March 2010
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Derive
Exploring Toronto in a personal perspective - derive:  http://derive-sbrown.tumblr.com/
Mar 23rd
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February 2010
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Semester 2 see link: http://sambjbrown-progress.tumblr.com/post/404222280/tele-presence-documentation
Feb 22nd
January 2010
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Telepresence Art Summary @  http://sambjbrown-progress.tumblr.com/
Jan 11th
December 2009
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Final Project
D.Bouchard Final Project Link: http://singularblured.tumblr.com/
Dec 19th
An Essay the Revealing of Secrets
Dec 8th
November 2009
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Gallery Visit Assignment.
Stefanie Foire, Ryerson University Graduate  
Nov 25th
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MPM 35 Visualizations and Generative Processes
Week1 Interesting Links: House of Cards, Radiohead music video Hans Rosling (2006 TED Talk) Chris Jordan, statistical portraits (TED talk) Forever by Universal Everything at the V&A Museum Week2: Foundations Data Models, Visual Encoding, Design Principles Topic Links : NameVoyager Ayca Akin - Dear Diary Edward Tufte Jacques Bertin Colin Ware A good series of articles on Gestalt theory Bobby...
Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
Documentation
The following is the copy/pasted text that explains documentation guidelines from - http://imagearts.ryerson.ca/sdaniels/physcomp/documentation.html. I am posting this as reminder to fellow classmates but to myself that these are the expectations we should set for ourselves with regards to our projects. With finals sneaking up fast - I feel this is a heavy reminder for myself because once the rush...
Nov 17th
Design: Examples
Simon Page - Design, UK Kuler is a web-hosted application for generating color themes A film about printing: Jan Tschichold Laurie Shipley Blog Her Flickr Account: Fwis.com Book Covers -Fwis.com The Silent Giant Aesthetic Apparatus Video 1: Video 2: Toxil.com Typegoodness.com Evan Roth and His Typography Works Designboom.com Mocoloco.com ...
Nov 16th
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In Class Project - LED Sensor Board
DOCUMENTATION CONCEPT Prior to begin a project there is a research phase for what it is that you want to do and explore. This being the first time really going at and creating with the arduino, finding something new and interesting to develop was key. The concept found to be of most interest was the idea of using LEDs as sensors. Most forums explained how using LEDs in this way was not a well...
Nov 16th
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MPM 33 - Communication with Hybrid Enviroments
Sites to Look at: http://www.sketchpatch.net/ “sketchPatch allows people to play with programming in a easy and fun way. You can write your own programs and run them in the browser, share them, or collaborate with other people making new versions of their programs.” http://www.rhizome.org/tinysketch/ Tiny Sketch is an open challenge to artists and programmers to create the most...
Nov 15th
October 2009
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Research Blog1
Assignment: Write a short (250 words) post on your blog analyzing the project you chose, outlining what captured your interest in the piece, and how it relates to the material we’ve been covering in class so far. Results: (click on titles link to site) Procrastination Is…: Watching an Infographic Video Procrastination is the deferment of actions or tasks to a later time....
Oct 31st
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Final Project Proposal
Thinking Process/ CONCEPT When looking for inspiration on this project I turned inward this time. As a developing artist I feel now is the time I want my personal artistic voice to be developing more and in the end of this action, be heard. What is it I want to be said then and what will I choose to share in this moment? Undoubtably the place where you live and are experiencing in now, as well as...
Oct 29th
Oct 23rd
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Interactive Self Portrait
Sketching out ideas for project layout.. physical to digital idea. An attempt in flash… Final Project… Click HERE to go to Final Site Information Provided (in site as well - might be easier to read here) Description: The piece presented for my own self-portrait is a chronological order of old yearly photographed portraits taken, from birth to current day. What’s...
Oct 23rd
October Works
Oct 19 A key thing that was figured out in this engineering project was in the legs & the use of three. Talking Piano Festo Robotic Dj What we like about their projects: The playfulness, curiosity; Their motive: Look we have all this stuff and now lets do something really cool with it. Lets make… a penguin, a jelly fish, a dj. There’s a sense of humour in all their pieces...
Oct 19th
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Arduino
Because I grow weary I will only provide a few links. The following are some of the sites visited in the brainstorming process in our (Bryson & I) arduino project: bidirectional_led_sensing.html http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ledtouch/ http://www.thebox.myzen.co.uk/Workshop/LED_Sensing.html http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/LEDSensor I think this could be accomplished & when in one of the...
Oct 17th
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New Media Lecture Series 1
New Media Lecture Series Wednesday, October 7, 2009. 7:30 pm Ryerson University Library Building, Room LIB72 350 Victoria St Nils Roeller — Pure Means - Thinking Instruments and Magnetism in Artistic Production Pure Means - Thinking Instruments and Magnetism in Artistic Production Summarized (in e-mail) by Steve Daniels an Overview of Tonights Lecture: Nils Roeller is Professor of New...
Oct 7th
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Brainstorming 1- Interactive Self Portrait
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 4:30am Came up with an idea for interactive self-portrait that displays some sort of data. Studying the idea of auto/biographies recently, the idea as to what contents make up a person can be an interesting one to develop. The idea I came up with is based around the contents of the purses of women and the wallets of men. For example: Within my purse I have a green book(a...
Oct 6th
MPM34 Identify and Isolate a Sense: Nose
MPM 34: Cultural Theory & Research Studio Identify and Isolate a Sense: Nose Location: Dundas St. West The task at hand was to creatively represent and capture an isolated sense of a particular area. Our groups specific sense drawn was the ‘nose’ with a location of Dundas St. West. After walking the area numerous times and going over multiple ideas the final concept would be as...
Oct 1st
September 2009
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Video Tracking the Color Red
Things to keep in mind: The difficulties/issues of using a camera/video as a sensor? Issue examples like: calibrating? the environment? How does the code work? How does these specific cameras work that we are dealing with? Assignment: Using a video capturing devise have it track a specific colour, in this case the colour red. Code: // Source...
Sep 28th
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Assignment 1: Many Eyes
This assignment has two parts: Part 1 (4 points): pick a dataset on Many Eyes that already has at least one visualization and create a different visualization of that same data. Is your version better? Worse? Why? Write a short explanation In my opinion my visualization is a better representation when it comes to receiving the desired information that’s being presented. The information...
Sep 25th
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D.Green - Task 1
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:50am It would be this early/late when the ideas would start rolling in. Woke up at quarter after one and I have been mauling around and developing ideas/concepts all in the comfort of my bed. I’d wait until a reasonable hour to, at the very least, jot down some points but like dreams, ideas are always harder to remember when you wake up....
Sep 16th
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MPM 34 - Cultural Theory and Research Studio
Week 1 September 8 : Emergence and Participation: Key Concepts Readings: Mark Buchanan, Strange Connections and Week Ties Steven Johnson, Intro + The Myth of the Ant Queen Additional Perspectives: Toshiyuki Nakagaki slime mold maze August 2000 The small world networks CeaseFire: The Campaign to Stop the Shooting Week 2 September : Art Objects; Art Audiences, Art Experience Readings:...
Sep 15th