LGRU March 2012

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Future alignment tool
by Tom Lechner 28 Mar '12

28 Mar '12

Here's a partially functional demo of a future align+distribute tool, that I hinted at in Brussels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APGguBZOl10 It's an interactive aligner, where you are not bound to the 3 common left-center-right positions, nor to only straight horizontal or vertical distribution paths. -Tom laidout.org tomlechner.com

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LGRU article on Furtherfield
by Antonio Roberts 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

The article I wrote about LGRU is now on the Furtherfield website http://www.furtherfield.org/features/libre-graphics-research-unit-co-positi… It's more of an overview of what took place than an actual review Antonio -- ============================ antonio(a)hellocatfood.com http://www.hellocatfood.com ============================

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Data, data, everywhere, nor any bit to use
by Aymeric Mansoux 22 Mar '12

22 Mar '12

Hello Le GRU :) something I wrote a year ago that finally got published this winter, maybe of interest. http://su.kuri.mu/00000001/2011----DATA.DATA.EVERYWHERE.NOR.ANY.BIT.TO.USE/ a. -- http://su.kuri.mu

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Fwd: The Graphical Web & SVG Open 2012 - Call for Participation
by Femke Snelting 22 Mar '12

22 Mar '12

Alex Leray just forwarded this to OSP -- could be interesting to make proposals here? It for sure smells like a Networked Graphics! (I'm emerging again, as you notice ;-)) F -------- Original Message -------- Subject: The Graphical Web & SVG Open 2012 - Call for Participation Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:04:01 +0100 From: Andreas Neumann <a.neumann(a)carto.net> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Hello, You are receiving this email because you previously visited a SVG Open conference. The 10th anniversary edition of the SVG Open conference will be the last "traditional" edition of the conference series. At the same time it will be the first edition of a new conference series called "The Graphical Web". At past SVG Open conferences it became increasingly obvious that many graphical web applications usually do not rely on a single graphic technology (like SVG), but often on a mixture of different technologies, such as SVG, CSS, Canvas, WebGL, Javascript, HTML5 video and audio. For this reason we are broadening the scope to a wider range of open graphic technologies for the web - in principal all graphic technologies that are officially backed by the W3C consortium and that aren't under control of a single company. ------------------------------- Call for Participation The organizing committee is looking for contributors presenting a paper or teaching a course. Presenters are asked to submit an extended abstract in English with an approximate length of 400 to 800 words by April 16. The abstracts will be reviewed (2 reviews per abstract) and presenters will be informed about acceptance by May 20. If your abstract is accepted, you will be asked to submit your full paper by August 30, according to instructions that will be sent to you. Accepted abstracts, papers and presentations will be published in web proceedings. In the past we have suggested a list of topics for this conference. Now that interactive web graphics are natively available in all browsers and integrated into HTML, we want to hear from the web graphics and developer communities (web, mobile, and otherwise) on topics ranging from but not limited to art and design, integrated web experience, webapps and user interfaces, the sciences, mapping, data visualization, 3d visualization, and all other uses of interactive open web graphics. Potential course instructors are asked to submit a course outline by April 16. The outlines will be reviewed by a committee and instructors will be informed about acceptance by May 20. Accepted course instructors will receive a free conference pass and admission to the dinner event. Accepted course outlines will be published as course descriptions in the program. Therefore they should be directed at those who might register for the course rather than the reviewers. Courses are 150 minutes in length, scheduled for the morning and afternoon at the day after the main conference. We are interested in proposals for both beginner courses and advanced courses to cater to the diverse interests of all conference attendees. More infos at http://www.graphicalweb.org/ or http://www.svgopen.org/ Thank you for your support! The Graphical Web & SVG Open 2012 organizing team _______________________________________________ Osp mailing list Osp(a)lists.constantvzw.org https://listes.domainepublic.net/listinfo/osp

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Event in London, and Call for Proposals
by lisa haskel 22 Mar '12

22 Mar '12

Hello everyone, It was great to come to LGRU in Brussels. Thanks to everyone for those wonderful days and great talks and conversations! If anyone (especially women but not just) has the interest to come to London in May, we have the first 'Flossie' event coming up. Please see below, including a call for proposals. It would be great to see some LGRU representation there - especially perhaps a workshop or presentation. It is hosted at a university, but will be a small, informal event and for anyone travelling we will try to find accommodation for you among the organising group and friends. The deadline for the call for proposals is a bit tight now (19 March), but don't worry, just jot down a quick proposal and submit it... there is time for more detail later. Or email me if you're not too sure. Very best to all, Lisa ---------------------------------------------------------- CfP: FLOSSIE 2012, 25/26 May at QMUL, East London, UK ---------------------------------------------------------- Flossie 2012 is a free, two-day event for women who work with, or are interested in, Software Libre/FOSS as developers or in Open Data, Open Knowledge, Digital Arts, Social Innovation, Research and Education. Flossie is an independent network of women practitioners that has its roots in social innovation movements as well as arts, technology and academia. Whether you code, tinker or want to explore alternatives to 'big-tech' corporations, all women are welcome. The first day will mix micro-talks with birds of a feather sessions about the work we do. On the second day there will be more structured workshops and discussions for both experienced practitioners and women new to FLOSS to make contact and skillshare. *Submissions* We invite proposals for talks, workshops and Birds of a Feather sessions * Deadline for proposals, Monday 19 March 2012 * Submit proposal here: http://www.flossie.org/openconf/ * The organising committee will send notifications regarding session proposals no later than 26 March 2012 *Who is this event for?* . Women users and developers of FLOSS in digital arts, free culture, open data, open knowledge, social innovation movements and non-profits . Researchers, students and writers . Women entrepreneurs and social innovators using FLOSS *Themes:* . Sharing our current experiences and achievements . Building cross-disciplinary and cross-community networks . Improving visibility of women in FLOSS as well as technology in general and reaching out to new women *Further Information* If you have any questions regarding this event please email conf(a)flossie.org The conference will be on Friday 25 May and Saturday 26 May 2012 Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS The nearest tube stations are Stepney Green and Mile End *Call for participation* Register here: http://flossie2012.eventbrite.co.uk/ Submit proposal here: http://www.flossie.org/openconf/ FLOSS - CfP: is.gd/Bt77CZ

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Non-Destructive Image Editing and Git
by Antonio Roberts 19 Mar '12

19 Mar '12

I collected some of the thoughts and outcomes from the Visual Versioning Work Session at LGRU last month in Brussels http://www.hellocatfood.com/2012/03/19/non-destructive-image-editing-and-gi… -- ============================ antonio(a)hellocatfood.com http://www.hellocatfood.com ============================

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Hi LGRU
by Antonio Roberts 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

Hi everyone, Following on from the Reader session at LGRU in Brussels recently I'd like to help out with the Reader. I've had a brief read of the mailing list archives and just need a bit of help on where to start. * How can I edit the website to add my name to the articles that need reading? * Is there a guide on using the website? * When is the next meeting? (15th or 16th March) * Is there a protocol for adding suggested reading? (I'd like to suggest this, http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/our-priorities-2011-15/digital-inn… though it contains other essays inside) I think that's all for now Antonio -- ============================ antonio(a)hellocatfood.com http://www.hellocatfood.com ============================

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greetings from barcelona!
by Ricardo Vega (ricardov) 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

Dear friends; I just end a small article in my blog about art and digital culture in Latinamerica. Here I talk my experience in the fantastic two days in LGRU. I wrote it in spanish because I will send it to some list in Latinamerica, to share the experience I had and the interesting projects I saw. http://www.artnumerica.net/2012/02/22/libre-graphics-research-unit-bruselas/ Please, if you find something wrong, a bad link, or need to update a link or a picture, please let me know it. For me it was a great experience to share with other people from graphic field, the open culture. It was great to meet nice people from different backgrounds and approaches to the culture. Thanks to Marcos Garcia for the advice to go to LGRU, and special thanks to Femke and Donatella for being good host... I hope to see you again, maybe, in Norway! r Ricardo Vega www.ricardov.cl www.artnumerica.net 08 191 5577, Santiago, Chile

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pics
by Pierre Huyghebaert 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

The pics links are temptatively listed on http://lgru.net/archives/1441 Poke or edit if I've missed some! And see you soon, merry gang! Pierre Huyghebaert +32.495905632 Speculoos · Chaussée de Charleroisesteenweg, 159 · 1060 Brussels · Belgium T +32.26463079 · F + 32.26474386 http://speculoos.com · http://osp.constantvzw.org · http://lgru.net · http://potentialestate.org · http://towards.be

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Panorama..
by Tom Lechner 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

Finally got the panoramic group photo done, in 2 variations: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomlechner/6950508113 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomlechner/6950621715 -Tom Lechner

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