t asked on the last panel because I had stepped back from doing more writing in Miami New Times. The editor wanted to create a tone for my article that I wasn’t necessarily happy with. Since then, only one of the people on that panel still works for a print newspaper. All the others now (excluding one print journalist, professor, and friend) write online. One other of the former panelists, formally trained as a journalist, started up a print magazine with a group of his friends. It seems to be doing well enough so far.