I came across this documentary on PetaPixel yesterday and thought I would share it. Everything is a Remix is a short film by Kirby Ferguson that puts forward the idea that most things we celebrate as original and creative are based on previous work by others. Kirby presents a fascinating argument backed up by some [...]
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A couple of months ago I came across an article on how Xerox have developed a new algorithm to sort photos based on their aesthetic qualities, you can try the free online demo here. At the time I thought “That’s cool!”. Then I gave it some more thoughts and realised that this is a cool technology, but not how [...]
Read Full ArticlePhotography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. – Ansel Adams Photoshop seems to be getting a lot of flak lately, so I wanted to post something in support of such an amazing tool.
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The BBC had a great programme on last week regarding the recent discovery by the OPERA experiment in Italy, done in collaboration with CERN. To cut a long story short Einstein’s theory of relativity states that the speed of light is an absolute universal speed limit and nothing made with any mass cannot travel faster [...]
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I recently tweeted an article on the Guardian by Jonathan Jones justifying why we need art critics. Looking at the buzz around this article there seems to be mixed feeling about his views, but I think he touches on a key point about the wider aspects of our society.
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I just read an interesting article on Carrie Brummer’s blog about how art is defined by a few elite gatekeepers. Carrie argues that we are all to blame, as we allow this elite to dictate what is art. Instead, we should engage in that arts and make these decision ourselves. Carrie makes a good point [...]
Read Full Articlecreative commons is the way to go. It’s the reason I get 175,000 photo views per day. – Trey Ratcliff There seems to be more arguments against releasing your images with a creative commons licence than arguments for, and I want to put forward my case for releasing my images under that licence.
Read Full ArticleIt’s important that nobody gets mad at you for screwing up. We know screwups are an essential part of making something good. That’s why our goal is to screw up as fast as possible.Lee Unkrich, director of Toy Story 3, Wired magazine Following on from my post about when is it the right time to [...]
Read Full Article“It’s like adding a tail onto an animal painted by Picasso. It’s ridiculous”- Sir Anthony Caro Last week ARTINFO reported that Sir Anthony Caro was caught up in an arguement with auction house bonhams over a sculpture of his, that had been modified by the purchaser but was being sold as his work. Disowning the [...]
Read Full ArticleFrom small Acorn’s … great Apple trees grow?: Apple are rumoured to be interested in acquiring Cambridge based ARM Holdings which licence the majority of mobile chips. Makes sense as they are apparently one of ARM’s biggest clients.
Read Full ArticleThe path to advertising nirvana: Following my views on Monday regarding using Advertising as a business model for your internet business, Smashing Magazine has a very insightful article on how to decide whether advertising is right for your site, analysing your readership and how to approach and build relationships with advertisers.
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