[chuck-users] Let's pick up the tweet-length gauntlet!

[mike clemow]

This is a great idea!

What are the ground rules?

-Mike





2009/10/27 Kassen <signal.automatique at gmail.com>:
> John;
>
>>
>> is this a popularity contest?
>>
>
> No, not at all.
>
> I was just getting the impression that online compilation was a sub-set of
> all such tweets.
>
> I suppose I was mainly talking about myself; I always find it hard to judge
> my own work so I tend to trust on what others think is nice.
>
>>
>> this is a great idea, and since i'm not actually doing anything to
>> make it happen [other than this note], i don't get much say. but
>> what's wrong with just opening the door for people to contribute
>> [regardless of a curator's opinion]? if someone wants to pull a sub
>> grouping of submissions that appeal to one group or another- who
>> cares? but i'd like to suggest that the door is open to all
>> contributors, say within a certain time frame.
>>
>
> You are right. This is my fault for not writing clear enough.
>
> I anticipated that some people would send in -say- 10 variations on a theme.
> This happened with the 80 character game (with great results!). If we are
> presenting this to the outside world with a flash player like in the link
> I'd say it would make sense to pick the 1 or 2 best ones out of a set like
> that. That process would be a bit like a popularity contest and in that case
> I see no harm in this.
>
> I'm absolutely not advocating excluding anyone, I'd just prefer -say- 25
> tracks by 20 artists over 60 tracks by 20 artists with some people
> over-represented. IMHO everyone who send in a piece should have a spot. I
> also think that if you make 50 pieces in a especially inspired night you
> should definitely share all of those but I'm not so sure it'd be a good idea
> to feature all 50 in a compilation of various artists.
>
>>
>> i have worked on the microsound list with the projects there, and the
>> 'open door' policy has been pretty successful. [better karma too ...]
>>
>
> Absolutely. Sorry about representing my thoughts so unclearly; I hope we are
> on the same page now?
>
> Yours,
> Kas.
>
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