## Hypermediated Conversation

- Name: Thomas Levine
- Location: ?
- Email: _@thomaslevine.com
- Twitter: [@tlevine](https://twitter.com/thomaslevine)
- GitHub: [tlevine](https://github.com/tlevine)
- Url(s): [thomaslevine.com](https://thomaslevine.com)

## Type of proposal

Talk
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## Description of your talk / panel / workshop / demo

I automate repetitive storytelling, enhance my memory, and generally 
augment my social interactions through a network of
[bespoke](https://thomaslevine.com/!/computers/)
[computer](https://thomaslevine.com/!/whom-to-email/)
[software](https://github.com/tlevine/dadaportal)
designed specifically for me.
I will discuss the various tools that I use and how they
[transform](https://thomaslevine.com/!/hypermediated-conversation/)
my communications, and I will conclude with some
[first](https://thomaslevine.com/!/making-your-personal-website/)
[steps](https://thomaslevine.com/!/tom-computer-school/#firstday)
that you can take if you would like to create a similar digital appendage for yourself.

This talk is particularly related to the following of the topics that are
itemized in the [call for proposals](http://radicalnetworks.org/participate/).

* local networks for community
* experimental application of computer networks
* network security for ordinary citizens
* artistic use of computer networks
* personal networks
* experimental social networks
* control and ownership of networks

## Length of talk / panel / workshop

I could fill 45 minutes, but 15 minutes is already enough time to present something useful.
How about 45 minutes?

## Workshop technical requirements and materials list

Not applicable

## Demo installation requirements

Not applicable

## Speaker Bio

Thomas Levine is a dada artist who really likes to sleep.
His interests in dada and sleep are
largely a rebellion against his upbringing in America
that involved many elements of the
[Protestant work ethic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic).
When he isn't sleeping, he often develops experimental lifestyles and
life-automation software in an effort to give himself more time to sleep.

![http://dada.pink/radical-networks/thomas-levine-small.jpg](http://dada.pink/radical-networks/thomas-levine-small.jpg)