We believe that creativity is the key to the future – that a better, more enjoyable life for everyone will come from people who have the power to shape our thoughts and endeavors with new ideas, discoveries, inventions and art.
Who are those people?
The ones who think. Like you, for instance.
Because you think, you want to know what’s going on at the cutting edges of science and technology, culture and art, business and government, law and social policy, education and philosophy. You need the latest news and opinion on fresh creative developments. And you don’t just want to read about others’ brainstorms – you want to offer your own once in a while, too.
You’ll find what you’re looking for here, starting with our daily blogs about entrepreneurship and soon including original, interactive news stories on innovations around the world as the Geniocity Webzine grows.
But fun. Let’s not forget fun.
That’s the best part of creativity and you’ll find endless ways to enjoy it as you browse through the unique artworks, designed items and amusements for sale in our Geniocity Shop. You’ll discover cool new things to look at, read, listen to and use – things that will get your own imagination going, all made by artists and innovators you’ll want to know more about.
We think you’ll want to visit us every day. Because, when you’re here, you can see what’s next.
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So who are we?
A few people in the middle of the United States who thought it was time somebody started keeping the public informed about the effects creativity can and does have on our brains, the quality of our lives and the problems that need solving in our world.
We therefore elected ourselves to bring you the news, the discussions and the brain-stimulating entertainments that creativity and innovation generate. We figure the more imaginatively we all the think, the more likely we are to survive, help each other and have a heck of a good time.
Here we are. Pleased to meet you.
Carolyn Jack, Partner and Co-Director, brings a 30-year career in journalism and a lifetime of involvement in the arts to Geniocity.com. Most recently, she served as fine-arts editor and arts reporter for The Plain Dealer. She has won a first-place award for criticism from the statewide Florida Press Club; three statewide Cleveland Press Club awards for arts writing, including a 2002 first-place award for arts and economic development reporting; and a 2006 first-place Ohio Society for Professional Journalists award and the 2006 national Mensa Press Award for a seven-part series on human creativity.
Dan Tranberg, Partner and Co-Director, is an award-winning journalist, editor, educator, artist and art critic. His writing has appeared in more than a dozen national and international publications including Art in America, NY Arts, BOMB and Art on Paper. In 2003, he co-founded the magazine Angle: A Journal of Arts and Culture. Since 2000, he has taught in the painting department at the Cleveland Institute of Art. He was awarded an Ohio Excellence in Journalism award in 2004, and received Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowships in 2002 and 2007.
Steve Rosen, Partner and Technology Director, has been working in Internet development since the advent of the World Wide Web. He purchased the Chicago-based web-development firm, Big Tech, in 1998 and has since grown the company tenfold. He has completed over 500 Web projects for such companies as US Robotics, JP Morgan Chase, Cable Wireless, Deloitte Consulting, Bear Stearns, Lockheed Martin, and the Center for Disease Control. Rosen has traveled the country consulting in the areas of user experience, client and server-side scripting, and Internet promotion.