Category Archives: interaction design
Making Interactive Art: Set the Stage, Then Shut Up and Listen
Don’t interpret your own work. Quite often I see artists who venture into interactive art start by making interactive artworks and offering interpretation in the notes beside them. They’ll describe the work, then tell you what each element means,and what … Continue reading
Physicality, Conviviality, and Openness
Physicality, conviviality, and openness are the themes of a series of talks I gave last week to the HCI group at RWTH Aachen, thanks to Jan Borchers. Â These three ideas run through most of the work I’ve been doing over … Continue reading
Practice, Practice, Practice
Ashlynn Dewey just sent me links to a new Nike+ ad that she ran across that reminded her of our physical computing class(thanks, Ash!). It’s a great video that shows a couple of supercool Japanese DJs making music on specially … Continue reading
Random thoughts on consciousness and physical experience, coming together
I just had one of those wonderful moments where a bunch of ideas that had been floating around in my head for a number of years came together and made sense, thanks to a section of Alva Noë’s book Out … Continue reading
Just like Riding a Bike
The chances are good that if you’re reading this, you probably know how to ride a bicycle. You probably learned so many years ago that you don’t even remember how you learned. When you get on a bike now, it’s … Continue reading
SIGGRAPH Asia E-Tech call for participation
I’m on the jury for SIGGRAPH Asia’s Emerging Tech this year, thanks to Lars Erik Holmquist. Looking forward to seeing some great submissions, so submit! Here’s the CfP: Call for participation: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES: ADAPTATION SIGGRAPHA ASIA 2009 Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, … Continue reading
Monkey Tracking adventures (the complete story)
A few people asked for the story of my visit to Tony Di Fiore’s research site in chronological order. Here are all the posts in order: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7 … Continue reading
Monkey Tracking Adventures (part 7)
15 Jan 2009 There’s a group of howler monkeys voicing their opinions nearby as I type. I can hear them through the window. It’s pretty quiet, so they’re probably several hundred meters away in the forest, I’m guessing. Saw tamarind … Continue reading
Monkey Tracking Adventures (part 6)
14 Jan 2009 Radio Tests and Camera Traps Today was a day of camera traps and radio tests. Tony and I went out to replace two of the camera traps that are used to cover a mineral lick where the … Continue reading
Lumens
This summer I got to assist on a project by artists Matthew Belanger, Sean Riley, Ven Voisey, and producer Marianne Petit on a neat project called Lumens. Actually, they did all the work, I just offered a little guidance to … Continue reading