That Fuzzy Shape on the Horizon by Silicon Jungle

show variations of dog that are maximally far apart in terms of their properties. This way the user can recursively generate variations by selecting which dog is most similar to what they want, until they hone in on what they actually want from the media (View Highlight)

By giving computers an ability to understand messy forms of communication it doesn’t just stop at an entire piece of media. It gives the computer an ability to understand the components of it, to break them apart or decompose them and remix them. These mood boards or collections of snippets become resources that can be harvested for use in the creative process. It’s like you’re foraging for all the things you like. (View Highlight)

What does it mean when software becomes ephemeral and adaptive? Currently large scale applications and social media are ballooning into bloated messes that are trying to accomodate for the needs of billions of people. What if they didn’t need to be? What if the spaces we inhabited online were like shifting sandcastles being washed away when they were no longer needed. (View Highlight)