P’unk Avenue
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- 1168 E. Passyunk Aveneue
- Philadelphia PA 19147
- Phone: 215 755 1330
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A Conversation With Katie Murken
Katie Murken is a friend of P'unk Avenue. Geoff and Alex worked with her on the Debtor's Inheritance project two years ago. She is currently the head of 2D Foundations at Tyler School of Art, leading classes in digital…
IDES 322: Instructables Part 2
We are looking forward to hearing everyone's plans for the Instructables project. This week we will be focusing on the project proposals, helping people refine their ideas and preparing them for documentation. We will also be furthering the discussion…
Frosted Lucky Tags, They're Magically Persistent
I've been talking about progressive enhancement lately: the idea that web sites should start from a core of straightforward, highly functional HTML and build out from there. JavaScript, CSS, etc. should enhance the experience and improve ease of use, but…
The Upside of Static Cling
Last night, in considering possible post topics for today, I emailed myself the following: Creating space to experience art, Bresson walking slowly backwards out of the room so as you want to follow him, Eno wanting to leave things…
IDES 322: Instructables
Up to this point our goal has been to get everyone familiar with the core tools of web citizenship and to communicate some shared understanding of how these tools are affecting our society. So far, so good, right? Our…
Google Responds, Love Resumes
I had fun with last week's post, but the topic was actually serious stuff regarding the way search engines behave when they arrive at web sites built with certain types of URLs. And the humorous tone of things may have…
Open Call for Critical Models
A few reasons why I don't interact with contemporary art criticism: A lot of it sucks. To be more specific, a lot of it is self-serving. A lot of it has agenda of a White House Press Secretary, never…
Google, I love you but you're killing the vibe
Once upon a time there was a web site. And the web site offered filters. And lo, the filters were good. They let you browse for events at Brasils Nightclub. Or classes featuring Darlin Garcia. Or DJ nights within the…
IDES 322: Intellectual Property
Last week, everyone was assigned the task of shooting some photography, uploading it, and tagging it on Flickr. We've been keeping our eyes on the results of this assignment. We have also collected (almost) everybody's services for aggregation in…
Same Old Tom, Progressively Enhanced
Last week I announced a progressive enhancement script for select elements in web pages. At the time, I didn't know "progressive enhancement" was the proper buzzword for what I'd written. This is one of my pet peeves: even with Google,…
Noise Appreciation with John and Rick
Last Saturday John and I saw Thurston Moore and Mats Gustafsson at the International House at 37th and Chestnut. Thurston is obviously most well known for his involvement in Sonic Youth, but has also spent the better part of thirty…
IDES 322: Self Organization
In the last class, we laid out the spirit of this course. This week our section overlaps with the Junto, so we're trying to tie some new themes together here. The assigned readings should have served as an introduction…
pkMultipleSelect: a better HTML multiple select element
We've all been there (okay, the web designers have all been there): the client wants an interface that lets them pick more than one item from a list and submit them as part of a form. And HTML offers a…
The Great Cornice Project
Cornices were originally created to help keep rainwater away from the building and as a structural element. I find them very beautiful and one of the rewards of looking up in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, many of these building "crowns" are…