Could Picasso Draw Better than Raphael?

 Ambroise Vollard by Picasso "Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was one of the world's greatest draughtsmen," Susan Grace Galassi, Senior Curator at the Frick Collection in New York, declares at…
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3165 words)

Meet The New Boss, Worse Than The Old Boss? -Full Post

What follows is based on my notes and slides from my talk at SF Music Tech Summit.  I realize that I’m about to alienate some of my friends that work on the tech side of the music…
PUBLISHED: April 15, 2012
LENGTH: 44 minutes (11010 words)

'How to Do Things with Videogames' by Ian Bogust

From Braid, Jonathan Blow, 2009 From Chapter 1: Art Are videogames art? Its a question thats sparked considerable debate, most notably thanks to the film critic Roger Eberts declaration that…
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3026 words)

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During the Age of Separation we shielded ourselves from strangers by reducing all access to goods and services to money. No personal economic relationships are important because…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1614 words)

Jonathan Stray » What should the digital public sphere do?

Nov 29 2011 Earlier this year, I stumbled into an idea without a name. I wanted a word or phrase that includes journalism, social media, search engines, libraries, Wikipedia, and parts of…
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2893 words)
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