There are a number of ways that allow you to visualize music so that you can explore and listen to new or almost forgotten music. Magdeburg based designer Hannes A. Jentsch came up with a cool way how to filter and display music titles according to recommendations, mood, intensity and number of beats, personal popularity and play order. Check out the description, screenshots and ask for the demo app.
Michael Wesch, the maker of the video about hypertext and the web, created another video. This time he explains to us the changed ways of how information is organized, accessed, and published. I love how the message of these videos are typed and re-edited…
Now that i have velocipede and shared flat in Calgary – where i am now until spring – i started biking around with my GPS logger on. When i arrive at the university i upload the tracks to OpenStreetMap, add the missing streets and bike tracks. The latter seem to be kind of under-represented probably due to the marginal role of bicycles in Calgary’s commute. So if you have a bike and plan on getting involved with GPS consider contributing to this great open data project, too.
Nächste Woche veranstalten wir, Antikriegsgruppe und fjp>media, zwei Workshops zu Software für Gegenöffentlichkeit und Selbstverwaltung. Im ersten Workshop am Mittwoch, 29. August, möchten wir uns den Grundlagen von Grafik und Layout nähern, im zweiten Workshop am Freitag, 31. August, geht es dann um Wikis und Weblogs. Beide Workshops finden im Medientreff zone! am Uniplatz statt und beginnen um 18 Uhr. Es wird kein Teilnahmebeitrag erhoben, allerdings ist eine rechtzeitige Anmeldung erforderlich. Nähere Informationen gibt es auf der Workshopseite.
Since i was in Banff at the WWW2007, where i did a GPS contest (as a tester) and heard about the OpenStreetMap project and other geo-related matters, i slowly yet steadily developed a strong interest for geospatial/geographic issues. I have started subscribing to a number of relevant blogs, began listening to A Very Spatial Podcast, ordered a GPS logger, and bought an over-priced book about the geoweb. It truly fascinates me to think previously-visited realms more thoroughly in relation to the geospatial dimension, such as the semantic web, social software, conflict, and environmental issues. Expect more on all kinds of things related to geography, GPS, and mapping – in the meantime i continue to prepare myself for the oral exam on visualization.
Published on July 22nd, 2007 at 15:03. Filed under english, technology
The Dutch kinetic artistTheo Jansen builds animal-like skeletons called strandbeests that move using wind energy. He said the wonderful sentence “The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds” – unfortunately in a BMW-commercial. Check out his website, where you can find photos and videos of his works, and YouTube, of course, also has some videos.
danah boyd wrote a passionate essay (blog entry) about socio-economic divisions in online communities and its relation to society. Summarized a bit bluntly: the jocks and preps use Facebook, while the punks and underdogs use MySpace. Instead of labelling those two groups “good” and “bad” boyd suggests (admittedly still problematic) “hegemonic” and “subaltern”. Especially interesting are the sections about military, shootings, and the overall state of society. A very interesting read.
Nach der televisionären Auflösung Belgiens gab es jüngst einen Atomschlag im Riesengebirge im tschechischen Fernsehen zu sehen. Wo sonst der tschechischen Heimat Tribut gezollt wird, hackte sich das Kommunikationsguerillakollektiv Ztohoven ein, um zu zeigen, dass mensch nicht alles glauben soll, was im Fernsehen läuft. Während der tschechische Fernsehsender ČT2 von der Aktion nicht besonders amüsiert zu sein scheint, frage ich mich wann die hiesige Kommunikationsguerilla von unseren europäischen Nachbarn lernt. Was könnten spannende Aktionen sein: Kreuzberg deklariert die Unabhängigkeit? Oder ganz Berlin? Oder gar Bayern?
Dass sowohl G8-Gipfel als auch die Gegenmasznahmen von gobalisierungskritisch Bewegten zu einem groszen Teil symbolisch zu verstehen sind, wird der medialen Berichterstattung eine besondere Rolle beigemessen. So gibt es jenseits von bloszer Medienkritik alternative und aktuelle (!) Berichterstattung aus Rostock und Heiligendamm bei Indymedia mit G8-Ticker, G8 Live Radio, G8-TV und bei Spreeblick mit Spree8.
There are a number of ways that allow you to visualize music so that you can explore and listen to new or almost forgotten music. Magdeburg based designer Hannes A. Jentsch came up with a cool way how to filter and display music titles according to recommendations, mood, intensity and number of beats, personal popularity and play order. Check out the description, screenshots and ask for the demo app.
