Monthly Archives: April 2007

After Effects Workshop v3.0

By jedypod | Published: 2007-04-30
This last Friday, I taught the third After Effects workshop that I have been a part of, for the benefit of a few students from the Mediaworks program. Myself having been in Mediaworks last year, and having attempted to put together a similar workshop for Mediaworks then, it was great to see all of the [...]
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Continuing Thoughts About Artificial Intelligence (SOS: Media – Week 2 Update)

By jedypod | Published: 2007-04-17
For the past couple of days, I have been getting reacquainted with all of the writing and notes and ideas I was engaged with during fall quarter for my Artificial Intelligence project. Involved in this process is the reading of the massive quantity of journaling that I did, and watching and reading some new research [...]
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Human-Computer Symbiosis and the Technology of Today

By jedypod | Published: 2007-04-10
J.C.R. Licklider’s March 1960 paper “Man-Computer Symbiosis” presents a cogent, logical, and perceptive discussion of conceptual and technical matters surrounding the term present in his title. His pontifications regarding the nature of man-computer symbiosis, how it differs from conventionally existent human-machine relationship dynamics, and possible effects on human functioning, are exemplary timeless, and remain of [...]
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SOS: Media – Spring Quarter Week 01

By jedypod | Published: 2007-04-06
I was just falling asleep a moment ago when I realized that I hadn’t written a blog post yet this week about my progress and activities for SOS: Media. I have a bit of a little exigetic thought process on this topic. It seems that all of my classes this quarter are melding into this [...]
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Maywa Denki

By jedypod | Published: 2007-04-04
Maywa Denki are a group of artists and engineers in Tokyo, Japan. They are known for their creation of absurdly creative “nonsense machines“, and other works of electromechanical devices which are gloriously surreal in their purpose and functioning. Here are some blog posts for further reading. The Nonsense Machines of Maywa Denki PopGadget – Maywa [...]
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