- LOAM (Locative Oral/Audio Media) | Larkfall
Under-development (Android, but here's hoping for an IOS version) platform for embedding sound data in locations, to be played back based on user's physical location, orientation and so on. Utter fascinating idea that opens up all manner hauntological/psychogeographic fun.
- Coding, Fast and Slow: Developers and the Psychology of Overconfidence
This is a superb breakdown of why estimating software projects is a nightmare. It's even worse at agencies, where no client likes the prospect of "Agile". Which is a pain…
Tag: psychogeography
Bookmarks for March 12, 2009
- It's not a crime to download, say musicians – News, Music – The Independent
Not driectly realted to this link, but I was chatting with a friend whose job places him firmly on the side of the PRS in the Youtube/PRS debate, and I find myself wondering: for how long will the notion of musicians getting paid for re-uses of their recordings last? I mean, the basis of my employment is that I continue to create new code and assign the copyright in a manner that allows others to use it. I am not paid based on the number of people that use my code, except in an indirect sense. But when the need for new code runs out, so does my job and the money. What's the argument for treating musicians as a special case?
- Video: Iain Sinclair – At large in a 'fictional' Hackney | Books | guardian.co.uk
Iain Sinclair talks with typical eloquence about living in Hackney over the last 40 years. It strikes me that I would be entirely happy if I were in a position to do this about Tooting.
- Kutiman, Big Media, and the Future of Creative Entrepreneurship | 43 Folders
"Unsolicited tip for media company c-levels: if your reaction to this crate of magic is 'Hm. I wonder how we’d go about suing someone who did this with our IP?' instead of, 'Holy crap, clearly, this is the freaking future of entertainment,' it’s probably time to put some ramen on your Visa and start making stuff up for your LinkedIn page."
Spot on. - THRU YOU | Kutiman mixes YouTube
Everyone's already blogged this pile of ace. I'm blogging it as context for another link. If you've been under a rock, and haven't seen it, this guy has created something truly astonishing by editing together loads of other people's youtube videos.
- The Guardian Open Platform | guardian.co.uk
Everyone and their dog is linking to this today. And do you know why? Because it's *fucking awesome*.
Bookmarks for February 23, 2009
- The history of the smiley face symbol | Art and design | The Guardian
A short history of one of the most recurrent and widely used design motifs of the last 50 years.
- Former NiN Drummer Takes Album Promotion A Step Further
Are you paying attention, music business? This is clearly the future of album promotion. I really, really hope someone take him up on one of the more stupidly expensive ones. And that he goes through with it. After all, if something's worth doing, it's worth doing in the most stupidly over-the-top manner possible.
- The Demon-Haunted World
"Or the past and future of practical city magic." Look, just go read it, because it's a clever man talking. It is not mysical, it is futuristical, and I'll give good odds that a lot of what he's talking about will come to pass. And it reminds me that I must dig up and revise something I wrote years ago on digital shamanism.
Bookmarks for June 16, 2008
- The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels
Copright-violation-tastic, but still: the complete text of Alan Moore’s performance piece. Worth a read, and I’ll probably find it handy to refer to, but if you can get hold of the CD, that’s much better.
- Angel Passage
This, and the next one, particularly need to be heard to get them right – they’re very rhythmic pieces and the formatting on these does them no favours at all. Still, handy reference if I need to quote them at some point.
- The Highbury Working: A Beat Séance
It’s a dreadful armpit of a place, is Highbury. But scratch the surface…