This document discusses frameworks for understanding and designing new media experiences. It presents a FRAME model with five dimensions - Form, Reason, Audience, Material, and Extent - to characterize the design space. Two examples are provided to illustrate applying the framework: the Audiophoto Desk, which allows combining photos and audio into narratives; and the Collect Yourselves! system for live digital storytelling games. The talk seeks to understand how the design dimensions interact and how to evaluate what works for different experiences.
Participatory Media Arts: A TU/e DESIS Lab projectJun Hu
This document describes a public media art installation called "Moon Rising from Sea" being designed for the center square of a new living and leisure area in Taicang, China. The installation consists of a 10x10m base with wall reliefs and an 8m tall structure resembling a sail with the moon rising from waves. Projectors will display images, animations and videos on the sail's surface in the evenings. The design process involved workshops to inspire designs from traditional arts. The installation will allow the public to contribute photos from social media for an interactive photo show, connecting people in Taicang to those overseas and reinstating Taicang's historical role as a port.
The document discusses the value of developing a "semiotic sensibility" in graphic and communication design students. It argues that semiotics, the study of signs and symbols, should be a fundamental part of design education rather than just a theoretical component. When applied over an extended period through various projects, semiotics can help students understand how design artifacts convey meaning and influence ideology. It also strengthens students' political awareness by providing contexts to question the effects of designs. Real-life collaborative projects further expose students to designing for social issues and help envision alternative design futures.
The document discusses the design of Oris, an object that aims to help initiate and sustain bonding between prematurely born babies and their parents by diffusing the mother's natural scent. Oris is designed to be worn by premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and loaded with the maternal scent by the parents through direct contact, in order to provide comforting familiar scents during separation. The document explores material choices, interactions, technology, applications, and the conceptual design behind Oris.
O Girassol - 2016 3ºtrimestre - jornal do lar - 7ª EdiçãoJoel Pacheco
O documento relata as atividades realizadas por um lar de idosos durante o terceiro trimestre de 2016, incluindo passeios como visitas ao Zoo de Santo Inácio, à Feira de Artesanato de Vila do Conde e ao Shopping Mar, além de comemorações como aniversários e a Festa dos Avós.
This document discusses frameworks for understanding and designing new media experiences. It presents a FRAME model with five dimensions - Form, Reason, Audience, Material, and Extent - to characterize the design space. Two examples are provided to illustrate applying the framework: the Audiophoto Desk, which allows combining photos and audio into narratives; and the Collect Yourselves! system for live digital storytelling games. The talk seeks to understand how the design dimensions interact and how to evaluate what works for different experiences.
Participatory Media Arts: A TU/e DESIS Lab projectJun Hu
This document describes a public media art installation called "Moon Rising from Sea" being designed for the center square of a new living and leisure area in Taicang, China. The installation consists of a 10x10m base with wall reliefs and an 8m tall structure resembling a sail with the moon rising from waves. Projectors will display images, animations and videos on the sail's surface in the evenings. The design process involved workshops to inspire designs from traditional arts. The installation will allow the public to contribute photos from social media for an interactive photo show, connecting people in Taicang to those overseas and reinstating Taicang's historical role as a port.
The document discusses the value of developing a "semiotic sensibility" in graphic and communication design students. It argues that semiotics, the study of signs and symbols, should be a fundamental part of design education rather than just a theoretical component. When applied over an extended period through various projects, semiotics can help students understand how design artifacts convey meaning and influence ideology. It also strengthens students' political awareness by providing contexts to question the effects of designs. Real-life collaborative projects further expose students to designing for social issues and help envision alternative design futures.
The document discusses the design of Oris, an object that aims to help initiate and sustain bonding between prematurely born babies and their parents by diffusing the mother's natural scent. Oris is designed to be worn by premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit and loaded with the maternal scent by the parents through direct contact, in order to provide comforting familiar scents during separation. The document explores material choices, interactions, technology, applications, and the conceptual design behind Oris.
O Girassol - 2016 3ºtrimestre - jornal do lar - 7ª EdiçãoJoel Pacheco
O documento relata as atividades realizadas por um lar de idosos durante o terceiro trimestre de 2016, incluindo passeios como visitas ao Zoo de Santo Inácio, à Feira de Artesanato de Vila do Conde e ao Shopping Mar, além de comemorações como aniversários e a Festa dos Avós.
This document discusses forming a formalized pickup soccer group for children aged 7-10 to provide a better soccer experience. It notes drawbacks of recreational and competitive leagues and what children this age need - feeling comfortable, confidence, fun, exploration and maximum play. The proposal is to start a group of like-minded parents committed to their children's soccer development. The group would form a club team for the children to play, practice and progress together year-round. Resources like fields, equipment and coaches would be needed. The goal is providing a natural soccer environment focused on player development, teamwork and passion for the game.
The education technology startup market has grown dramatically in recent years, with $5.065 billion raised from 2010 to mid-2015. However, the market remains challenging due to difficulties in determining an effective revenue model, fluctuating institutional budgets, and complex buying decisions. While consolidation and a focus on viable models may lead to maturation, the market is still poised to significantly lower the price of and expand access to education through technological disruption.
Encryption converts data when exchanged over networks so others cannot access it, using set regulations. A virtual private network uses public circuits to connect enterprise networks privately, like a leased line, at lower cost than physical lines. A wide area network connects computers using lines or leased lines. A firewall is hardware and software that controls communication between an internal network and outside to maintain security, blocking intrusions like a wall holds back fire.
The document discusses the rise of "data-ism" and our increasing ability to gather huge amounts of data, though only a small percentage is analyzed. It also addresses the cultural assumptions that come with this, such as the idea that everything should be measured and that data provides an objective lens. The document advocates for a more balanced approach and being mindful of both the benefits and potential limitations of technology. It also presents examples of individuals like Armand Schulthess who were early "data gardeners" tending to information before the digital age.
This document discusses the Hollywood principle, which is a software design pattern that inverts control of objects. It involves a two-step process where objects first register themselves, then wait to be called back later. This pattern results in low coupling between objects and observers. It draws an analogy between actors/actresses being observed in films to objects being observed in code through the Observer design pattern.
This document discusses several social media platforms that are useful for businesses: Wordpress is recommended for blogs as it offers variety of themes and apps/widgets; Facebook is useful for businesses to create individual and fan pages to engage 500+ million users by being social and providing solutions; Foursquare is good for businesses with physical locations that customers visit; LinkedIn helps connect businessmen and index business pages in Google quickly; Twitter allows unlimited tweets to build followers by being social; YouTube provides viral power through creative videos that gain subscribers.
This document discusses human sensing, tagging, and interaction. It describes how sensing human behavior through devices can help understand human activities, support activities in real-time, and automatically tag activities for future retrieval. Technologies discussed include sensing text, audio, video, activities, environments, and physiological data. Tagging can be done manually, semi-automatically, or fully automatically. The document also discusses interpreting interactions and using the data for question answering and dialogue systems. Overall it explores how collecting human behavior data through sensing can improve understanding, support, and retrieval of human information and interactions.
Circuit-switched networks dedicate a physical path between two endpoints for the duration of their connection. TCP/IP is the set of protocols used for the Internet and similar networks, including TCP and IP. A central office switch located in a telephone company's central office switches calls locally or to long-distance carriers. ISDN integrates speech and data on telephone lines, adding features not available in classic telephone systems.
This document discusses forming a formalized pickup soccer group for children aged 7-10 to provide a better soccer experience. It notes drawbacks of recreational and competitive leagues and what children this age need - feeling comfortable, confidence, fun, exploration and maximum play. The proposal is to start a group of like-minded parents committed to their children's soccer development. The group would form a club team for the children to play, practice and progress together year-round. Resources like fields, equipment and coaches would be needed. The goal is providing a natural soccer environment focused on player development, teamwork and passion for the game.
The education technology startup market has grown dramatically in recent years, with $5.065 billion raised from 2010 to mid-2015. However, the market remains challenging due to difficulties in determining an effective revenue model, fluctuating institutional budgets, and complex buying decisions. While consolidation and a focus on viable models may lead to maturation, the market is still poised to significantly lower the price of and expand access to education through technological disruption.
Encryption converts data when exchanged over networks so others cannot access it, using set regulations. A virtual private network uses public circuits to connect enterprise networks privately, like a leased line, at lower cost than physical lines. A wide area network connects computers using lines or leased lines. A firewall is hardware and software that controls communication between an internal network and outside to maintain security, blocking intrusions like a wall holds back fire.
The document discusses the rise of "data-ism" and our increasing ability to gather huge amounts of data, though only a small percentage is analyzed. It also addresses the cultural assumptions that come with this, such as the idea that everything should be measured and that data provides an objective lens. The document advocates for a more balanced approach and being mindful of both the benefits and potential limitations of technology. It also presents examples of individuals like Armand Schulthess who were early "data gardeners" tending to information before the digital age.
This document discusses the Hollywood principle, which is a software design pattern that inverts control of objects. It involves a two-step process where objects first register themselves, then wait to be called back later. This pattern results in low coupling between objects and observers. It draws an analogy between actors/actresses being observed in films to objects being observed in code through the Observer design pattern.
This document discusses several social media platforms that are useful for businesses: Wordpress is recommended for blogs as it offers variety of themes and apps/widgets; Facebook is useful for businesses to create individual and fan pages to engage 500+ million users by being social and providing solutions; Foursquare is good for businesses with physical locations that customers visit; LinkedIn helps connect businessmen and index business pages in Google quickly; Twitter allows unlimited tweets to build followers by being social; YouTube provides viral power through creative videos that gain subscribers.
This document discusses human sensing, tagging, and interaction. It describes how sensing human behavior through devices can help understand human activities, support activities in real-time, and automatically tag activities for future retrieval. Technologies discussed include sensing text, audio, video, activities, environments, and physiological data. Tagging can be done manually, semi-automatically, or fully automatically. The document also discusses interpreting interactions and using the data for question answering and dialogue systems. Overall it explores how collecting human behavior data through sensing can improve understanding, support, and retrieval of human information and interactions.
Circuit-switched networks dedicate a physical path between two endpoints for the duration of their connection. TCP/IP is the set of protocols used for the Internet and similar networks, including TCP and IP. A central office switch located in a telephone company's central office switches calls locally or to long-distance carriers. ISDN integrates speech and data on telephone lines, adding features not available in classic telephone systems.
2. Top twelve Reasons
for you (or your parents)
to write a life story
12. In a world where everything
changes, print endures.
Kathy Evans, Owner and Author of Write for You
Since 2001
3. 11. It’s the only way to time travel to the past:
YOUR past.
“...I came bursting through the side
door one day after school and found
a bunch of men sitting at the dining
room table with my dad. I sneaked
around to the kitchen and my
mother said, “Those are the Shelton
Boys.” They wanted to strike a deal
with him so he’d leave them alone,
but Dad wouldn’t do deals with
anybody, not even gangsters, and his
integrity somehow impressed them.
Bernie Shelton was a snake and
killed people on a regular basis, but
he knew my dad was an honest
sheriff and somehow he respected
that.”
4. 10. It lets your children and grandchildren
know relatives they never met.
“If Papa went into a
confectioner to buy me an
ice cream cone, he came
out with a cone for me
and another for the dirty
little boy on the street
corner selling
newspapers.”
5. 9. People can go on trips with you
long after you’re home.
“‘Until you discard all labels and
preconditioning, India will not
reveal herself...Look beyond the
poverty, the heat, and the dust to
the spirit of the people. What is it
that has enabled them to endure
when so many other civilizations
have crumbled?’ --Indira Gandhi
This wonderful quote should be
given to each and every traveler
who visits India, or any part of
the world in its vicinity. Had I
read it before arriving, it would
not have taken me so long to
understand and accept what I
was experiencing...”
6. 8. It is an act of generosity toward the future.
7. 7. It’s a chance to share old family recipes.
“I learned a valuable thing about refrigeration
from my pilot on the bombing missions we flew
from Tinian: If you have rations you’d like to
eat chilled, like canned peaches, you just take
them up with you, and when you get back, they
will be as cool as can be. Quite refreshing when
you’re living in the tropics.”
9. 5. It brings important photos, stories, articles,
and documents into one place.
“... If anybody would kiss the ground out of patriotism it would be
my mother. She did not appreciate antiques. She had started a new
life in America and everything had to be new. Mom often wore
slacks when I was older and she had modern ideas. She was kind
and caring and outspoken, and everyone loved her. My parents
were not outwardly affectionate, but I think they had a great
relationship.”
10. 4. It allows you to share what you value.
“Charlie served his
country without
question, and all the
while I worried. I cry
easily anyway, and if
you look at his little
minesweeper boat you
can see it was no
protection at all. I
knew his chances of
making it through the
War safely were very
slim.”
11. 3. It can be instructive.
“...I went down to introduce myself to the
men. They fell out in squad formation, three
lines, and I stood in front. It was September
24, 1945. I was 22, brand new to the 2nd
Armored Division and to combat, and
suddenly I was in command. Some of these
men had gone through North Africa, Sicily,
England, and onto the Continent right after
D-Day. All battle-hardened and seasoned
soldiers, and I was completely green.
I looked up and down the lines, took a deep
breath and said, “My name is Lieutenant
Munie and I’m your new platoon commander.
Now let’s have a moment of silence while we
all ask ourselves who gives a damn.”
12. 2. If you don’t tell your story, no one else will.
No one else CAN.
“‘Gammy’ was a Scotch Baptist, short and feisty. When I was
very young she regularly dragged me with her to her storefront
church near the Vandeventer train station, right around the
corner between a pawn shop and a mattress shop. They had
folding chairs but people didn’t use them much because they
were jumping to their feet all the time. The minister hollered at
the top of his lungs, “We are all sinners!” or “We do not
deserve the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ!” or “Jesus is ready
for you, but are you ready for Jesus?” The people jumped up
and shouted, “Yes Lord!” and “Amen!” As a child I preferred
the Holy Rollers, maybe because of the banjo and drums, and
the shouting just went along with it. I was in awe of their
passion and energy, and I thrived on the music. Christianity
has so many different paths, but give me the shoutin’ over the
13. 1. Truth can be more compelling than fiction.
“...We were supposed to have a week of
rest, but as it turned out, we stayed only
a couple of days. I spent my birthday on
guard duty, walking around alone all
night with my loaded rifle and dreaming
of home.That was my single most
homesick moment of the whole War.
Don’t tell the other guys, but I cried.”