Good Point Podcast

This episode smells like teen spirit and will take your brain to another dimension. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol from A to Z https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Andy-Warhol-Back-Again/dp/0156717204 Spotify goes public https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/04/03/599131554/spotify-goes-public-valued-at-nearly-30-billion-but-its-future-isnt-guaranteed Nirvana, Nevermind https://open.spotify.com/...

The future of photography is… Wedding Drones! Jeremy’s Photogrametric Scan https://www.instagram.com/p/BiH8iIFhq8_/ The Daily https://gizmodo.com/5965193/what-it-was-like-launching-the-daily Blade Runner ads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adVQ12eWCO0 Back to The Future, Jaws 19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgFhZZ7emg4 Minority Report mall scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBaiKsYUdvg Bombs...

Pardon the interruption but may we ask that you please listen attentively to this week’s episode. Steve Lambert, Add Art Firefox add-on https://visitsteve.com/made/add-art-art-replaces-ads/ Self Control for Mac https://selfcontrolapp.com/ Stay Focused browser extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en Data from Star Trek listening to 4 pie...

Is the iPad Pro sincerely progressive or ironically backward, is it possible it’s both at the same time? Chicago Apple Store https://www.apple.com/retail/michiganavenue/ Genius Grove replacing the Genius Bar https://www.racked.com/2016/5/20/11721984/apple-new-store-design Microsoft Surface Studio Ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMLA8YIgG0 Austin Lee https://www.instagram.com/austinleee/ Procre...

Are terminally ill children funnier than fruit salad? Carrot Top https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjbuRySA2Hs The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paerP97n4aA Eddie Murphy, Raw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVYbMDrUAx4&t=4s Bill Hicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gPsKSMPhE Jim Carey on in Living Color https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gntgvQ76tHA Seinfeld intros h...

This week we chase our tails like kittens in pursuit of fun for fun’s sake. Book about fun UX Jeremy was reading but didn’t get a chance to mention https://www.amazon.ca/Seductive-Interaction-Design-Effective-Experiences/dp/0321725522 Rafaël's exhibition at Cleveland Institute of Art http://www.cia.edu/events/2018/03/portals_thresholds Paul McCarthy https://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/20/paul-mcca...

This podcast is protected. Only confirmed followers have access to this episode of Good Point. Jeremy’s MCA Chicago show https://mcachicago.org/Exhibitions/2018/I-Was-Raised-On-The-Internet Cambridge Analytica, the story so far https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/26/the-cambridge-analytica-files-the-story-so-far Judge’s predict recidivism https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-...

This podcast probably could have been 8 seconds, instead enjoy over an hour of two artists rambling about entertainment. Rushmore, 1998 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxCNDpvGyss Social Media Addiction https://www.vice.com/en_id/article/vv5jkb/the-secret-ways-social-media-is-built-for-addiction Trump Voter Feels Betrayed By President After Reading 800 Pages Of Queer Feminist Theory https://www.yo...

Can art exist without instagram? How did such a simple app become so culturally important. Team Gallery’s Jose Freire on Why he is Quitting Art Fairs for Good https://news.artnet.com/market/jose-freire-art-fairs-interview-1235624 Gorilla’s Chimps and Monkeys https://www.itweb.co.za/content/VKA3WwMdGGD7rydZ Snapchat Stories Explained https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-snapchat-story-3486000 Amalia...

This week we discuss Airbnb, once a champion for personal travel, now a lifeless commodity server farm for tourists. Calgary Olympics 1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics Air BnB genesis story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16cM-RFid9U Air BnB racism https://medium.com/stay-woke/i-read-about-this-phenomenon-of-black-people-being-rejected-on-airbnb-f36dd3ab0375 AirBnB nondiscrim...

Textiles, the most mature technology on the planet and the most accessible form of personal expression. Jacquard Loom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_loom Warp and Weft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp_and_weft Punched card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card Charles Babbage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage Navajo weaving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_weaving Te...

People all over the world are hiring personal assistants as roommates, do they do their fare share of chores or are they more trouble than they’re worth? Echo Dot https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Echo-Dot-Portable-Bluetooth-Speaker-with-Alexa-Black/dp/B01DFKC2SO GPS drives woman into lake http://torontosun.com/2016/05/13/woman-follows-gps-ends-up-in-ontario-lake/wcm/fddda6d6-6b6e-41c7-88e8-aecc501faa...

The Museum is dead, long live the museum. Towada Art Center (where Rafael has a show) http://towadaartcenter.com/en/ Japanese bullet trains https://www.google.ca/search?q=japanese+bullet+trains&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA727CA728&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpuNnCuaDZAhUG04MKHf_mDi0Q_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=659 Bilbao Guggenheim https://www.guggenheim.org/about-us Stedelijk Museum https://www.stedelijk...

If you could travel at the speed of light you could go around the Earth 7.5 times a second. But with today’s digital conveniences would you even want to leave the house? Article Rafael shared about energy savings due to staying at home https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/29/16944722/america-energy-savings-transportation-labor-time-use-statistics Altered Carbon (new Netflix series) https://www.netflix....

How old are you? Younger than Apple but older than Amazon. Picasso https://www.moma.org/artists/4609 Louise Bourgeois https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3661 Jasper Johns, age 87 https://www.artsy.net/artist/jasper-johns Blade Runner, the light that burns twice as brightly last half as long https://www.artsy.net/artist/jasper-johns Jeremy at Syracuse University https://www.instagram.com/p/B...

This week we talk crypto culture, pump and dumps and HODLing. Blue Monday, most depressing day of the year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(date) Black Tuesday https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/is-bitcoins-black-tuesday-just-another-reason-to-buy Blockchain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain The lightning network could make bitcoin faster and cheaper https://www.wired.com/sto...

This week we surf a garbage wave of tech announcements coming out of CES, FaceBook and the cryptocurrency craze and come out smelling surprisingly clean. New Twin Peaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khwuhgxjoXU New Aibo - official video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJciRIZQTg4 Chris Cunningham Bjork video https://vimeo.com/43444347 Aleksandra Domanovic http://www.tanyaleighton.com/index.php?p...

This week is also a new year, looking back, have we made any progress? Bisbee Arizona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisbee,_Arizona Paolo Soleri’s Arcosanti, urban laboratory http://arcosanti.org/ Scott Galloway on the Four Horsemen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCvwCcEP74Q Brotopia by Emily Chang https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/brotopia-silicon-valley-secretive-orgiastic-inner-sanctum T...

This week a lot of people are working hard at vacationing, is there a point to it all? Williams arizona “Gateway to the Grand Canyon” https://experiencewilliams.com Joe Freelander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNhiawV0aD8 Hans Ulrich Obrist, “the curator who never sleeps” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/08/art-conversation Navajo Nation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Nation Maud...

This week we discuss the future of food and why it seems that all roads lead to milkshakes. Secret to a perfect omelet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baJ8LDmYP8o Macrobiotic diet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrobiotic_diet Impossible Burger https://www.impossiblefoods.com/burger/ Kajitsu http://www.kajitsunyc.com/ Ceviche http://allrecipes.com/recipe/12819/ceviche/ Soylent https://www.soylent....

This week we discuss Jealousy, what is it good for? Or as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols once said “I don’t try and impress anybody except myself.” The vergecast https://www.theverge.com/the-vergecast The Square https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u77vsmBya2w Kroll Show radio show host https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92gpus5qdjk Gerhard Richter https://www.artsy.net/artist/gerhard-richter Myspace ht...

This week we spend over an hour casually browsing good points about web design just to get to this question, does anyone still use indexhibit? White silence is violence https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jess-davidson-/white-silence-is-not-an-o_b_10927210.html Fungibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungibility Social Justice Tourism https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-05/take-a-cruise-s...

The world’s #1 imperfect Podcast for people who love art, tech and culture presents a very special episode on Advertising. Eye filmmuseum https://www.eyefilm.nl/en iPhone X billboards https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/11/iphone-x-billboards/ Jeremy’s secret version of FreshBooks story https://www.forbes.com/sites/boburlingham/2017/05/09/starting-over/#21f905a557ce Chuck Jones https://www.youtube.c...

Can art be efficient? We discuss. Enough said. Prince Edward County http://prince-edward-county.com/ Thousand Island Dressing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Island_dressing White iPhone not as popular as space grey https://www.cultofmac.com/510239/want-iphone-x-launch-pick-color/ Sam Walton, Walmart CEO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Walton The Four Hour Work Week https://fourhourworkwe...

This week we discuss Fame. Andy Warhol may have said “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes” but he never predicted we’d all want our 15 minutes every day. Andy Warhol’s quote “in the future everyone will be famous for 15min” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/andy-warhol-probably-never-said-his-celebrated-fame-line-180950456/ Pierre Elliot Trudeau (Famed Canadian prim...