<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br>i agree w mark & julie. yes, great job lisa et al!<br><br>my v basic suggestion of the core structuring device of a map (openstreet vs google, yes) was intended visually and organisationally;<br>as a tool to reveal ("deconceal") the database & network & activity - something we'd all turn to & learn from -<br>and crucially as something legible to insiders and out, cognescenti & the clapham omnibus, a rendering of our 'space' or forum,<br>instantaneously legible and enticing, rather than an endlessness of lists.<br>i find fields of text invites no one.<br><br><div>& yes - integration w other apps to facilitate easy redistribution would be fantastically useful.<br><br>my best, alex <br><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div
style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> marc garrett <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Node. London <nodel-discuss@one.server1.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 13 October, 2009 15:34:12<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [nodel-discuss] nodel news mailing list july experiment proposal<br></font><br>ouch! ouch!<br><br>No love lost there then ;-&<br><br>Looking at the new site I think that everything is probably there <br>regarding accessibility to information and how to get involved.<br><br>I think a wonderful job has been done in creating this new site.<br><br>I do agree with Julie that it needs more visual impact.<br><br>In respect of the blog/site connecting to the outside world - it may <br>need to be
linked to various web 2.0 platforms so that others can help <br>in promoting the events (you may of discussed this so I am sorry if I <br>tred on toes here), Stumbleupon, Facebook, Twitter or and identi.ca an <br>open source version of Twitter, Reddit, Digg, del.icio.us perhaps more...<br><br>chat soon<br><br>marc<br>> Julie<br>><br>> On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 23:03 +0100, julie freeman wrote:<br>> <br>>> I get the point that the db design is important but I'd say equally <br>>> important as the visualisation. NODE.London is primarily about media <br>>> arts which for me means it's lost about technology and it's aesthetic, <br>>> <br>><br>> interesting viewpoint that media arts should primarily be about<br>> technology and its aesthetic. I always thought it is about creating<br>> communal, shared spaces for reciprocal exchanges and, as those spaces<br>> exist in an
overal political economy that fetishises technology and the<br>> fantasy of rational mastery and control, of deconcealing those fetishes<br>> as what they are and showing alternatives. But I guess I am a minority<br>> best<br>> armin<br>><br>> <br>I get the point that the db design is important but I'd say equally <br>important as the visualisation. NODE.London is primarily about media <br>arts which for me means it's about technology and it's aesthetic, so <br>it's important that the website is a shining example of a good <br>looking and functioning tool - it should be really easy to use, and <br>really easy to understand.<br><br>I agree that the map element is crucial to the In Residence season, <br>and this would be a good way to kick of a brief to who ever designs <br>it. Which is making me wonder how is the site going to get skinned <br>and by who? Was there budget for
this?<br><br>Alex - couldn't see your sketch attached I think it got scrubbed, can <br>you stick it on the wiki?<br><br>Julie<br>x<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>nodel-discuss mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:nodel-discuss@one.server1.org" href="mailto:nodel-discuss@one.server1.org">nodel-discuss@one.server1.org</a><br><a href="http://one.server1.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nodel-discuss" target="_blank">http://one.server1.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nodel-discuss</a><br></div></div></div><br>
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