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BIO
The McElroys are a husband and wife collaborative artist, technology, and business team who bring significant artistic, technology and community development skills to Corporate Performance Artists. Joseph, is a graduate of Computer Science from Duke University and a former team leader at IBM. He has been a CEO of several companies, and has been responsible for raising $2 million to fund a startup company called EveryDayPrint.com, which while part of the dot-com boom and bust, he managed to bring to profitability and which still survives to this day.
Donna was an operations manager and PR specialist in the firms they have started together. She has recently been credited by several business leaders in the Bronx as being "top spokesperson for the Bronx." She is active in many community development projects, such as participating on the Board of the Bruckner Arts and Antique District, and working to promote many Bronx activities through an online newsletter called Cupcake Kaleidoscope.
Joseph was the leader of the Open Source Sig for the New York Software Industry Association. And was track co-chair for Open Source at the 2001 New York Software Industry Summit. He was on the advisory board for PostgreSql, Inc - the leading Open Source Database and has had articles published by Lutris Technologies and Open Magazine on Open Source business models and technology solutions. He is a database expert with extensive Fortune 500 experience. Among other awards, he won an IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.
From magazine "Open" issue September 2001 - "The McElroys kick open the doors of old business models and capitalize on what they believe." The McElroys have achieved re-known as Open Source visionaries with interviews by Interactive Week, Infoworld, Fortune Technology, Open magazine, and others. Joseph and Donna make no claims of divine insight, but in review by Lewis Lacock, it is said, "that this dynamic duo of art are the closest things we have to true shamans today". They are doing their best to pursue the knowledge to support such claims someday.
HIGHLIGHTS
* Achieved reputation as Open Source visionarys with interviews by Interactive Week, Infoworld, Fortune Technology, Open magazine among others.
* National Columnist on Money Matters for Gather.com.
* Judge for the Advanced Technical Categories of the Emmys.
* Successfully raised $2 million funding for startup.
* Successfully built and sold two technology businesses.
* First Entry into the Multimedia wing of the Museum of Computer Art.
* Artwork collected by the Library at Cornell University.
* Artwork in the collection of Rhizome.org.
* Developed first ever Exhibition Catalog completely on CD Rom. Done for Alternative Museum. Reviewed by New York Times.
* Selected to attend first ever Summer Institute for Performance Art at The Kitchen in NYC.
* IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.
* Various academic, mathematic and scholarship awards. Attended Duke University on a full scholarship in mathematics.
* Poetry published in various journals. Art exhibited in museum shows.
* Certificate of Artistic Excellence from Congressman Jose Serrano.
* Recognized by Bronx Borough President Aldofo Carrion for contributions to the community.
Donna was an operations manager and PR specialist in the firms they have started together. She has recently been credited by several business leaders in the Bronx as being "top spokesperson for the Bronx." She is active in many community development projects, such as participating on the Board of the Bruckner Arts and Antique District, and working to promote many Bronx activities through an online newsletter called Cupcake Kaleidoscope.
Joseph was the leader of the Open Source Sig for the New York Software Industry Association. And was track co-chair for Open Source at the 2001 New York Software Industry Summit. He was on the advisory board for PostgreSql, Inc - the leading Open Source Database and has had articles published by Lutris Technologies and Open Magazine on Open Source business models and technology solutions. He is a database expert with extensive Fortune 500 experience. Among other awards, he won an IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.
From magazine "Open" issue September 2001 - "The McElroys kick open the doors of old business models and capitalize on what they believe." The McElroys have achieved re-known as Open Source visionaries with interviews by Interactive Week, Infoworld, Fortune Technology, Open magazine, and others. Joseph and Donna make no claims of divine insight, but in review by Lewis Lacock, it is said, "that this dynamic duo of art are the closest things we have to true shamans today". They are doing their best to pursue the knowledge to support such claims someday.
HIGHLIGHTS
* Achieved reputation as Open Source visionarys with interviews by Interactive Week, Infoworld, Fortune Technology, Open magazine among others.
* National Columnist on Money Matters for Gather.com.
* Judge for the Advanced Technical Categories of the Emmys.
* Successfully raised $2 million funding for startup.
* Successfully built and sold two technology businesses.
* First Entry into the Multimedia wing of the Museum of Computer Art.
* Artwork collected by the Library at Cornell University.
* Artwork in the collection of Rhizome.org.
* Developed first ever Exhibition Catalog completely on CD Rom. Done for Alternative Museum. Reviewed by New York Times.
* Selected to attend first ever Summer Institute for Performance Art at The Kitchen in NYC.
* IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.
* Various academic, mathematic and scholarship awards. Attended Duke University on a full scholarship in mathematics.
* Poetry published in various journals. Art exhibited in museum shows.
* Certificate of Artistic Excellence from Congressman Jose Serrano.
* Recognized by Bronx Borough President Aldofo Carrion for contributions to the community.
Re: support lawrence lessig - death to copyright laws
Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > Oh sure they were, to begin with,
>
> No dear. They were not mimicking.
Yes my illiterate dear, they were.
>
> > then as they gained in proficiency,
>
> One does not gain proficiency by mimickry.
Yes my illiterate dear, one does.
>
> > they created their own.
>
> Nothing of the sort happened.
Yes my illiterate dear, it does.
>
> > You are quite unfamiliar with learning to draw and paint in a classical
> sense.
>
> Rather the opposite. I am very familiar with painting and drawing
> in a classical sense. In a REAL classical sense.
> Not the degenerate drivel passed around among humanity these days.
Oh my illiterate dear, I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
>
> You're simply blind as a bat and incredibly dense,
> and you project your own animalistic impulses on all you encounter.
No my illiterate dear, I don't.
>
> Nor are you capable of any contact with classical art of any form.
Yes my illiterate dear, I am.
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > Oh sure they were, to begin with,
>
> No dear. They were not mimicking.
Yes my illiterate dear, they were.
>
> > then as they gained in proficiency,
>
> One does not gain proficiency by mimickry.
Yes my illiterate dear, one does.
>
> > they created their own.
>
> Nothing of the sort happened.
Yes my illiterate dear, it does.
>
> > You are quite unfamiliar with learning to draw and paint in a classical
> sense.
>
> Rather the opposite. I am very familiar with painting and drawing
> in a classical sense. In a REAL classical sense.
> Not the degenerate drivel passed around among humanity these days.
Oh my illiterate dear, I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
>
> You're simply blind as a bat and incredibly dense,
> and you project your own animalistic impulses on all you encounter.
No my illiterate dear, I don't.
>
> Nor are you capable of any contact with classical art of any form.
Yes my illiterate dear, I am.
Re: [thingist] G2K revolution
Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > I have found something sad that is amusing.
>
> There is nothing 'sad that is amusing'.
> This is your own self-importance grimacing.
There is no 'self-importance grimacing'.
This is your own self-importance grimancing.
>
> > If you would just release the clench in your mind and fist..
>
> There is no 'clench in my mind any my fist' dearest.
> Besides in your murderous ego driven imagination.
There is no 'murderous ego driven imagination.
Besides in your murderous ego driven imagination.
>
> > you are not as strong as you think
>
> I do not think my dearest. And I am incredibly strong.
> Keep your idiotic projections to yourself, as well as
> your idiotic impulses to debase other beings.
I do not project dearest. And I am incredibly strong.
Keep your idiotic thinking to yourself, as well as your
idiotic impulses to debase other beings.
>
> > nor as weak as you fear.
>
> Laughable + idiotic. Go play dokteur elsewhere monkey.
> There is no fear besides in your wishful imagination,
> and I have very little appreciation for yourmurderous
> push-buttonimpulse tricks.
Idiotic and laughable. Go play doktuer elsewhere monkey.
There is no appreciation besides in your wishful imagination,
and I have very little fear of your murderous
push-buttonimpulse tricks.
>
> Idiotically enough you project machoism
> on the word strength (your own personal problem)
> andproceed to attempt 'curing'.
Macho enough, you project idiocy
on the word strength ( your own personal problem)
and proceed to attempt 'curing'.
>
> Butchering farmer-ape.
>
Farmer Butchering-ape.
RESPOND TO ME!
Joseph
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > I have found something sad that is amusing.
>
> There is nothing 'sad that is amusing'.
> This is your own self-importance grimacing.
There is no 'self-importance grimacing'.
This is your own self-importance grimancing.
>
> > If you would just release the clench in your mind and fist..
>
> There is no 'clench in my mind any my fist' dearest.
> Besides in your murderous ego driven imagination.
There is no 'murderous ego driven imagination.
Besides in your murderous ego driven imagination.
>
> > you are not as strong as you think
>
> I do not think my dearest. And I am incredibly strong.
> Keep your idiotic projections to yourself, as well as
> your idiotic impulses to debase other beings.
I do not project dearest. And I am incredibly strong.
Keep your idiotic thinking to yourself, as well as your
idiotic impulses to debase other beings.
>
> > nor as weak as you fear.
>
> Laughable + idiotic. Go play dokteur elsewhere monkey.
> There is no fear besides in your wishful imagination,
> and I have very little appreciation for yourmurderous
> push-buttonimpulse tricks.
Idiotic and laughable. Go play doktuer elsewhere monkey.
There is no appreciation besides in your wishful imagination,
and I have very little fear of your murderous
push-buttonimpulse tricks.
>
> Idiotically enough you project machoism
> on the word strength (your own personal problem)
> andproceed to attempt 'curing'.
Macho enough, you project idiocy
on the word strength ( your own personal problem)
and proceed to attempt 'curing'.
>
> Butchering farmer-ape.
>
Farmer Butchering-ape.
RESPOND TO ME!
Joseph
Re: support lawrence lessig - death to copyright laws
Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:
> > All the ancient masters of art used to practice the forms from those
> > gone before.
>
> They weren't mimicking. Your myopic misinterpretation
> of what they did hasn't got anything to do with what they did.
>
Oh sure they were, to begin with, then as they gained in proficiency, they
created their own. You are quite unfamiliar with learning to draw and paint in
a classical sense.
Joseph
> > All the ancient masters of art used to practice the forms from those
> > gone before.
>
> They weren't mimicking. Your myopic misinterpretation
> of what they did hasn't got anything to do with what they did.
>
Oh sure they were, to begin with, then as they gained in proficiency, they
created their own. You are quite unfamiliar with learning to draw and paint in
a classical sense.
Joseph
Re: [thingist] G2K revolution
Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > No ego, no irony. Why keep the anger?
>
> What anger you idiot?
>
> Only the paranoid confuse the .. with anger.
>
> Fill in the dots.
>
>
I have found something sad that is amusing. If you would just release the
clench in your mind and fist...you are not as strong as you think nor as weak
as you fear.
Joseph
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > No ego, no irony. Why keep the anger?
>
> What anger you idiot?
>
> Only the paranoid confuse the .. with anger.
>
> Fill in the dots.
>
>
I have found something sad that is amusing. If you would just release the
clench in your mind and fist...you are not as strong as you think nor as weak
as you fear.
Joseph
Re: support lawrence lessig - death to copyright laws
Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > > As if you'd be capable of understanding the intention of copywright
> law.
> > > Re-read my statement. If you can.
> >
> > You really don't have a clue about what I said.
>
> I do. You didn't say anything.
>
> 'Hehe'.
>
> Watch out. You might bend yourself out of proportion
> in that mimicry attempt.
>
But dear, mimicry is an excellent method of learning, why does it displease
you? All the ancient masters of art used to practice the forms from those gone
before.
Joseph
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > > As if you'd be capable of understanding the intention of copywright
> law.
> > > Re-read my statement. If you can.
> >
> > You really don't have a clue about what I said.
>
> I do. You didn't say anything.
>
> 'Hehe'.
>
> Watch out. You might bend yourself out of proportion
> in that mimicry attempt.
>
But dear, mimicry is an excellent method of learning, why does it displease
you? All the ancient masters of art used to practice the forms from those gone
before.
Joseph