High-res Attended a very encouraging talk on how to become a full-time artist the other day. (at ITP)

Attended a very encouraging talk on how to become a full-time artist the other day. (at ITP)

OPEN CALL: PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE/EYEBEAM RESIDENCY PROGRAM 2013 | eyebeam.org

My former colleagues at Public Knowledge are partnering with Eyebeam to offer a really unique residency for an artist with an interest in technology policy. Spend two weeks taking a crash course in policy at the PK office in D.C. and then spend 5 months at Eyebeam in NYC working on a piece that addresses an issue of your choosing. Applications are being accepted until June 28th.

rickwebb's tumblrmajig: RIP, Photoshop Pirating

rickwebb:

I have a confession: when I was a child, I pirated software. I began pirating Photoshop from version 2.0, 1991 or so, on. I would use those bit-by-bit binary disk duplicating apps, with two 3.5” floppy drives attached to a Mac. I never read a manual. I taught myself Photoshop by patiently going…

A great personal anecdote of how the kid raised on pirated copies of Photoshop grows up to be the adult who purchases hundreds of thousands of dollars of software from Adobe. I have a legit copy of CS3 that I’ll be holding on to for many of the same reasons outlined in Rick’s post. You can pry it from my cold, dead mousing hand, Adobe.

Looks like “Invader, Invader,” the latest Kyary Pamyu Pamyu single, just dropped. Digging all the weird circuit-bent tones overlaid on top of the chirping chiptune synths, not so sure about the superflous dubstep breakdown. Undeniably catchy nonetheless. Plus, the video is straight up outer space candy.