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April 30, 2004
Electronic Citations, from the Columbia Guide to Online Style
About the Columbia Guide to Online Style
A reference for standard bibliographic references can be found at: Writers' Workshop at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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April 28, 2004
The internet will kill television news?
Internet will kill of Television News - an essay
Very interesting essay. For my views on this topic checkout Interactive Tele-Journalism.
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April 26, 2004
mini GNU/Linux distro for the Via EPIA boards
freepia
Yea! Now I will have something to do with my M-10000 once my thesis is done ;-)
From the site:
Freepia is a small GNU/Linux distribution designed to run on Via Epia-M Mainboards. It currently runs on the M-9000 and M-10000 (ezra and nehemiah cpu) but with some modifications like kernel and X11 modules it should run on others too. (if someone has get it running on other Epia¥s let me know). The main motivation behind this project is to build a full featured, low noise media box to play movies/mp3s/images etc. For this it uses freevo but in the future there maybe support for others like mythtv or vdr.
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Cloning NT
ReactOS - Home
From the site:
ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers.
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April 25, 2004
Does Television have a future..
The Future of Television
Of course it does... Dave Lennie has an interesting blog: "television will be very different in just 5 years"
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Ambient chandeliers!
Yahoo! News - Chandeliers shaken by crystal SMSs
From the article:
"It's time to shake up the industry. There are too many chandeliers around with no life and soul -- just expensive cookie-cutter designs," said Nadja Swarovski, grand-daughter of the company's founder and vice president of communications.
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A snippet of what is to come for Forbes readers..
Yahoo! News - Is TV Next?
They say that the internet is a "problem" for TV.. Hmmn, I would welcome a bit of a shake up, perhaps only those companies willing to embrace the technology and social power of the internet will survive. Wouldn't that be nice..
From the article:
The problem is, the Internet is one big dumb pipe. It doesn't know or care whether it is carrying a Web page, a phone call or a sitcom. It's a pipe, in other words, perfectly designed for whacking established industries over the head.
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YASNS Meta List
YASNS Meta List - The Social Software Weblog - socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com
The Yet Another Social Networking Service list.
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Will Windows Media on DVD spell the end of MPEG-4
Streamingmedia.com: Commentary: MPEG-4 is Dead
While the DVD Forum adoption seems big, I don't think that this one win for WM will mean the death of MPEG-4. In any case, the argument given in this article is interesting.
From the article:
Given the adoption of Microsoft's Windows Media Video 9 by the DVD Forum, there's increasing reason to believe, to paraphrase an old Southern expression, that the MPEG-4 dog just won't hunt. It hasn't yet and probably never will, at least in any serious commercial way.
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Real encoding on OS X
Streaming Media, Inc.
Nothing for live streaming as far as I can tell but a step in the right direction. It has been a couple of years for Real on the Mac (not including third party encoding solutions such as Cleaner).
From the article:
RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), today unveiled a beta version of its new Real 10 Export Plug-in for Mac OS X. The Real 10 Export Plug-in enables video editors for the first time to export high-quality RealAudio 10 and RealVideo 10 formats directly from Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Avid Xpress Pro and more. Support for additional applications, including Adobe Premiere and Discreet Cleaner is expected this summer.
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Air America really streams
RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter
Air America broke a couple of records for concurrent streams on it's first day out of the gate. The article mentions some interesting metrics for internet radio.
RealNetworks said that it delivered 50,000 concurrent streams on the network's first day of broadcasting (March 31), which the company says makes it the highest-ever usage of the Real Broadcast Network for a "non-breaking news service."
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April 24, 2004
Portrait of Bush made of soldiers killed in Iraq
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Mobile phone app for urban community connections
Jabberwocky
Liz Goodman, an ITP alum worked on this project while working at the Intel Research Berkeley lab.
From the description:
Jabberwocky is a freely available mobile phone application designed to promote urban community connections and a sense of familiarity, anxiety, and play in public urban places.
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Java Stored Procedures, Step by Step
Oracle and Java Stored Procedures
Ever wanted to run Oracle stored procedures in Java. This article shows you how.
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Blind users can see with a camera and laptop
Wright State University Communications and Marketing
No not really, but this is an interesting project. From the article:
Tyflos, the Greek word for blind, is the name of the portable, wearable device Bourbakis has developed. The partnering project at ASU is called iLearn. A tiny camera is mounted to glasses and connected by a thin wire to a modified lap-top computer the individual carries on his or her back. The Tyflos system operates by identifying the images "seen" by the camera and converting this to audio information the subject hears from small wires connected from the backpack to the ear. A small microphone is attached for receiving commands or requests from the user.
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Apple shows new H.264 codec at NAB
Apple demos new high-quality video codec at NAB
From the article:
In addition to the five product announcements made on Sunday and the upgrades to the notebook product line-up on Monday, Apple Computer Inc. still had a surprise for people visiting their booth at this week's National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas, NV. Apple demonstrated at its booth an advanced HD video codec, dubbed H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10 by the ISO governing body.
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April 17, 2004
Simple volume operated recording
Pandaa makes a simple audio recording application that allows for scheduling and volume operated recording (VOX). Freeware..
Thanks to Evan for the link.
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April 14, 2004
Cell phones supporting interactive FM radio
Nokia, HP 'Visualize' Mobile Radio
Nokia is apparently making a couple of handsets that are capable of receiving FM broadcasts and synchronizing visuals and other media elements. Very interesting...
From the article:
"The FM radio capabilities are based on standard tuners embedded in the handset. The Visual Radio service picks up a user's location over GPRS and is able to pinpoint which radio stations are in the area," Reidar Wasenius, Nokia senior project manager told internetnews.com.
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RsyncX - rsync for MacOS X
macosxlabs.org - Documentation
Not that the original doesn't work, this just adds a GUI and better support for the filesystem. Oh, yeah, rsync is a nice backup and synchronization utility.
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April 13, 2004
Java based open source streaming server for Ogg
JRoar -- Pure Java Streaming Server for Ogg
From the site:
JRoar is a streaming server for Ogg in pure Java
JRoar casts live Ogg streams to Ogg Vorbis players as IceCast2 does and shouts live Ogg streams to IceCast2 and JRoar(, but JRoar does not support encoding/re-encoding). JRoar also accepts live Ogg streams from IceS. The uniqueness of JRoar is that JRoar works as a proxy for live Ogg streams and enables you to share single stream with others. Of course, its characteristic property is that it is in pure Java. JRoar can be easily deployed and in fact, it can run on the built-in JVM of IE
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April 11, 2004
Pro bono lawyers for artists
VLA Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
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April 09, 2004
re-work, re-tell and release..
Video
I feel like this is something like bringing the oral storytelling tradition to modern media. It allows for change, critique and so forth.
From the site:
Wizard People, Dear Reader is an unauthorized re-envisioning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Ston, by Brad Neely. To experience it, viewers need to get a copy of the first Harry Potter movie and watch it with the sound off, replacing Neely's narration with the original soundtrack.
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Open Source USB IO Box
mamalala.de - USB multI/O
Check it out..
Thanks to Hans for the link.
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April 08, 2004
Bruce Sterling gives us a bit of doom and gloom on the future of the Earth
Wired 12.04: VIEW
We need to wake up..
He concludes with:
In a brief 50 years, Mother Earth will be disrupting human enterprises faster than we can rebuild them. Earth will be bankrupt and no longer a viable commercial concern. What will life be like then? Well, nobody knows.
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Not just any old eyeball anymore
MSNBC - Eyeball jewelry a new Dutch fashion trend
From the article:
Body piercing and tattoos make way. The latest fashion trend to hit the Netherlands is eyeball jewelry.
Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewelry called "JewelEye" in the mucous membrane of the eyes of six women and one man in cosmetic surgery pioneered by an ophthalmic surgery research and development institute in Rotterdam.
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Craig Reynolds paper on steering behaviors
Steering Behaviors For Autonomous Characters
Craig Reynolds of Boids fame give some of his animation insight.
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April 07, 2004
The math of animation
Animation Math in Lingo - Tutorial & Demos in Director
Pretty nice tutorial site for animation, includes topics such as vectors, forces, gravity, friction, springs, mass, sine and cosine, collision and more.
Don't be put off by the fact that it is in Lingo either, all the code is clear and well commented as is the text.
From the site:
This is a guide to programming animation with Director's Lingo. It's a series that progresses in textbook fashion from simple to advanced animation programming. The three types of generating animation covered are incremental, parametric, and recorded. In addition there are some sections on important topics like model/display separation, object-oriented programming, and 3D concepts.
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Java gets blue in the tooth
www.JavaBluetooth.org
Thanks to Mike for the pointer.
From the site:
The JavaBluetooth Stack is a 100% (no native) Java implementation of the Bluetooth Specifications Version 1.1. It currently supports HCI, L2CAP and SDP. Support for RFCOMM, TCS, and SCO, as well as implementations of specific Bluetooth Profiles such as the Handsfree-Profile and the Generic Audio/Video Distribution Profiles are planned.
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What else can you do with that iSight?
MacDevCenter.com: More iSight Video Tricks [Sep. 23, 2003]
Good article exploring some nice Quicktime based software which works well with the iSight.
Interesting to note that the iSight is an IIDC camera and therefore it will work with a wide variety of software that supports IIDC. One example that comes to mind is Coriander for Linux.
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There is always more to the story
FactCheck.org
Taxing Social Security & Gasoline: Bush Attack Lacks Context
Political ads are like statistics, the facts can be used for whatever you want with the right spin. Here is an example of how Bush is using facts against Kerry in a well, let's just say a not completely honest way.
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Package all those nice *nix utilities for MacOS X
freshmeat.net: Project details for Fink
The Fink project wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X. It modifies Unix software so that it compiles and runs on Mac OS X and makes it available for download as a coherent distribution.
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Real, no longer evil..?
Russell Beattie Notebook
Russell makes some good points about how Real is starting to change it's game. Here is an interesting snippet:
But check it out! Funnily enough, in addition to 3GP support, Real has added TiVo-like cacheing to the new player as well! I was listening to KQED at work today, and I paused the station while I did something else, and when I came back and hit play, I expected Real to re-buffer as normal and grab the latest from the stream. But nope, it had been cacheing the stream the entire time and I was able to go back and forth through the recorded audio and didn't miss a thing. VERY COOL.
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The World Guide to Vegetarianism - NY Edition
VegEats! - Vegetarian/Vegan Foods and Restaurants Guide
The 20 parts of this guide contain a world list of vegetarian and vegetarian-friendly restaurants, stores, organizations, services, etc
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Now THESE are TV's
transvision
Chekout the Flash version of this site as well: http://www.transvision.us/
From the site:
Transvision's intent is to change you're relationship with what you are seeing rather than simply mindlessly relaying information. Each of the fully functional televisions proffers new prototypes for watching and reconceptualizing our ideas about television. These new schemes of interface problematize the act of watching TV by imbedding interaction into a medium traditionally resolved to the goal of complacency. The individual transformations in Transvision expose the power of the mediating object, reanimating both the content and the viewer while cutting through the static and stasis of media. Whatever you do, don't sit back and relax.
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Crazy networked and responsive environment
RIPLfield info
From the description:
... it consists of light and soundscapes which respond to the actions of people in the environment and remote data from a second environment in new york city. the project is a collaboration between students and instructors at the technical university of berlin and parsons school of design in new york.
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Interesting wearable art exhibition in Boston
Art Interactive: Pattern Langage | Clothing as Communicator
High-tech, fashion art...
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Software tools for reverse engineering, disassembling, cracking and more.
tools.htm , THE tools page at fravia's!
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Script your video compositing and other processing
iMagine Video
From the site:
A powerful image processing tool for AppleScript that uses Apple's Quicktime, Quickdraw and Quartz technologies.
iMagine Video is a compositing tool for images, movie frames, shapes and text for AppleScript. iMagine Video provides comprehensive exif and IPTC support for image files and comes with example scripts and AppleScript droplets for the typical image file processing of scaling, cropping and rotating.
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A peek inside the Google datacenters
Topix.net Weblog: The Secret Source of Google's Power
From the entry:
Google has taken the last 10 years of systems software research out of university labs, and built their own proprietary, production quality system. What is this platform that Google is building? It's a distributed computing platform that can manage web-scale datasets on 100,000 node server clusters. It includes a petabyte, distributed, fault tolerant filesystem, distributed RPC code, probably network shared memory and process migration. And a datacenter management system which lets a handful of ops engineers effectively run 100,000 servers. Any of these projects could be the sole focus of a startup.
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Webcams go mobile
EarthCam Mobile - Webcam Service for Mobile Phones - MyCam
The clearinghouse for webcams has a mobile service. I am still waiting for the mobile to mobile service and software but this is a start.
From the site:
EarthCam, the leading network of live webcams, is now available on any web-enabled mobile device.
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Tracking the tools that decentralize the media.
unmediated
It's a group blog that I am particpiating in.. Turning out to be a great resource for tracking the next generation media tools and technology.
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The other one...
Intro to the NetBeans IDE
The foundation for Sun's development environment (Sun ONE Studio or something to that effect) is NetBeans (formerly known as Forte for Java) an Open Source development environment focused on Java.
Here is what they say:
The NetBeans IDE is a development environment - a tool for programmers to write, compile, debug and deploy programs. It is written in Java - but can support any programming language. It is a free product with no restrictions on how it can be used.
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April 06, 2004
In case you didn't know..
eclipse project FAQ
Eclipse is the open source IDE that has been taking the world by storm well not really but it is highly thought of and becoming very well rounded (I am told).
Here is what they say in the FAQ:
The Eclipse Platform is an open extensible IDE for anything and yet nothing in particular. The Eclipse Platform provides building blocks and a foundation for constructing and running integrated software-development tools. The Eclipse Platform allows tool builders to independently develop tools that integrate with other people's tools so seamlessly you can't tell where one tool ends and another starts.
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Open Source QuickTime for Objective C effort
SourceForge.net: Project Info - QTKit
From the site:
Tired of waiting for Apple to really support QuickTime in Cocoa? QTKit is a project by and for Cocoa developers to provide full access to QuickTime from ObjC.
Somewhat similar to a project that I am involved in, OpenQTJ. In response to Apple's lame current QuickTime for Java build. Oh yeah, visit https://openqtj.dev.java.net/ for more.
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April 04, 2004
A new phone platform (based on Java)
SavaJe - Company
From the site:
SavaJe OS is an operating system and applications platform for mobile phones and wireless devices. Key design goals for the platform are:
ï A universal, open platform for mobile phones
ï The optimal platform for running Java applications
ï Provide complete security for resident, distributed and downloaded applications
ï Enable a deep and richly customizable user interface and allow application branding by OEM and/or operator
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Alternatives to Real, QuickTime and much more
Final Builds Site
From the site:
The K-Lite Mega Codec Pack includes the K-Lite Codec Pack Full, QuickTime Alternative, Real Alternative and BSplayer.
Features:
- K-Lite Codec Pack 2.25 Full
- QuickTime Alternative 1.32
- Real Alternative 1.22
- BSplayer 1.00.807
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Better touching
Raging Menace - SideTrack
From the site:
SideTrack is a replacement driver for the trackpad (touchpad) found on Apple PowerBooks and iBooks. It brings many of the advanced trackpad features found on Windows laptops to MacOS X.
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Adam Wilt's DV - FAQ and more
The DV, DVCAM, & DVCPRO Formats -- tech details, FAQ, and links.
He has created a nice online non-commercial resource for everything DV. Plenty of technical information.
From the site:
I got tired of answering the same old questions over and over again. By putting 'em all on the web, I can say "just go read my FAQ"
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April 03, 2004
Streaming MPEG-4 w/Linux
Streaming MPEG-4 with Linux
Nice article full of tips for FFMPEG and MPEG4IP on Linux.
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Azureus is a java bittorrent client
Azureus : Java BitTorrent Client
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The labels are the real pirates
salon :: :: tech :: feature :: Courtney Love does the math, By Courtney Love :: Page 1
This is a bit old but as Dave Winer says, it is as relevant now as it was the day she said it.
From the article:
The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs."
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April 02, 2004
Wearable light jewelry
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Transmission arts organization
free103point9: transmission arts
From the site:
free103point9 is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media arts organization focused on establishing and cultivating the genre Transmission Arts by promoting artists who explore ideas around transmission as a medium for creative expression including investigations in AM and FM radio, Citizen's Band, walkie-talkie, generative sound, and other broad and microcasting technologies. free103point9 serves diverse public audiences through programs including an online radio station, a distribution label, a performance/exhibition/transmission series, an education initiative, and a preservation program.
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Early Bicycle Transmitter
Here is what might have been the first bicycle transmitter
From the site:
Here is what might have been the first bicycle transmitter, a "breadboard" model I built in 1938.† I am shown "tuning up"†the rig, with two†grade school friends looking on.¬† I used a type 30 oscillator, another 30 for the modulator, and two 45 volt "B" batteries in series. The antenna was my fishing rod.
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FM Broadcasting from your computer
All about FM radio - Schematics, KITs, FM transmitters, digital transmitters and RDS encoders from PCS Electronics
From the site:
PCI MAX 2004 is a computer card that will change the way you listen to your MP3's or other audio via PC. It will effectively change your PC into a FM radio station. You will be able to play your audio files (CD, wav, MP3, real audio etc.) from your PC through radio waves directly to your household radio receiver in the next room, in the living room, across your yard, in whole block of flats....or for the entire village/small city. I repeat, you need just an ordinary radio receiver to receive your signal. The included software (also available at the link below for a quick DL) lets you set the frequency and the output power. You can either service your living room, garden or an entire community. Get rid of these pesky cables!
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April 01, 2004
Packaging Java apps for MacOS X
Bringing your Java Application to Mac OS X
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Sharp to release a new Linux PDA
Sharp launches "Enterprise" Zaurus to boldly go... anywhere
From the article:
Sharp plans to ship its Linux-based Zaurus SL-6000 PDA early in 2004, supported by IBM middleware and Sprint wireless services for connecting with enterprise apps from most anywhere. Sharp's new 640x480 high-brightness VGA display tops the list of hardware enhancements, along with "laptop-like" performance and a ruggedized case.
Includes 64mb flash memory, 400mhz xscale, 802.11 wireless networking, linux, java and more..
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DIY Steadycam
$14 Steadycam
From the site:
Why build a cheap steadycam?
Steadycams (or camera stabilizers) are attachtments used to capture smooth looking video even when the camera and camera operator are in motion. The camera operator may walk (or even jog), move through tight hallways and doorways, and even climb up and down stairs without shaking the camera. Unfortunately, professional steadycams cost around $1500. Even the cheap 3rd party ones cost $600 . Not exactly a bargain considering many of us use cameras in that price range. So, I decided to make my own version. It turns out, it only costs $14. Not too bad. And I'll show you how to build your own right here (or you may simply buy one from me). Whether you are an aspiring filmmaker, a videographer, the family documentarian, or just want more utility out of your video camera, you'll appreciate a steadycam.
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The Experimental Gameplay Workshop
The Experimental Gameplay Workshop
From the site:
The Experimental Gameplay Workshop is a forum for the demonstration and discussion of innovative game designs. It provides a place for designers to showcase challenging, unproven work, and discuss it with peers.
By explicitly acknowledging the existence of a community of experimental game designers, the workshop helps legitimize gameplay-oriented research and development.
A related festival is The Independent Games Festival at http://www.igf.com/
Thanks Josh
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Downtown network for the Arts
downtown network for the arts | about
From the site:
Location One has developed a package of hardware, software and support services that enables artists and cultural organizations to take full advantage of Internet-based technologies for creative interchange, program creation, delivery and promotion, both individually and as an arts-based community.