Fluxus Words - new blog

Just painted a new Fluxus Word. Actually made a complete new blog for all the previous sent Fluxus words on: http://fluxuswords.blogspot.com so you can see what this concept is all about and which words are produced and sent into the world.

To Blog or Not to Blog

The Blogging concept is already old. I myself started in 2004 and am blogging for over 6 years now. Lots of information I have placed online in dozens of blogs. The number of visitors decreases though. Everybody want fast access to the latest news and therefore uses the Social Networks (SN). When you integrate Blogs in Social Networks through RSS you reach the largest audience. Something I explain to informatic students all the time. Building such a net is what makes communication succesfull.

To blog or not to Blog isn't the question. Every Mail-Artists that is online knows a few blogs and eventually starts one for him/her-self. The final documentation of a Mail-Art project? I know that a lo0t of the old generation Mail-Artist don't like that idea. They put in their original artwork and send it by snail-mail, and all they get is being visible in a blog? They would prefer a printed catalogue instead. The factors time & money are changing the Mail-Art network for sure.

An example. I just documented the IUOMA Social Network by downloading the complete structure, all images and videos, blogs and posting and individual pages. A collection of 16 GByte that can just be placed on a CD of DVD. It is essential to archive the digital world as well. It has become more complex to keep everything accesible.

Technorati Update

A last update. I'll explain more about these kind of things on my new blog : http://statisticdatas.blogspot.com/. If you are interested in statistics on your blog, you must have a look. If you want to follow the experiment. Just add a link to this blog and you will influence the results of this experimental blog which i also will use in the courses with my students in this coming year. The basis tools are already explained and operational there. Have a look....

121 Mail Art Blogs

Just updated the link-list on my blog and counted 121 mail-art blogs (not counting my own, which I listed seperately). Seems like the mail-art worls slowly moved to the Internet and is documenting all the snail-mail in a digital way....

Besides posting your visuals, do'n forget to go throught the other blogs now and then....

Ruud

Fluxus & Blogs

As some of you know I am also involved in Fluxus. After being part of http://fluxlist.blogspot.com I am now also part of the http://fluxlisteurope.blogspot.com . If you are also involved in Fluxus, have a look and take part in the discussions. For mail-art projects I created a new blog myself at: http://mailartprojects.blogspot.com . The advantage of the blog is that you can go through the list by the labels, and therefore could select specific projects. Also there are now several active mail-artists filling the blog, so that will grow quickly. If you want to be a contributor, just send me an e-mail, and I will add you to the list.

Ruud