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Although he studied to be a photographer, John Klima worked as a software programmer after college for several years. While the job gave him flexibility to work on other creative projects, it also influence his later work. At Microsoft he started thinking of other ways to organize files and apps, possibly in a three dimensional way. Glasbead (99-00)is the result of this influence. A spherical orb, Glasbead is a three dimensional interface that allows the visitor to create music alone or through collaboration. There are two kinds of stems, bells and hammers, that the visitor can upload music onto. When the hammers come in contact with the bells, a new sounds/music is created. This happens by clicking on the center of the orb and spinning it. I tried downloading it, but it only went up to Windows XP, and not Vista, so it was not working properly. Like the last artist/group I wrote about, I like that this can be done in collaboration. I think that it is important to bounce ideas off of other people. Sometimes it is the best way to learn. I also appreciate that Klima incorporated what he learned at Microsoft into art. It's another example of why collaboration is so important. If that had never happened, neither would have Glasbead.