(via kathryn kramer's insightful blog) Wolframtones is a compelling new tool based on the wolfram-esque "new kind of science" idea (developed by the Wolfram Research Labs) WolframTones works by taking simple programs from Wolfram's computational universe, and using music theory and Mathematica algo...
Meeting at a swiss think tank
I had a refreshing meeting with people from Avenir Suisse (a swiss think tank working on the social and economic development of Switzerland). The point was to find and motivate some speaker for our january conference about Internet/Technologies. This lead us to an interesting discussion about innoa...
CatchBob! video
As Fabien mentioned, here are some pictures of the CatchBob! video we did (edition by Fab and footage by Damien from Ecole des Arts Décoratifs of Geneva when he came playing last year): Pictures respectively shows the strategy discussion before the game (1), strategy reshape during the game (2),...
Experiments in dialogue reconstruction
In an research article called Conversation, Slugoski and Hilton desrcibes the 'methodology of reconstruction' created by Clarke: a multifaceted research instrument by Clarke (1975; 1983), who predicted and found that people would be able to reassemble randomized turns in an unfamiliar conversation ...
Madonna and nightclubs focus groups
I miss this august news: Madonna uses secret nightclub 'focus groups' to pick songs for new album: now it seems that even Madonna has woken up to the power of focus groups. The most successful female artist in chart history has chosen songs for her next album after secretly trying them out on night...
Instant Office Concept
(via), in an article by Mark Dixon called Office of the Future, there is the concept of 'instant office': Regus operates what it calls "instant offices" -- business centers around the world that are fully furnished, fully equipped, and fully staffed. They are available by the hour, the day, the wee...
Modeling others' intents in CatchBob!
This week I move forward in the analysis of the CatchBob! data. The point was to create two coding schemes for the data analsis: What a participant inferred about his/her partner during the game. This coding scheme is clearly data-driven in the sense that it emerged from the players' verbalization...
Hutchins' take on self-confrontation
Edwin Hutchins's position on self-confrontation (a research methology that asks participants to explain their activity based on traces of their interactions, e.g. a video), taken from a discussion with the cognitive anthropology research group: « My position with respect to verbal data goes back to...
Found space
An intriguing project by Matthew Keeney: it's called Found Space. Specially devoted to people who're into interstitial space or trying to fill physical gaps As users of space, we create associations to certain spaces by establishing connections between ourselves and those whom we share it with. As ...
TV-GPS: Using television signals to plug holes in GPS
(via telecom-cities), an interesting way to remove some of the drawbacks of GPS signals (or the lack of GPS signals): Television Signals Plug the Holes in GPS by Jason Daley Today’s Global Positioning System is great for tracking tanks in the desert, but turn on your Garmin in New York City or in...