http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender A digest of blogs by alumni of NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:13:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went to Portobello Market today to check things out. It's a extensive open market along Portobello Road that is supposed to be an "antiques" market, but is more about touristy trinkets, fresh food and artisan crafts. I paid too much money for a gorgeous silver bracelet, but oh well. ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/06/portobello-market-and-more/ Lessons in Innovation from Spore | Blog | design mindI love the idea of "Plant seeds, not forests". Well put. 7 Out of 10 People who Own a DVR Say They Can’t Live Without It According to NDS SurveyPeople love love love their DVRs. Nokia To Debut Mobile Lifestreaming App - ReadWriteWebSounds ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/06/everydayux-morsels-september-1st-september-6th/ Here at Ars Electronica finding power is difficult, so we’ve managed to get everyone sharing a communal powerstrip (pictured). I guess this is part of the “New Cultural Economy” everyone here is talking about, etc… the cultural economy of power distribution. Today I spoke about free networks and public wifi, ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/06/ars-electronica-live/ Yummy Cupcake CardsNever too early for holiday cardsThe flower notecards make a comeback.Sweet! Shop is just about done. You may have noticed that there is a Scarves section now too. The next shop update will bring something new to your eyes.. mini-scarves! And plenty of more ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/06/shop-update-notecards/ Near Future Laboratory Top 15 Criteria That Define Interactive or New Media Art10. Your audience asks amongst themselves, "how does it work?" 9. The exhibition curators insist that you spend hours standing by your own wall text so that you can explain to attendees "how it works" The 50 greatest arts videos ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/06/links-from-friday-05-september-2008/ If you are at PodCamp Philly, be sure to say hi. On Sunday I’m going to do a session called “Building a Better Talk Show” about what I learned producing Jonny’s Par-tay and how you can use those lessons in producing your own live talk show. Not sure what time ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/05/seeya-at-podcamp-philly/ "Talented Content Producers who persist in sharing quality work on Associated Content rarely go unnoticed. Never has this been more evident than Valerie Michele Oliver's receipt of the 2007 "Superior Scriber Silver Medal" - an honor bestowed upon her for her article, CD Sales Based on Album Artwork, Cover Design. The ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/05/val-interviewed-on-associated-content-about-her-superior-music-scriber-award-sep-052008/ Who are some of the guests being planned for Creator's Parrot Channel? Listen to past interviews conducted with some of them by Val, get to know them, and start thinking about the questions you want to ask them here at BTR.Brian Burke: On Owning an Independent Movie TheaterBrian Burke returned ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/05/get-to-know-some-of-creators-parrot-planned-guests-sep-052008/ This year’s winner of Ars Electronica Prix under Interactive Art category is the Image Fulgurator. It’s a pretty cool project, once you understand what it is. It took me 3 or 4 times to go over the description: In principle, the Fulgurator can be used anywhere where there is ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/05/image-fulgurator-%e2%80%94-what/ Page three of ten. Mang pulls a quick one on the satyr and ‘yoinks’ his pan flute. While celebrating, he accidently stumbles over a resident Narnian. http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/05/archive-mang-issue-4-pg-3/ Today is the day for the big Stand Up To Cancer show, at 8pm EST and PST on NBC, ABC and CBS. This is a big day - the first day in the rest of our lives - in that we are making a commitment to rid this planet ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/05/stand-up-to-cancer-today/ Nothing like a new place for a new lease on life. GROWING continues to continue. view it now. http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/05/when-in-doubt-fly-away/ An interview with Maurizio Cattelan (2005)"I never purposely decide to create a scandal, to provoke. As I was telling you before, images sometimes manage to anticipate the future, and maybe that’s what scandalizes the public—not to recognize themselves in what they see. I’m not really interested in provocation. I am ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/05/links-from-thursday-04-september-2008/ via Jay Carney @ time-blog.com http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/05/presidential/ The FireEagle badge has been up for a week and I have users checking in from Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Moscow and Isle of Man. Oh also Iowa. Very cool. I’ve been using ZoneTag to update my personal FireEagle location, which I figured out has a ‘continuous ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/fire-eagle-badge-observations/ i had several topics for today’s post, everything from a review of labor day centered around the concept of reconnecting with old friends, to a play by play of last night’s first improv lesson, to a philosophical pondering of whether or not it’s ok to continue to live in your ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/quick-hits/ This sounds really fascinating: British artist Roger Hiorns covered everything in an old condemn flat with blue crystals: The walls and ceilings are covered in blue copper sulphate crystals, their rhomboid facets glinting in the gloom. Silvery shards of cold light spangle and wink and beckon. Every surface is furred and infested; ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/house-of-blue-crystals/ Daily Show: The Best F**king News Team Ever http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/daily-show-the-best-fking-news-team-ever/ My favorite facade on Queen West, originally uploaded by miserychick. http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/my-favorite-facade-on-queen-west/ Oh, did I mention I went to the DNC last weekend in Denver?  I flew in via LA (thx Julian!), figured I’d crash with Danny for a day or two to check out the Obama-themed street-arty party in Danny’s gallery space (Manifest Hope gallery) and then maybe try to scam ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/oh-did-i-mention-i-went-to-the-dnc-last-weekend-in-denver%c2%a0-i/ How much longer will we use the term “contemporary art”? I guess in the old sense the term “contemporary art” is already long gone. It is of course still used by the traditional art museums, magazines and commercial galleries. But this only means that it is used to protect a territory ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/art-that%e2%80%99s-old-stuff/ HC Gilje’s wind-up bird(s) is an environmental sound work installed in a forest in Lillehammer, Norway. It’s a flock of mechanical woodpeckers that communicate via XBee radios, spread out through the forest.  I love this line in the description: “Initial tests indicate an attraction: it took 15 minutes for a ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/the-wind-up-bird-project/ Carlo Longino of MobHappy has a quick post about a grill he saw at Lowe’s that came emblazoned with a 1-800 number providing the customer with a feature-by-feature voice walkthrough of the grill in question. While not the sexiest application of mobile technology, it’s nice to see companies getting hip ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/leveraging-the-mobile-phone-for-guided-in-store-product-tours/ Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Spore is coming to Europe & Japan on Friday, Sept 5th- two days later for North America. If  u can’t wait til then, download a version from EA Games, to activate on the 5th. (caveat: u gotta re-download and re-pay after six months.) http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/spore-tomorrow-best-day-eva/ A nicely made advertisement for Meetup http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/a-nicely-made-advertisement-for-meetup/ MultiTouch - Modular MultiTouch LCDwow. yes. a product to blew everybody else’s home-brew multitouch away. http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/links-from-wednesday-03-september-2008-2/ MultiTouch - Modular MultiTouch LCDwow. yes. a product to blew everybody else’s home-brew multitouch away. http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/04/links-from-wednesday-03-september-2008/ HERE WE GO . . . "I was glad to meet you at Musikfest, and later, thrilled with the wonderful job you did. You are an excellent writer, photographer, and interviewer all rolled into one: quite a combination."-- Ann Whipple, Publicist, Musikfest 2007"Thank you for your great interview. You did ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/03/val-gets-rave-reviews-for-interviews-writing-and-more-sep-042008/ Image via Wikipedia This may be a rant but read it for your own knowledge and good. I just took little time to read EULA of Google Chrome and I am boiling, not that I wasn't prepared, but the fact that people are going ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/03/wtf-wtf-wtf-google-chrome-wtf/     My eyes were sore, darting from one title to the next, quickly communicating to my mind the long list of literature I’d have to come back and explore on my next trip to the bookstore. The escalator carried me higher and toward deeper thought as to why I was ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/03/producer-vs-consumer-and-bookstores/ Check them out. http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/03/shop-update-wristwarmers/ A great little fashion blog called 17 Blocks from Barneys is now in print version. Kara, its editor, has decided to venture into the offline world and make a zine for all to enjoy. Being a New Yorker at heart and a fashionista, she does a great ... http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/03/17bfb-gladiator-edition-2/ Looks like Barack is kicking it in Lefton-town. My dad has been sending me a barrage of photos from a Kent State appearance. Neato. http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/03/fellow-liberal-arts-softy/ For the love…, originally uploaded by miserychick. Toronto Film Festival is here http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/03/for-the-love%e2%80%a6/ found on http://marcandvic.com/2008/08/31/snot-funny/ http://itp.nyu.edu/alumniblender/2008/09/03/snot-very-cleansing/