CUNY Academic Commons | Tyler J. Peckio | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/peckiot/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Tyler J. Peckio is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 0ddd1728ebd0af948b3dcd16545a04ed Achim Koh joined the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/409784/ Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:45:20 -0400 0963618f21790adc280adbde478b860b Juan Carlos Leon joined the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/409464/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:54:51 -0400 379120b30113e34e0971addf4c74b9e2 Ruth Frick O'Brien (she/her/mx) joined the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/327012/ Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:21:13 -0500 d6223a58491e946f9fc2adb5decd2546 dianakamin started the forum topic Gabriel Tarde diagrams in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/gabriel-tarde-diagrams/ Tue, 06 May 2014 15:18:29 -0400 Attached is a PDF showing Gabriel Tarde’s diagrams of imitative rays as illustrated in Tony Sampson’s book Virality. Might be interesting to mobilize against/with the other models of network diagrams from the readings.

]]> 1dbb10370ee0a2ba9d216e64034a838f Christopher Green started the forum topic Sawbaum - Vine montage tool that came out of Rhizome's Seven on Seven conference in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/sawbaum-vine-montage-tool-that-came-out-of-rhizomes-seven-on-seven-conference/ Tue, 06 May 2014 00:11:43 -0400 Bringing montage to another level, this nifty tool that came out of Rhizome’s Seven on Seven conference this past Saturday let’s you “paint with video” by embedding Vines as compositional elements. Check some […]

]]> 05b6aeac77c618d32df973ee38edb5d1 Jessica Mahlbacher started the forum topic Interesting article in Slate: Google's New Map of Global Cyber-Attacks Is Nifty, But Is It Also Self in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/interesting-article-in-slate-googles-new-map-of-global-cyber-attacks-is-nifty-but-is-it-also-self-serving/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:25:11 -0400 This seemed rather interesting given the lecture. Demonstrates the politics in categorization and data visualization. […]

]]> e67f44c27ee8a0eb2fb8a54e0143374c Tyler J. Peckio started the forum topic Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/captain-beefheart-and-his-magic-band/ Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:53:09 -0400 In case anybody actually was curious about this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5I-Xq54FT4

]]> 290e098874d78293f202c3543e9d5833 Tyler J. Peckio started the forum topic Google sued for data mining students' email in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/google-sued-for-data-mining-students-email/ Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:56:03 -0400 Google sued for data-mining students’ email

]]> 2a9765eb2781f9ed8f42575ac4482630 Fritz Tucker started the forum topic Race Maps Comparing Demographic Data from 2000 and 2010 in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/race-maps-comparing-demographic-data-from-2000-and-2010/ Sun, 16 Mar 2014 23:47:03 -0400 Here are the maps I was talking about in class on Tuesday. They show that in almost every city other than Detroit, African-Americans have spread out more/been less confined to particular neighborhoods, depending […]

]]> d3c987abb339868f5c99ec824f6438b2 Fritz Tucker joined the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/259679/ Sun, 16 Mar 2014 23:38:33 -0400 1d67a3684f5b342bba53f6d426bf1127 Lev Manovich replied to the forum topic Free online course (April) "Getting and Cleaning Data" from John Hopkins in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/free-online-course-april-getting-and-cleaning-data-from-john-hopkins/#post-17735 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:28:48 -0400 Many other online courses in data preparation and analysis from Coursera:

https://www.coursera.org/courses?orderby=upcoming&cats=stats

]]> 75c748e9d8951c80cdcd00e6d3e793ec Lev Manovich started the forum topic Free online course (April) "Getting and Cleaning Data" from John Hopkins in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/free-online-course-april-getting-and-cleaning-data-from-john-hopkins/ Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:04:56 -0400 https://www.coursera.org/course/getdata

]]> 64fa43bbacb5f1abf3dd4f74d7466292 Lev Manovich started the forum topic The Rise of Anti-Capitalism in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/the-rise-of-anti-capitalism/ Sun, 16 Mar 2014 15:12:55 -0400 Today in NYT:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/the-rise-of-anti-capitalism.html

]]> 74dccfaea625624e67807e9452fdc593 Lev Manovich started the forum topic medium.com, a popular web platform for writing - you don't need a blog or a website in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/medium-com-a-popular-web-platform-for-writing-you-dont-need-a-blog-or-a-website/ Sat, 15 Mar 2014 23:49:49 -0400 Want to find audience for your writing but don’t use Facebook / don’t have a blog? No problem.

There many experiments happening on the web with new reading/writing platforms/text distribution platforms. […]

]]> a76486230385bf649b7e56aa40dc7bdc Lev Manovich started the forum topic Recent books from leading philosophers on legacy of Communism in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/recent-books-from-leading-philosophers-on-legacy-of-communism/ Sat, 15 Mar 2014 00:10:03 -0400

Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala, Hermeneutic Communism; Alain Badiou, The Communist Hypothesis & Boris Groys, The Communist Postscript

]]> 7a9505345812f5588babfac23fa51a81 Amy Schiller uploaded Hacking reading for March 18 to Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/258469/ Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:35:04 -0400 Please read the Introduction.

]]> 5869571ba9699d626fe087ea4c65a8c0 Amy Schiller uploaded Baudrillard reading for March 18 to Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/258468/ Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:31:08 -0400 Please read pages 1-29.

]]> cd9f140fed0b60cb1f5fd4200a96aa3a Amy Schiller uploaded Foucault Reading for March 18 to Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/258467/ Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:29:58 -0400 Please read Chapters 1 and 2.

]]> 72c44cbe74656121c1169566d324c082 Lev Manovich started the forum topic free full day workshop on data mining (using R) at Grad Center, March 7 in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/free-full-day-workshop-on-data-mining-using-r-at-grad-center-march-7/ Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:58:57 -0500 R is what we use in our lab, its free and most commonly used tool today, everywhere from New York Times (to explore and visualize data for their articles) to hundreds of thousands of scientists. Even if you feel […]

]]> 649c5022ae05659e89be1d6611862b6d dianakamin started the forum topic Panel at Eyebeam 3/12 in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/panel-at-eyebeam-312/ Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:48:01 -0500 Politics of Interface and Obfuscation – http://eyebeam.org/events/the-politics-of-interface-and-obfuscation

]]> 7d28c3d2ad833dec7547f2bd3600a39c Amanda Wasielewski started the forum topic One more thing - gibberish scientific papers in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/one-more-thing-gibberish-scientific-papers/ Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:28:38 -0500 I’m sure a lot of you saw this on the news/blogs last week – but this guy at MIT developed a piece of software to create gibberish scientific papers of which 120 or so got accepted and published even though they […]

]]> d21edb82dec0eb916eacb0b525ab2745 Amanda Wasielewski started the forum topic Black Mirror in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/black-mirror/ Tue, 04 Mar 2014 21:23:01 -0500 I just wanted to post this before I forgot but I was reminded in class today of the British TV series by Charlie Brooker “Black Mirror” (For those who haven’t seen it, it’s a kind of Twilight Zone for […]

]]> 903d967c28bf58db304147bcdd0566a0 Lev Manovich started the forum topic media coverage of selfiecity.net in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/media-coverage-of-selfiecity-net/ Tue, 04 Mar 2014 18:57:10 -0500 https://www.google.com/search?q=selfiecity&oq=selfiecity&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i65j69i60l4.4602j0j4&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8#q=selfiecity&tbm=nws

]]> 83879d38954f6c57cf653da63dc3efc5 Danica Savonick replied to the forum topic 2 questions on data, aesthetics, scholarly work in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/2-questions-on-data-aesthetics-scholarly-work/#post-17635 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 18:15:16 -0500 This is not a direct response, but your interest in non-linear visual argumentation in scholarly work reminds me of this article on a dissertation being done in comics: […]

]]> 95a6b4f325c1e7d095ba1f5fd6a7c625 dianakamin started the forum topic 2 questions on data, aesthetics, scholarly work in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/2-questions-on-data-aesthetics-scholarly-work/ Tue, 04 Mar 2014 18:05:57 -0500 2 questions on data and aesthetics–
Lev and Susan, I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the opposition between traditional linear narratives and alternative modes of information organization as […]

]]> fc888d34882b8692454bac1c38e58be2 Christopher Green replied to the forum topic please post your questions you want to discuss in next class here in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/please-post-your-questions-you-want-to-discuss-in-next-class-here/#post-17632 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:44:58 -0500 Hito Steyerl is one of many writers to identify an “alternative economy of images…existing inside as well as beyond and under commercial media streams” that is the result of the proliferation of the digital […]

]]> f17bca4c7a3270ec15cd8506758a9b92 Amanda Wasielewski started the forum topic Data and facts in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/data-and-facts/ Sun, 02 Mar 2014 20:19:27 -0500 This is more just a series of associations rather than a coherent question…

Regarding the creation of composite images from Galton to Burson, but also the use of data in general to create the average or ideal […]

]]> cd18eaf43fcd3df74b293276110855e9 Lev Manovich started the forum topic HarvardX’s and MITx’s MOOC Data Visualized and Mapped in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/harvardxs-and-mitxs-mooc-data-visualized-and-mapped/ Sat, 01 Mar 2014 16:32:41 -0500 http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2014/02/harvardxs-and-mitxs-mooc-data-visualized-and-mapped

]]> 9bc6739b90ca96011ebab623c8609633 Lev Manovich replied to the forum topic data collection in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/data-collection/#post-17608 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 14:28:26 -0500 Adam,

Thank you! See the new post I just did about software demos. I will demo getting data from an online source such as Instagram, and preparing the data for analysis; and also point to tools for doing it. […]

]]> 168be6ccb698f4a66039d466ad91bce4 Lev Manovich started the forum topic Software demos in class in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/software-demos-in-class/ Sat, 01 Mar 2014 14:26:18 -0500 Greetings,

Susan and me decided that I should devote two full classes to demos of software tools and their discussion. I will show you basics of collecting data and preparing it; “data mining” (analysis of […]

]]> d3300dd0d92bd6d527038a9cfc9178bc Adam Diller started the forum topic data collection in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/data-collection/ Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:28:03 -0500 We began to discuss data collection but never examined the details of extracting and organizing data from sites such as Instagram or Facebook.

I would be interested in a discussion of tools which can be used to […]

]]> 79bfb2be1ccbbf122cc4226a58dc1dbf Lev Manovich started the forum topic please post your questions you want to discuss in next class here in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/please-post-your-questions-you-want-to-discuss-in-next-class-here/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:19:58 -0500 Greetings,

Next week is our “Connnections” class – the idea is to address questions and topics around the content we covered so far. Please post your questions ASAP to get them discussed first );

]]> 92db795c0ea83fbe963c7c972c255f93 Lev Manovich started the forum topic very relevant lecture at GC, March 5th by Tanya Clement in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/very-relevant-lecture-at-gc-march-5th-by-tanya-clement/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:18:01 -0500 https://cunydhi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Tanya Clement– 3/5/14, 6:30-8:30 : “HiPSTAS, What?: Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, and Visualizations with Sound”

Even digitized, unprocessed sound […]

]]> f831f99ffbdd056472b9d45c216e42bd dianakamin started the forum topic "2011: Michael Sanchez on Art and Transmission," Artforum (Summer 2013) in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/2011-michael-sanchez-on-art-and-transmission-artforum-summer-2013/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:22:30 -0500 PDF of the article on art and smartphones mentioned in class – http://www.tanyaleighton.com/p/p000420/Artforum_summer_2013.pdf

]]> cdedb8166461b4df497ffade2aaf99c1 Tyler J. Peckio started the forum topic Canadian street art titled "Nobody Likes Me" in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/canadian-street-art-titled-nobody-likes-me/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:49:47 -0500

View post on imgur.com

]]> 0e9391f6945c20b8eb875f8e38d13f87 Michael Mastroianni started the forum topic The "Suspicious" Democratization of Art in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/the-suspicious-democratization-of-art/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:54:13 -0500 In retrospect, the history of art suggests its makers have been constrained by its consumers. Leonardo da Vinci’s genius was reserved in his own time for warfare among his patrons; most of his journals have plans […]

]]> e5cfab9701cd7baeb96f5b10eb2cc9f1 Lev Manovich started the forum topic Digital Humanities Coordinator - new full time position at The Graduate Center in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/digital-humanities-coordinator-new-full-time-position-at-the-graduate-center/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 23:37:15 -0500 Please help spread the word:

Digital Humanities Coordinator

]]> 16f2e29bad723db5114d32953b3578d2 Lev Manovich started the forum topic Super relevant conference Feb 28 at NYU in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/super-relevant-conference-feb-28-at-nyu/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 22:26:55 -0500 http://postmanconference.org/

if you are interested in cutting-edge PhD research on data, surveillance, software and related topics, attend this conference. And make sure to come for the keynote talk by one of […]

]]> 905681e1de1c20aca731a667a656c372 Lev Manovich started the forum topic Readings for next week in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/readings-for-next-week-2/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:51:26 -0500 Greetings,

I added required and recommended readings and projects for next week:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vJN0wAsq1cwFuuug_aEXj3F5y4qJmrFiyy-6P07xVJU/edit#bookmark=id.ylae3vg2p52i

]]> d651a696f0198252f2475ab9baf66ec6 Amanda Wasielewski started the forum topic Terranova Free Labor article in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/terranova-free-labor-article/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:57:59 -0500 http://www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/technocapitalism/voluntary

]]> 837b4a1a0cd06e8d393a2186fb8ca55c Kamran Moshref edited the forum topic Videogames as Software in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/videogames-as-software/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:24:12 -0500 It occurs to me that videogames are a topic which has been lurking on the periphery of our discussions and which touches on many of the themes that have come up so far: image, software, data and the interactive […]

]]> c0077b1091ec4c28659f617ac075fbfd Adam Diller started the forum topic Artists in Code/Space in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/artists-in-codespace/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:00:22 -0500 The intros to Kitchin and Dodge’s Code/Space and Software Takes Command lead me to spend more time considering what role artists can have in critiquing and defining code/space.

I suspect that I am unaware of a […]

]]> 14042d96c3177a457d28db7117c81d4e Jessica Mahlbacher started the forum topic Question for today's class in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/question-for-todays-class/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:34:08 -0500 In trying to connect the three readings, I had a question about the conceptualization about software performance in your article Lev, in relation to the idea of moving through coded spaces articulated by […]

]]> d7d6427a02a08aab2d4ce602fdccb71c Francisco Fortuño Bernier started the forum topic Three questions on February 18 readings in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/three-questions-on-february-18-readings/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:42:12 -0500 I have three related questions.

First, in Code/Space, Kitchin and Dodge describe software as something that “can exhibit some of the characteristics of being alive” and also say that it has been said to be […]

]]> 9ec88fd2cfcaccdd7cecca2e92da4a40 Tyler J. Peckio replied to the forum topic Incredibly broad questions, food for thought in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/incredibly-broad-questions-food-for-thought/#post-17332 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 02:53:09 -0500 Also lest we forget this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Flash_Crash

]]> 9d63a5c2c89d590fe7c5021098dc03f0 Tyler J. Peckio started the forum topic Incredibly broad questions, food for thought in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/incredibly-broad-questions-food-for-thought/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 02:27:29 -0500 At the end of Professor Manovich’s article, he raises several important questions: “How does the software we use influence what we express and imagine? Shall we continue to accept the decisions made for us by […]

]]> e7eb31535fed492af607c80b294801b3 dianakamin started the forum topic Two broad questions on Feb 18 readings in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/two-broad-questions-on-feb-18-readings/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:24:29 -0500 Here are two broad questions that this week’s readings brought up for me.
1) Who has authority in software studies – Is it possible for a scholar to account for “the software layer” without the ability to read […]

]]> 4462b57526f3dd20fc621d64af0d908a dianakamin replied to the forum topic Lingering question re: montage in the group Software, Globalization and Political Action http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/software-globalization-and-political-action-360980632/forum/topic/lingering-question-re-montage/#post-17328 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:21:17 -0500 In a related vein, I am interested in putting Benjamin’s “reception in a state of distraction” back on the table for discussion– it seems key to the question of shock, montage as a visual language, and thus […]

]]> e46c1b81b34f3473fa65952d228fc91f dianakamin joined the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/252635/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:15:31 -0500 0ce892990bfa8d1efded05d7880a6be0 Tyler J. Peckio joined the group Software, Globalization and Political Action https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/252633/ Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:52:37 -0500