Author: DS106 on the couch
I wanted to do a film like this with my favourite gifs from headless 13. I came across this one from PBS early on DS106. On watching it again at the end, I notice a reference to glitch art. An example of how much we miss as we keep looking for more and new…It took me until nearly the end to ‘discover’ glitch art but I could have discovered it at the beginning had I paid attention to this film when I watched it.
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As the last week of DS106 approaches I am reminded of a post by Seth Goodman that was one of the first I read from him and one that made me stop and pay attention.
It was called Documenting Learning:
He gently argues that the act of completion is evidence of learning. It would likewise be silly to ask the parachutist in the image above to document the learning of parachuting. The act of a safe landing is all the documentation we need, no?
I will complete, have I learnt?
“Our data is the new flesh. The screen is the retina of the mind’s eye. The battle for the global mind will be fought on the internet. The network is reality and reality is less than the network. Listen to the voice inside you and make today the day you take back control. Thank you.”
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We worship at the altar of Google and Apple. Facebook algorithms know us better than our parents. A book I must read Machine Dreams analyses my favourite science fact series Black Mirror.
A quote from The Guardian expresses the push-pull I feel about DS106 as it concludes this week:
This area – between delight and discomfort – is where Black Mirror, my new drama series, is set. The “black mirror” of the title is the one you’ll find on every wall, on every desk, in the palm of every hand: the cold, shiny screen of a TV, a monitor, a smartphone.
Photo quote from: http://www.endemoluk.com/programme/black-mirror
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A digital practice to challenge rigidly held views, opinions and feelings that need reminding about anatta.
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As I read somewhere in the interwebz recently. Old ideas rehashed, thank god. Seth Goodman posted this in Google plus and, although it has a date of 1977, it makes a point timeless point.
I made a sound cloud on a public domain poem called The Key to the kingdom which spoke to the same themes
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