http://www.cybergrain.com/ Jon Meyer's exploration of art, technology, and new media theory. en-us Copyright 2006 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:23:05 -0500 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:27:35 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.14 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss On the request of my web hoster, I am migrating from MovableType to another CMS. That means comments will be off for a while until I finish the move. Visit http://www.cybergrain.com/info/feedback.php if you want to send me a comment.... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/migrating_from.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/migrating_from.html Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:23:05 -0500 http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/0c0_a_new_blog.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/0c0_a_new_blog.html Personal Life Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:17:43 -0500 For fine artists working in digital media (e.g. coders, Flash animators etc), what do you do if you want to participate in the remix culture (publish on the web, open source, make things free to other creators, etc.) and you also want to sell work in the art gallery context?... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/copyright_for_f.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/copyright_for_f.html Art:Visual Art:Digital Art Sat, 18 Mar 2006 04:52:51 -0500 Being a fine artist working in digital media is problematic: 1) How does your art exist as something that can be bought and sold in the fine art market - in other words, what exactly do you sell in a gallery context? Do you sell a CD-ROM (or DVD) with... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/if_you_are_a_di.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/if_you_are_a_di.html Art:Visual Art:Digital Art Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:22:46 -0500 1.0 alpha In 2004 I wrote about Google's state of permanent Beta. Now that concept is enshrined in a museum: The Museum of Modern Betas. As their About page succintly says: The MoMB is a site dedicated to listing webbased applications on a beta trip. This site is in early... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/is_alpha_the_ne.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/is_alpha_the_ne.html Technology:Software:Web Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:19:53 -0500 Kate and I were wondering what it is about Natalie Jeremijenko that makes both of us think she is so great. "Simple," said Kate, "Natalie is the kind of person who turns up to a computer science department on the 12th floor wearing rollerblades." Congratulations, Natalie, on being part of... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/natalie_jeremij_1.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/natalie_jeremij_1.html Art:Visual Art:Digital Art Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:40:23 -0500 I've uploaded a new web art piece, #404. It is still in its trial stages... See jonmeyer.com for other artworks.... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/404.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/404.html Art:Personal Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:28:23 -0500 Check out http://www.http.uk.net/. "HTTP is London's first dedicated gallery for networked and new media art. Working with artists from around the world HTTP provides a public venue for experimental approaches to exhibiting artworks simultaneously in physical and virtual space, and for online projects that explore participative and collaborative art... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/http_gallery_an.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/http_gallery_an.html Art:Visual Art:Digital Art Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:51:50 -0500 Lawrence Lessig made a passionate case at FlashForward this year that every child should be taught Flash (not an exact quote, I didn't write notes). Lessig's talk back in 2002 on transparent creativity shows him extolling the benefits of open source software and denouncing patents. [It also gives you... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/lessigs_laws.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/lessigs_laws.html Theory:New Media Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:53:49 -0500 A bit of nudity for you, in solidarity with BoingBoing and the latest bit of Internet censorship stupidity.... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/boing_boing_vs.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/boing_boing_vs.html Politics:Media Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:58:30 -0500 I just finished my two presentations at FF. Wow. I had a blast. Its the first time I've talked to the Flash community, the first time I've talked on these topics, and I was pretty nervous, but I managed to talk for 3 hours without running out of words! Ajax... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/flashforward_pr_1.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/03/flashforward_pr_1.html Personal Life Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:59:17 -0500 There is a new feeling at the FlashForward conference this year. For starters, the swag bag covered a sizeable portion of my hotel bed (above). I was most impressed by the FlashFoward/Adobe beer mat and napkin. Then there was the keynote...... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/flashforward_ke.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/flashforward_ke.html Companies:Flashforward Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:59:21 -0500 pretty funny if a bit geeky and predictable.... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/mxdu_on_flash_a.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/mxdu_on_flash_a.html Fun Things Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:33:31 -0500 I recently moved to New Cross, near Peckham in London. Its not exactly a cultural hotspot (its mostly a long row of butchers shops), so I was quite surprised when Kate forwarded me a link to Area 10, whose space is pictured above. Check out their calendar. They say... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/who_would_have.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/who_would_have.html Art:Performance Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:27:34 -0500 I sometimes do Google image searches on random words just to see what comes back. Its like throwing stones into a pond and watching the ripples. Some words have peculiar and surprising ripples, where the images don't seem to match the meaning of the word. permanent is one of those.... http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/permanent.html http://www.cybergrain.com/archives/2006/02/permanent.html Fun Things Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:12:16 -0500