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  1. CW: grumble

    I'm getting just a tad bit tired of companies re-appropriating terms like "local first", "operating system", "internet".
    "Local first" is not "uses a datacenter in your general area".
    And neither "operating system" nor "internet" mean "a closed source website with a closed beta that breaks basic web features".

    The first one is of course from an AI company that I won't name. The second is from #Metalabel and from them I actually expected better, but maybe I was misguided.

  2. CW: grumble

    I'm getting just a tad bit tired of companies re-appropriating terms like "local first", "operating system", "internet".
    "Local first" is not "uses a datacenter in your general area".
    And neither "operating system" nor "internet" mean "a closed source website with a closed beta that breaks basic web features".

    The first one is of course from an AI company that I won't name. The second is from #Metalabel and from them I actually expected better, but maybe I was misguided.

  3. > This #book is a financial experiment
    blog.metalabel.com/this-book-i

    This is quite an interesting approach, reminds me a bit of the short lived Assembly freelancing experiment.
    cc #publishing #economics #Metalabel

  4. > This #book is a financial experiment
    blog.metalabel.com/this-book-i

    This is quite an interesting approach, reminds me a bit of the short lived Assembly freelancing experiment.
    cc #publishing #economics #Metalabel

  5. ❕NEW RELEASE ❔

    𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲?

    Not all forms of power announce themselves. Some move quietly, shaping how we feel, act and inhabit the world.

    𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗼, 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼, 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗢’ 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝘂́, 𝗡𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗧𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲, 𝗧𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 & 𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗟𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲 and 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗺 𝗭. 𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶 examine the intensifying form of totalitarianism grounded in the quiet background logic of contemporary technology.

    ✦ ✦ ✦ PRE-ORDER ✦ ✦ ✦
    > aksioma.org/are-you-a-software
    > or on #Metalabel aksioma.metalabel.com/aksioma-

  6. 'What's the difference between an #artist and a #creator?

    Yancey Strickler on the #Metalabel Blog:

    blog.metalabel.com/whats-the-d

    ‘Creative work done for artistic purposes is thought to exist for reasons above #money. "Love and honor” is a convenient excuse to not compensate for it, “exposure” too. Creative work for commercial purposes, on the other hand, can be handsomely rewarded. …

    The people who make the first kind of work are historically called “fine artists.” The people who make the second kind of work are called “commercial artists.” ….

    In recent decades a similar but distinct creative role has emerged: the creator. People who make a living from #subscriptionsm #crowdfunding, selling #merch, and other forms of direct exchange unlocked by the web. Like artists, creators have a lot of freedom in what they do. … Unlike artists, they don't have to navigate the academy system or #artworld politics to do it. ‘

  7. 'What's the difference between an #artist and a #creator?

    Yancey Strickler on the #Metalabel Blog:

    blog.metalabel.com/whats-the-d

    ‘Creative work done for artistic purposes is thought to exist for reasons above #money. "Love and honor” is a convenient excuse to not compensate for it, “exposure” too. Creative work for commercial purposes, on the other hand, can be handsomely rewarded. …

    The people who make the first kind of work are historically called “fine artists.” The people who make the second kind of work are called “commercial artists.” ….

    In recent decades a similar but distinct creative role has emerged: the creator. People who make a living from #subscriptionsm #crowdfunding, selling #merch, and other forms of direct exchange unlocked by the web. Like artists, creators have a lot of freedom in what they do. … Unlike artists, they don't have to navigate the academy system or #artworld politics to do it. ‘

  8. Continuing on the #Metalabel tip…

    My copy of Chance Would Be a Fine Thing arrived at the weekend.

    metalabel-ktav.metalabel.com/c

    It’s a design-forward, twenty-first-century contribution to the tradition of Mallarmé’s Un Coup de Dés (A Throw of the Dice). Created by the Bangkok-based collective for potential #design, Copode.

    I especially like their refusal to either uncritically celebrate #AI or lapse into fatalism about it. I also appreciate their emphasis on creating something unexpected, something that even takes them by surprise, as well as the way the #book looks toward exploring alternative models for collaboration between humans and #technologies.

  9. Continuing on the #Metalabel tip…

    My copy of Chance Would Be a Fine Thing arrived at the weekend.

    metalabel-ktav.metalabel.com/c

    It’s a design-forward, twenty-first-century contribution to the tradition of Mallarmé’s Un Coup de Dés (A Throw of the Dice). Created by the Bangkok-based collective for potential #design, Copode.

    I especially like their refusal to either uncritically celebrate #AI or lapse into fatalism about it. I also appreciate their emphasis on creating something unexpected, something that even takes them by surprise, as well as the way the #book looks toward exploring alternative models for collaboration between humans and #technologies.

  10. In an ever more messy online media environment, it can be hard to know where to let ourselves be truly creative. This month on Looks Like New, MEDLab community fellow Andy DiLallo spoke with Yancey Stricker, best known as a co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter. Strickler's story started on a farm in Virginia before he became a music journalist and founder of a leading tech company. Most recently, he co-founded Metalabel, a new platform that fosters creative expression and meaningful […]