bits & pieces

"setting up a mosaic configuration or galaxy for insight"

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:20:56 +0200

“setting up a mosaic configuration or galaxy for insight”

- Highlighted by Johannes Kleske in Stand on Zanzibar by Brunner, John

new-aesthetic: Note: Possible Assault. Comercial Avigilon (by...

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:29:53 +0200

new-aesthetic:

Note: Possible Assault.

Comercial Avigilon (by GrupoPolicom)

One person’s advertising is another person’s dystopian nightmare.

"Algorave is made from “sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:38:00 +0200

“Algorave is made from “sounds wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive conditionals“.”

- About algorave

The definition comes from the UK’s Criminal Justice and Public Order Act from 1994, which –brilliantly – puts the word music in quotes.

‘GO GREEN’ - Prolyphic & Buddy Peace

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:26:20 +0200

‘GO GREEN’ - Prolyphic & Buddy Peace

Graphic by Oneil Edwards (via Introducing Strongbox, a Tool for...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:04:10 +0200

Graphic by Oneil Edwards

(via Introducing Strongbox, a Tool for Anonymous Document-Sharing : The New Yorker)

(via Country Crushes – The New Inquiry)

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:11:54 +0200

(via Country Crushes – The New Inquiry)

"We live in a world that is almost entirely interleaved with technological, networked processes,..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:20:23 +0200

“We live in a world that is almost entirely interleaved with technological, networked processes, where there’s no longer any meaningful distinction between online and off; natural and digital; but we lack much of the vocabulary and metaphor needed to describe this adequately. We need a new language and framework for understanding the world as it actually is, rather than a world underserved by old metaphors, or confused by notions of remote, cartoonish capital-F “Futures”.”

- James Bridle

CRUMBS with Jeff Staple [BBQ Tour Edition] – Don’t watch...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:04:07 +0200

CRUMBS with Jeff Staple [BBQ Tour Edition] – Don’t watch if you’re hungry.

GitS Arise, Border 1: Ghost Pain Trailer

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:10:02 +0200

GitS Arise, Border 1: Ghost Pain Trailer

"At Foxconn, some jobs require workers to use their judgment. The tasks may appear simple, but robots..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:45:29 +0200

“At Foxconn, some jobs require workers to use their judgment. The tasks may appear simple, but robots cannot be used to perform them because they lack decision-making ability.”

- Why Foxconn’s Switch to Robots Hasn’t Been Automatic

"This is the thing that continues to scare me. You see in history the capacity of people to..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:15:21 +0200

“This is the thing that continues to scare me. You see in history the capacity of people to congeal—like social lasers of cruelty. That capacity is constant. […] Where everybody coheres into this cruelty beam….Look what we’re setting up here in the world today. We have economic fear combined with everybody joined together on these instant twitchy social networks which are designed to create mass action. What does it sound like to you? It sounds to me like the prequel to potential social catastrophe. I’d rather take the risk of being wrong than not be talking about that.”

- Jaron Lanier

Read the whole article. It gives some much needed context for Lanier’s thinking.

"Auf der einen Seite stehen diejenigen, die eine ernsthafte Partei mit dem Überthema Internet..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:37:31 +0200

“Auf der einen Seite stehen diejenigen, die eine ernsthafte Partei mit dem Überthema Internet anstreben. Auf der anderen Seite stehen diejenigen, die das politische System in Deutschland verändern wollen.”

- Sascha Lobo

Selten das Problem der Piraten so gut auf den Punkt gebracht gelesen.

Teensurance - This might the most fascinating framing of...

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:32:02 +0200

Teensurance - This might the most fascinating framing of surveillance

Anil Dash at Big Omaha about what we can learn from cities about...

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:49:43 +0200

Anil Dash at Big Omaha about what we can learn from cities about the web we’ve lost

Immunity – Jon Hopkins album preview with stunning visuals (by...

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:00:17 +0200

Immunity – Jon Hopkins album preview with stunning visuals (by TheCreatorsProject)

Maker vs Marker (by Jonny Lawrence)

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:54:55 +0200

Maker vs Marker (by Jonny Lawrence)

Invisible Robota

Sun, 05 May 2013 11:28:34 +0200

Invisible Robota

"Google Glass, in its current form, is not less intrusive or awkward to use than a smartphone...."

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:50:19 +0200

“Google Glass, in its current form, is not less intrusive or awkward to use than a smartphone. Neither for the user nor for the people around them.”

- Wired Vanity

Wanderer in the square of fog

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:14:14 +0200

Wanderer in the square of fog

"an old white woman just called all the downtown kids uncool, and for one of the only times in..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:38:43 +0200

“an old white woman just called all the downtown kids uncool, and for one of the only times in recorded human history, it actually stings.”

- Barbara Kruger Responds to Supreme’s Lawsuit