[nodel-discuss] nodel news mailing list july experiment proposal

[alex haw]

i agree w mark & julie. yes, great job lisa et al!

my v basic suggestion of the core structuring device of a map (openstreet vs google, yes) was intended visually and organisationally;
as a tool to reveal ("deconceal") the database & network & activity - something we'd all turn to & learn from -
and crucially as something legible to insiders and out, cognescenti & the clapham omnibus, a rendering of our 'space' or forum,
instantaneously legible and enticing, rather than an endlessness of lists.
i find fields of text invites no one.


& yes - integration w other apps to facilitate easy redistribution would be fantastically useful.

my best, alex





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From: marc garrett <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org>
To: Node. London <nodel-discuss at one.server1.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 13 October, 2009 15:34:12
Subject: Re: [nodel-discuss] nodel news mailing list july experiment proposal

ouch! ouch!

No love lost there then ;-&

Looking at the new site I think that everything is probably there 
regarding accessibility to information and how to get involved.

I think a wonderful job has been done in creating this new site.

I do agree with Julie that it needs more visual impact.

In respect of the blog/site connecting to the outside world - it may 
need to be linked to various web 2.0 platforms so that others can help 
in promoting the events (you may of discussed this so I am sorry if I 
tred on toes here), Stumbleupon, Facebook, Twitter or and identi.ca an 
open source version of Twitter, Reddit, Digg, del.icio.us perhaps more...

chat soon

marc
> Julie
>
> On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 23:03 +0100, julie freeman wrote:
>  
>> I get the point that the db design is important but I'd say equally  
>> important as the visualisation. NODE.London is primarily about media  
>> arts which for me means it's  lost about technology and it's aesthetic, 
>>    
>
> interesting viewpoint that media arts should primarily be about
> technology and its aesthetic. I always thought it is about creating
> communal, shared spaces for reciprocal exchanges and, as those spaces
> exist in an overal political economy that fetishises technology and the
> fantasy of rational mastery and control, of deconcealing those fetishes
> as what they are and showing alternatives. But I guess I am a minority
> best
> armin
>
>  
I get the point that the db design is important but I'd say equally  
important as the visualisation. NODE.London is primarily about media  
arts which for me means it's about technology and it's aesthetic, so  
it's important that the website is a shining example of a good  
looking and functioning tool - it should be really easy to use, and  
really easy to understand.

I agree that the map element is crucial to the In Residence season,  
and this would be a good way to kick of a brief to who ever designs  
it. Which is making me wonder how is the site going to get skinned  
and by who? Was there budget for this?

Alex - couldn't see your sketch attached I think it got scrubbed, can  
you stick it on the wiki?

Julie
x

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