My recipe connects the Tumblr I use as an art documentation site and my Facebook. Every time I post on the Tumblr page, a Facebook post with a link to the Tumblr post is generated on my wall. This union is utilitarian; it is an attempt to make uploading work to multiple places easier.

I find The Formula for Computer Art humorous. Acknowledging that the computational/generative process is often overlooked, the formula makes commentary on the importance of the creative process and not simply the trigger and result of an artwork. Attention must be given to the properties of the media when creating the piece, and this applies to computer art just as much as any other genre of work. The formula looks at the process of creation as a high level flow chart, the way a computer itself sees a task. I see this progression in If This Then That. The service is literally trigger, connections hidden to the user/viewer, result. IFTTT is a tendon connecting structure (content) and triggered force. Art and the API illustrates how these tendons connect musculature to skeleton in a big picture. The article illustrates how connections take form and generate content with impact, reaching masses through tributaries of information and purpose.