#visualworld

Imagine a lost book that has left the shelf, dusty and unread, that is me without art. I am Bunmi Makinde and I am an art freak. On this page, you will get to see not just my designs but other designs that inspires me. I have never learnt how to draw but I have had a passion for art since I was 5years old. I grew up to tell a personal narrative of art through my talent, which later developed into a passion.

With my love for art, I was opportune to learn sign language so I could communicate art to the challenged ones (the deaf and dumb). Consequently, I have been able to give voice to the voiceless and to tell their unexpressed thoughts through my artworks. What defines me as a talented artist is my deep commitment in all aspects of art because it has a special place in my heart and behind my finished artworks are countless hours of experimentation, minutes of frustration and moments of pure joy. 

Original Article: http://goo.gl/b4lguI

Matt’s Take: It’s a beautiful world. Though for years now, I’ve heard people argue and gripe that we spend too much time taking pictures. “Put down your phone” is the common complaint. Yet when I head home, or go to a friend’s home, there are piles and piles of pictures, unsearchable pictures mind you. The beauty of the internet is the ability to search, categorize, and catalog our visual experiences. Digging deeper through these images and offering suggestions would be a monumental shift in how we experience the internet and by extension our world. We’ve realized how important it is to visualize our experiences and have shifted how users interact with Beacon Me. We want users to see what they’ll be experiencing and not just get some random string of text. Our goal is to keep encouraging users to take part in the world and hopefully, just hopefully, we’ll be able to take advantage of advances in machine learning to give users even better suggestions of things to do. It’s truly a beautiful world and we want you to be able to experience it first hand. 

Colton’s Take: Scientist who said that we make judgments based on the things we see in under a second. Clearly the images that we analyze are of paramount importance when deciding on how we behave. More than what we read what we hear, what we touch, what we smell, Or what we taste-what we see determines our behavior. The way that the Internet has connected us through information is astounding. However, with this  article suggests is that we are barely scratching the surface of what connections we are capable of creating and discovering with the Internet. At Beacon me, we agree with this vision. We believe that the web inherently is a way for us all to connect in real life on a deeper and more meaningful level. Imagine Internet that could find diagnoses for elements via images that were uploaded and connect doctors with patients or caregivers with other caregivers. Imagine an Internet that could analyze the photos you have taken over the past year, and suggest events for you to attend and even who to invite to those events. We're getting close to a place where this is a possible outcome, but we aren't there yet. We need people to test the technology that we built at companies like Beacon me so that we can understand how to best connect people and experiences in a meaningful way. That's where you come in. We might just be at the forefront of developing this kind of technology so we're asking you to take the journey with us, and discover how the web can make your life even better.