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Flickr: Video!
Ahh, there’s a sigh of relief. I’ve always despised the YouTube interface, but never found a solution that really suited me. Now that Flickr supports video I’ve found my solution. Even embedding is nicer.
Flickr’s logo also is no longer sporting “beta” or “gamma” in the title. Just a simple [...]
Adobe TV
Adobe has just released Adobe TV.
…a free online video resource for expert instruction and inspiration about Adobe products, including the company’s Creative Suite 3 family of world-class creative tools. With multiple channels, original series programming, and content from Adobe, leading training organizations and the world’s leading subject matter experts, Adobe TV delivers a virtual library [...]
Wireless USB Hub and Adapter
IOGear has a Wireless USB Hub and Adapter they released at the end of last year.
That’s right - turn any regular USB device wireless. Why didn’t I look for this earlier?
It says Mac is not currently supported, but many devices like this work with Mac even if they aren’t officially supported… ?
Let the fun begin
ModMyiFone.com
When I learned the iPhone was coming out I instantly got excited about seeing the kind applications like this that people will come up with. I haven’t been that interested in focusing in on mobile media, but now that Apple has released the SDK and we have access to all the fun inside; my hands [...]
Open Processing
Sinan has put up a site as an Exhibition Space for the Processing Community.
If you’re using Processing, want to see other people’s work, or just want to be inspired - check it out.
Adobe Photoshop Express
Yet another new tool from Adobe, you can now edit photos online with their new Photoshop Express.
Adobe Flex Builder for free
If you’re student, faculty, or staff at an educational institution and you want a free license of Adobe’s new Flex software, head over to flexregistration.com.
That is unless we’re being scammed… the WhoIs report comes up as being registered on GoDaddy to a Mr. Chunky Tuna…
It was built on the Eclipse environment, so all you [...]
Open-Mesh Wireless Network
Open-Mesh Wireless Network
Open source and ad-free wireless mesh networking nodes created “to support WiFi mesh networks for community wireless, education, and the developing world.”
Mp3gle
I’ve been using Project Playlist for a few months when I need to find that one song (torrentz.com if I’m looking for an album) and here comes Mp3gle - The Audio Search Engine. Nice.
ColorWarez your stuff
ColorWare is a company that can take your original MacBook, iPhone, or a whole host of other gadgets, and design them to your every color desire. Kind of pricey ($150 for the back of an iPhone) but for companies that want to brand or people that have be unique while being a sheep, it’s [...]
Netvibes Ginger release
Netvibes has released a new version of their online webtop software called Ginger (I have no idea why it’s called Ginger). As far as I can tell this is Netvibes’ attempt at a singularity web presence. It’s also set up as a semi-social network where you can have “followers” that keep up to [...]
DIY Flash Diffuser
Take an old 35mm film case and turn it into a pop-up flash diffuser. Nice!
Evoking a response
Designing for Constraints has had me thinking specifically about different ways to place events, thoughts, feelings, etc. at the forefront of my projects that I otherwise wouldn’t have taken into account. The other day I began to think about how modeling on a final responsive outcome is actually a great way to start working [...]
Flex it
Oh, pretty: strands of flexible LED
Eye-Fi
Wirelessly Save and Share Your Memories
The Eye-Fi Card is a wireless memory card. It automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC or Mac and to your favorite photo sharing, printing, blogging or social networking site.
No cables, no waiting, no hassles.
CodeIDE
World can code.
Prototyping & Usability Testing in Flash
Tutorial:
Flash prototyping: http://www.johnniemanzari.com/flashlabs/
–> be sure to check out Lab 8: logging variables using PHP to TXT file
Book:
Flash MX for Interactive Simulation: http://www.amazon.com/Flash-MX-Interactive-Simulation-Macromedia/dp/1401812910
PDF Documents:
Building a Usability Prototype in Visual Basic, Flash, and Dreamweaver: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~dwigdor/teaching/318/prototypes/document.pdf
Information Ergonomics Lectures for Creative Prototyping: http://www.idc.ul.ie/hcieducators06/Procs/woolley.pdf
High-Fidelity Prototyping and Flash Overview Prototyping Revisited: http://www.sm.luth.se/csee/courses/smd/157/slides/HighFidelity.pdf
Examples:
http://nigelwhitbread.blogspot.com/2006/11/user-centre-design-notes2.html
http://karenau.net/portfolio.html
http://www.productinterfaces.com/projects.html
http://myurc.org/tools/FlashUrc.php
http://webzone.k3.mah.se/projects/Flash_Prototypin/Folder/index.aspx?page=3&tab=9&id=1
UI Components:
FlashComponents.net: http://www.flashcomponents.net/components/user_interface_flash_components.html
FlashStore: http://www.flashstore.com/Flash-Components/User-Interface/
FlashLoaded Bit Component [...]
Urban Computing Bookshelf
Adam put together an reading list for those interested in ubiquitous computing, urbanism, and the like.
Wiimote Multi-touch Display
Yet again, Johnny Chung Lee from Carnegie Mellon university makes a great Wiimote hack. This time it’s to create a create a multi-touch display.
DIY Lightbox
Create a great lightbox for small object photography with simple Lightbox / Light Tent examples.
CSS transparency
Mandarin Design has a great little how-to on CSS Opacity and Transparency.
Provoking Magic
Today I went with visiting friend, Aaron Friberg, and Matt, Brenda, and Lizzie to the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum for the current exhibits. I highly suggest heading over to see Ingo Maurer’s exhibit “Provoking Magic“. Truly inspirational.
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InsomniaX + smcFanControl + keyboard protector = alternative Mac Mini solution
1. Disable sleep mode on your laptop (InsomniaX)
2. Speed up the fans to keep it cool (smcFanControl)
3. Turn down the brightness on your LCD
4. Put on your keyboard protector
5. Close your lid
Hipsters Inc.
Libraries. P5Sunflow: Easy Ray Tracing from Processing.org
Flickr Finder
I just downloaded Flickr Finder for Mac and checking it out. I really like it. Lets you search images from Flickr from a desktop browser.
Flickriver
Flickriver: a great way to browse through interesting pictures on Flickr. You can chose time, tags, username, etc. to filter the pictures. Great for inspiration. Check out ITP’s interesting pics, too.
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Reuters Labs
Yesterday’s social hour was lead by the chief scientist of Reuter’s Labs here in NYC. He talked about the Labs projects and the new Reuters Spotlight that’s about to be launched.
The face recognition script, news maps, and Spotlight were the most interesting and perhaps I’m coming up with some ideas… hmm…
FullScreen API for Processing
A great script for going fullscreen in Processing
Papervision3D
Papervision3D shows us how 3D in Flash is done.
Tablecloth
Tablecloth - By simply adding 2 lines of code to your html page you will have styled and active tables with a nice effect. There’s samples on the page so you can try to mouseover or click on a table.
Help from big Mike D
After meeting with Mike Dory who’s doing a similar project dealing with cicadas/crickets and proximity sensing, I’ve got some good ideas for how to work with some of the sensing problems we were having.
Firstly, he suggested using cameras instead of IR or ultrasonic sensors with blob detection (scripts available on Tom or Dan [...]
rsizr
rsizr - intelligent image resizing
Making Things Talk
Via Boing Boing I found this link to a CNN article discussing a new book by Tom called Making Things Talk.
Igoe, meanwhile, is a teacher at New York University’s terrific Interactive Telecommunications Program, and that in and of itself is reason enough to buy the book.
I’ve yet to talk to him about it, [...]
SMS
Processing Sudden Motion Sensor Library for MacBooks
Online information visualizers
TuneGlue is a music relationship visualization much like LivePlasma (used to be MusicPlasma). Put in a band you like and see linkages.
Newsmap shows the ever changing landscape of news media.
Touchgraph uses Google’s links to show relationships between linked-to sites.
In The Mod
In The Mod: Color Analytics
Download ASE Color Palettes to Photoshop and Illustrator or include the pallete in Processing, After Effects or Flash from any image with the parsers. Also featuring a free swf Panel that runs inside AI CS3 that allows you to search Flickr & In The Mod, view the colors from each [...]
Wii and VR
Here’s a good resource video for hacking a Wii-mote to work in VR.
Some brief McLuhan definitions
Marisa’s Media Ecology definition: how different medias “sit with each other” in the world
Media Tetrad from Laws of Media
figure is on the right half (enhances, retrieves), ground on the right side (reverses, obsolesces)
figure - medium speaks through, form, channel, structure
ground - context of medium, popularity
enhancing = amplifying
overheating, burning out = a medium that [...]
TED talks
I’m not sure how I’ve missed this until now, but TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) has all of their talks archived online and ready to be watched for hours of inspiration.
list of electronic component sellers
in NYC:
metro logic corp
leeds radio
canal electronics warehouse
radioshack
Science, Robotics & Electronics
nyu computer store
online:
lady ada
sparkfun
happ controls
tape switch
solar botics
other sensors to watch out for: foot, roller, hair tripper or whicker, mercury or tilt, and magnetic switches
Sensor Reports and
MORE!
Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions
color sensors
Spectra Symbol
Membrane Switches and Linear Position Sensors by Spectra Symbol
Read wii nunchuck data into arduino
Windmeadow Labs gives info on how to hook your wii nunchuck up to your Arduino. 3 axis accelerometer, joystick and buttons for only $19.95, not bad!
Steve Fossett and Amazon Mechanical Turk
While search teams are still looking for Steve Fossett, they have placed an online HIT at Amazon Mechanical Turk. This specific HIT for Steve Fossett is asking computer users to scan Google Maps to search for the aviator in Nevada landscapes. They have received thousands of people sending in their information from all [...]
Anti-Terrorist Shirts in Pakistan
While watching a couple of the videos about the exiling of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan and the 4,000+ that have been detained, rioting, etc… I noticed something odd… english. I freeze framed the video and came up with this screen capture.
Does a t-shirt that says “Anti-Terrorism Squad” worn by [...]
Most Useful Mac Software
Another big ‘ol list of Most Useful Mac Software from Tech Magazine
Widgets from Last.fm
Last.fm has widgets that you can embed in your site, blog, myspace, or wherever else you like. I use their desktop app quite a bit, and this is a nice touch.
Sleeping in Airports
It’s pretty old so I don’t know how up to date all of the listings are, but The Budget Traveller’s Guide to Sleeping in Airports seems like a good resource to me.
Browsercam
Just found this as an alternative to IEcapture. Here is a useful (but bloated) tool for web designers: Browsercam
Fenêtres Volantes
Flying Windows Apple Screensaver
Tweet = Twitter + Quicksilver
Combine Twitter, Quicksilver, and Growl notifications with iChat
Collections!
I’m very excited. My biggest complaint about Flickr has finally been solved! On March 13th they launched the ability for Pro Account users to organize groups of photo sets into collections!
By Designers : For Designers
Expanse is a new CMS tool that has a straightforward back-end, but looks to have some good functionality for theme-editing. Not sure about widget support, though.
Via Shaun
HTML Emails
Taming the Beast
ITP 2006
The Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU present their Spring Show 2006.
A graduate department dedicated to creativity and critical thinking applied to new technologies.
I met Adam Simon at Whitney and Tannan’s wedding on Saturday. Adam will be attending ITP in the fall and said although the focus of ITP [...]
JotSpot
Recently purchased by Yahoo! is JotSpot: enterprise wiki software, personal wiki hosting, and free wiki trial. Get a hosted wiki, no need to download wiki software.
Web Developer’s Handbook
One of the greatest single-site resources for CSS, Color Tools, SEO, Usability etc. released an update today.
Code Snippets
This is a great new resource that allows you to store, sort and share source code, with tag goodness. It’s basically creating a mainframe of code knowledge for yourself, while building on to the community pot and the ability to browse others’ code snippets by validity.
FlickrExport
FlickrExport has updated and works with iPhoto 6. New bug fixes, too, because we all hate bugs.
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