{"id":289,"date":"2004-02-03T08:10:53","date_gmt":"2004-02-03T14:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2005-02-04T10:07:31","modified_gmt":"2005-02-04T08:07:31","slug":"cool-people-i-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2004\/02\/03\/cool-people-i-found\/","title":{"rendered":"cool people i found"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think that today is "really cool people I never met but have something
\nin common with" day – tho some of the people I am about to mention I have<\/i>
\nmet, but I doubt they remember me. Of course, I’ll stick to just mentioning a
\nfew people in the above category, cuz otherwise I’ll have nothing to blog next
\nyear, right?<\/p>\n

First, is Josh Nimoy<\/a> – seems
\nlike a really cool artist \/ programmer. He has a bunch of free and useful tools
\non his site, as well as some open source apps and info on his impressive work.
\nNever met him, but I am an alum of the graduate program he is currently in (and
\nI graduated when I was the same age he is now – tho I was not nearly as cool as
\nhim at the time).<\/p>\n

Next, Colin
\nRichards,<\/a> who I did meet once. Really interesting and talented artist – we
\nboth teach at the Wits School of Arts.<\/p>\n

Willem Boshoff,<\/a>
\nwho is so nice, that he might even remember my name from the time we met. He is
\nprobably my favorite South African artist right now. We both showed installations
\nat the Gencor Gallery in Joburg in ’01 – only one week apart.<\/p>\n

David
\nRokeby<\/a> is amazingly cool for reasons completely apparent at first glance.
\nI’d like to say that this<\/i> is what we have in common, but I am not that
\ncool. We are both from North America, and we both work with interactive video.
\nOne day, I may even be able to afford his softVNS objects for Max…<\/p>\n

Here’s a new one: Kristin Thomas (of spam
\npoetry<\/a>) – is just plain funny. We both use the blogger.com<\/a>
\nservice.<\/p>\n

Last, and certainly not least, is Robyn
\nOrlin<\/a> – we both had work at the FNB Dance Umbrella in Johannesburg last year.
\nBut, like everyone above, she is much cooler than I am.<\/p>\n

Big primary day today in the US; don’t forget to vote if you are in one of the
\nparticipating states! I know what they say about Kerry, but I am still rooting
\nfor Mr. Howard Dean<\/a>
\n– check out his li’l speech about black history month on the 1st of Feb.
\nMore soon… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think that today is "really cool people I never met but have something in common with" day – tho some of the people I am about to mention I have met, but I doubt they remember me. 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