Wednesday evening was the mini lift session in Seoul at the Yurim Art Hall. Everything went well and a large majority of the 180 people who signed-up came there to hear what Adam Greenfield, Bruce Sterling, Jake Song and Yoo-Suk Yeon had to say about technological implications in space (physical an...
Talk at SK Telecom
Wednesday started with a talk with Julian at SK Telecom in the Technology Innovation Planning Team, a sort of foresight/innovation group. Our presentation can be found here (.pdf, 15.5Mb). The point of the meeting was to discuss the near future laboratory methodologies and projects. We spent 2 hou...
Nintendo DS service
Also seen in the COEX Mall in Seoul, this "Nintendo DS Service Zone": Use power adapters (lock it while shopping), screen cleaners among other tools. This service, often provided for cell phone now extended to the NDS. Compared to Laurent's experience of asking a screwdriver in a digital camera sho...
The Economist about the geoweb
The Economist's tech quarterly has a good piece about the geoweb called "The World on Your Desktop". Although nothing is really new here, the description gives a good overview of the current state of the industry. As usual, expectations are high: "At the same time, the incorporation of satellite-po...
Talk at Korea University
After two day of jetlagged visits and brainstorm with Laurent and Jaewoong Lee (Daum) about LIFT evening, I visited Korea University with Bruce Sterling and Jesmina Tesanovic. We both gave a talk at the Korean Business School there to MBA students, as part of their evening program. My talk was abou...
George Legrady's talk at LDM
A good talk I will miss this week at the lab: "Aesthetic & Cultural Perspectives Through Data Visualization" by George Legrady on September 12th at EPFL in BC01 at 4:00pm: "The lecture will trace the intersection of data organization and visualization in a number of the artist's projects such as "P...
Reactrix's game
Visiting the COEX mall in Seoul yesterday, I ran across several interactive media displays designed by Reactrix. Although the point of this device oriented towards promotion and branding, I was more curious about people's reaction. Stood there for a while with Laurent to see what happens around the...
VR just happened
Read in "Spook Country" (William Gibson): [Hollis] "Some told me that cyberspace was 'everting'." [stands for 'everything' mispronounced by the french artist Odile] [Bobby] "Sure. And once it everts, then there isn't any cyberspace, is there? There never was, if you want to look at it that way. It ...
In Seoul
In Seoul for Lift evening, some talks in different institutions, meeting people and enjoying the city with our speakers. Nice wiring, shot this afternoon. ...
Agents and artifacts
A good read in the train: "Agents and Artefacts" by John Pickering (Social Analysis, March 1997, Issue 41 (1), pages 45 - 62). The article addresses the role of technological artefacts play in the integration of technology with human practices and how they create skilled practices in which humans a...