This week was insane for me🤪. How was yours? I attended an event at Vermillion❣️, a gallery space on Capitol Hill sponsored by Creative Commons (CC), on Monday. Do you know what CC is? Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that provides free copyright licenses 📝 to creators, authors📚 & artists (including musicians 🎼), which lets them share their work while retaining some rights. I was curious about the reason for the event, so I went. Was it fundraising💵? In a way, yes, similar to the “quiet phase” of a capital campaign 🤫. They were in town meeting organizations that already support them, & it gave them a chance to connect with other supporters 🤝 & gather information. The resources available via CC are not just the arts🎨, like Flickr or Unsplash 📷, or the music site Tribe of Noise 🎶. Some include data sets that can used by researchers📈. As taxpayers, we funded many of the projects. CC helps make the data accessible to the public📢. I spoke with CEO Catherine Stihler☝️. She’s passionate about CC’s purpose & helping it expand to more countries 🌏. Fascinating note: Catherine, pictured in the carousel, was a European Parliament (MEP) member for Scotland from 1999 to 2019🇬🇧. Workwise, 2 of my website projects 💻 are nearly ready to launch🚀. It has been intense & stressful to get to this point😧, but I see the light at the end of both tunnels. Still, I’m exhausted🥱! Last night, as I was tweeting about ChatGPT🐦 with crime photographer @ScotlandYardCSI 📸, our conversation was seen by Colin Baker with Aljazeera 📺. He emailed me, asking if he could interview me via Zoom 🖥️. So, at 1 AM, his producer helped get me set up, & we spoke. Very random! Also in the news, today, my husband, David, appeared in a story on My Northwest 📰 about Seattle Advertising. Not bad for a pair of unknowns 👫! I’m using GPT4 & still amazed. Have you tried it yet? ➡️ Find ChatGPT on openai.com, and scroll down to “Try ChatGPT.” . . Photos: #CapitolHill #ArtGallery #vermillion #creativecommons #ChatGPT #Aljazeera #Twitterposts BOOKNOTES: Warm (HUGS) & thanks to @CarolStephen, Karl Stillman & @sensastone . . . (at Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp7AYkeuuPA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
