I’m still not convinced at the effectiveness of this service. Almost a year ago, Reuters in collaboration with Yahoo announced the Youwitness News platform. If you see a newsworthy event, you are asked to send the picture to YouWitness, either by emailing it to pics@reuters.com or visiting the YouWitness site. Reuters editors review the pictures [...]
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Wow. I’ve just had such a pleasant surprise. Anne Burdick, head of the Media Design Program, organized a roundtable today at the South Campus of the Art Center College on the topic of Cultural Probes in design work. Probes are defined as designed objects and activities used in qualitative research studies. They have emerged as a robust tool for designers to gather rich [...] Again I’m facing the same burning question that asked half a year ago when I was working on Indigi-Net – Looking at ways that travelers can serve as the extension of the network and participate in local initiatives. In my exploration last year, I found that it was extremely difficult to find information on causes [...] Today I wrote up a simple Instructable for the students at MDP (Art Center) to use for implementing a surface or object that reacts to touch. Using the Qprox Sensor (QT113) it is possible to make a switch out of essentially any object or surface. Students at the Media Design Program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena have been deploying chumbys as probes in people’s homes. Their goal is to collect outcomes and reactions that family members have after spending a week with the devices. Family members are not allowed to change the information displayed on the [...] I went to BarCampLA last weekend in downtown LA and was pleasantly surprised at how organized the geek-fest seemed (thanks to Crystal’s hard work). Even though the schedule was packed by the time I got there, I managed to squeeze in a short talk: my take on mediated presence through physical objects (similar to the [...] In theatre, when an actor performs, he receives immediate feedback from the audience. His presence feeds the audience, who then react back. In theatre, presence usually refers to the relationship between the actor and the audience. The fourth wall is a theatrical term which refers to an imaginary wall at the front of the stage, through [...] I was failed on my driving this week. Failed not because I’m a bad driver, but because my tester did not use her intuition. The American rules, as it turns out, state that every time you shift lanes on the road, you must turn your head and check the car’s blind spot. As I [...] |
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