<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Brad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:upchurch.brad@gmail.com">upchurch.brad@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I believe with DBpdx, if we just reached out in some little way by<br>
figuring out how we can port our ideas, and just inter-connected some<br>
seemingly minor things (serial/OSC/midi/TCP/www/facebook/???) through<br>
whatever medium our best gizmos happen to be in, a powerful message<br>
would emerge, and we would say something that would start<br>
conversations that would spread like fire and have people from all<br>
over coming to see with their own eyes what makes Dorkbots around the<br>
world so special. <not making this an art rant, at all, but yes, I<br>
would like Dorkbot to be a household name, maybe not a name for your<br>
children, but perhaps useful in mad libs minimally>.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>Well, even on a smaller level, I love the idea that this might bring in some people from the art community that so far don't quite know who we are, don't understand what we do, or are just too intimidated/uncertain/whatever. I've thought many times about how to reach out to that crowd and get more of them involved, but the answer is clearly buried in this thread -- we need to make out art apparent to them so they will seek us out. At least, that's my take on it. <br>