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--- newsletters:2025-04 [2025/04/30 21:14] – Add one time funding / contracting link + NYU update admin
+++ newsletters:2025-04 [2025/05/01 01:57] (current) – osnr
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-====== April 2025 newsletter (WIP) ======
+====== April 2025 newsletter ======
-We've had a funding shortfall recently -- we'd really appreciate it if you [[https://github.com/sponsors/FolkComputer|sponsor Folk on GitHub Sponsors]] if you can, so that we can keep doing this free and open work :-) If you'd only like to do [[https://github.com/sponsors/FolkComputer?frequency=one-time&sponsor=cwervo|a one-time donation you can do that too!]]
+We've had a funding shortfall recently -- we'd really appreciate it if you [[https://github.com/sponsors/FolkComputer|sponsor Folk on GitHub Sponsors]] if you can, so that we can keep doing this free and open work :-)
-If you'd like to reach out about hiring us to work on a project with you, build a system for your business, or something else feel free to [[mailto:contact@folk.computer|email us]].
+We’ll be setting up at [[https://rhizome.org/editorial/2025/apr/03/rhizome-world/|Rhizome World]] this Sunday, May 4 (at 161 Water Street in the Financial District). Feel free to say hello; we’ll also be running [[https://rhizome.itm.studio/m/a-folk-computer-workshop|a Folk Computer workshop there at noon.]]
-We’ll be setting up at [[https://rhizome.org/editorial/2025/apr/03/rhizome-world/|Rhizome World]] this Sunday, May 4 (at 161 Water Street in the Financial District). Feel free to say hello; we’ll also be running [[https://rhizome.itm.studio/m/a-folk-computer-workshop|a Folk Computer workshop there at noon ($10).]]
 If you want to stop by the studio, our next Folk open house is **[[https://lu.ma/ydi03zax|in the afternoon on Saturday, May 31]], in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.**
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       * This also means the laser capability is back! (Side note: I love the dog getting to play with the laser here ... it makes me wonder what a Folk system specifically for entertaining / training pets could look like!)
         * {{youtube>wgaSJ6B9uwc?}}
-    * Add `Wish $this draws text "example"` to the system, making text work like our general shape syntax:
+    * Add ''Wish $this draws text "example"'' to the system, making text work like our general shape syntax:
       * {{youtube>NFN6DbwPsF8?}}
     * Tools for creating subregions:
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 For now, I guess we'll try to merge folk2 without even the cache, just string reparsing every block, and then later see if some of these other approaches can be revived and can help further.
-==== Outreach and other systems ====
-  * TODO: Discord updates
 === Open house ===
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 === aci-d club visit ===
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 === Other visitors and interactions ===
-  * Andrés went to  Christina Huang's Learning Analytics class at NYU to demonstrate Folk, it was a fun and productive class:
+  * (Andrés) I went to  Christina Huang's Learning Analytics class at NYU to demonstrate Folk, it was a fun and productive class. I'll add pictures in this newsletter once they're published.
-    * TODO (Andrés): pictures
 ===== What we'll be up to in May =====
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 ==== Andrés ====
-  * Vox graphics
+  * I've been reading about "time-based media conservation" and stumbled on [[https://www.tbmworkshops.com/workshops/artwithaplug2020|this fun workshop called "Art With A Plug"]]
+  * I also really like NYU's Institute of Fine Arts' video [[https://vimeo.com/677750584|How to Become a Time-Based Media Conservator]]
+  * Fascinating paper on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fiRjtGrQjQ|Curved origami with tunable stiffness
+]] — basically making small compliant mechanism machines using scoring and folding
+  * [[https://medium.com/swlh/a-bit-about-interface-builder-ceffaf484580|A Bit About Interface Builder]]
+  * [[https://www.behance.net/gabmd|Gabrielle Merite]] is making a lot of fascinating [[https://x.com/rsnous/status/1916912489301791027|post-Tufte data visualizations]]