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Awesome Historical Archive of Electronic Dance Music – 40 Dj Mixes, 407 Tracks

April 11, 2010

Tagged as: archive, dj, Electronic Music, history, house, rave, techno

When people ask me what kind of music I like I usually just say ‘techno’, but electronic dance music is hard to describe to people who don’t already ‘know’. It’s got such a long history of being the soundtrack to young people transgressing the boundaries of modern, urbanized life – creating something new, something their [...]

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SHARE.SD at Media Arts Center San Diego

February 16, 2010

I’ve recently started work as a Program Manager at Media Arts Center San Diego. Our DIY New Media Lab now hosts the San Diego node of SHARE. Keep up with the latest happenings on our Lab blog.

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This Is Why Art + Technology is Always a Winner For Social Change

January 26, 2010

Tagged as: AT, graffiti, open source, projection, video

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen – on so many levels. Elias @curiousworks sent it to me. Please share widely.
The EyeWriter project is an ongoing collaborative research effort to empower people who are suffering from ALS with creative technologies.It is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus & custom software that allows graffiti writers and [...]

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A Reflection on My Time With CuriousWorks

January 6, 2010

Tagged as: Australia, CuriousWorks, Western Australia, youth

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I’ve always been afraid of two things – bodies of water (in which I cannot see the bottom) and heights. At 7, I was stung by a jellyfish while swimming. That same year, I fell off a rock face and into a crevice of fresh lava rock, gouging and slicing my flesh as I [...]

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Ripsticks, Telecentres and Graffiti Artists in Remote Western Australia

September 30, 2009

Tagged as: graffiti, Marble Bar, remote, ripsticks, telecentre, Western Australia, wobt

The past DAY has been brilliant.

Shakthi and I departed Newman and drove for about 3.5 hours to Marble Bar – which is the hottest town on the planet (it never went below 100 degrees for 160 days in the summer of 1923-24). It’s not too hot now. On the way, we stopped in Nullagine to [...]

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Curious Works, Day 2: The Plan for the Next 6 Weeks and a Late Afternoon Tour of the Office Loft in Sydney

September 24, 2009

Tagged as: Australia, CuriousWorks, Sydney

Today I set a game plan with Shakthi on how we're going to tackle the next 6 weeks in the Pilbara. I'll need to:

develop/find/improve on some curriculum for 'object-based storytelling'
develop/find/improve on curriculum to introduce the 'craft' of working with audio and photography
develop online social network strategy for cultural leaders in the Pilbara

For the [...]

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Hello World!

July 9, 2009

Thank you!
Hello internet. I’m happy to say I won my goal with Kickstarter. Thank you everyone! I could not have done it without you. For those who missed the action, I decided to do a 4 hour marathon online DJ set (that’s part of what’s documented in the video above) to raise the [...]

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I Believe That We Operate Best Together: Let’s Prove This!

June 27, 2009

Hi internet! In the next 10 3 days, I am trying to raise $1500 (now just $1360 $819 thanks to Ellen, Aleem, Jan, Belinda, Anne, Ben, Tom, Paul, Laura, Mark, Darryl, Liz, Jo’el, Ryan, Mary, Elvia, Taylor, Emily and Kristin to fund an independent travel project through Europe.
It’s called We Operate Best Together. And it’s [...]

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Digital Democracy’s Handheld Human Rights Wins $5000 FACT Social Justice Award!

May 29, 2009

I’m proud to say that the project I was serving as Project Champion for at Netsquared won a $5000 FACT Social Justice Award!

About FACT: “The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) is committed to addressing the fundamental inequalities and injustices in our society by helping develop and sustain networks of community-based groups in the U.S. and [...]

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I Finished A 40 minute Demo of Original Electronic Music To Fund A Trip Through Europe This Summer

April 24, 2009

Hi Interwebz! I want to go to Europe this summer to make and learn about the electronic arts with local organizations, events and communities.
MY GOAL IS TO LEVERAGE MY MUSIC AND SOCIAL NETWORKS TO TOUR AND DOCUMENT CREATIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGH EUROPE
I know it will require a lot of work, but this is something I feel [...]

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Community Technologist For the Public Good and Creative Commons Available For Hire

February 25, 2009

BIO
I’m a community technologist. I figure out the best ways for people to use technology to engage their communities. Whether it’s through pre-existing systems and networks or custom built ones, I weave people, technology and human resources together to ensure measurable impact for your community-based online/offline initiatives.
My top three specialities:

online relationship/social network cultivation
Wordpress/Drupal design and [...]

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5 Steps to Social Media Engagement for Electronic Musicians

February 16, 2009

Tagged as: djing, Electronic Music, electronic music tips, Facebook, Google Reader, MySpace, RSS, Social Media, Twitter

During my work with NAMAC, I created a ‘Social Media Engagement Cycle’ template in order to communicate with my supervisors just how we might dive in to using blogs, RSS, Facebook and Twitter to engage with our members. Inspired by Beth Kanter’s post ‘How Much time Does it Take to Do Social Media‘ I thought [...]

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CTCNet Conference Report 2008: What Are the Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Field of Community Technology?

January 14, 2009

On November 13th, 2008, I had the opportunity to attend the CTCNet Conference, care of the awesome CTC VISTA Project. Thanks CTC VISTA! It was a rather lightly attended conference, however we – as a conference – were able to generate something which I think might be of some value to the field of CTC [...]

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