After a hotly-contested primary and general election, the winner of the "What should we rename 'diaries' on Blue Mass. Group" is:User postsThough I confess a certain sympathy for the hip geekiness (or the geeky hipness) of "iPosts," I think … [Read more...]

Congratulations to Collage New Music, a Boston-area contemporary music ensemble, which received a Grammy nomination (scroll down to "Category 103") for their recent recording of Motetti di Montale by MIT's John Harbison (no, not that John … [Read more...]

Google News is a nifty tool - particularly its search, which allows you to find news stories from all over the place on any topic you want.But its algorithm does sometimes make unfortunate choices when deciding what should be the "lead" … [Read more...]

I saw this bumper sticker while driving on the highway today.Made me laugh and laugh.  It's available here. … [Read more...]

Hi everyone.  Several of you reported problems with having the system email you a password so that you could log into the site.  The problem has now been repaired - thanks Paul!If you tried to create an account before and got to … [Read more...]

Thanks to everyone for your votes and for your suggestions in the comments to my previous post on this subject.  To the extent we have a consensus, it seems to be that the word "post" should be part of the new name, and I agree with … [Read more...]

We're having a little internal discussion here at Blue Mass. Group over the "diary" feature of our new site.  The discussion isn't over whether it's a good idea - it's a great idea, and it's the main reason we switched platforms.  … [Read more...]