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Distributed Creativity
I keep forgetting to post something about the Distributed Creativity forum which I first heard about on the fibreculture list. Thanks to Anne for reminding me. As regular visitors know, I’m interested in emerging definitions of creativity, and I have a sense that the concept has shifted in meaning and has absorbed or displaced elements…
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Women in Sound
Sleepy Brain has interviews and an online gallery of sound/video works from 360 Degrees: Women In Sound, part of this year’s Liquid Architecture, the Australian sound art festival.
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Bronx Photos
Some great photos of the Bronx at Satan’s Laundromat
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Erudite Silliness
Via Crooked Timber, one of the wittiest metablogging posts I’ve read in quite a while. This is my favourite bit: Maxim of Controversy: 1. Be controversial. (Occasionally say what you are certain is true. It adds credibility.) 2. Hint at that for which you have no evidence. Via Invisible Adjunct, a sample job application letter…
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Craftster
craftster.org is a repository for hip, crafty, DIY projects.
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tech update
The dark colours got old very quickly, so I’ve compromised between the old and the new. I’m not completely satisfied with the way the comments and trackback listing pages look, but I’ll work on it. I also need to create a sideblog, to keep the linkdumps (posts where I’m just noting something I’ve found and…
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Content Binges and Broken Things
From the eagle eye of Lorbus: This Is Broken – where you can send photos of stupid signs, gadgets that don’t work, and other broken things with an explanation of the context. It may fulfil the stated aim – to promote industry awareness of user experience, but it’s strangely appealing as well…I love the idea…
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Send that Stolen Music Back
Feeling guilty about all the singles and albums you have ‘stolen’ from the recording industry, aren’t you. They’ve explained how wrong it was, and now you’re very, very, sorry, right? Well…Send Them Back!! Update: Tim points me to dispositive’s post where he points out that since the RIAA doesn’t own the copyrights to your mp3s,…
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Found Magazine
Poignant: Found Magazine collects found things – my favourites are the discarded handwritten notes.
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Straight out of Brisbane
Straight out of Brisbane is a festival of independent and emerging arts, culture and ideas. It’s on again this 2nd to 7th December, in locations in and around Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. I didn’t get along last year, but by all accounts it is a worthy enterprise. I also find it interesting as an example of…