Community Blogs: Chick Click

Keeping things in persepctive

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:10:13 +0800

I love Google's Panoramio. I find it really rewarding to play with. I like looking up strange places (strange for me, from where I'm from) like Odesa and Novosibirisk and Cluj. ...

On the e-book and education

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:09:36 +0800

I have been doing some research on e-books the last couple of weeks for some lame-ass project they require at college. Anyway, quite irrelevant. There's some seriously cool stuff out there, ...

Real spaces, digital memory

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:09:16 +0800

Check this out: http://www.gpsfilm.com.

The basic premise is this that "using a GPS-enabled PDA or mobile phone, artwork selects clips based on
location. As the viewer travels, the ...

In touch, but not quite

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:09:29 +0800

I attended a lecture on the development of society yesterday. It was about the development of social relationships, and how it has evolved. Two books I've been on lately (yeah, I ...

Digital follies

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:04:44 +0800

I'm thinking of buying the Nikon D40. The D80 apparently is a step up, but digital technology is just not really worth paying extra for these days. You're better off, when ...

Thoughts on creating a visual language

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:02:52 +0800

I designed a little game a few days ago. It's about network effects and the flow of information through links to nodes, and the infection rate. I thought it would be ...

Environmentally friend tech

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:01:47 +0800

My god. You must have seen the Greg Craven video on YouTube about Global Warming. You can get it here.

It's very noble, but what I don't like ...

Imagination is real

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:01:52 +0800

The new edge annual question for the year has been released. It's "wat have you changed your mind about?". One I really like is Alison Gopnik's "Imagination is Real".

Uploading conciousness

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:12:41 +0800

So someone pointed me to an article in the Guardian about the Blue Brain, which is supposed to be a simulation of the neocortex in mammals. The idea is to ...

Informational exo-skele

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:12:48 +0800

Anyone heard about Aka-aki? It's the social networking site that is something like augmented reality. In this case, the physical environment is loaded with digital information about the people around you. ...