Good Point Podcast

This week Rafael and Jeremy, two refugees of the browser wars, share tales of sacrifice and chivalry from the early days of the internet.

A Muppet Family Christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojtGHXsTXmU

Bike sharing in China https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/world/asia/china-beijing-dockless-bike-share.html?mcubz=1&_r=0

Browser wars https://www.wired.com/2009/01/awesome-infogra/

Mosaic browser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser)

Hotline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications

Serial Box https://twitter.com/peteavey/status/24423749486903296

SVG https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG

Webkit https://webkit.org/

Firefox https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Imagemagick https://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

WebVR https://webvr.info/

Netscape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape

AOL CDs https://techcrunch.com/2010/12/27/aol-discs-90s/

Compuserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuServe

Apple eWorld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EWorld

Information Superhighway, 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk82TI92GO4

Information Superhighway, attributed to Nam June Paik and Al Gore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway

Adobe Flash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Player

Why Chrome uses so much freaking RAM http://lifehacker.com/why-chrome-uses-so-much-freaking-ram-1702537477

The Story of Firefox OS https://medium.com/@bfrancis/the-story-of-firefox-os-cb5bf796e8fb

Mobile First design https://www.uxpin.com/studio/blog/a-hands-on-guide-to-mobile-first-design/

Steve Jobs promotes Web 2.0 / Ajax apps (no SDK) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=42&v=8Vq993Td6ys

App Fatigue https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/03/app-fatigue/

Mark Zuckerberg: Our Biggest Mistake Was Betting Too Much On HTML5 https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/11/mark-zuckerberg-our-biggest-mistake-with-mobile-was-betting-too-much-on-html5/

React Native https://facebook.github.io/react-native/

Rafael’s new app, Here Hear http://www.newrafael.com/herehear/

** Commercial Break ** Reflections on the Burden of Men https://www.rotbom.com/

Jack Conte on reality of being famous on YouTube https://www.ted.com/talks/jack_conte_how_artists_can_finally_get_paid_in_the_digital_age

Microserfs, Douglas Coupland, 1995 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2748.Microserfs

JODI http://v2.nl/archive/organizations/jodi.org

The Web Browser as Aesthetic https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/z4yagw/digart-the-web-browser-as-aesthetic-framework-why-digital-art-today-looks-different

Text Free Browsing http://textfreebrowsing.com/

Kobo https://www.kobo.com/

A/B testing and Multi-armed bandits https://vwo.com/blog/multi-armed-bandit-algorithm/

Tinder https://www.gotinder.com/

Why doing less drives more conversions https://neilpatel.com/blog/less-drives-conversions/

Olia Lialina, Summer, 2013 http://www.emiliegervais.com/olia/summer/

Rhizome’s Net Art Anthology https://anthology.rhizome.org/

The Browser Wars are back https://www.wired.com/2015/09/thompson-3/

Torrent files https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrent_file

This week Rafael and I get lost in Google’s increasingly large and increasingly subjective maze of products and controversies, Rafael almost invents a new musical genre and Jeremy neglects the emotional needs of his power outlets.

Metrograph, Rafael’s new favourite local theatre http://metrograph.com/

Zabriskie Point, Michelangelo Antonioni http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066601/

Cancel Netflix https://www.netflix.com/CancelPlan

Alien Covenant on Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alien_covenant/

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 on RT https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/guardians_of_the_galaxy_vol_2/

Frank Costanza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gVi-kIVY4I

Farewell Hulu, Hello Criterion Collection https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4293-farewell-hulu-hello-criterion-channel

Tiff Bell Lightbox Theatre https://www.tiff.net/

David Ross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHk0XatMV6s

Radical Candor, Kim Scott https://www.radicalcandor.com/

Loose Lips Sink Ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose_lips_sink_ships

James Damore’s Google Memo https://www.wired.com/story/the-pernicious-science-of-james-damores-google-memo/

Culture Amp https://www.cultureamp.com/

Project Include http://projectinclude.org/

Alphabet https://abc.xyz/

History of high heel shoes http://history-of-heels.weebly.com/origins-of-high-heels.html

Playground http://playground.global/

Andy Rubin wants to unleash AI on the world https://www.wired.com/2016/02/android-inventor-andy-rubin-playground-artificial-intelligence/

Google X, the moonshot company https://x.company/

Google Wave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Wave

Slack https://slack.com

Asana https://asana.com/

Workplace by Facebook https://www.facebook.com/workplace

Bing https://www.bing.com/

DuckDuckGo https://duckduckgo.com/

Back Rub http://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-googles-first-name-backrub-2015-10

How Meta Tags affect search engines http://www.wordstream.com/meta-tags

Google RankBrain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RankBrain

22 Immutable Laws of Marketing https://www.slideshare.net/GrahamMcInnes1/22-immutable-laws-of-marketing

Killer robots: World’s top AI and robotics companies urge United Nations to ban lethal autonomous weapons https://futureoflife.org/2017/08/20/killer-robots-worlds-top-ai-robotics-companies-urge-united-nations-ban-lethal-autonomous-weapons/

Noise Dub https://www.last.fm/tag/noise+dub

Postinternet http://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/trend_report/post_internet_art-52138

Google’s Associate Product Manager Program https://www.wired.com/2012/07/marissas-secret-weapon-for-recruiting-new-yahoo-talent/

In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives https://www.amazon.com/Plex-Google-Thinks-Works-Shapes/dp/1416596585/

Swype keyboard http://www.swype.com/

Android fragmentation http://bgr.com/2017/07/07/android-market-share-versions-july-2017/

Self Employment in the USA (10.1%) https://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2016/self-employment-in-the-united-states/pdf/self-employment-in-the-united-states.pdf

Tom’s gel toothpaste https://www.amazon.com/Maine-Fluoride-Natural-Toothpaste-Spearmint/dp/B01IAE0OX0/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1503877330&sr=8-2&keywords=tom%27s+gel+toothpaste+8+pack

Prime Pantry https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Pantry/

Constant Dullaart http://constantdullaart.com/

See Saw – Gallery Guide https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/see-saw-gallery-guide/id791643418?mt=8

Avertising Break – Zirkel http://zirkelgame.com/

Google 20% time is dead https://9to5google.com/2013/08/16/googles-20-percent-time-birthplace-of-gmail-google-maps-adsense-now-effectively-dead/

Rafael Rozendaal image search https://www.google.ca/search?q=rafael+rozendaal&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA727CA728&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9-6ygzfjVAhVl3IMKHQS3C0sQ_AUICigB&biw=1262&bih=882

Taylor Swift deletes social media https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/8/18/16169342/taylor-swift-social-media-black-out-reddit-theories

Field Recording: Pyry Qvick, Tampere, Finland

Yes the world is full of hate, but it’s also full of Cartoons! Rafael and I discuss the history, present and future of animation, cracking open the door to a land called childhood, a world where joy and laughter still reign supreme.

Oprha’s Sleep Schedule http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/oprahs-sleep-habits-sevenminute-wakeup-window-and-five-hours-a-night-20151013-gk7wpr.html

The myth of the eight-hour sleep http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16964783

Google Brand Identity https://design.google/library/evolving-google-identity/

Samsung Frame TV http://www.samsung.com/us/explore/frame-tv/highlights/

Zoetrope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoetrope

The Horse in Motion, Edward Muybrige http://100photos.time.com/photos/eadweard-muybridge-horse-in-motion

Who Framed Roger Rabbit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpDaNqSXxp0

Flintsones live action trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMnEbfzllso

The Simpsons in Real Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XY9empMtY4

Fresco Cartoon https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/daniel-maclise-what-is-a-cartoon

Cartoon no.1 in Punch Magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon#Print_media)

Mondrian Disney postcards https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jun/25/artist-piet-mondrian-london-years

History Punch and Judy http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/thats-the-way-to-do-it!-a-history-of-punch-and-judy/

Woody the Woodpecker (1941) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukDs7wScLUI

Steamboat Willie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4

Ub Iwerks (Mickey Mouse originator) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ub_Iwerks

Oswald the rabbit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B2ET6irhF0

Alice’s Wonderland(1923) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CR8LxkoB_0

Snow White (1937) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0rj2uyWdpU

Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGXC8gXOPoU

Cel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cel

Onion Skinning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_skinning

Nicholas Sassoon http://nicolassassoon.com/

Lenticular Printing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing

Polar Express (2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQhRqtt-Fpo

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTThKNh7K1I

Uncanny Valley https://www.buzzfeed.com/danmeth/welcome-to-uncanny-valley?utm_term=.ko87bqZ52#.quXBEdZ9q

Uncanny Valley original essay http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/the-uncanny-valley

Why Saturday Morning Cartoons Disappeared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cpUDtW1cV8

The Black Cauldron (1985) - movie that scared a young Rafael https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHiyYSuveJ4

Faceshift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLfAmNDNgHk

Andy Serkis as Golum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbW-Zv_kR5Q

Terminator 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xyLVKV9020

South Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YRq7mP3hsU&list=PLMyAp96WXIuP9VqFkhvL-kWoUGWE4gYxy

Inbetweening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbetweening

Oskar Fischinger (1938) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=they7m6YePo

Norman McLaren - Dots (1940) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3-vsKwQ0Cg

Symphonie Diagonale (1925) Vinking Eggeling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ3ptXxqx3M

Rythmus 21 (1921) Hans Richter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u8jWmysGMw

MGM (1975) Jack Goldstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlN5Jkr9Gew

Fantasia (1940) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_EDBM1tOEo

How to Make Fun of Nazis https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/how-to-make-fun-of-nazis.html?_r=0

Hi folks! This week we try and get inside the head of the outsider artist. Rafael mostly redeems the term but Jeremy questions the tastefulness of a portrait of Ray Charles made from kidney beans.

Tony Robins loves profanity (2:15) http://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Tony-Robbins-2016.html

Coffee drinkers live longer http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40567047

Despacito, most watched YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk

American Visionary Art Museum http://www.avam.org/

Robert Williams’ Juxtapoz magazine https://www.juxtapoz.com/

Alex Grey http://www.alexgrey.com/

Hima Af Klint, first abstract artist http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/hilma-af-klint-painting-unseen

Visionary Art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visionary_art

What is Folk Art http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/what-is-folk-art

Amazing shaders https://www.instagram.com/p/BV4P1nHFZf-/?hl=en

How toothpaste became popular http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/02/an_excerpt_from_charles_duhigg_s_the_power_of_habit_.html

Hey Silicon Valley—Buckminster Fuller Has a Lot to Teach You https://www.wired.com/2016/03/buckminster-fuller-brilliant-crank-lot-teach-silicon-valley/

Robert Crumb https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6017/r-crumb-the-art-of-comics-no-1-r-crumb

David Shrigley http://davidshrigley.com

Barry McGee https://art21.org/artist/barry-mcgee/

Banksy’s theme park https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/aug/20/banksy-dismaland-a-theme-park-unsuitable-for-children-in-pictures

Keith Harring http://www.haring.com/

Banksy identity revealed https://news.artnet.com/art-world/massive-attack-del-naja-denies-banksy-635174

Blek le Rat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blek_le_Rat

Rhizome Net Art Anthology https://anthology.rhizome.org

Memory Palace https://artofmemory.com/wiki/How_to_Build_a_Memory_Palace

New York Times opinion editorials https://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html

Heyo ear buds! This week we talk Koons, kitsch and outsourcing, Rafael interrupts Jeremy WAY less and we end the show with a good point we can both agree on: kitsch ain’t crass, it’s the acceptance of self!

Ernest goes to camp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je3jfepymQM

Kim Dotcom http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/21/kim-dotcom_n_1221586.html

Jikji, the first printing press https://bangnangja.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/the-gutenberg-bible-vs-the-jikji/

Brutally Early Club http://www.brutallyearlyclub.org/

Saul Bass http://www.artofthetitle.com/designer/saul-bass/

David Ogilvy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ogilvy_(businessman)

Seth Godin http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/

Karim Rashid http://www.karimrashid.com/

Jeff Koons’ gift to Paris a ‘Poisoned Chalice’ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rubin-letter-koons-gift-paris-posioned-chalice-1038512

Art in Theory 1900-2000 https://www.amazon.com/Art-Theory-1900-Anthology-Changing/dp/0631227083

Clement Greenberg http://www.theartstory.org/critic-greenberg-clement.htm

The Avant-Garde and Kitsch, 1939 http://arthistoryunstuffed.com/the-avant-garde-and-kitsch-1939/

Jeff Koons Play-Doh http://www.jeffkoons.com/artwork/celebration/play-doh-0

Neo-Dada http://www.theartstory.org/movement-neo-dada.htm

Koons’ search for the perfect reflective surface http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/arts/design/27fink.html

Koons’ retrospective http://whitney.org/Education/ForTeachers/TeacherGuides/JeffKoons

Stack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_(abstract_data_type)

Bauhaus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

Donald Judd http://juddfoundation.org/

Piet Mondrian http://www.piet-mondrian.org/

Koons porn http://www.widewalls.ch/jeff-koons-made-in-heaven-most-expensive-pieces/

Toulouse-Lautrec posters https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1450

Lovebot https://lovebot.com/

Murakami, Louis Vuitton collaboration http://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/07/17/louis-vuitton-murakami-pieces/

Koons ballerina at Rockefeller Center https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/jeff-koons-seated-ballerina-rockefeller-center-891545

Hummel Figurines http://www.ebay.com/bhp/goebel-hummel-figurines

Ad: Neato File Share http://chriseugenemills.com/library/

Constant Dullaart http://constantdullaart.com

Acute Art http://www.acuteart.com/

Marina Abramovic https://art21.org/artist/marina-abramovic/

Chromophobia http://www.reaktionbooks.co.uk/display.asp?ISB=9781861890740

Why We Need to Start Seeing the Classical World in Color https://hyperallergic.com/383776/why-we-need-to-start-seeing-the-classical-world-in-color/

Calvinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism

This week is all about scale. Rafael believes given twitter’s flat growth they should just give up and become a telegram utility and Jeremy argues artists should diversify to succeed like Get Out producer Jason Blum.

The longest freshwater beach in the world https://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowUserReviews-g316030-d2233507-r157495758-Wasaga_Beach_Provincial_Park-Wasaga_Beach_Ontario.html

Chasing Coral https://www.chasingcoral.com/

The Good Family http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183569/

Culture Amp inclusion survey http://hello.cultureamp.com/diversity-and-inclusion

Evgeny Morozov’s To Save Everything Click Here https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13587160-to-save-everything-click-here

Twitter and the Arab Spring https://mic.com/articles/10642/twitter-revolution-how-the-arab-spring-was-helped-by-social-media#.fZsEbq3WL

Twitter flat user growth https://www.recode.net/2017/7/27/16049084/twitter-jack-dorsey-q2-earnings-2017

Facebook “move fast and break things”http://mashable.com/2014/04/30/facebooks-new-mantra-move-fast-with-stability/#SjVLqrlmlPqj

Kickstarter B corp https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/kickstarter-is-now-a-benefit-corporation

Mastadon https://mastodon.social/about

Value Hypothesis vs Growth Hypothesis http://whichlight.com/blog/the-value-hypothesis-and-the-growth-hypothesis/

Elon Musk as a young millionaire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb3pmifEZ44

“Burp.” https://twitter.com/jeremybailey/status/891276607859691520

Banksy has UK’s favourite work of art https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/26/banksy-balloon-girl-hay-wain-favourite-uk-work-of-art-constable-poll-nation

Giorgio Morandi http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/morandi-still-life-n05782

Bo Burlingham’s Small Giants http://www.smallgiantsbook.com/bio.html

Jiro Dreams of Sushi http://www.magpictures.com/jirodreamsofsushi/

Wavelength by Michael Snow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength_(1967_film)

Louise Bourgeois http://www.theartstory.org/artist-bourgeois-louise.htm

Tesla Model 3 launch event in 5 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uK6BIVzcxU

Barnett Newman (83 paintings) https://www.wikiart.org/en/barnett-newman

“The Scarily Profitable Hits of Jason Blum” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/magazine/the-scarily-profitable-hits-of-jason-blum.html?_r=0

Get Out http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052448/

Whiplash http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/

Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/JeffKoons#installation-25

Alexander Calder https://www.artsy.net/artist/alexander-calder

Claus Oldenburg large scale works http://oldenburgvanbruggen.com/largescaleprojects/lsp.htm

Eddie Murphy in the remake of Doctor Dolittle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozMmf9Yi7TM

Doctor Dolittle almost bankrupted 20th century fox in 1967 http://mercurie.blogspot.ca/2009/02/doctor-dolittle-film-that-almost.html

Gunnar Schonbeck at MASS MoCA http://massmoca.org/event/gunnar-schonbeck/

This week we talk about laptops, the most important invention for artists since paint in tubes.

Baby Driver The rise of movies about boys with good playlists https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15948044/baby-driver-guardians-of-the-galaxy-soundtrack-marketing

Dunkirk (Does not have Prince Harry but does have Harry Styles) http://www.vulture.com/2017/07/does-harry-styles-die-in-dunkirk.html

Valerian https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/valerian_and_the_city_of_a_thousand_planets/

History of Aspect Ratio (4:3 was an arbitrary choice) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CgrMsjGk7k

70mm film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70_mm_film

Jeremy’s Power Mac G5 http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/specs/powermac_g5_2.0_dp.html

Really Bad Stop Motion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8I9pRwptwU

15” Mac Book Pro with Touch Bar https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/15-inch

Popular Screen Sizes (Rafael’s work) http://www.newrafael.com/popular-screen-sizes/

Helen Frankenthaler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Frankenthaler

Jackson Pollock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock

Moleskine notebooks https://store.moleskine.com/can/en-us/Notebooks/C1

4x6 Photos https://www.quora.com/Is-4x6-a-standard-photo-size

Hydraulic Press Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMDMoNu66_1Hwi5-MeiQgw

The paint tube helped spur impressionism http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/never-underestimate-the-power-of-a-paint-tube-36637764/?no-ist

Performance for the computer http://jeremybailey.net/performanceforthecomputer.html

Jimi Hendrix plays acoustic guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPtv14q9ZDg

Pair programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pair_programming

Piano à quatre mains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWWdcTbXLfk

Aamna Muzaffar, 24 Jogs, installation view (sculptures made on a phone) http://interaccess.org/sites/default/files/editor/2012CorpusLucida_Muzaffar-412.jpg

Michael Manning http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/20780/1/a-day-in-the-life-of-michael-manning

How David Hockney Became the World’s Foremost iPad Painter https://www.wired.com/2013/11/hockney/

David Hockney Painting with Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-JpI4egl2o

Chris Burden, documentation of selected works https://vimeo.com/3302101

Hunched over laptop syndrome http://www.zdnet.com/article/laptops-give-you-hols-hunched-over-laptop-syndrome-and-tablets-are-a-pain-in-the-neck/

Nvidia 10-series laptops https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/laptops/

Apple updates MacBook Pro https://www.macrumors.com/2017/06/05/apple-macbook-lineup-cpus-ssds-graphics/

Windows holographic demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AADEqLIALk

Apple ARkit https://developer.apple.com/arkit/

Hololens https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/hololens

Google Glass 2.0 https://www.wired.com/story/google-glass-2-is-here/

Facebook Brain Typing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy1HdFqTr6A

This week we discuss waste, Rafael introduces the term the joy of missing out (JOMO) just as Jeremy finds out Rafael’s been paying our podcasting bills for Soundcloud, a talented company that did little to cut waste, now in financial ruin. Embrace JOMO!

Whales in the Hudson https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/nyregion/humpback-whale-hudson-river-manhattan.html?_r=0

Whales eating humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_whale_attacks_on_humans

Idiocracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBvIweCIgwk

Jack Reiger http://jackrieger.info/

Net Neutrality Day https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15960484/net-neutrality-day-of-action-protest

Have fewer children to help the environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-fight-climate-change-have-fewer-children

The Innovator’s Dilemma http://www.claytonchristensen.com/books/the-innovators-dilemma/

Lean Startup http://theleanstartup.com/

Jomo, joy of missing out http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/mind-body/wellbeing/2017-will-be-all-about-jomo/news-story/25baa57c2c028480543954d2582503d1

Sol LeWitt http://www.lissongallery.com/artists/sol-lewitt

Hemmingway fights https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/when-max-eastman-fought-ernest-hemingway

Relational Aesthetics http://observer.com/2011/09/the-fall-of-relational-aesthetics/

The Society of the Spectacle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381440.The_Society_of_the_Spectacle

Joseph Kosuth one and three chairs https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/joseph-kosuth-one-and-three-chairs-1965

Ghost in the Shell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4VmJcZR0Yg

Ray Kurzweil: The Coming Singularity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIzS1uCOcE

Completed Life http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/12/dutch-may-allow-assisted-suicide-for-those-who-feel-they-have-co/

Free rice hurts Haiti http://www.nbcnews.com/id/35608836/ns/world_news-americas/t/food-imports-hurt-struggling-haitian-farmers/#.WWyv9tPyvMU

SoundCloud is almost out of money https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/12/soundshroud/

Anchor https://anchor.fm/

Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com/

Project X (google’s “moonshot factory”) https://x.company/

Space X crash costs http://fortune.com/2017/01/13/spacex-accident-cost/

Soylent https://www.soylent.com/products/?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search-Brand-Generic-Geo_Canada-BM-GP&utm_term=soilent&utm_content=190778906634&gclid=Cj0KEQjwwLHLBRDEq9DQxK2I_p8BEiQA3UDVDk8GTOcx7D4rCXW99dXrSMHMOODYIkviC38zgYpWt3AaAva28P8HAQ

IBM design thinking… https://hbr.org/2015/09/design-thinking-comes-of-age

Ray and Charles Eames http://www.eamesoffice.com/

This week we talk Facebook, now 2 billion users strong. To quote Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker high on cocaine at a party in the movie The Social Network “We lived on farms and then we lived in cities and now we’re going to live on the internet.”

Facebook 2 billion users https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/27/facebook-2-billion-users/

Zuckerberg at D8 conference http://www.wsj.com/video/d8-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-full-length-video/29CC1557-56A9-4484-90B4-539E282F6F9A.html

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation https://www.gatesfoundation.org/

Bill Gates’ home of the future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh-LV28Quqs

Friendster https://www.wired.com/2013/02/friendster-autopsy/

Myspace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace

Web 2.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

Michel Foucault https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault

Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy_of_the_Oppressed

Jeff Koons’ Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Jeff-Koons-1618123061745089/

Constant Dullart “Defaultism” http://netartnet.net/directory/klausgallery/item/73-constant-dullaart

Feed, by M.T. Anderson http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169756.Feed

Social Media Meditation https://17.nodeforum.org/events/social-media-meditation/

Kevin Bewersdorf http://rhizome.org/editorial/2014/may/30/five-years-later-new-website-kev-bewersdorf/

Olia Lialina and Kevin Bewersdorf performing "Bear with Me https://transmediale.de/content/olia-lialina-left-and-kevin-bewersdorf-right-performing-bear-with-me-a-play-for-two-2

Email effectiveness https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Email-Continues-Deliver-Strong-ROI-Value-Marketers/1014461

The Social Network - Sean Parker's Speech - "Live on the Internet" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiIGwmTocdU

Sarah Weis on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQtdMSYvIkfWvqwk-Wg1KTg

Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest

Jacob Ciocci http://jacobciocci.org/

Live murders on Facebook https://www.wired.com/2017/04/facebook-live-murder-steve-stephens/

Zombie VR Zuckerberg picture http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3469899/Mark-Zuckerberg-defends-zombie-VR-headset-pic-Facebook-boss-says-tech-help-understand-socially.html

Jeff Bezos in giant robot suit http://mashable.com/2017/03/20/jeff-bezos-mechanical-robot-suit/

Why Mark Zuckerberg Runs 10,000 Facebook Versions a Day https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/294242

Abstract Browsing http://www.abstractbrowsing.net/

Facebook for business https://www.facebook.com/business

Independence Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1D0jc7oK78

This week we talk about the rise and inevitable fall of digital art frames, are they the netbooks of art?

Daito Manabe http://www.daito.ws/en

92Y (not the YMCA and in Tribeca not downtown) https://www.92y.org/

Fluxus https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-fluxus-movement-art-museums-galleries

Happenings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happening

Concrete poetry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_poetry

Relational aesthetics https://hyperallergic.com/18426/wtf-is-relational-aesthetics/

Framed* https://frm.fm/

Electric Objects https://www.electricobjects.com/

Samsung Frame http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/technology/samsung-frame-tv-yves-behar/

Hard Rock Café http://www.hardrock.com/

C print https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromogenic_color_print

Clayton Christensen, Customers Don't Simply Buy Products -- They Hire Them https://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2016/10/04/clayton-christensen-customers-dont-simply-buy-products-they-hire-them/#5aef911b5cf1

Ikea frames http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/decoration/10789/

Apple Watch https://www.apple.com/ca/watch/

Samsung Galaxy Gear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Gear

Homepod https://www.apple.com/homepod/

Jan Robert Leegte http://www.leegte.org/

GIPHY artists https://giphy.com/artists

DullTech media player http://www.dulltech.com/

Steve Jobs on the compromise of netbooks “netbooks aren’t better at anything” https://youtu.be/_KN-5zmvjAo?t=6m29s

Acute Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVHiWqIw3J4

Sedition https://www.seditionart.com/

Oliver Laric http://www.tanyaleighton.com/index.php?pageId=422

Kanye leaving Tidal https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/3/15913548/kanye-west-leaving-tidal-contract-termination-money

Jean-Michel Basquiat at Gogosian https://www.gagosian.com/artists/jean-michel-basquiat

Node Festival https://nodeforum.org/

Walled garden definition http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/54187/walled-garden

Akihabara http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3003.html

Manonegra In the Hell of Patchinko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4MG_ibE6kk