For this ICM assignment, I tried to incorporate a bunch of the concepts that have come up in class recently and also some Nature of Code stuff that I really wanted to wrap my head around. These include ArrayList, Polymorphism, Inheritance, Perlin Noise, Particle Systems, oscillation and physics simulation. I messed around with the physics […]
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For Music Hack Day NYC, I joined forces with @KrishnaDrum to make ccRex. Upload a song and ccRex fetches Creative Commons music to match. It was mostly written with PHP, using what little I’ve learned in CommLab Web. I should have used JavaScript to add feedback and maybe even an animation of Rex the dog […]
I scored 19 on my Color Test, which isn’t perfect but hey, it’s not so bad. Actually it’s great! I had always thought I was color blind because I took a test at the doctor once where I was supposed to say which was the letter L was pointing, and I didn’t see the letter, […]
source code live demo I lead music & radio workshops for kids in 2nd-8th grade. We don’t have the budget for a heavy-duty audio editor, so we’ve been using Audacity. Audacity is free and open source, but it is not the most intuitive program for anyone, let alone for kids who have never worked […]
In Sketching User Experience: The Workbook, Bill Buxton distinguishes between “getting the right design” (generating ideas and choosing the best) and getting the design right (refining that idea). Both are essential parts of the design process, both are iterative, and both involve sketching. For example, he advocates for the “10 plus 10” approach: first sketch ten […]
In some circles, the Peavey logo has a bit of an uncouth reputation (like the brand itself, it is controversial), but I think their logo is perfect for what it represents. Peavey is best known for making cheap but durable rock amplifiers with buzzsaw overdrive. Their logo is jagged, it screams “rock ‘n roll” (I think there’s […]
A simple audio editor that works in the browser. Audience: 2nd-8th graders in an afterschool workshop. I’m interested in designing (and ideally building some kind of technology) that supports this curriculum: Explore timbre. One exercise could have us draw shapes that we turn into sounds, inspired by Daphne Oram’s ‘Oramics.’ I know of a Max/MSP patch […]
I pictured ITP’s logo as having a digital feel, but also round and human, maybe like fingers. Perhaps at an angle. So I started looking for rounded fonts and found VAG Rounded which looked exactly like what I was picturing. It wasn’t free, so I found BPreplay which was just as perfect. Earlier […]
For CommLab Web, we were asked to describe the current weather using the Open Weather Map, and I made this. If I were to keep going with it, I’d incorporate music and/or animations instead of (or in addition to?) the image.
I have a few web projects in mind and I can’t decide which one to focus on… 1. In-Browser Audio Editor part 1: upload an audio file and view waveform data in browser I think there is a great need for a simple online audio editor. I have been looking at SoX and I think […]