Near Future Laboratory Blog
Thoughts, Reflections, Updates & Week Notes
Oct 19, 2005 – Oct 25, 2005
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Oct 25, 2005
Mimi Ito organized a series of panels at this year’s 4S conference (Society for the Social Studies of Science), held in Pasadena. I proposed a paper on Locative Media that I had titled Landscape as Interface: How Creative Uses of the Global Positioning System Enable Location Aware Media. I didn’t have much of an ide…
science technology studies
Oct 24, 2005
The New York Times writes another nugget on the increasingly knitted worlds of film (should I say, celluloid film?) and video game creative production. As electronic games become a candidate (of many possibilities) for the future of visual story telling, drawing upon the various models of production becomes a hot to…
electronic gamesfilm productionvideo gamesUncategorized
Is This Service Design?
Oct 23, 2005
I’m almost afraid to enter a new design idiom into my tool chest, but this one came up during Aram Armstrong’s presentation during the Nabi Workshop. It’s probably old hat to many of you out there, and I have to say that I was somewhat hopped up on the Information Design and Experience Design stuff. (One of my mento…
Service DesignService EcologyGeneraluser experience
Royal Derby Grand Prix (On Air)
Oct 21, 2005
Stumbled across one of the most stunning augmented reality environments on a bustling market street in Seoul this evening. It's called Royal Grand Prix Derby Racing (On Air). Inside it's darkened, quiet and smoky room, are row and row of illuminated consoles quietly and occupied by contemplative men huddled…
user experienceTheory Object
Oct 21, 2005
Nicolas Nova posts a relevant musing on Instant Messaging:
networked publicspervasive mediapresence awarenessUncategorizedTheory Object
Oct 20, 2005
Passing through Narita this afternoon on my way back from the Art Center Nabi Workshop on Urban Play and Locative Media, (scan the blog for a few notes from the 3 day workshop) I found a large sign in the transfer zone between international flights indicating that one was to remove any drinks (plastic bottles of wat…
airportspervasive mediatraveltransitpuppysecurityMobileTheory Object
Oct 20, 2005
Had another one of those "the world is the size of a postage stamp" moments (maybe it's also a networked publics moment..) while returning to Los Angeles from Seoul via Tokyo on UA890 when I somewhat randomly decided to listen to the music channels that pipe through the armrests. I normally don't do that, mostly bec…
airplanesnetworked publicsGeneral
Oct 19, 2005
Baruch Gottlieb – Soundmarks
Art Center Nabielectronic gameslocative mediaplayurban playurban spaceUncategorized
Oct 19, 2005
Sell your morning walk http://morningwalk.biz
Art Center Nabilocative mediaplaypsychogeographyurban playurban spaceUncategorized