JR Carpenter, A Handmade Web

Highlights & Thoughts

Handmade; webpages coded by hand rather than software
"Handmade web// correlation between handmade web pages and handmade print materials, such as zines, pamphlets, and artists books.
"DIY-aesthetics," I feel it has become a thing that people essentially strive for. Or, something I think sets them apart now. I think extremely clean, "adaptable" aesthetics are no longer fufilling designers
Web as a slow, evergrowing platform.

Technological friction and social pressures that come along with creating and maintaining a website it 2018
In the age dominated by these platforms; no one is looking out for you, but you.. (depressing?)
Not to limit yourself to only one website
Duality of websites
Both Subject and object at once
What kind of room is a website?
When you put energy into a website, in turn the website helps form your own identity. (I remember wishing that I knew how to code so I can create my own portfolio website, I felt I could never conntect to premade ones. Maybe this is why I've been holding out on creating a new portfolio webiste...)
Artist creating works; for themselves, then when they share their work for other
Self-perfecting loops; creating the world, the rooms, and the architecture
A website is always unfinished
In the age of information overload, the ultimate luxury is meaning and context

Hard science fiction vs short science fiction
One does have any technology
Technology is how society copes with physical reality
Technology and “hi tech” are not synonymous; technology that is “hi” isn’t necessarily low
Maybe the hard stuff is hidden like the bones, as opposed to an exoskeleton