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Another is the clothes hanger, which dates back to 1903 when Albert J. Parkhouse arrived for work at a lampshade frame factory in Jackson, Michigan, only to find that all of the coat hooks were taken. He made something to hang his coat on by bending a piece of wire into an elongated triangle and…
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with 566,998 views as of this posting. Three courageous young performers, with an enviable online viewership, play their rendition of the first song ever played on MTV. Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles, covered by The Wrong Trousers (via Smileypen) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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janvision: Do want
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“It’s like twitter. Except we charge people to use it.”
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The world wide web went live, on my physical desktop in Geneva, Switzerland, in December 1990. It consisted of one Web site and one browser, which happened to be on the same computer. The simple setup demonstrated a profound concept: that any person could share information with anyone else, anywhere. In this spirit, the Web…
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But many creatives out there dream of earning enough from their art to pursue creative work full-time. It seems counter-intuitive to think that giving away one’s creative output could serve that goal, but obscurity = poverty. Perhaps even worse, obscurity = no one can hear the really important thing you have to say. But if…
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In 1949, computer pioneer Howard Aiken is reported to have told the U.S. Bureau of Standards that the world would only ever need five computers. Jay David Bolter & Diane Gromala. Windows and Mirrors. MIT Press, 2003.
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antinomies: Horse Toy, 1910.
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Gaming the Network Poetic at Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery
jafish: http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649 via flickr.com Some photos from my setup at Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery in Reno, NV for the Prospectives.09 festival. Higher quality photos coming soon. There was also some nice coverage of the event in the News Review. Posted via web from Amusement Device | Comment »