Exciting news from Jack Templin and our friends at RI Nexus:

BREAKING NEWS: MIT Media Lab's John Maeda to become RISD's new president

Posted on December 21st, 2007
By JackTemplin

In Rhode Island's info-tech & digital media (ITDM) community 2007 is going out with a bang - this morning RISD announced that John Maeda will become the school's 16th president. Simply put, Maeda is a giant at the intersection of design and technology.

In 2008, we'll be following this news and the implications for the state's ITDM sector closely. In the meantime, feast on these links:

• RISD Press Release (includes a specially produced video featuring Maeda - a must see)
• Maeda's blog: Simplicity
  
• MIT Media Lab profile on Maeda
• Wikipedia article on Maeda

Happy Holidays, All! We just received a fantastic present.