Hi Owen, A discussion about this subject sounds great.
Because today is crammed with, myself preparing for Furtherfield's radio broadcast tonight on Resonance FM, which is quite an involved affair; I will chime in tomorrow and we can see what others can contribute as well :-) wishing you well. marc > Hi Marc, > > Actually I started making the app to my get data to experiment with > network graphs. But yeah, everything influences everything. This could > be a counterpart or something you do before you go to > suicidemachines.org. Or I could have been influenced Cory Arcangel's > Friendster suicide which suicidemachines.org was probably influenced by. > > I have been thinking a lot about the interplay between functionality > and metaphor, and whether or not political artworks ever reach someone > who doesn't already agree with them. The framework I draw around this > work is motivated by an interest in creating conversations around > issues while attracting non-art audiences. But again, none of us > operate in a vacuum. > > I only receive netbehavior in the daily digest but would enjoy talking > about this more. > > Best, > > Owen > > > > > On May 3, 2010, at 7:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > >> Message: 4 >> Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 13:59:48 +0100 >> From: marc garrett <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] givememydata.com >> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Hi Owen, >> >> Thanks, very interesting - perhaps art projects like >> http://suicidemachine.org/ had a strong influence on this decision... >> >> marc >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> The NYT just did an article on my FB app >>> >>> Give Me My Data is a Facebook application designed to give users the >>> ability to export their data out of Facebook for any purpose they see >>> fit. This could include making artwork, archiving and deleting your >>> account, or circumventing the interface Facebook provides. Data can >>> be >>> exported in CSV, XML, and other common formats. Give Me My Data is >>> currently in public-beta. >>> http://givememydata.com/ >>> >>> Facebook App Brings Back Data >>> http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/facebook-app-brings-back-data/ >>> >>> Owen >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
