September 21, 2011 archive

7-in-7 Presentation

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7in7 #7 Water Waves with Music

I am trying to use Processing to finish this project. I am not good at Processing, I tried something I never did before to use AudioPlayer. Just a try, I only changed the colors and waves. Here is the address of the testing: http://www.openprocessing.org/visuals/checkVisual.php?visualID=38616 Here is the video for the water waves: Water Waves with Music

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7in7 – Intro: Money [Mani!]

My presentation intro for 7-in7 (a bit narcissist, I know) Money

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7in7 – 7: Maker Faire

There was this DJ at Maker Faire near the food area who was playing awesome music. I recorded a bit and expanded it. 7in7-7

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reading response week3

Why We Need Things” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi I always believe in the great picture that technology is supposed to help benefit human being even there is some serious side effects. After reading Why We Need Things” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, I think there exist a huge hole in my belief. First of all, I underestimate how we …

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7in7 – 6: Business meeting

So, it’s Saturday and I ride my bike to lower east side where I’m meeting two friends to discuss a website. The weather is really nice and I feel alright. 7in7-6

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7in7 – 5: Party [Ma Baker!]

for this project, I recorded a bit of ambient noise plus the music going on at my party, building a bit of melody on top of “Ma Baker” by Boney M! 7in7-5

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7in7 #6 AE Play with water

I tried to use After Effects to do this video. I recorded a shot video by mac motion eye. Then I tried to make it more fancy in After Effects. At first, I thought it might not too difficult, but it really cost a lot of time. It was difficult to control the waves, bot …

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Readings: Week 3

Readings Why We Need Things I really enjoyed this article because i’m interested in people’s relationships with objects. My idea for a project was to catalogue everything I own and the story behind the object. Living in NYC, I feel like most people don’t own a lot because of the small living spaces and having …

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Reading Week 3

Why We Need Things, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi This was a very poignant essay about why our society is so materialistic and what drives our desire to acquire things. Csikszentmihalyi’s main point is that humans need objects to stabilize and “transform the precariousness of consciousness into the solidity of things.” He believes objects give us stability at …

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