Month: November 2010

  • The first Ubiquity symposium seeks to discuss the question, “What is computation?” What is computation? This has always been the most fundamental question of our field. In the 1930s, as the field was starting, the answer was that computation was the action of people who operated calculator machines. By the late 1940s, the answer was…

  • Bruno Latour wins Nam June Paik Art Center Prize 2010

    November 26, 2010 Nam June Paik Art Center Prize 2010 Prize winner: Bruno Latour Ceremony: November 26th 4:30 p.m. Forum: November 27th 2:00 p.m. Nam June Paik Art Center 85 Sanggal-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do > 446-905 Republic of Korea T: + 82 (0) 31 201 8543 F: + 82 (0) 31 201 8515 The Nam…

  • TO understand the thinking behind Chris Lindland’s company, Betabrand, you need to keep three seemingly disparate ideas in your head at the same time: 1) It’s a challenge for Web-only businesses to sell clothing. 2) Most people want to be witty. 3) Some shoppers go crazy for limited-edition goods. (Think Beanie Babies.) Betabrand Has Whimsy…

  • papirlelle: Printable Paper living room set! Joy just need to print, cut, glue and play!!! It is easy to assemble using scissors and glue. Finished set measures approximately 20x10x10cm. This file is formatted to be printed on A3 size paper. – You will receive a high-quality PDF file containing: –         Two paper-dolls –         Three walls…

  • Abstract: This thesis provides a unique game design methodology to realize player-centric Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment (DDA) in video games, which creates optimized video game experiences for different types of players. Rather than offering player a passive DDA experience by analyzing incomplete in-game data, this thesis uses Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow theory and provides players with subconscious…

  • YouTube video-song stars Pomplamoose record a holiday song for Hyundai that is aired for metropolitan Denver dealerships thanksgiving night during CBS local news. I wonder if this is going to be a nationally repeated “local” spot.

  • The Creativity Crisis – Newsweek

    The Creativity Crisis – Newsweek Newsweek article that points to a recent study that claims that creativity within the US population has been in sharp decline since 1990. This is presented as alarming because: “A recent IBM poll of 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the No. 1 ‘leadership competency’ of the future.”

  • antzpantz: OFFICIAL TRON PAPERCRAFT!!! from http://family.go.com/disney/pkg-disney-printables/article-917791-tron-3d-light-cycle-t/

  • How Creative Are You? – Newsweek

    How Creative Are You? – Newsweek Newseek shares the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking in a Flash enabled form. The test is normally administered by a psychologist and ususally requires 90 minutes.

  • Automatypewriter The Automatypewriter is a typewriter that can type by itself… It can also detect what’s being typed on it. It can be used to send text to and/or receive text from a computer via USB. It was designed as a platform for playing interactive fiction games, in particular to play custom software being developed…