Category: interactive
04/02/06 12:07 - ID#34303
Amazing Sound Toy
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This thing is so cool, it's basically a little jar that the user speaks into. The audio is captured, and the lid is returned to the jar. Now the user can shake the jar in all different ways to make different sounds based on the recorded sample. Then, when the user is done with that sound, the lid is removed and the jar is tipped to literally pour the sound out of the device. You can hear the sound pouring out...
This is a revolutionary concept. I think a lot about interactivity and how to present a wide variety of choices to the user. This device captures a bit of elegant interactivity that I've never seen before -- it maps analog actions to digital functions in a very unique way.
Think about this: How hard is it to get water into and out of a sponge? Sponges are simple, useful devices, but they are also in many ways the equivalent of RSS feed readers: A sponge soaks up fluids, stores them for the user, then evacuates them on command (when the user squeezes the sponge). An RSS feed reader similarly soaks up information, stores it for the user, and evacuates the information on command (usually with a click of the delete button).
But I bet most people would say that a sponge is easier to use than an RSS feed reader. There is no "squeeze sponge" menu, no sponge preferences, no FAQ or wiki-based support community. The sponge works on basic physical principals, and we can grasp those intuitively once we've seen a single person use one.
I think this sound toy device is very much like a digital sponge: It utilizes a form of interaction that does not require an instruction manual to understand-- a simple demonstration and it is clear how this thing works. The elegance of pouring the audio out to delete it tickles my interactivity bone, and the physical shaking and movement that produces the sampled sounds is very attractive.
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Category: poetry
03/30/06 10:05 - 47ºF - ID#34302
ePoetry Symposium and Updated Work
(e:Paul) and I will be reading. Well, and (e:Liz) also I believe. We'll be reading on Friday night (tomorrow) at 6:00 pm in the Center for the Arts room 232 (immediately to your left as you enter the Department of Media Study). It should be a cool reading. There are quite a few people reading and screening work (the Friday evening event will span the gamut of "media poetics" which is a term I like for its cosey ambiguity). There are also a bunch of things happening on Saturday, and I'm sure much more information will be available at the reading tomorrow night. Or drop me a message and I'll forward you a full agenda.
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03/23/06 08:45 - ID#34300
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03/23/06 08:45 - ID#34299
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03/22/06 10:21 - ID#34298
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02/27/06 11:05 - 20ºF - ID#34297
My Model Buffalo
(I wouldn't... hehe)
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02/27/06 10:39 - 20ºF - ID#34296
Tilt Shift Image of Liberty Bldg
Whaddaya think?
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Location: Buffalo, NY
02/15/06 06:03 - 38ºF - ID#34295
Poultrygeist Teaser Trailer
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Location: Buffalo, NY
02/11/06 01:10 - 28ºF - ID#34294
Another Shawn Rider
Real Name: Shawn Rider
Height: 6'7"
Weight:330 lbs.
Finisher: Rider Driver(Steiner Screwdriver)
Set-Up: Chokeslam to Hell
Age 18
Birthdate: July 21st, 1982
I'm amazed -- yet another Shawn Rider. So far, I've found a few online: Shawn Rider , the king of anal porn (apparently the king of the Kansas amateur porn industry, too, but I dunno...), Shawn Rider, the high school football player, and now Shawn Rider the aspiring wrassler .
(I fixed that link to the guy's website. Sorry)
Oddly enough, my cousin ("Betty Beefcake") was a pro wrestler for awhile, but then she switched to managing, and now she is a ring announcer for something called "Chick Fights." She's tres cool.
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