Polytechnicast - A One-Off Solution

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In this episode of the Polytechnicast I share an overiew of the technical details of my move from Google App Engine to Squarespace. It’s a bit about RSS, XML, why text formats rock and how web browsers are a fantastic place to build a little one-use data transformation.

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Follow Rob on Twitter or his blog at Interactive-Storyteller.com and workshops at Lean Into Art

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LIA Cast 24 - Thinking About Design, Pt 2

 

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In the second episode of Lean Into Art's Thinking About Design series, Rob and Jerzy take a stroll around the Quadrants of Forces that inform the design of a project (Personal Opinion, Design Principles, Heuristics, and Fashion).

What follows is a discussion about the different inflections of these forces in regards to whether the design is being executed as a service or as a vehicle for self-expression. Also, how do these forces balance or counter-balance when working with a group? Rob and Jerzy use some of their personal experiences to investigate how to negotiate between these forces to design a project that satisfies the needs of the intended audience.

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LIA Cast 23 - Leveling Up Through Play

Sometimes we can talk ourselves out of having a good time in the visual arts by convincing ourselves that "if it's not work, it's not worth it". And while this can be true, is it an absolute truth? Can one achieve meaningful work in a spirit of play?

In this audio-only episode we use some of our classroom experiences as well as our experiences with video game play to explore the notion of inserting a playfulness into our workflow and approach, while fighting the old assumption that it can't be valuable if we had fun doing it.

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Polytechnicast - Moving Away from Google App Engine

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In this episode of the Polytechnicast I share an overview of why I moved my comic to Google App Engine and how things evolved to considering moving away from that platform. I’m leaning toward moving to S3 or GitHub, using a static generated blog styled as a web comic approach. Then again, Tumblr is a pretty tempting option!

Along the way I give an overview of why I chose a cloud computing platform, my initial move from Wordpress and shared hosting.

I haven’t made my final choice, feel free to tweet, email, or comment your recommendations!

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Follow Rob on Twitter or his blog at Interactive-Storyteller.com and workshops at Lean Into Art

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LIA Cast 22 - Thinking About Design, Pt 1

We're kicking off a series where we'll be thinking hard about design! Whether it's a story, art, website, or product, design is inarguably an important part of the decision making process as you make your thing.

In this first part we walk around some working definitions of design, cite some examples of how design choices are sometimes victims of the capricious nature of fashion, and discuss some cases where a heightened sense of design helped communicate some pretty abstract ideas.

 

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