Interesting 30min documentary about the hacker culture that started in the US in the 1980s. Lots of famous hacker personalities. Without them, the information revolution would not have been possible. I find their dedication and passion infectious. They have a vision to change the world for the better through technology. And seeing young Richard Stallman …
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‘Clouds’ – an interactive documentary
This ‘Clouds’ documentary in the making has been generating a lot of buzz online, such as the one here on Creative Applications Network, because it involves a number of famous new media artists coming together to make a documentary about new media art, tag lined as ‘creativity through the lens of code’. It also utilises a new movie …
RIP Aaron Swartz
This 26 yo Internet folk hero committed suicide a few days ago on 11 Jan 2013 after struggling with a long period of depression. Apparently, it did not help that the authorities were on his heels like a blood hound because of his brushes with the law. He was facing trial and possible prison time …
Hyperthesis Visual Lab
Dang. Would love to work in such a studio. Why can’t they be based in Singapore?
An interview with Andrew Bunnie Huang
Referenced article: “MAKE’s Exclusive Interview with Andrew (bunnie) Huang – The End of Chumby, New Adventures” I really respect this guy. He has a PhD from MIT and does open source projects with a community focus. He is very willing to share his expertise and experiences with others. He helps startups and has a very …
Golan Levin speaks at FITC’s ETA Conference
This blog post is about Golan Levin’s presentation from FITC’s ETA Conference in Toronto, 19 October 2012. Slides are courtesy of FITC/ETA Conferences. This series of slides is a must read for any indie developers, independent new media artists, and those who work in the commercial advertising sector. The thrust of his argument is for the corporate …
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A new Processing library called Ketai
The open source community is one that I admire and respect greatly. They are made up of techie artists who create free tools and platforms for other artists to use. Members share their works openly and are willing to share their knowledge and help others in their projects. Some of these people write software libraries …
Visiting artist – Curtis Roads
A visiting artist by the name of Curtis Roads came to my school last week to give a talk and perform a concert. He is an electronic music artist, being the first to implement granular sound processing in the digital domain, a method described as treating music like little grains of rice and composing with …
Kyle Macdonald, new media artist
Kyle MacDonald is one of the youngest (26 yo this year, 2012) and more prominent new media artists well known in the community. He has a background in both philosophy and computer science. His works sometimes use technology in provocative ways. An overarching theme in his works is arguably about our relationship with technology. He …
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a great inventor, genius, geek and visionary techie. He is one of the most underrated and under-appreciated people who has contributed so much to mankind. He invented the AC power distribution technology which runs our electric grids today and pioneered X-rays, radio communication, electromagnetism, radar, etc. This 5 min video is a …
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