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Work as a webmaster at a local newspaper Create computer art for shows on Martha’s Vineyard

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grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Mar 7

I accidentally created this
#photography collage
by listing the past 5+ yrs of the newspaper’s weekly weather column
on their #Drupal website.

Most photos taken by
Mark Alan Lovewell.

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · 20d

At first I thought it was embarrassing for @macworld.com to post conflicting headlines on the same day,
but then I realized the issue is that @newsfromgoogle.bsky.social positions #rumors as a subcategory of #news.

It’s not bad #UX or design, just a semantic design flaw that’s ethically dubious.

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Sep 3

Going through a similar awakening w #AI as I did with the Internet — realizing it’s not a tool that guarantees wider enlightenment.

Like any tool its use is governed by physics and human flaw - the path of least resistance to satisfy short term gain and instant gratification.

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Aug 21

New media art prof about 20 years ahead of the curve on that reading assignment #profProps

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Aug 19

What has taken me so long to see #OpenSource software so widely used by the government agencies as infrastructure to be subsidized by tax dollars?

The ROI should be obvious to any responsible digital citizen.

#drupal

Funding Open Source like public infrastructure

To protect the digital foundation of essential government services, governments should invest in Open Source as public infrastructure and shift from consumption to contribution.

dri.es

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grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Aug 14

Great front page of the #newspaper this past week.
Caught my eye every time I saw it on stands.

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Aug 6

Just experienced firsthand the benefit of Cursor #AI vs LLM.

Spent like 15 min writing the best possible prompt with all the context I can think of for LLM.
“Comment out the problem code” #chatgpt

Asked a very general question of
codebase aware agent.
“Do this to make problem code work” #cursor

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grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Jul 18

As a webmaster I crashed a Gazette hosted newspaper forum for editors and publishers from various publications around New England to get a wider perspective as I build out a new #CMS.

Big takeaway for me was the noticed misunderstand of the value of media literacy for readers AND content creators.

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Jun 20

Here’s a page that pools all of the newspapers #Jaws stories, and ties in other sister publications.
I included a list of Jaws events, a Jaws promotional product, and a new Google #Ad location that can be used for other promotional pages across the website.

#GAM
vineyardgazette.com/jaws

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Jun 20

I built a #Juneteenth landing page that shows all of the newspapers stories and events occurring on #MarthasVineyard this weekend.

vineyardgazette.com/juneteenth

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · May 30

Took a #sacredGeometry workshop at @StillpointMV over the weekend.

Don’t feel like I learned anything new, but it was a good excuse to revisit the subject.
I’ve always tried to use numbers as concept in my art, as it’s perfectly aligned with #computerArt

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · May 17

Used some short videos I made in #Blender3D for my live video compositing #MaxMSP #Jitter patch last night in a movie theater

#vj #marthasvineyard #music #stageproduction

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · May 12

Good showing at the Strand Theatre

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · May 12

Example of my MaxMsp and Jitter patch I used to do live video composites for a music show on Martha’s Vineyard

#maxmsp #jitter #vj #livemusic #marthasvineyard #computerart

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · May 11

Yea. Max’s learning curve is steep!
College gave me a little head start. It started to snap for me once I started discovered a handful of functions that did specific effect, and then using video tutorial for basic programming stuff.
Forget why I left TD. Might’ve been the cost. Max $13 a month

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · May 11

I was just messaging a friend about using TouchDesigner. I played with it a bit, but ended up using Max to build a custom #VJ program for music shows.

@janus.bsky.social

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grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · May 10

Setting up to do live video compositing for a music show on #MarthasVineyard at the Strand Theatre

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · May 10

I THINK I played w it for a bit trying to figure out live video compositing for music shows, and ended revisiting Max/Jitter

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · May 10

Very cool.
For what purpose? Like what’s the presentation?
Also wonder why you’d need to track something you yourself are creating.

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Apr 26

Cool. What’s goin on here? What program is this?

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Apr 22

This is a misleading video. The context implies making a living #MarthasVineyard is possible. It really isn’t without some sort of assistance.

Tyla here doesn’t expect her parents to pay for rent, so she plans to move off-island.

𐓄𐒰𐓍𐒷 Heathen @motherofbeanz.bsky.social · Apr 22

What? Your parents won’t pay the rent so you can live on Martha’s Vineyard?!

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Apr 3

If you're still on #X, I highly recommend downloading your archive.

It's very much still branded #twitter, but includes odd references to #grok, but the highlight is seeing your digital footprints

#DeleteTwitter #DeletingTwitter #DeactivateTwitter #TwitterMigration #LeavingTwitter

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grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Apr 2

Best website homepage as voted on by #NENPA, The New England Newspaper & Press Association:

vineyardgazette.com

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Mar 29

After @mikereilley.bsky.social’s talk on discerning #AI content online at #Nenpa, I’ll ensure #Drupal #CMS photos are properly tagged to credit staff #photographers, and will recommend my publisher post an AI policy.

A vital step towards maintaining local news credibility in a brave new world

grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Mar 26

I created an RSS feed of local Island #news. I read it with an #AppleShortcut, and pass it to #ChatGPT to turn into a #haiku

vineyardgazette.com/news/2025/03... @gwynskiles.bsky.social

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grahamgrafx @grahamgrafx.bsky.social · Mar 21

Our newsroom has already seen traffic from “bsky”- first user reported Aug 2023.

It’s not much (yet), but I’m unsure how @bsky.app made it easier to track #websiteanalytics

Bluesky @bsky.app · Mar 20

We 💙 links!

Starting this week, we've made it even easier for newsrooms and more to track how much traffic Bluesky is sending to their sites.

For those setting up analytics, Bluesky's referrer is go.bsky.app.