Adventures in Electrostatic

PIXELS! Raw image processing power!
I guess its not that dramatic… but it is nice to finally be manipulating images (video) at the pixel level after doing it at the meta (Photoshop) level for so long. This, being my first foray into image processing, was an interesting and somewhat humbling one. Interesting because the results of messing around with numbers always seem to have surprising results, and humbling because I found out I lost much of my math knowledge… knowledge I need to do some higher-end processing. Ho-hum. Read more »

Nice to meet you.
Since we are going to be together for a semester, I should tell you a little about myself and what I plan on doing. For starters, the reason I am in pComp Studio is that I get to work on a project in my own way… specifically, seeing what its like to do the ‘distribution’ part of a project. Now I know thats not what ITP is known for… but I’ve had a lot of experience in what ITP is known for and I want to know what it feels like to really finish a project. So, thats where I’m going, and what’s gonna get me there is a really small project: using a flame to control a large light source. Read more »

In quickly brainstorming an idea for a timepiece for a blind person, I oddly found myself immediately considering the material and look of the thing. I also pictured and used only myself as a model for the use and feel of the design. Those two processes tell me a lot about my design process… I am definitely self-centered inthat I am banking on my personal judgment to make design decisions–even when the user is foreign to me and I have no real empathy (like being blind). BUT, alas, that is my process… and I am (probably foolishly) confident in it. Read more »