I finally got round to listening to James Burke’s excellent talk by from dConstruct. Definitely give that a listen, it’s the most thought-provoking thing I’ve listened to in a while and is entertaining too. Not that you’d know that from the title and description. I usually like to start these posts off with something pretty, […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
Commitment and attention
A post called Evoking the Object: Physicality in the Digital Age of Music grabbed me the other day. There’s lots wrapped up in there – the interplay of analogue and digital, personalisation through deterioration, collector communities and an envious glance at the way video games demand a person’s full attention. What’s not to like? Schrödinger’s […]
Practitioners and cheerleaders
It’s nice when someone articulates something (at least partly) that’s been dancing around the edge of your thoughts, so thanks to Pete Ashton who’s been thinking out loud about: the distinction, sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant, between those who primarily identify as a practitioner of a medium and those who identify with the tribe of their tool reluctantly. […]