What does downloading look like?

Screenshots of an unfinished downloaded PDF file

The Job of the Artist

The "artist" can be understood as a societal conscience. The artist reminds us of our ridiculous ways and the fragility and temporality of life.

Technology Loop

I think we've all had this experience at some point. Caught in obsessive link clicking and internet updates. New show, Portlandia staring SNL's Fred Armisen, calls it the technology loop, but some may argue it to be simply procrastination.

Beethoven Love = iPhone Love

What does it mean when we love something, specifically when we talk in reverence of music or art. The frequency at which we "love" things in turn places works like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata on par with the brand new iphone which we too say we "love." There's something problematic and unsettling about this (note: there are more unsettling things in the world than this). Surely the same language can not be used to show our appreciation for two completely different things. After all one is "Art," a cathartic and euphoric out of body and border line spiritual experience, and the other is simply a tool when seen in retrospect of technological innovation is no different than a cutting knife. But maybe they are on par. After all I am just a human being whose DNA is 98% exact to that of our chimp counterpart. Hence, maybe they are no different, as our consumption of "Art" is no different than our consumption and desire of all things shiny, just like that new iphone. Maybe that feeling of catharsis is no different than that shopping high we get.

Twitter search for the phrase 'I have nothing to say'

Ryan Barone- awesome site - awesome look into the nature of social media