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<div><br></div><div>i find that looking at people's use of the internet compelling in a way that doesn't happen after spending a few hours</div><div>in FB or MS. the project for free mentality is the beauty of the network and has been a way for years that i've met </div><div>people via screen. didn't mean to start a vs. situation - just that it's a relief to see projects where people are spending </div><div>time using this medium slightly outside where most of where i see the perifferial attention is being focused today. </div><div><br></div><div>there was a point where mailing lists where/are social networks, though they included an engaged exchange of work and ideas. </div><div>these networks created a creative space for me and now my challenge in FB is to perfect the haiku. not a bad thing.. </div><div>though not an activity i spend much time with, i guess i prefer the context and environment basho and issa where presenting. </div><div><br></div><div>as the evolution happens, keep up the great works! </div><div><br></div><div>ben </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Feb 21, 2009, at 3:18 PM, <a href="mailto:dkl37@juno.com">dkl37@juno.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div>I don't think the issue is so much with social networking sites as it is </div> <div>with people expanding their horizons and getting their minds outside</div> <div>"the box" more often. Being creative and enjoying other people's</div> <div>creative endeavors are only a couple ways of doing that.</div> <div>Like anything else, social networking sites or digital animation art only </div> <div>have as much value as you want to give them.</div> <div>I personally don't see either being any less valuable than the other.</div> <div> </div> <div>Bests,</div> <div>Dale</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:49:54 -0500 rj valeo <<a href="mailto:rjvaleo@gmail.com">rjvaleo@gmail.com</a>> writes:</div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; MARGIN-LEFT: 10px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <div>I think it means...<br><br>If there wasn't FB there would be more works like this and more people doing creative things rather than 'making friends' (wasting time) on FB...<br><br>On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:26 PM, CraqueMat <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craque@craque.net">craque@craque.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></div> <div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">really interesting work, but i don't understand Ben's comment about<br>social networking...<br> <div class="Ih2E3d"><br>rj valeo wrote:<br>> "Every once and a while something surfaces on one of the mailing lists<br>> that is worth a few clicks of time, and today it was noted on the<br></div>> microsound <<a href="http://www.microsound.org/" target="_blank">http://www.microsound.org/</a>> mailing list by Ben Owen<br>> <<a href="http://benowen.org/" target="_blank">http://benowen.org/</a>>. The site is called "antlerswifi<br>> <<a href="http://www.antlerswifi.com/" target="_blank">http://www.antlerswifi.com/</a>>"... 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