Link: BlogHer '11 Conference - Technology & Parenting, Moms as Family CTOs, Social Networking for Good, and More

Here is a link to a TechPsych blog post:
BlogHer '11: Topics Include technology & parenting, moms as chief home technology officers, social media for social good, and more!

GoPro Wearable (extreme) Sports Camera: I Want One! (video)

I'd love to have a GoPro wearable HD camera for creating immersive multimedia content. The only problem is that I'd have to take up extreme sports as a hobby if I wanted to do my own videography. 


Take a look at the promo video from the GoPro website - best viewed in full-screen:


I see great possibilities for interactive, "touchable" multimedia content using video captured in this manner!


If you ever wondered what NYC looks like from the POV of a fast and furious skateboard, take a look at this video, "Skate Through NYC With A GoPro":


Thanks to Nat Torkington for sharing the video and link in Google+!


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Blog Post: Skate Through NYC with a GoPro
Mareadyphotography Blog

NodeBeat HD 1.5 Upgrade, an iOS Music Sequencer: Fun to Play on my iPad!

NodeBeat HD 1.5 - iOS Music Sequencer from AffinityBlue on Vimeo.

Below is information about NodeBeat 1.5 from the Vimeo website:


"This is a brief video showcasing some of the new features in NodeBeat HD 1.5. The same features will be coming to the iPhone/iPod Touch version of NodeBeat in the coming weeks."


"New Features Include:


- Entirely new user interface design
- Drag and drop new nodes
- Drum Generator Node
- Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, and Square waveform selection
- Tempo and BPM controls
- Compress recording for faster e-mailing of recordings
- Create ringtones from recordings
- Sleep Timer. Now you can fall asleep to NodeBeat
- Shake to Clear Screen
- 5 Finger multitouch reset all"
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"NodeBeat is an experimental node-based audio sequencer and generative music application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad."


(Just 99 cents!)


RELATED
NodeBeat website


NodeBeat iTunes Preview

Play and Experiment with Music on your iPad/Pod/Phone with NodeBeat iOS Music Sequencer by Affinity Blue by Seth Sandler and Justin Windle  (previous post)

NodeBeat: Create and View Musical Soundscapes
iPad Creative, 5/31/11

Seth Sandler     Justin Windle

Baby playing NodeBeat 1.0 -using fingers and toes:

Serendipity: Screen shot of two Google+ back-to-back posts about "circles".

Thinking about circles....

LINKS:
Crop circles: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stm
Complex circles, decision-making, expectations, plausible deniability: 
http://albrecht-schmidt.blogspot.com

I plan to share my thoughts on G+ circles in a future post.

Taking a look at CreativeJS: "The very best of creative JavaScript and HTML5" -

I came across the CreativeJS website while searching for HTML5/JavaScript resources suitable for creative multimedia projects.  The team at CreativeJS includes Seb Lee-Delisle, Val Head, Paul Neave, Rob Hawkes, Hakim El Hattab, and Lisa Larson-Kelley.


What a talented team!


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Recent blog post from CreativeJS:  Spherical Harmonics Mesh Builder
Seb Lee-Delisle
Neave Interactive
Rob Hawke's book:  Foundation HTML5 Canvas
Hakim El Hattab's Experiments
Lisa Larson-Kelley's Website:  Learn from Lisa (Web video publishing)

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Interactive Digital Fireworks

Digital Fireworks in Brighton from Seb Lee-Delisle on Vimeo.

How Algorithms shape our world: Kevin Slavin's thought-provoking TEDTalk video- great visuals!

"Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can't understand, with implications we can't control." -TED



An interesting fact shared during the presentation- 2000 or so physicists work on Wall Street, engaged in  Algo-trading.   Remember the "flash crash"?