ablanton

Joined 13 years ago

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Aug 5

I'm a composer and i build creative software focusing on unconventional approaches to software and hardware.

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Comment · 7 months ago

I'm so happy to see Nick Collins taking this on. If you haven't seen his book, Handmade Music, it's an excellent book for music projects. This contribution looks exceptional as well.

Comment · 7 months ago

I love Chris Markers work so much, this essay is mind blowing. I had no idea he knew how to program or created a second life

Comment · 9 months ago

It’s a synthesizer, I might change it soon though

https://www.andrewblanton.com

Comment · 10 months ago

I'm at year 1.5 and built this software for making small art books

https://zine.baby

The goal is to make physical books. It's still early days, but fun to see what people are creating.

Comment · 1 year ago

It’s like a master class in how to burn down a company. He alienated his core customer base.

Comment · 1 year ago

Wasn't it already deciphered, though?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368991190_The_Voyni...

Comment · 4 years ago

PD is great, what other language is working towards a 30 year backward compatibility!

Comment · 4 years ago

Hito Steyerl has a nice talk on XR technology that starts with this work. (talk starts at about 6:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Qhy0_PCjs

Comment · 5 years ago

I bet his toilet flushes the other way too!!

Comment · 8 years ago

I love how now this issue is alright to talk about on hacker news. For some reason when it was happening and all of the alarms were going off, it was banned content on hacker news. Technology is inherently political with political ramifications. -_-

Comment · 10 years ago

there is a lot of press around this work but seems derivative of material speculation ISIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL6e-kEkur0

3D Printing Sculptures Destroyed by ISIS rhizome.org

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Comment · 10 years ago

I left facebook for this exact reason. the platform has diminished so greatly that it's now virtually unusable to me.I'm really not sure what to equate the experience to, it feels like trying to read a newspaper that is all ads. It's all vapid useless sales instead of meaningful interpersonal connections over long distances... the way it started. I fear twitter is not far behind.

Comment · 10 years ago

Hey hey good joke! If every web service was as bad as g or fb we could all enjoy a internet that acts more like cable television...

Comment · 12 years ago

The article is a little annoying in its portrayal of artist being completely unaware. A really good discussion broke out on Paddy Johnson's (artfcity) fb page where Simchowitz chimed in. I'm glad to see it on hn though ~ I think there are many analogues to the tech scene and many younger builders/hackers/engineers. I think it's a symptom of wildly speculative markets with potential major payoffs and few regulations.