Archive for the ‘ Research ’ Category
In the June issue of WIRED, Clive Thompson asserts that, “Automatic-translation software has long been treated as a joke because of how hilariously it mangles phrases. But in the past few years, something has shifted: The technology is now surprisingly mature.” Read the full article here. [ READ MORE ]
Should educational materials be provided for free? There’s been a large movement over the past several years that says “yes!!” Here’s a good background article from the New York Times. Unfortunately, there don’t seem to be many classes in the visual arts – at least not that I’ve seen. I hope that can change. Access is key! [ READ MORE ]
# Average user has 130 friends on the site # Average user sends 8 friend requests per month # Average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook # Average user clicks the Like button on 9 pieces of content each month # Average user writes 25 comments on Facebook content each month # Average user becomes a [ READ MORE ]
Okay – the next phase of the UPP has launched: get in on it on Facebook. [ READ MORE ]
Here is some beautiful digital art-making. It’s giving me some ideas about The Facebook Project (tentative title that I’m not really happy with…). Enjoy. [ READ MORE ]
Do you know how many friends your brain can handle? Well, one guy thinks that it’s 150. And that counts for Facebook too. [ READ MORE ]
Images of the most recent performance by the Cover Artists. Photos courtesy of Candida Alvarez, curator for Sub-City Projects in Chicago. [ READ MORE ]
We were babysitting my 12 (soon to be 13) year old niece this weekend, and I couldn’t help but watch and wonder at her communication forms and habits. She was generally texting and on facebook at the same time, but she only used the telephone as a phone (a live voice transmittal device) twice: once [ READ MORE ]
It all started with trying to identify a painting with nested green squares. We had a strong feeling that the painter’s name started with an A. A few Google searches later, we found it. But the image led us to this great website out of Amsterdam. “The Institute of Artificial Art.” Enjoy. [ READ MORE ]
“…Never has the American art world functioned so efficiently as a full-service marketing industry on the corporate model…” [full text here] From February of 2009, but still relevant none the less. Worth a read. The last paragraph in particular might even give one hope. [ READ MORE ]