the talk was given by 2 students who left college in Brighton a year and half ago can't remember their names of the top of head to be honest.
the lads who i would describe as "bloody chancers."
fair play to them though for 2 lads dipping and diving scavenging work their doing fairly well.
they basically talk about their previous work nothing massively interesting.
they describe themselves and a creative agency.
the most interesting thing they set up was a website called "its nice that."
this is a place where designers upload work and they basically choose who would be appropriate for the contracts they get offered.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Back again
due to the un-timely death of my laptop i haven't wrote anything up here in ages.
my interactivity projects has become dodgy because of this but i am going to present my idea to show how it would have worked instead of it actually working.
i had major difficulty in deciphering processing to programme a distance sensor.
i hope in the future i will get my head around it or else maybe team up with someone with the knowledge of physical computing to help my ideas grow with a bit of substance.
also my dissertation has come un-clear in my mind. i don't know if i will carry on with researching the golden mean or Fibonacci sequence.
because of what i want to get involved in the art installations i think maybe researching an essay around this theme would be more beneficial but only time will tell.
my interactivity projects has become dodgy because of this but i am going to present my idea to show how it would have worked instead of it actually working.
i had major difficulty in deciphering processing to programme a distance sensor.
i hope in the future i will get my head around it or else maybe team up with someone with the knowledge of physical computing to help my ideas grow with a bit of substance.
also my dissertation has come un-clear in my mind. i don't know if i will carry on with researching the golden mean or Fibonacci sequence.
because of what i want to get involved in the art installations i think maybe researching an essay around this theme would be more beneficial but only time will tell.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
interactive proj advance
well as i mention earlier my project but i think I'm going to take a different approach to it methinks.
everything i have done previous to this i began thinking visuals and let the sound follow.
i think I'm gonna try a different approach.
i have been brainstorming visuals but i have lots of ideas but.......................
i have decided from looking at the music videos from the people in Brighton made can't remember now but i will make the sound firstly and use audio controllers in 3DS Max to animate the abstract visuals.
everything i have done previous to this i began thinking visuals and let the sound follow.
i think I'm gonna try a different approach.
i have been brainstorming visuals but i have lots of ideas but.......................
i have decided from looking at the music videos from the people in Brighton made can't remember now but i will make the sound firstly and use audio controllers in 3DS Max to animate the abstract visuals.
linden lab talk
yesterday myself and gearoid attended a talk on computer development from a person working in linden labs.
there was no actual discussion of second life which i was surprised about but she was discussing the employment process of computer game based design.
it was very relevant to anybody looking for a career in some kind of digital media.
for anybody that wasn't there i will just mention the valuable points made.
some were obvious others were not.
interviews does and dont's
do not
1.ask about wages on first interview because it will come across that your driven by money.
2.try to out smart interviewer if if they are wrong but correct and be polite about.
3.apply for a job if you only meet 50% of the criteria that is mentioned,aim for 75% and give it a go.
4.do not poor with an essay of your interests
do
1.dress smartly
2.have a nicely spell checked C.V.
3.be friendly ask questions
4.research company and basic history.
5.ask about promotions to show that you would like to stay with the company for a long time.
6.bring illustrations ETC printed out in portfolio but do not show unless asked in interview.
7.put all relevant work experience on c.v.
8.write a cover letter for your c.v. personalised for the company telling them briefly about yourself.
she also mentioned that it is hard to get work in any media industry it could take a long time to find a job to stick with it.
plus it could take a long time after uni to figure which area you would like to get into.
this is basically what i can remember
if you have any questions I'll elaborate if you ask
there was no actual discussion of second life which i was surprised about but she was discussing the employment process of computer game based design.
it was very relevant to anybody looking for a career in some kind of digital media.
for anybody that wasn't there i will just mention the valuable points made.
some were obvious others were not.
interviews does and dont's
do not
1.ask about wages on first interview because it will come across that your driven by money.
2.try to out smart interviewer if if they are wrong but correct and be polite about.
3.apply for a job if you only meet 50% of the criteria that is mentioned,aim for 75% and give it a go.
4.do not poor with an essay of your interests
do
1.dress smartly
2.have a nicely spell checked C.V.
3.be friendly ask questions
4.research company and basic history.
5.ask about promotions to show that you would like to stay with the company for a long time.
6.bring illustrations ETC printed out in portfolio but do not show unless asked in interview.
7.put all relevant work experience on c.v.
8.write a cover letter for your c.v. personalised for the company telling them briefly about yourself.
she also mentioned that it is hard to get work in any media industry it could take a long time to find a job to stick with it.
plus it could take a long time after uni to figure which area you would like to get into.
this is basically what i can remember
if you have any questions I'll elaborate if you ask
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
interactive design
I've decided to go with and interactive installation dealing with sleep paralysis.
"Sleep paralysis is a common condition characterized by transient partial or total paralysis of skeletal muscles and areflexia that occurs upon awakening from sleep or less often while falling asleep. Stimuli such as touch or sound may terminate the episode, which usually has a duration of seconds to minutes. This condition may occur in normal subjects or be associated with narcolepsy, cataplexy, and hypnagogic hallucinations. The pathophysiology of this condition is closely related to the normal hypotonia that occur during REM sleep.[1] When considered to be a disease, isolated sleep paralysis is classified as MeSH D020188."
"Sleep paralysis is a common condition characterized by transient partial or total paralysis of skeletal muscles and areflexia that occurs upon awakening from sleep or less often while falling asleep. Stimuli such as touch or sound may terminate the episode, which usually has a duration of seconds to minutes. This condition may occur in normal subjects or be associated with narcolepsy, cataplexy, and hypnagogic hallucinations. The pathophysiology of this condition is closely related to the normal hypotonia that occur during REM sleep.[1] When considered to be a disease, isolated sleep paralysis is classified as MeSH D020188."
wikipedia
i will try create or mimic the imagery and sounds that SP induces. the projector will be set up in a room with a distance sensor.there will be 5 different hot spots when stood will play7 a sequence of different music and images.
when the person walks in the door it will be off but when they hit the first hot spot it will set off,at first it will be over powering but as they walk closer to the projector the sounds and images will calm.
this is the basic start i will use a collection of different imagery ,some real life of person in a bed but it will be mostly abstract.
i will create all the sound from scratch basically collecting raw sounds with and mini disc and a mic and editing it in pro tools.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Conclusion on Futures Designs
At first I was very sceptical with this project. My narrow mindedness questioned it.
“How can students in six weeks come up with a future design and technology when there are people sitting in rooms brainstorming to come up with ideas like this.”
How I was sadly wrong.
In the mere 6 weeks I feel I have stumbled upon two or three ideas in my subconsciousness which are commercially viable and in the future, they would be squeezed into a niche market and help change or simplify people’s needs and life.
In such a large community- the world, with some many interests and hobbies and problems in the world I think everyone has an opportunity if they put their mind to it to be a visionary and creative thinker.
In the mist of this project and all the research it opened up a world I was not in touch with the advances in technologies are outstanding. From using brain frequencies for controlling robotic limbs to micro chipped medicine releasing drugs into your system.
The question with this, where is it going to take us?
In the next hundred years if we have the advances of technologies like the last hundred, will we even have to leave our houses to experience “life.” Will holidays consist of putting on virtual goggles and other senses generators to experience for instance swimming in the Great Barrier Reef? A projector to stimulate your skin, to feel the water and 3D holograms of the ocean and the ingredients of the sea.
In the art of artefacts, Latour says “Reality is only present by virtue of the relations human beings have with it.”
Will our ethnomethodolgy insights be distorted by change, to the extent of our everyday perception of life will it be lost in future generations to a new glossy textured bubbled rounded life or on the other hand a much grittier spin off of a Terry Gilliam film. A new wave of useless machines to help you with the most basic tasks in the scene, like in Modern Times.
I can imagine the ad “sick of having to move your hands while you eat!? Then you need Pseudo Eater 3000.”
To be honest considering 2/3 of America are over weight it would properly sell, that’s the sad reality we have come to.
Will we become slaves to technology?
Will people become so attached to computers they will have formal burials of their hard drives?
Can we not safely say that the computers will become more intelligent than us?
Due to computers and robots being able to reproduce quicker than us, is it possible these science fiction films actually a feasible storylines in years to come?
Firstly I think to some degree we are slaves to technology as it is and I can really see people become becoming very emotional about their technology and having to reach out for psychiatric help in years to come with the loss of a loved one(laptop!).
As for robots taking over earth I doubt it but if you asked someone about photography or the internet and explained the idea three hundred years ago, you would have been called mad or in some areas burnt at the stake. I don’t think you can rule anything out in this age especially humans’ creativity and wisdom.
Marshall Mc Luhan said in the Medium is the Message
“When the circuit learns your job, what are you going to do?”
Will eventually computers start doing our mundane jobs and push people out of employment, take for instance truck drivers, with the advances nowadays it is very possible to run the trucks with co-ordinated GPS systems thus sending all delivery drivers to the nearest unemployment line.
It is worryingly possible.
I never truly gave thought to the future in general, besides from year at a time. I’ve opened up a door of a new wave interests and the door has fallen of the hinge. If you asked me three months ago would I would be reading Science and Technology magazines on my own time for enjoyment I would have laughed. For this alone I think this was an interesting and enjoyable project not to mention I have a very commercial viable idea, I intent follow it up and see do I have the means, knowledge and organisation to get this flowing. I feel that people would actually use Music for the Masses. According to the survey there are so many hours where people are playing on their own and this should be tapped into.
“How can students in six weeks come up with a future design and technology when there are people sitting in rooms brainstorming to come up with ideas like this.”
How I was sadly wrong.
In the mere 6 weeks I feel I have stumbled upon two or three ideas in my subconsciousness which are commercially viable and in the future, they would be squeezed into a niche market and help change or simplify people’s needs and life.
In such a large community- the world, with some many interests and hobbies and problems in the world I think everyone has an opportunity if they put their mind to it to be a visionary and creative thinker.
In the mist of this project and all the research it opened up a world I was not in touch with the advances in technologies are outstanding. From using brain frequencies for controlling robotic limbs to micro chipped medicine releasing drugs into your system.
The question with this, where is it going to take us?
In the next hundred years if we have the advances of technologies like the last hundred, will we even have to leave our houses to experience “life.” Will holidays consist of putting on virtual goggles and other senses generators to experience for instance swimming in the Great Barrier Reef? A projector to stimulate your skin, to feel the water and 3D holograms of the ocean and the ingredients of the sea.
In the art of artefacts, Latour says “Reality is only present by virtue of the relations human beings have with it.”
Will our ethnomethodolgy insights be distorted by change, to the extent of our everyday perception of life will it be lost in future generations to a new glossy textured bubbled rounded life or on the other hand a much grittier spin off of a Terry Gilliam film. A new wave of useless machines to help you with the most basic tasks in the scene, like in Modern Times.
I can imagine the ad “sick of having to move your hands while you eat!? Then you need Pseudo Eater 3000.”
To be honest considering 2/3 of America are over weight it would properly sell, that’s the sad reality we have come to.
Will we become slaves to technology?
Will people become so attached to computers they will have formal burials of their hard drives?
Can we not safely say that the computers will become more intelligent than us?
Due to computers and robots being able to reproduce quicker than us, is it possible these science fiction films actually a feasible storylines in years to come?
Firstly I think to some degree we are slaves to technology as it is and I can really see people become becoming very emotional about their technology and having to reach out for psychiatric help in years to come with the loss of a loved one(laptop!).
As for robots taking over earth I doubt it but if you asked someone about photography or the internet and explained the idea three hundred years ago, you would have been called mad or in some areas burnt at the stake. I don’t think you can rule anything out in this age especially humans’ creativity and wisdom.
Marshall Mc Luhan said in the Medium is the Message
“When the circuit learns your job, what are you going to do?”
Will eventually computers start doing our mundane jobs and push people out of employment, take for instance truck drivers, with the advances nowadays it is very possible to run the trucks with co-ordinated GPS systems thus sending all delivery drivers to the nearest unemployment line.
It is worryingly possible.
I never truly gave thought to the future in general, besides from year at a time. I’ve opened up a door of a new wave interests and the door has fallen of the hinge. If you asked me three months ago would I would be reading Science and Technology magazines on my own time for enjoyment I would have laughed. For this alone I think this was an interesting and enjoyable project not to mention I have a very commercial viable idea, I intent follow it up and see do I have the means, knowledge and organisation to get this flowing. I feel that people would actually use Music for the Masses. According to the survey there are so many hours where people are playing on their own and this should be tapped into.
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