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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse
Via Infocult: The strangest monument in America looms over a barren knoll in northeastern Georgia. Five massive slabs of polished granite rise out of the earth in a star pattern. The rocks are each 16 feet tall, with four of … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse, georgia, monuments
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Locative media resources
A collection of supplementary readings and resources for my presentation, “Locative Media and Responsive Environments.” Continue reading
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Tagged bruce sterling, locative media, Presentations, responsive environments, spimes
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Locative Media and Responsive Environments
This presentation explores the evolution and trajectory of ubiquitous computing technologies that enable designers to embed media artifacts and computational systems in physical space. Continue reading
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Tagged ctin-511, imap, locative media, responsive environments, spimes
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Tone Matrix
Andre Michelle’s Tone Matrix is a simple but Flash-based music sequencer. You can copy-paste sequences by right clicking (or option-clicking on a Mac). By opening several Tone Matrices in multiple tabs on your browser, you can actually create some pretty … Continue reading
John Maus – Maniac
John Maus is a master. If you like “Maniac,” check out “Tenebrae.” It is Easter Sunday, after all. More Maus vids here.
Drawdio: Turn almost anything into a Theremin
Everybody should have one of these. You can learn how to make them here.
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Tagged drawdio, jay silver, lifelong kindergarten, mit, music, pencils, physical computing
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Lost Tribes of New York
Animated documentary by Andy and Carolyn London. Via Underwire.
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Tagged andy london, animation, carolyn london, londonsquared, new york city
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Extreme LED Shepherding
via kottke.org
Useful Phrases
Useful Phrases uses Markov word/phrase probabilities to generate unique sentences by breaking apart a source text. These sentences are then added to a blog. Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, blosxom, ctin-544, experiments, grenville kleiser, imap, markov, processing, rita
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