September 26, 2011 archive

DIY bio

I found some pretty amazing work done by Lepht Anonym, a dying biohacker that takes transhumanism in her own hands at her own kitchen. Implanting sensors to her nerves she enhances her sensorial spectrum. An article on wired about her 

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Mashups and feedback loops readings

1. Mashups: The new breed of Web app, An introduction to mashups: http://bit.ly/6JisC Duane Merrill gives an in depth description of Web applications. He denotes the difficulties and the progress of public domains in providing open APIs in order to facilitate mashups for third party users. The best and most common example is Google Maps. …

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Mashup Exercise: Ma Baker in Japan.

I did a quick exercise, in continuation of what I had previously done for my 7×7 project, adding the concept of mashup into it. So I took “Ma Baker” by “Bonny M.”, and “Big in Japan” by “Alphaville”, recorded and mashed them up together. Vocals, Guitars, Bass by my old self, and recorded in GarageBand. …

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Commentary on “Mashups: The new breed of Web app”

Mashups, in my opinion can be considered a synthesis of the existing data on the web. Limitless applications can be thought of when dealing with Mashups. From artistic applications focusing on a concept and using bits of data, displacing and combining them to make a statement, to practical service-oriented mashups such as data layers on …

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Reading Commentary Week #4: Grey Album Producer Danger Mouse Explains How He Did It, by Corey Moss

I heard about this along time ago.  I’m a music fan, but I never really sampled this Danger Mouse’s remix of Jay Z + The Beatles.  I think anytime a musician touches the Beatles, they get sued.  So I wasn’t surprised that the a cease-and-desist letter happened. It was interesting to read about how Danger …

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Reading Commentary Week #4: “A Manifesto for Networked Objects: Why Things Matter”, Julian Bleeker

I had to read this one twice. Bleeker’s style of writing seemed a little sporadic at least for me.  I wasn’t really getting his train of thought, I didn’t know where he was leading me and mainly the metaphors he used seemed to be all over the place.  I couldn’t quickly grasp the material because …

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Readings Week 4

Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops by Thomas Goetz was a very insightful reading for me, and I believe it probably would be for any designer.  “The premise of a feedback loop is simple: Provide people with information about their actions in real time, then give them a chance to change those actions, pushing them …

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Reading Commentary for Week#4: Calm Technologies 2.0: Visualising Social Data as an Experience in Physical Space Michael Hohl, PhD

I liked how this article explored the virtual world vs the physical world.  And what does it all mean in the end? What I concluded was that there sometimes a need to map out who connects with you and the information you’ve shared on the internet.  Is there a way to visualize that and if …

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Mash up and Feedback loop Readings

Feedback loops are a very interesting construction. For the most part a lot of have a feel of ubiquitous computing, not that they are so integrating into our lives that we don’t notice them, but they are integrated in a way, that we don’t analysis them. The seep “meter” for example. I would argue that …

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