abraham linkoln on Tue, 19 Aug 2003 06:31:03 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> how to be a net.artist: lesson one: the name game |
how to be a net.artist: lesson one: the name game is your name mark? if so you are 10 times more likely to become a net.artist than someone named vuk or netochka. look at all these net.artists named mark: mark amerika, mark tribe, mark napier, mark voge, marc garrett, mark dagget, mark river and marc lafia, just to name a sampling. that's amazing! if your name isn't mark consider including “mark” in your alias or your domain name somehow, like rtmark does. speaking of domain names. next you will want to choose a domain name for your website (where you will put up your art later) since futurefarmers took the coolest name available, don’t try too hard with this part…try to focus more on length of your domain name; should you go short like www.jodi.org or long like http://www.111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.com ? *tips for picking a domain name in the english language: since every word in the english dictionary is already a domain name you’ll want to either modify a single english word with funky spelling; like putting a “5” or a “z” where the “s” is like www.engli5h.com or www.englizh.com or get clever with something like www.englitch.com . or, the easiest way is to combine two words, like red and smoke or potato and land. don’t worry if the two words you are combining sound funny or awkward at first, like any new band or brand name the more you say them together the more the two will sound natural next to one another. if you really can’t decide on a alias you can always use your real first and last name (if your first name is mark, you should definitely use your name as your domain name). your next big decision will be to choose a .net, .com, .org. don't worry about what each means, but do worry about which one sounds better with the name you've chosen. for example; www.markmark.com sounds better than www.markmark.net which sounds better than www.markmark.org . (note that using mark twice in your domain name will double your chances of becoming a net.artist!) you can always piggyback onto another site like the radical software group does (www.rhizome.org/rsg). but try and use a new media site like rhizome, turbulence or thing.net, or even a university site. for cred purposes try and avoid a geocities, tripod, or an angelfire address. hopefully by now you have some name ideas for your new net.art site. as you lay awake in bed tonight visualize yourself walking around the ars electronica festival in linz wearing a nintendo powerglove. congratulations! You’ve completed lesson one. stay tuned for “lesson 2: turning stuff into net.art; have you ever written anything or taken a picture or something?” see images for lesson one here: http://www.linkoln.net/lessononeimages brought to you by http://www.linkoln.net _________________________________________________________________ <b>Get MSN 8</b> and help protect your children with advanced parental controls. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/parental # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net