Wasting Pixels

wasting pixels

Venkatesh Rao

Media Evolution, Malmö, SwedenAugust 22, 2012

.com

public computing

waste bits!

Alan Kay, ~ 1970s

pixels as cheap as paint

waste pixels

why?

$1 million, one time

$24 billion, one year

Courtesy: User rendomthoughts on Flickr

?

we focus on interesting

we make fun of boring

http://mikesprayberry.blogspot.com

but boring is where life happens

boring is normal

http://homeinteriorgellery.blogspot.com

(and we like it that way)

how do we do smart boring?

how do we do a new normal?

how do we waste pixels?

do nothing beautifully

Courtesy: ispr.info

waste time well

Courtesy: User Rich_Lem on Flickr

graffitti!

http://www.yrwall.com/

you guys are already good at it

http://www.rolighetsteorin.se/

if you love attention, let it go

thanks!

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read chapter 6,

“the clockless clock”