Why do you write your own software rather than only use existing software tools?

Casey Reas fragte das vor ein paar Tagen auf Twitter. Dies sind die Antworten:

@sansumbrella (David Wicks)
writing is the most direct interface for describing systems and interactions.

@peregrintook
code is a medium; many tools constrain you to narrow subgenres. Knowing the fabric and pigments of the medium permits exploring more.

@voxels (Michael Edgcumbe)
so I can understand why the choices underlying the design seem like the most elegant solution

@barrythrew (Barry Threw)
Because the tools don’t exist to accomplish what I want to do. There is nothing more I would like than not to have to write software.

@robmyers (Rob Myers)
to learn, to gain understanding, to not be limited by affordances, and to be able to share all of this

@simonski (Simon Gauld)
why? because programming is a creative expression itself

@vormplus (Jan Vantomme)
because it’s easier to iterate through ideas and compositions. “Industry standard” tools don’t allow me to do this.

@brainSteen (Christopher Warnow)
When code goes through my hands, it has my gesture in it. Else it would be like painting with another cold dead hand holding a brush.

@eskimobloood (Andreas Köberle)
With other peoples software I can replicate other peoples dreams, with my own software I can dream my own.

@manovich (Lev Manovich)
Because writing software is a form of thinking and making theory; its a big part of cultural analytics strategy

@AlexKarasev (Alex Karasev)
Somebody has to write those tools! Not me; I just write “glue pieces” filling the functionality gaps. Some folks write to stay current

@miskaknapek (Miska Knapek)
1. it’s much more fun 2. existing software doesn’t conform to my way of working/desires 3. i want to be free :)

@admsyn (Adam Carlucci)
I use existing tools to make things that don’t exist yet (or I hope they don’t, anyway)

@madronalabs
Why do you write rather than just reading words other people have written?

@lankybutmacho
That’s the beauty of Processing for me: coding as exploration/research. Also, then the product can be concise & elegant without bloat.

@lennyjpg (Leander Herzog)
adobe is a cheeseburger, processing is like crack. it should have a warning on it. i gave it my hand and it ate my arm.

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Stellenausschreibung Audiovisualisierung

Interessante Stellenausschreibung eines StartUps hier in Potsdam. Es geht um Audiovisualisierung und generatives Design. Bei Interesse direkt Mark Moebius anschreiben.

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Nagual Startone, ein junges Team in der Gründungsphase, sucht einen kreativen Mitarbeiter im Bereich Interface-/Webdesign sowie Audiovisualisierung.

Wir entwickeln am Medieninnovationszentrum Babelsberg die Technologie einer Interaktiven (tonalen) Musik für die Bereiche Musikproduktion, Computerspiele, Interaktive Konzerte und Installationen, Radio/Internet und Hardware.

Die Aufgaben des neuen Mitarbeiters:

• Erstellung und Design unserer Homepage und weiterer Seiten mit interaktivem musikalischem Streaming

• Design der grafischen Interfaces für unser Kernprodukt, den „Musik-Konverter“ als Standard-Software zur Musikproduktion

• Audiovisualisierung der zur musikalischen Konvertierung gebrauchten Datenströme (aus Bewegungserfassung, etc.) für Installationen, interaktive Konzerte mit dem Ziel eines synästhetischen Erlebnisses.

Wir suchen den Mitarbeiter zunächst im Rahmen eines Exist-Gründerstipendiums (Student 800€/ mit Abschluss 2000€) für ein Jahr mit geplanter Beteiligung und/oder anschließender Festanstellung.

Kontakt:

Mark Moebius
Executive Creative Director

Nagual Startone
Interactive Music

www.nagualstartone.com
moebius (at) nagualstartone.com
+49 (0) 179 458 2679

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http://vimeo.com/30035982

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FLOATING•POINT

http://vimeo.com/13058458

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