In the last issue of ambidextrous, there is a 2-pages paper by Genevieve Bell and Brian David Johnson entitled Picking Up Insights... and Bugs: (Mis)adventures in Field Research, which is bascially a description of how ethnographers bring back more from the field than "informations". The article gi...
phd diss writing and under construction issues
I am deep into writing the diss hence the low number of post here... so let's loop back in the 95's web icons: the icons actually makes me think that the "eternal beta" from the web2.0 frenziness are nothing more than the revival of the "under construction" motto from the past. ...
Use the wiimote to play Half-Life 2 on a windows-machine?
This video is quite intriguing. It shows how some wii-fans used the wiimote to play Half-Life 2 on a windows-machine: Why do I blog this? it's interesting because it ask the question about to design proper FPS control with gestural interactions, I don't know how hardcord gamer would feel this... ...
L-systems
A concept I just ran across: L-System: An L-system or Lindenmayer system is a formal grammar (a set of rules and symbols) most famously used to model the growth processes of plant development, though able to model the morphology of a variety of organisms. L-systems can also be used to generate self...
A quote by Rodney Brooks
A quote from Rodney Brooks forecast in NS that I found relevant: Show a two-year-old child a key, a shoe, a cup, a book or any of hundreds of other objects, and they can reliably name its class - even when they have never before seen something that looks exactly like that particular key, shoe, cup ...
Cool blog to add on my list: indexed
A new blog that I discovered this morning and that will go straight in my top list (along with text on things): indexed. It's basically drawings such as: ...
Social software and MMORPG
Rupture is a social software devoted to MMORPG communities (a bit different from the warcraftsocial). It will soon be launched by Shawn Fanning (the guy who was behind Napster). As described by Heather Green: Using an add on or a software download, Rupture taps into the game to automatically pull t...
Indie MMORPG
Following the trend launched by phpmmorpg, there seems to be a related called MMORPG maker. It is not really the same idea because it's rather an initiative than a complete toolkit. The point here is more to have a place to discuss indie MMORPG development... MMORPG Maker is a site devoted to suppo...
Social network analysis of soccer map on the game field
Working on visualization of small groups coordination (playing a pervasive game), I ran across this network analysis and soccer webpage. I already blogged about it, but there seems to be new developement such as the mapping of the social network on the game field: Why do I blog this? I am heading...
Ryota Kuwakubo's talk at LDM, EPFL
This afternoon, Ryota Kuwakubo gave a talk at the Laboratory of Design and Media (EPFL). He presented his now classical pieces such as Bitman, Bithike, the video bulb. These projects are based on 8x8 animations that Ryota used to show how simplicity can make complex things (the reconfiguration...