Illusions

[th3()ne]

Five years ago, when there were far less people on the Internet than there are today, people were wary and skeptical about forming virtual relationships. The fact remains that online, it is very easy to create a character or persona very much different from you. One cannot be completely sure if the people they befriend in chatrooms are who they claim to be. As the years went by, the population of Internet users grew, and new softwares and innovations made online interaction easier and more convenient. The latest and most popular to date is Friendster, which was created by Jonathan Abrams, an engineer and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, and launched in March 2003. Friendster took the Philippines by storm on July and got anyone with access to the computer so addicted to it that reports say Friendster been growing at 20% per week since then (Smalla). Because of its ability to build friendships through “friend-of-a-friend” referrals, Friendster makes online interaction more personal and easier to carry onto the offline world than other forms of online communication.

[th3()ne]

owned bitch

[Hunchman801]

Any other illusion?

[Matyuv]

Not yet.

[Matyuv]

Most recently, I am in the process of revising the course material, responding both to student input and to my interests in the larger story of visual representation and the opportunities afforded by the database model. For the first two terms, I organized the course on a largely traditional chronological model, with design, fine art, writing, illustration filtered through my attempt to revisit the entire history of visual representation according to a design-dominant paradigm. I have now re-organized the course such that each lecture now encompasses both the historical and the contemporary, presenting a slice of the database pie; a story, in other words, that begins with a database sort of visual images.

[Shrooblord]

It's an illusion that this thread is old.

[Haruka]

Same opinion in here.

[Master]

And the fact this thread returns is all in your mind, yessirree.

[Shrooblord]

Lol it's an illusion that my bump of this thread amounted to absolutely nothing.

[Xenon]

Great... The illusions are all now offline.

[Shrooblord]

I am not! Or am I...?

[Master]

Bloody illusions.

[Shrooblord]

I am awake.

[Adsolution]

I am awake.

okay

[Xenon]

Does anyone have any more illusions?

[Master]

Yes, I am behind you.

[Xenon]

But are you really?

[Master]

I dunno, you tell me.

[Serza5]

Is this thread an illusion?

[Master]

Am I, an illusion?