psychogeographical stuff about NYC: By focusing the viewer’s awareness on the surrounding urban landscape, each artist creates a link between the interior space of the gallery and the exterior space of the city. Several artists work with locally gathered materials. ...
[Weird] Return of the WAP?
The WAP is not dead as attested by this picture taken at our cafeteria. The wap seems to be now used a milk-delivery facility. What about UMTS? ...
[LifeHack] Super websites: statistics and search
Two good websites:- Data resources - Supers Searchers on Competitive Intelligence ...
[MyResearch] Yet Another CatchBob Screenshot!
This snapshot is our first CatchBob representation ! Fungus Eaters are back! Each black line represents the path of the three users. Fab was blue, I was red and Mauro was green. We found Bob on the East of the campus. ...
[Prospective] Don't build applications. Build contexts for Interactions
While reading old ETech stuff, I stumbled across notes from "Transcendant Interactions" Stewart Butterfield, Ben Cerveny and Eric Costelloby. I fully agree with their manifesto: Manifesto: Don't build applications. Build contexts for interactions. and: - Not application based computing (completing ...
[Weird] Skateboard Stuff: 608ZZ
I am a skateboard fan since the 80s. I always have been amazed by skateboard gear: trucks, bearings, decks, wheels... so impressive, an impressing street art component ! ...
[TheWorld] What about freeter?
Via taiwan.com.au "Freeter", a term coined by the Japanese by combining the English word "free" and the German word Arbeiter, is defined as "people with college diplomas who engage in menial employment". They seek a free lifestyle and consider leading a carefree life to be more important than their...
[MyResearch] CatchBob! logfile + analysis
The template might be something like: time|x:y|author|action|arrival point author: A, B, C action: refresh or message if message, the arrival point is the coordinate of the point recommended by X. Here is an example: 12:28:32,587|533289:152499|A|messageC|533289:152499 12:29:32,587|533289:152499|C|m...
[Tech] Mobile Music Tech Workshop
Mobile Music Technology workshop in Sweden (Göteborg, Sweden, June 10-11, 2004): This event is an opportunity to learn more about the emerging forms of mobile music technology. The workshop will include speakers representing some of the world's most innovative approaches to mobile music, including ...
[LifeHacks] How to write textfiles
A much more up-to-date resource about how to write textfiles can be found here. Reasons to write textfiles: - text files are virtually universal, almost ANY computer in the world can view the document at anytime. - text files are easy to print, this makes them very easy for you to read when you are...