Carsten Holler is shaking things up with his New Museum Exhibit, check out some articles on it thither, hither, thather, and tither. We plan to visit it next week and I am quite pumped.
Well Carsten Holler is not the only artist who is changing things up at the New Museum, Lali (Spartacus) Cetwynd also has an exhibit up. Spartacus is a performance artist whose work appears to be energetic, provocative, and definitively homespun. Check out the Times’ thoughts on her work hizi-here. From their description it seems like quite the experience.
Look at a bio of Spartacus here and more on here exhibit there.
I just read this great article on the new smart app “Scenetap.” It utilizes “cameras with facial detection software to scout bar scenes.” The app then uses the info it acquires to publish info like the average age of the crowd, male-to-female ratio, all to help someone decide where it is they want to go. Wow, if this is as practical in practice as it is in its conception, I think the bar scene is in for a big digital makeover. But then again, what do I know? I don’t pick bars on such criteria. What do YOU think?
The next thing I want to discuss is “filter bubbles”. In fact, Eli Pariser wrote a whole book about them, called, “The Filter Bubble: What the internet is hiding from you.” Basically filer bubbles are ways in which sites and the internet tailor information to your interests based on your previous searches, amount of time spent on certain pages, and other of your web searching habits. However this way of editing content, Pariser, points out can keep you from the information you need in favor giving you what the system thinks you want.
Check out this video or head over to mashable to see what else is up.
The company, DuckDuckGo, seems to be offering a solution to the filter bubble; which is to say they advertise themselves as a filter-free search engine. I have not yet used their services but perhaps I should because the last time I googled “Iran”, the internet just showed me pictures of people running. Time to duck me up.
For those of us who like a little filtering in our lives there is a thing called HUNCH, that makes personalized recommendations for you based on the stuff you already like. Basically they have a hunch, you’re going to like something. See a demo here, a wikipedia article there, and the official website right here.
Also on the list of things I want right now: THIS PANORAMIC CAMERA FOR THE IPHONE! It is all kinds of cool, check out this neat link on it.
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