Monthly Archives: July 2008

Physical Computing’s Greatest Hits (and misses)

There are certain project themes that recur every year in physical computing classes. What follows is a review of some of the themes I see frequently. Continue reading

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Wordle

Wordle is awesome. I want a poster of this.Thanks, Clay for the link.

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SenseSurface

Geoff Smith sent this link to SenseSurface. It seems like a neat idea, but I wonder about it. For one thing, I wish they’d show the pickups, because it’s unclear how finicky they are. Do they have to be placed … Continue reading

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Ignite NYC

I’m going to be talking at Ignite NYC coming up, thanks to Brady Forrest. Should be fun. There are some other good talks planned for it too, so if you’re in NYC on the 29th, come along.

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Thermal video of my desk

In case you needed any evidence that electronic devices raise the temperature of their immediate environment, here’s a video of my desk taken with a thermal imaging camera. White means hot.

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