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wasting pixels




                  Venkatesh Rao

          Media Evolution, Malmö, Sweden
                 August 22, 2012
public computing
waste bits!




Alan Kay, ~ 1970s
pixels as cheap as paint
waste pixels
why?
$1 million, one time
$24 billion, one year
?
Courtesy: User rendomthoughts on Flickr
we focus on interesting
we make fun of boring
http://mikesprayberry.blogspot.com
but boring is where life happens
boring is normal
http://homeinteriorgellery.blogspot.com
(and we like it that way)
how do we do smart boring?

how do we do a new normal?

how do we waste pixels?
do nothing beautifully
Courtesy: ispr.info
waste time well
Courtesy: User Rich_Lem on Flickr
graffitti!
http://www.yrwall.com/
you guys are already good at it
http://www.rolighetsteorin.se/
if you love attention, let it go
thanks!




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