Archive for November, 2008
PComp Final– Preparation for laser cutting
I finally have a draft of my design for laser cutting, and I have an appointment at the AMS on Wednesday. After digging around and failing to find wood that seemed appropriate for the project, I’ve decided to prototype the screen with heavy paper. I’m excited (and a little nervous) to see how it will [...]
CommLab– Animation Assignment Storyboard
Lara and I made a quick storyboard for our animation project.
Click on the image to see the rest of the panels.
PComp Final– more progress
This week I’ve gotten help from lots of people. I met with Rory to talk about light sources, and he referred me to Bryan and Aly, who helped me figure out what kind of LED drivers to use in order to dim multiple LEDs in groups and pointed me to the Arduino library for the [...]
PComp Final– progress
Working on a such a personal project is pretty difficult, but it’s been totally worth it so far. After class the other day I was completely frustrated with my idea, convinced it was destined to be a failure, but a few of the comments I got in class were extremely helpful. Angela mentioned hearing the [...]
PComp Final– Possibilities
Possible input methods:
Mudra to acknowledge grief/acceptance/letting go– fingers touching either closes switch or uses fsr.
Sleeves touched closes switch– based on tendency to pull my sleeves down over my knuckles, especially if I’m sad or stressed out.
Necklace to tug on– just got a phone call from a friend, Patrick, who just returned from seeing Vi’s mom [...]
PComp Final– Inspiration
What I want it to feel like when you’re inside the hut (click on the images to view full size):
Library Research Tips DriveBy
Notes from the 11/06/08 DriveBy on Library Research are up on ITPedia.
PComp Final– more on mourning/grief
I’m starting to do some research on methods of mourning and dealing with grief in order to support my pcomp midterm. An article on mourning by Therese Rando in the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying is helpful in understanding psychological approaches to mourning, particularly since it contradicts the the common notion that the grief [...]
PComp Final– Grief/Mourning Brain Dump
Lately I’ve been sort of preoccupied with grief and mourning. One of my closest friends died in a car accident last February, and I find myself battling waves of grief at the oddest moments– walking through Washington Square Park, riding the subway, sitting at my desk at work, or trying to focus in class. Because [...]
ICM Final Project
For the ICM final I’m going to continue work on my midterm project. My goal is to create an information visualization that uses the accrual of objects to illustrate data that’s expressed along the lines of “every 5 seconds…”
A few links to keep in mind…
Breathing Earth
Worldometers
… every second
Running the Numbers (photography by Chris Jordan)
Comm Lab– Usual Relevance
For the next few weeks we’re working in groups of four to create short videos. I’m working with Derek Chung, Martin Ceperley, and Hidekazu Furuya. We had a choice of two randomly generated phrases. We picked “usual relevance” over “presidential jury.” Derek did the drawings for our storyboard below.