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Interested in the future of mobile computing? Have a killer application or art project that incorporates a wireless element, but don't know where to get started? Then you don't want to miss the Mobile Art && Code Symposium, which is taking place this November in Pittsburgh. Unlike traditional conferences, this one is aimed at anyone who has an interest in the subject, young and old. From their website:
ART && CODE is an event series and online community dedicated to the democratization of computer programming for artists, young people, and the rest of us.
This November 6-8, we continue our successful workshop/lecture series with MOBILE ART && CODE: Mobile Media and Interactive Arts - a symposium on the aesthetic and tactical potentials of mobile, networked and locative media. The three-day event will feature intimate, practical, arts-oriented programming workshops for popular mobile platforms (such as the iPhone, Android, Nokia S90, PBX telephony systems, and SMS hacking) along with an all-day series of free lecture presentations that contextualizes the use of these technologies in a variety of contemporary critical, artistic and design practices.
Conference registration is not yet open, but will be soon.
[photo by Golan Levin]
Was going to bag on the whole "democratization" of code (we all vote on whether we use an "if" or "foreach" statement?), but I guess coding is more of a meritocracy. I do resent the implication that "coding" needs to be opened up and made available to the masses; its an odd statement to see on "WTF LOL OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE SOFTWARE CHAIRS LAMPS" Make:.
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