Today is our 13th birthday.
For 13 years, we’ve built and maintained independently with no institutional investors and sustained only by our members.
We’re grateful for your unwavering support.
We (quite literally) would not be celebrating our 13 years
Oh do we have some news for you.
@mmgg
has built maybe the most advanced external desktop client in existence...
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Multiplexer is a tiling window manager for .
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We're in an unofficial/official phase of product work that we're calling "Input/Output".
With that in mind, allow us to introduce to you a revolutionary new concept.
It's called "Download" 🌞
(Currently available for early access in the Supporter tier, available to all soon)
Please join us in person, Jan 5th, for the NYC launch of the Annual. There will be readings from some of the book’s contributors, books available to browse and buy, drinks, friends, a nice view of the East River. The mood will be warm and casual ↓
It's one week since we've re-launched search. We've been waiting for people to find the weird fun things you can do but now we can't wait any longer.
(You need to be logged in for this, in some cases you need to be premium)
ADVANCED SEARCH FREAK HACKS...
We're in an unofficial/official phase of product work that we're calling "Input/Output".
With that in mind, allow us to introduce to you a revolutionary new concept.
It's called "Download" 🌞
(Currently available for early access in the Supporter tier, available to all soon)
Spring is beautiful, and by spring cleaning, we simply want to bring our own internal environments into accord with the “new again” outer world.
Join us in NYC, SF and online this Sunday at 1:30pm EST for some parallel play virtual spring cleaning.
not really loving this trend of detached, anti-human software and tech adopting the language of romanticism, softness, nature, love, etc. — feels extremely disingenuous and manipulative to me
When academics share a syllabus that's their version of a mood board or link. everyone has a right to post vibes, to recombine a new world from the scraps of the old ☺️
“To stretch persistently towards careful attention and stubborn tenderness can be laborious but it is also necessary work.”
Sharon Neema on the channel “ad tendere” and the etymological roots of attention
Spring is beautiful, and by spring cleaning, we simply want to bring our own internal environments into accord with the “new again” outer world.
Join us in NYC, SF and online this Sunday at 1:30pm EST for some parallel play virtual spring cleaning.
Small (but important) update, our system for taking screenshots of websites now has an ad-blocker built into it.
All new link thumbnails will be without ads.
"the future of fashion isn't smart-garments, sensors or gadgets. The future of media isn't paid internet subscriptions. The future of tech isn't AI. The future is always the culture."
—Vadik Marmeladov
Todays piece in our SAM series with
@dirtyverse
:
Audrey Robinovitz (
@foldyrhands
) on the visual politics of archiving scent and perfume’s digital slouch towards flatness
Today we’re publishing , a digital publication featuring eight pieces by Chia Amisola, Elliott Cost, Benjamin Earl, Tiana Dueck, Laurel Schwulst, Marty Bell, Maya Man, and Alice Yuan Zhang.
New interview with Margaret Lee for Editorial.
We spoke about her retirement from 47 Canal, making space for community, and not neglecting personal infrastructure.
We’ve had a lot of new people join this week after the conversations about Tumblr. Hello and welcome!
We’re a different community, so we wanted to take some time to say what we’re all about and answer q's from anyone who wants to learn more.
📕 NEW 📕
Software for Artists Book is a collaborative project investigating our digital tools, life in quarantine, & what's possible for the future.
📓 Featuring 47 of your Digital Diary entries
✏️ Made w/
@PioneerWorks_
@thecreativeindp
@willak
Info:
We're working hard to make self-sustaining in 2019. If you want to give us a boost, consider becoming a monthly patron.
Visit our new roadmap page to see our progress and contribute:
This year’s forthcoming Annual is themed "document," as in to record; to provide information or support; an official paper or digital file; a piece of evidence, a form of proof.
In addition to the written contributions to the book, we also want to include
Submissions are now open for the Annual 2025.
This year the theme is “document,” as in to record; to provide information; an official paper or computer file; to furnish evidence; to give proof.
Friends in NYC,
Please come this Friday, December 1 at 7:00 pm to our 2024 Annual double *launch* at O-R-G and/or ENTRANCE gallery (which are steps away from each other)
More info:
💐Happy April
April 1st - April 8th is the first annual "7 day spring cleaning period" on ! This is the arbitrary period where we can all spend a little time tending to our respective corners of our collective knowledge garden.
Some ideas (thread) ↓
We spoke with Spencer Chang (
@spencerc99
) about their new app Gather, “communal computing,” and their philosophy toward technology.
Some excerpts and a link to the full interview ↓
Announcing an open call for submissions for the 2022 Annual!
This year's theme is "portal" as in an opening or point of entry, a website, gate, door, or hatch; an approach; a way to get or do something, a portal to.
Happy Friday, update your Chrome/Firefox extension for an increase in right-click on tricky images skills.
If you understand why this GIF is important, this update is for you.
📢 News alert: We're working on a (physical) book!📢
....AND we thought it would be nice to grow a (figurative) community garden inside.
If you'd like to contribute a plant to the upcoming book, head to and draw one 🌞
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For us, it's like a public library. You're in public, it's quiet, friends and strangers around you are working on their own things. Occasionally you get to glance over and see something interesting your friend is working on. It reminds you of something, you go down your own path.