Category Archives: misc
Toronto DigiFest and more
Just got back from Toronto, where I attended events at Toronto Digifest and TIFF Nexus. Â I was very impressed with all the interesting work happening there. I gave a presentation at DigiFest on Arduino, Physical Computing and Mass Participation (PDF, … Continue reading
Happy Ada Day, and thanks
Today being Ada Lovelace Day (though I’d like to see Grace Hopper day too), it seems a good time to say thank you to three women without whom I wouldn’t be doing what I do. Stacy Horn, founder of Echo … Continue reading
Word Problem
In the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, a one-car train of the R142/142A generation of NYC subway cars starts up at approximately 33rd st. on the Lexington line. It’s carrying 16 people. With the throttle rigged to full-speed, … Continue reading
Bye, Nick
Nick West passed away yesterday after fighting cancer for about two years now. Nick was a major influence on me when I was a student at ITP, and a good friend, so I want to write down some of my … Continue reading
A novel idea: repair instructions
Given how pervasive the idea of planned obsolescence is, I’m always on the lookout for counterexamples — cases where a company actually wants you to fix what you bought from them, and keep it longer, rather than just replacing it … 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
What’s next: TEI, Shenzen, Tokyo, Etech
I’ve been collecting notes and ideas on open source hardware (and open fabrication in general) and sustainable technology development for awhile now, and over the next few weeks I’ll finally get a chance to try them out in a couple … Continue reading
Maker Faire Austin 2008
This weekend I went down to Austin, Texas for Maker Faire Austin, the 2008 edition. ITP resident researchers Rory Nugent and Hyeki Min went with me, as did recent alums So-Young Park and Young-Hyun Chung.  Between us, we took eight … Continue reading
Istanbul (not Constantinople)
Thanks to Selcuk Artut at Sabanci University, I had the opportunity to go to Istanbul last month to give a workshop based on Making Things Talk. It was a really great trip. The workshop blog contains links to the parts … Continue reading
7 in 7 notes
I wasn’t able to keep up with the ITP residents during 7 in 7, but I got a couple of projects done. Twitter sign For a long time, I’ve had some pretty little LED displays on my desk from Avago, … Continue reading