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  Ludic Interfaces for Scrabble Lovers
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  Workshop Linz 2011
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  28.10. + 29.10.2011
  11.11. + 12.11.2011
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 The GNU/Linux commandline is a ludic interface, playful, 
 user-generated and user-driven, flexible, low-cost and 
 cooperative.[1] Nothing but a bunch of plug-ins to be 
 promiscuously plugged into each other. The application 
 can be built, and the solution invented, by users 
 themselves. On the command line, usage seamlessly 
 extends into programming. It provides functions, not 
 applications; methods, not solutions.[2] GNU/Linux system 
 utilities are a sort of Lego construction set for 
 word-smiths. Pipes and filters connect one utility to the 
 next, text flows invisibly between. 
 Working with a shell [...] is literally a word dance.[3]
 
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 The workshop will provide an introduction to the 
 manipulation of text on the commandline. In combination 
 with text-based document formats this enables unusual 
 workflows for graphic design.

 During the workshop participants will invent and built 
 text-driven poster machines. To take part, you just need 
 a certain curiousity about tinkering (DIY). It helps to 
 have some basic knowledge on computers, reading and vector 
 graphic editing. 
 We will provide you with a running GNU/Linux.

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 Der Workshop bietet einen Einstieg in die Textprozessierung 
 auf der Kommandozeile. In Verbindung mit textbasierten 
 Dateiformaten eroeffnen sich so ungewohnte Arbeitssweisen 
 fr Grafikdesigner.

 Im Laufe des Workshops erfinden und bauen die Teilnehmer 
 textbasierte Plakatmaschinen. Magebliche Voraussetzung fr 
 die Teilnahme ist eine Affinitt zum Selbermachen (DIY). 
 Hilfreich sind auerdem gewisse Grundkenntnisse im Bereich 
 Computer, Lesen und Vektorbearbeitung. Falls nicht 
 vorhanden wird eine lauffaehige GNU/Linux Installation 
 bereitgestellt.

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 THE WORKSHOP IS MADE POSSIBLE AND ORGANISED BY SERVUS.AT
 FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://WWW.SERVUS.AT

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 [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludic_Interfaces
 [2] Cramer, Florian: $(echo echo) echo $(echo): Command Line Poetics
 [3] Scoville, Thomas: The Elements Of Style: UNIX As Literature