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Philaestheta is the work of Philip Ashlock and a representation of many philosophies associated with visual communication and new media. This website is meant to mediate a wide range of creative ouput and express an evolving ethos concerned with aesthetics, informatics, and observations of a world in flux.
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The development of the Associated Students website for Western Washington University illustrates the shift toward both adaptive and collaborative content management systems.
XHTML • CSS • Javascript (AJAX) • PHP • MySQL
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Notebook
Religious Crusaders, Freedom Fighters, and Businessmen
One of the last classes I took before graduating was a communications class called Intercultural Communications, it happens to be the the only comm class I’ve ever taken. The final project was to collaborate with a group of other classmates to write a paper on the culture of a specific people. On my encouragement we decided to write about Persian culture, now more commonly known as Iranian culture. I chose to research the people of Iran because I’m aware of the political tensions between the U.S. and Iran and I was curious how it related to cultural climates.
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One Laptop Per Child
Quite possibly the most influential change in how technology affects society
Death by Smiley Face: When Rivals Disdain Profit
Altruism vs Economics
The Discourse on "Digital Maoism"
We're still trying to understand the intelligence behind collective intelligence
Rex Ashlock
My late grandfather. A legendary and prolific artist.