Technology and Art

OK, so l haven’t posted anything written to this blog in quite a while. Shoot me. I’ve recently acquired a new toy and have been playing with it; as you can see. Buuutttt, I figured it was about time to write something…just to prove I still can.

Lately, my appreciation of technology has increased tenfold. Clarke was right when he said that: “Any sufficiently advance technology is indistinguishable from magic”. If you stop and just think about it abstractly for a minute, our advances have been amazing in the last twenty years. I can type words onto a computer screen and voila!…a movie pops up that can be seen all over the world. How the hell would you have explained that to someone eighty years ago?

Unlike a lot of of people that have a certain level of fear when it comes scientific knowledge, I embrace it wholeheartedly. I see digital media as one of the greatest advances in human history. The field has been leveled and a vast number of people now have a platform to present their work. Everyday, I get on the internet and am amazed by the ingenuity of people all over the planet.

My own webpage (pier51.com) started off without any clear aim, but I find myself now posting videos, browser apps, widgets, and goofy stuff that I run across on a daily basis. Hell, maybe I’ve actually found some direction here. I’ll just continued doing what I’ve been doing and see where it takes me.