Tales of the Future Past is a website, created by David Szondy, of magazine covers from mainly the 1970s detailing sci-fi visions of the future. A new section, Future Robots, shows some great pics of dorky robots. So, whatever we come up with now will look just a ridiculous in the future. If not already.
The Tate Gallery has sites in Britain, London, Liverpool and St Ives. So, when deciding the location for a new venue there was naturally only one place to go…Space. In order to fulfil their mission to extend access to British and International modern and contemporary art, the Tate Trustees have been considering for some time … Read moreMine Is Bigger + Blurier Than Yours
On the subject of linking (see previous post) I’ve been reading an article, You’ve Got Hypertext by m.c. schraefel, et al. The authors cannily coin the term ‘clinks’ to merge the words ‘clicks-on-links’. I rather like this because I’m sick of typing out ‘I clicked on the link’ for user testing reports.
Had another look through the threads of my brother’s forum and found a funny (not the only funny thing I must say) joke: How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb? The post is of course from somewhere else, and now I’m posting it in my blog, I’ve commented on it, … Read morePost Will Eat Itself
The Information Society Technologies (IST) Working Group on Grand Challenges in the Evolution of the Information Society have released their report. The report, commissioned by the European Commission, intended to ‘identify grand challenges in information and communication technology (ICT), the pursuit of which will stimulate research and development in key areas and help the European … Read moreThe Fictional Future We Plan For
I’ve been thinking about how writing for an interactive medium changes the narrative construction…and come up with a working analogy. Imagine a room, a room that is a cube. It has a bench and a stove. From your right walks in a yellow translucent figure. The figure walks to the stove, picks up a yellow … Read moreWriting for a Different Story World
I was lucky enough to be commissioned to write for a new website produced by ABC Arts Online called Strange Attractors that will showcase Australian animators to the rest of the world. My task was to write a critical essay on new media artist Simon Norton’s work Testimony: A Story Machine. Simon did a great … Read moreAre You Sure You Want to Do That?
Over a year ago I found out about a website called Jupiter Green. It had info about the concept of an ‘interactive drama’ that will be coming soon. Then last year I attended a seminar and the producer of the site, Jo Lane, gave a talk and showed the actual drama. Back then they were … Read moreInteractive Drama goes Mainstream
I was inspired by a documentary screened a couple of weeks ago on James Joyce’s Ulysses. I am keen to read the whole book now that I understand more about how the book is structured. Interesting that I needed this info (eg: each chapter is a different writing style, theme and so on) to feel … Read morePrimer Needed for Joyce's Journey
And now I’ll begin by showing you what my name looks like when put through the Cyborg Name Generator: