In the panel today I did a lot of talking. Trying to wrap one’s head around the finer points of artistic databases can be taxing but I think I came away with slightly more understanding than before. I’m a little baffled by most students’ assumptions that because we’ve been given a reading, the author is correct and must be taken at face value, but then again, I would say that. Iconoclasm runs in the family like a degenerative disease.

In summary, Seaman good, Manovich bad.

I really enjoyed the tangents today about videogames and such. Hearing about the ‘Eve Online’ conflagration that occurred because of an unpaid bill was very entertaining… half tempted to check it out, but very unsure about adding more strings to the bow of my Candy-Crush and Scrabble addictions. I must confess, I am about to take the EVE-O personality test. Probably better to give the old eve-o before starting anything but hey… turns out I’m a ‘manufacturer’. How enlightening!