Hello

Hi everyone, my name is Alex Pickering and I'm a sophomore TVR major with a video production concentration. I don't know about anyone else but I got really excited when we got to mess around with the 700 cameras this morning. Some other stuff about me, I run track for Ithaca College, the 400 and 800 for anyone that has any track experience. I also will be producing a show this semester, The I-Scheme which is a spin off of IC Everywhere that will be showing a behind the scenes look into ICTV and IC Everywhere. So if anyone wants to help out feel free to sign up at rush night.

Eh why not i'll hop on the band wagon...

Hey everyone. My name is Corinne Theis and as was said by everyone else on this blog I am a TV-R major video concentration. Last semester I added a minor in Speech Communications, partly because it gives you a different perspective on how media effects people and the way people view things. I'm not really all that in to professional sports, although I don't mind playing a quick game of base/softball, soccer, tennis, whatever. I love all types of music, right now I really love listening to country (and yea i know i'll probably get some heat from that) and i'm not that big into rap or screamo. I'm not really sure what I want to do in the future, probably either act in or edit a tv show, but we'll see what happens.

Also I'm really involved with ICTV and have met some of the most amazing and wonderful people though it. ICTV is also having its Rush Night, and for the .01% that don't know what that means, it the night when all the shows have sign ups. I really think everyone should go and sign up to work on a show its a great experience.

I guess I'll do this too...??

Hello!

I guess I'll introduce myself since a ton of other people did... so, hi, I'm Rhiannon Youngbauer! I'm a TV-R video concentration major, just like, eh, I guess, everyone? I just picked up a politics minor last semester, which is both super exciting and kind of a pain in the arse, but I guess that's what I get. Anyway I really love politics, and although I don't know EXACTLY what I want, I'm definitely narrowing it down to probablyyyyyy political television. Just makes sense.

When I'm not studying or trying to be a real person, I quite enjoy video blogging. I just started my own channel at the start of the new year (my new years resolution is to play more music!), and so if you're bored or need something with which to procrastinate and you feel as though Facebook is not even cutting it, take a look!!

That's all for now, kids. See you bright and early. :)

Hey Everyone!!!

Hey everyone, I'm Jamie, I prefer to be called Jay. I'm a sophomore TVR major with a concentration in video production and a minor in writing. I'm from Mullica Hill, NJ, and I'm a huge Phillies, Flyers, and Notre Dame fan. Eventually I'd like to be working for any major sports corporation, particularly ESPN. I love movies, and I'm always ready to talk about them.

I'm not really a morning person, especially if I haven't had my morning coffee, so please don't take it as a personal offense if I'm grumpy.

-Jamie "Jay" Tritschler

Whats GOOOOOOOOOOD CLASSSSS

Whats good classmates, I'm Sean Yoo and i hate 8am classes. But i do like eating, sleeping and playing video games. I love eat fried chicken, pasta, definitely love eating Korean Food, Ice Cream, burritos, pizza, burgers, steak, and basically everything thing else this guy eats.

Umm, my favorite sport is basketball, love playing it, love watching it, love everything about it. I really like watching TV and movies, my favorite shows are probably The Office, Dexter, Modern Family, Entourage, Man Vs. Food, Jersey Shore, and my favorite movies in the past couple months or so are Inception, 127 Hours, Megamind, The Fighter. Yeah other than that, im just your average asian college student who enjoys to make people laugh. kinda like this guy.

But yeah thats me... PEACE, AND ONE LOVE.

Matt Walker

Hello fellow students! If you haven't guessed it my name is Matt Walker and I am a Sophomore from the Cuse. I am a huge Syracuse Basketball fan so feel free to talk to me about it, unless if they lose like they did against Seton Hall. I am a TV/R major with a video concentration. I have no idea what I want to do later in life but I like sports and I like TV, so a mixture of the two would be nice. All of my sports teams have been playing poorly recently so I am in a bad mood, plus the 8 AM class means I can be very cranky so you should probably avoid me.

Matt Walker

a friendly hello(:

Hello guys! My name is Leah Spencer and I am a sophomore TVR major with a video concentration. I am from Philadelphia (yay eagles?). Thats alright, Phillies spring training starts in a month. But anyway, I am a big fan of writing and photography as well as horseback riding annnnd hula hooping. Hopefully this time next year I will be studying abroad in Italy! Of course I am not quite sure what I want to do with my major but I still have time and it can lead me in all sorts of different directions. Hopefully, this summer I will be interning with NASDAQ in NYC. Exciting. Come up and say hi by the way. I'm not shy.

-Leah

MarleeMarleyMarly

Hey guys, most of you already know who I am from being in multiple classes with me. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Marlee Pradichith (PRAH DUH CHIT). Of course, you have the option of just calling me by my first name, I'll know (Only on Wednesdays between the time of 7am and 9am and then every other day after that). I'm half Lao, not Chinese or Japanese, shocking, right?

Anyway, hopefully this summer I will be in NYC interning (if Will doesn't steal one from me) with something. In my junior year, I plan to go to London and study abroad. England is a place I've always wanted to go. Right now, I'm a sophomore TVR with a concentration in video production. I'm not sure exactly what I want to do, but I have time to figure it out.

This feels so archaic

1. Will Sisskind

2. Sophomore TV/R major, Video Prod concentration, Writing minor sort-of, interested in everything else

3. Wants to eventually work as a writer and/or director for Disney, then form his own offshoot like Jeffrey Katzenberg did with Dreamworks. (Except I probably won't milk the Shrek series for all it's worth. Shrek 4. What a shame.)

4. Interning in NYC over the summer. Where, not exactly sure. I did remember to rent my box early though. Homeless people are friendly realtors.

5. Every music is good music so long as people aren't screaming.

6. I should have written this last night.

7. Is anyone seriously still watching American Idol?

Hi guys, my name is Molly Boekenheide, and I’m a junior who transferred from Arcadia University this past semester. I’m a TV/R major with a concentration in video production and acting minor. I’m not really sure what I want specifically I want to do once I’m outside of school, but I’m leaning towards the something to do with the music industry. I love all kinds of music, but my favorites are classic and punk rock. If you see me around campus, feel free to come say hi. I would love to meet you!

Molly

Fiction Field Production: All About Me

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All About Me

Hello classmates, my name is Steve Kinslow and I am a Sophomore from Fairfield, NJ. I am a TV/R major and play on the varsity soccer team here at school. I'm not really sure what I want to do when I grow up but something along the lines of sports and TV would be cool. Sadly, I am a Mets/Jets fan, which only brings my stress level down in every season. If you see me around campus, don't be afraid to say hi. See you guys tomorrow

Steve

Cornell Cinema

I don't know how many of you guys have heard about this, but Cornell Cinema is a really good place to see some excellent films, both new and old. Last semester they played a whole bunch of Kurosawa films which was awesome. It only costs four dollars to see a movie and I know that you could probably watch a lot of the films they have on DVD from the library for free, but nothing beats watching a movie on a big screen. They also have other events; for example, last spring they had a band called the Books play there. It was really cheap and was a fantastic show with a questions and answers section at the end. I would recommend checking this place out.

Great team

The 10 that shook the media world...how does that sound? (no pressure:-)

How to Do It

Welcome everyone!. The following project structure is intended to provide you with a methodology to be both specific and help you track the progress and meet your milestones. Since individual projects vary widely some points might not apply. However, you can use it as a roadmap to define/clarify your deliverables and go back to it frequently and methodically.

It has four distinct phases:

DISCOVERY

This phase helps you understand the big picture and the opportunity to achieve the main goals of your project; to take an idea from conception to completion in the most effective manner.

Brainstorming, sketch models, scenarios, analysis and feasibility assessments.

Define the requirements, scope, timeline, budget (your time and resources) and benchmarks for the project.

Requirements of Analysis:

• Prioritize and validate requirements based on quality(1) and strategic factors
• Determine success criteria and metrics
• Define a preliminary list of production requirements.

Synthesis:

• Produce a final script with the discovery result.
• Develop a high-level implementation plan. (storyboard)
• Present a timeline and a budget estimate.

DESIGN

During this phase, create the look and feel of the solution (style). Develop the story requirements, the creative components, the technical design and infrastructure that supports the project.

Creative Design:

• Storyline and character creation
• Script
• Storyboard
• Art Direction
• Audio Design
• Production Design

Technical Design:

• Equipment requirements
• Set/backgrounds/location/plates
• Lighting diagrams
• Special efx design
• Models, costumes and makeup

PRE-PRODUCTION

Develop and integrate all the creative, technical and information components.

Creative Production:

• Location Scouting
• Casting
• Rehearsals
• Graphics, 3D video/audio production needs
• Technical integration

Technical Production:

• Set design
• Lighting
• Cinematography
• Sound
• System testing
• Problem resolution
  

DEPLOYMENT

Demonstrate the solution after all final specifications and testing results.

Live environment:

• Projection
• Audience Test performance and feedback
• Implement promotion/communication strategies

Showtime!

That's all folks!

1-Quality: the true nature of things, the peculiar and essential character

All Illustrations custom made by Rich Powell

Travel Application

Before I take off to England, I wanted to say that if anyone has any questions about my project feel free to comment to this post and I'll reply to your questions. I should have Internet access as soon as I get there. If for some reason, the presentation doesn't work tomorrow, I'll be happy to post some of my work up here for everyone to see. Good luck to everyone on their presentations.

Casual posting and a little economics

I just realized that last week I have inverted my postings so I posted here what should have been posted in the visualization blog. Well that might say how stressed and tired I am at the end of the semester. And I am still finishing up the long list of presentations I have for next week!

I came across a site that helps visualize economics but particularly a web site dedicated to data visualization of government data.
http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/

Travel Application

I just realized that I forgot to post an update on my project last week. I tried contact the Swedish destination marketing organization, but they never got back to me about getting authorization to use images. I ended up using images mainly from their Web site. If or when I put my application on Facebook I'll probably have to remove this content unfortunately. The images on Flickr for Sweden that were classified as creative commons tended to be not be very informative or visually interesting. I'm currently putting the final touches on my project and preparing my presentation. The thing about projects like this is there is always something that can be added or improved. I really am happy that I have been able to maintain the clean design while adding large amounts of content. I'm just trying to get everything to the point to where I'm highly satisfied.

Avant dernier poste du semestre

I have been putting together 2 more movies for my presentation, that makes 3 in all. I am wondering how long will everyone have to present? (in terms of maximum and minimum) - I also invited Dr. Miriam Zech, professor of music from the Music Department here at UF.

I really liked the presentation of Scot McCloud on Understanding Comics. I put the link to it on top by the title. What I liked the most about his ideas is the one where the cartoonist has the reader (viewer) see the panels, within the panels, and then imagine in between the panels. So between the panels there is nothing to see but there is a space to imagine. I like very much this idea. Music rests (in French "silences = 1 beat - pause = 2 beats) corresponds to this idea visually, because it is in the silent moments between sounds that you can most hear (by guessing, sensing) what's coming next.

Best wishes to Arturo and Anton in the Conference, we've been missing you guys today. I hope someone gets to record you and we can get to see the presentation too...

eComm in San Francisco

I hope all of you are doing great and your projects are in the final stretch without too much stress (a little is OK:-)
The conference is great, lots of good speakers and ideas. We are ready for ours tomorrow...
But for all of you here is a premiere peek:

Board game

Here is the final board game. I am in the process of finalizing the rules and touching up my presentation.

Updated site

Hi everyone!

My project site is updated. I have added in the "artsourcing" projects that others have made. Check it out and see what people have been working on.

SHARE

http://share.media.mit.edu/


Share is an experiment in designing a networked programming tool for distributed communities of practice.
It is an IDE that automatically shares all the code you write with everyone else that is using Share, and keeps track of how that code is used. Thus allowing you to see the network that grows around code you contribute to, borrow from, or just happen to be interested in.
Share is built upon processing!

powerpoint hell

I think that we have all sat through presentations like this. I thought with our final project date looming we could all use some levity.
HERE

Quck Project Update

I wanted to post what my homepage for my application looks like. If anyone wants to give me feedback on the layout, I'd appreciate it. Also, last class Arturo showed me Google Gadgets. I'm going to use some of these within my application. I'm planning on having most of the page layouts done by the end of this week.

Freedom of speech and Freedom of press

The idea of social networking is powerfully summarized by Linton C. Freeman’s article in how Cartoons have been visualizing, or focused visualization on social networking ideas such as “rumors”, “diffusion”, “connections”, “word of mouth”, etc. Caricatures and Cartoon figures, besides the comic humoristic side, have their own powerful visual speech and that’s what makes them so attractive to be read. In few words, a whole philosophical concept is summarized, visualized, radicalized, and in some extent, widely spread. I believe this joins Tufte’s idea of “confections”. Freeman’s article: See you in the Funny Papers: Cartoons and the Social Networks shows very well the relationship between a concept as such, and its visualization. The visualization of a concept makes this concept familiar and popular at the same time. In a way, this is, as I understand it, the root and the fruit of any culture. If a culture does not stand the test of visualization through media, humor, cartoons, etc. it is not worth being called a culture. Laughter is healthy in cartoons not because it ridicules the matter that it’s treating, but because it’s bringing it to light. And light purifies, and clarifies. The laughter that cartoons stimulate in us is one of sharing and caring. It is not the negative mocking part that it is about, but rather the positive learning healthy part. To say my thought plainly, countries who do not allow freedom of speech, freedom of press, do not allow cartoons or illustrations; and their only cultural concern is to censure, to restrict, to forbid, and to silent their artists and authors.

Parcipatory culture

Thursday during the game class, we had the visit of Dr Liza Potts that is specialized in parcipatory culture. She is working on the use of social software during times of disaster. She had us do an exercise that I think should be call visualizing the usability because not only it can help see the target audience but can allow one to see the relationship between the participants and the dynamics between a core concept and the participants. It appears to be a simple exercise but it can be difficult if the scope of one's project is big or there are many targeted audiences. If you want to learn more about her work you can check this site out: http://odu.academia.edu/LizaPotts or click on the title of my post

remixed

Hi.

Another quick update. In this class I have really thought a lot about the nature of artistic visualization. My theory is that it is almost viral. Movements spread and catch on as fast as people can see them. What better way to track something like this than by using code?

I have been reaching out to the processing community and sharing code with them. My idea is to mutate the sketches I generate by letting these become more of a collaboration. 

Tomorrow I will post the first of these experiments.

Website Online

I just put my solar position calculator online: http://corbettschoenfelt.com/solar/solar_position.html

Before you view it make sure you have the Unity web player plugin installed from: http://unity3d.com/webplayer/

Also, to walk around the house in first person view, press "1" then use the "wasd" keys and mouse to move - like in a video game :)

Continuing quest

It's late and I'm tired. Here is most recent shots of progress on radio TX and Arduino RX . This is more for my game project for the locating device but the things i have learned working on it apply to the mood broadcaster that I am working on as well. I modified another example I read in which the person used a 555 timer and potentiometer to blink an LED w/o an MCU or any other device. It was my hope that instead of the output timer of the 555 timer leading to an anode of an LED i would instead hook it to the data pin of the TX. I could than theoretically use the potentiometer to input values to the 555 and continually "blink" or broadcast that specific value out. The arduino with the FM receiver hooked to the RX or 0 pin of the microcontoller could than be told to listen for and return only that value or above that is being broadcast from the independent TX circuit.When the value was detected it could turn on the LED (and later scroll text in an LCD), hooked to pin 13 and ground of the MCU. This is my theory or method thus far. SO far i am not sure if its responding correctly or not. RIght now my hunch is that something is still amiss. I believe i need to test it with a 100k ohm Potentiometer as right now I am only using a 10kohm pot.

UGC/Citizen Journalism and Quick Project Update

National Geographic is asking it's readers to share their "stories of close encounters with volcanic power." I really find it interesting the idea of citizen journalists. Also, the pictures of Iceland's erupting volcano are truly spectacular.

Also, I wanted to include a quick project update. For my project, I have worked on several page layouts as well as researching the data necessary to fill these layouts for full mock ups. I may just have mock ups for the final project with a description of how I would proceed if I were to make this a running Facebook Application.

The Emerging Brain

The reading of Comment Flow, the visualization tool created by Dietmar Offenhuber and Judith Donath established, in my own synapses, a neural connection with memories that as a result are now closer, perhaps fixated in a longer term, or simply transported along a Network Path to a more focused state where I can observe it in more detail. Does any of this make sense to you?

The topology of a distance 3 network p.11

As early as in the 1930's, Jacob Moreno laid down the foundation of the discipline of social network analysis, which is I believe, the basis for Dietmar and Judith study of huge social networks, perhaps never envisioned by Moreno.

Social network diagram

One phrase in the study really called my attention:... it is the differences among the people (nodes) and their relationships (links) that create the specific structure of each network and that determine the strength and significance of the ties (p.2). Of course it is common to compare the internet with the human brain, and I do that all the time. The similarities are obvious to me. The strength of a neural connection happens pretty much (albeit chemically) in the same way as the above phrase implies.

Visualization of neuronal connections in the brain

Perhaps the internet, the social networks as neural clusters and other yet unknown developments that we cannot even imagine are still in a larvae stage, but the speed at which it grows and the way it interconnects with our own brains, which reinforce the connections, suggest to me that the Singularity proposed by Ray Kurzweil is indeed in track. I hope I get to see the emergence of our evolved brain.

Lovely Place

I think the article Visualizing Email Content: Portraying Relationships from Conversational Histories is very interesting.
The point I like the most is the one made about the keywords used to allow visualization of email archives.
Of course Chapeau! The project is worth admiration, though it needs further development.
I believe one of the best things at MIT and Harvard are the social components, and the spirit of group or team work. I went to Cambridge, Boston, last summer to accompany my daughter in her first week summer internship at Harvard, and I was impressed by this social dimension over there. You feel the same kind of human warmth in Paris. There are musicians playing and singing in the streets... and you can sense the close relationship between artists and civilization or urbanization. You can listen to an interesting TV interview with Judith Donath here

Congratulations to Irvika for her website. See you tomorrow.

Project update

Here is the original configuration I chose for the kaleidoscope- a composition of six triangles. The triangles are going to be made out colored plexi and encased with mirrors.

As you can see, the mirrors do not intersect to allow light to permeate from the sides only.


These are two colored plexi of the triangular prisms I have made so far:



And here are some of its effects when they were placed in the mirror case:

My website

I finally got the site running properly meaning that even my link on the first page is working. It might be not a big deal for a professional but when you are new to web designing, things never seem to work as you want.

When you click on the second page just click on the button then click "ok" for all the warnings. I need to add the markers for this page now and I will be done (for now)

Here is the link http://plaza.ufl.edu/irvikafrancois/ or you can simply click on the title of this post and you will go to the website.