So while I was working on Bird on a Wire an whole series of ideas came into my head. TweetDeck is one of them. It took several days from inkling in the old brain housing group to finished canvas. I hope you like it.
The series is the result of my immersion in social media lately (and probably for some time to come). I have a FaceBook fan page started (and only started). It is going to take me a while to figure out how to really use that tool properly. And there is all the linkage between FaceBook, Twitter, my blog and to a lesser extent, MySpace and LinkedIn. MySpace seems to be yesterday’s news. LinkedIn seems more business minded. But I think the whole thing can work. In theory TwitterFeed is feeding this blog or the RSS feed to several locations.
In furtherance of my education, I participated in a kind of FaceBook for Dummies class this week. I didn’t learn too much except how to stop being hammered with all the games. Yes, I know, its easy, but I have not had the time to sit around and play with this stuff a lot. Learning how to get rid of FarmVille Spam was pretty cool. Also learning what information is being shared and how to control it to some extent was also important. The class actually did not suggest any recommendations in this regard, which I found to be an interesting omission.
It was a hands on class, so the moment I logged on, all my FaceBook friends could see I was there and engage in chat. That was a new experience for me. I spent a bit of time chatting with several people including my nephew who seems to think Apple/Macintosh is the be-all-end-all-here and can’t understand why I am still using a clunky HP laptop or why I think my next phone is going to be a Blackberry.
Anyway, so my mind is chewing on this stuff and out comes this series of ideas with canaries and binary. I enjoyed painting my little tweetie bird commune so much another one is underway. Anyway, without futher ado, TweetDeck.
TweetDeck, painting by Jake Beckman. Five canaries perch on a wire.
Its a little abstract in concept, but also kind of literal too. The ASCII binary reads “TweetDeck” from Left to Right, and Top to bottom. In addition to the binary I have attempted to imply a golden spiral in the arrangement of the birds and the wire and to a lesser extent the tonal variation of the colors in the background. Mostly I think this series is going to be about whimsy. What do you think?
Alternatively, got any FaceBook Fan page or other social media tips? Love to hear from you.
Jake
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