IFTTT, Thorp and Campbell

Here is my IFTTT recipe:

I like this recipe because it is clean, simple, and non-obstrusive. It will help me recollect over what happened over the past week in a digest format, and lets me reread anything that I find interesting or important.

IFTTT, Jer Thorp on APIs, and Jim Campbell’s satirical take on computerized art all have different perspectives on the direction and relationship of social networks to art. Although IFTTT does not have to be used in any one particular way, it appears as though IFTTT is most used for utilitarian purposes and convenience, directly connecting one activity to another. Jer Thorp takes a similar approach to explaining the usage of APIs, but extends their functionality to the realm of art, so people can make connections between themselves and the real world around them. Jim Campbell, on the other hand, makes an almost sarcastic remark about the nature of modern computerized art, even to the point of poking fun at his own computerized works to demonstrate this. The way I see it however, is that computers, like the paintbrush and the chisel, are just tools to make art. Like all tools, computers have unique nuances which make computerized artworks possess a special air that no other tool can replicate.