Resources

Exhibition Resources

• If you are exhibiting a video, there are several options for setting up a playback device. 
  1. Use a media player
  2. Set up a raspberry pi with video looper
  3. Set up a raspberry pi with openframe.io (to upload media from wifi)

Documentation Resources

• Presentation from class
• Resources for different media formats

Creative Process

Articles:

• Jenny Odell, On How to Grow an Idea.
• Articles on starting something new.
• Articles on dealing with creative anxiety.
• Articles on putting your work out there.
• Articles on staying on track.

Talks:

• Carrie Mae Weems: School of Visual Arts 2016 commencement address
• Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
• Tavi’s World at the Melbourne Writers Festival
• Sara Hendren on how to find traction with your work.
• Many more in this fantastic list from Ida Bennetto here

Books:

• Do The Work! by Steven Pressfield
• Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon
• Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
• The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield

If you like Do The Work by Steven Pressfield, which is pretty much a distillation of the principles in The War of Art, also by Steven Pressfield, I highly suggest you acquire this one as well.

Organization

Most of these things in this section can be achieved with a doc but many people like to use a specific online tool.

Keeping Track of References:

• Arena: https://www.are.na/
• Pinboard: https://pinboard.in
• Instapaper: https://www.instapaper.com/u
• There are lots more of these.. see Pocket, Evernote for others.

Project Organization

• Trello: https://trello.com/
• Airtable: https://airtable.com/

Time Management

• Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life by Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry
• Time Warrior: How to defeat procrastination, people-pleasing, self-doubt, over-commitment, broken promises and chaos by Steven Chandler

Research

Librarians you can talk to for help

• Matthew Frenkel
• Lindsay Anderberg

Scholarly Research

• Library research guide: https://guides.nyu.edu/digitalmedia
• Library research guides on other topics: https://guides.nyu.edu/

Databases and Data Services

• How to find datasets? Also how to find guides for learning software and tools. NYU data services: https://guides.nyu.edu/dataservices 
• Safari online is a great NYU database with a collection of resources for learning software/tech. http://proquestcombo.safaribooksonline.com/

Creative Research

• Nicolas Nova, ed., Beyond Design Ethnography: How Designers Practice Ethnographic Research (SHS & Head, 2014). [book]
• Nithikul Nimkulrat and Tim O’Riley, eds., Reflections and Connections: On the Relationship Between Creative Production and Academic Research (University of Art and Design ) [book]

Christine Wong Yap, what artists make (happen), 2013

Career Resources

• GlassDoor
• AIGA’s Survey of Design Salary 2014
• Tandon Career Services
• NYU’s Wasserman Center for Career Development
• NYU’s Wasserman Center’s Events
• NYU’s Wasserman Center’s Finding a Mentor

Scholarships and Global Awards for Post Graduation Study and Travel

• NYU Global Awards.
• Drop into their office hours.

Resume & Cover Letter

• NYU’s Wasserman Center’s Resume & Cover Letters
• NYU’s Wasserman Center’s Resume Samples
• NYU’s Wasserman Center’s Cover Letter Sample
• Purdue OWL Résumé Workshop
• Smashing Magazine: How To Create A Great Web Design CV and Résumé
• 37 signals: Forget the resume, kill on the cover letter

Art Grants and Residencies

• Rhizome net art microgrants.
• NYC Culturehub residency
• Pioneer Works Artist Residency
• ZKM web art residency
• The Call for 2020 Designers-in-Residence  at NYSCI 

Giving a Presentation

• Advice on Public Speaking from Zach Lieberman https://medium.com/@zachlieberman/advice-on-public-talks-a984876388c2
• Jer Thorp, Three things I’ve learned from 18 years of public speaking: https://medium.com/@blprnt/the-three-things-i-learned-from-eighteen-years-of-public-speaking-875f01178902

Blogs and sites to follow

• We Make Money Not Art
• Brain Pickings
• Creative Applications
• Eyeo Talks
• Rhizome
• The Creative Independent
• The Reading Lists on Places journal is a great source of references.
• Creators Project