At the Palace users automatically have something in common with everyone else. They are USERS! They share an interest in computer technology and the internet, which offers the strong possibility of instantaneous camaraderie and a sense of belonging.
Which is absolutely true about meeting people on the early Interent. If you were having a conversation with someone online, even if you had nothing else in common, you still could bond over just being online. It was like being part of an exclusive club, and it definitely helped everyone feel a lot closer.
Right! Although not as "exclusive" anymore, I feel like we're able to recreate a similar sort of bond in the web revival community
So, Palace is before my time, but a year or two ago I somehow stumbled onto it. I downloaded it, but my experience was really weird - the room just offered pin-ups of real-life models as props (unedited Jpegs of Brad Pitt and the like) and nobody was talking. I guess they were DMing , or just staying idle, or didn't want to chat while the newb smiley face was in the room?
LOL - as an outsider to Palace culture, no judgement from me. I'm just very naive to it all - I partly understand how it used to work in the 90s, but not how it works now
Oh! And a while ago I was reading through this fascinating website, "A Cyberpsychology Case Study" on The Palace. The articles were really entertaining, and insightful in a way
i was always annoyed with the idea of a piece of artwork being "done" .. i always liked the idea of art that is more like a living organism that keeps growing and reproducing like a living thing. probably to use an obtuse term that is womb envy maybe but i like to create living systems more than final works/objects! thats why i worked on this, and other projects that serve as creative prompts and generative systems
First of all, that is so true about art being "done," so often there's always going to be something I want to change. So I'm fascinated by your philosophy behind making this!
I love the first example you posted, I also like the "found poetry" of the youtube comment
I've played around a bit and the results are so interesting.. often spooky..
This example was so striking to me. How did the computer know I love fairies ? It looks like she's melted into cyberspace. Maybe she's trying to hold onto something beautiful out of the vast and cruel wasteland that is the internet? or am I putting too much of myself into the art?
This is such an amazing & inspiring tool! It really is a "creative prompt," I feel inspired to write something out of some of the art it generated. Thank you!!
CRTs, I know a lot of people enjoy these and I can totally understand that. But the consent high pitch sound hurts my ears after a while.
Ahhhh it's horrible, don't remind me! And worst of all, people over a certain age can't hear it, meanwhile it's driving me crazy and people think I'm crazy trying to explain the sound it's making
It is incredible how viscerally fast my answer came to mind: molten metal. Something about that red-hot glow is too enticing -- it would be soup to the next level.
LOLLLL at both this response, and also this question.
I was going to say, probably molten lava. If I was the goddess of heat or something and immune to, y'know, burning, I wonder what it would feel like.
But I have to say, I think if I could eat anything, my favorite food is still cheesecake. :omg:k:
i genuinely think some day it will be widely understood that social media is harmful and addictive in the same way as cigarettes, drugs, gambling etc. ideally, there should be lawsuits against the companies that profit from this mental harm, but that is not likely
I really feel for you, and I certainly wish that was so. :'( It's all so new and ubiquitous that there's rarely education or warnings about it.
I shouldn't have been on it as a teen (even younger). It's hard enough being young without pretending we're celebrities online! A few years ago, I thought I was somehow immune to peer pressure. Looking back, now that I've quit social media, of course I wasn't -- it was just mostly digital, so I didn't think about it.
These kitties are so cute! I always like seeing them on people's sites. I love that you have one as your signature. I almost thought it was the actual widget one time.. Lol
If having more "fun" is to treat projects with more leniency without feeling like it has become a second job in itself, I think things are going alright. Last night I felt myself growing a little weary with one of the projects I was working on, and switched over to just doodling silly things instead of continuing to work in frustration.
That's such a good one... I need to be doing that too! Doodling is so fun
we had an entire week dedicated to how to make folders (did you know you can make folders IN folders AND rename them?!!) the teacher was a little old lady so it was nice to humor her.
Reminds me of my typing teacher, Mrs. Neemzack (however it's spelled)... She used to poke students with a big finger pointer if they weren't typing properly, and I was such a good typist she let me do it one time.
Those computer classes were fun, we often got to play Marble Blast or Mavis Beacon in the last 10 minutes.
I think as this is in your course book the only correct way to proceed is to assume that this information is 100% accurate and correct for the remainder of your studies
Having gotten into all this web revival stuff just before the semester, I found myself nodding along like it was true... I mean, it is true!
I feel that way about http://diabellalovescats.com/ .. it's been up since before I was born and the lady sure put a lot into making it. She last updated it last year; the internet would truly be lesser without it.
I keep feeling like I need to market my "brand". I don't even have a brand! I just want people to see my site and like it and share it because then that will make me feel like I'm doing something special. But it doesn't need to be like that at all. Why can't I simply enjoy existing on the internet and stop wondering if people are reading my "content" and "liking" it. I don't have to be an influencer. And I don't like that term at all, but in a way, I want to be that because I have been influenced to want that. That's not what I want as a person, that's what I want because everyone else wants it.
Once time, I changed my profile picture to a Pokemon Sprite of a Wailord/Heracross fusion and my sister got made at me for it. She said it would make me look bad when people look for me for a job interview.
Ugh, "branding." We have to be professional enough in real life, why did we decide we need to be professional on the web too?
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, or just staying idle, or didn't want to chat while the newb smiley face was in the room? 
shorts and singlets. 
but i like to create living systems more than final works/objects! thats why i worked on this, and other projects that serve as creative prompts and generative systems 
