Media, Interactivity, & Play

Here are the whiteboard photos from our in-class brainstorm

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:20:00 -0400

Whiteboard + Flowchart

Whiteboard + Flowchart

Here are the whiteboard photos from our in-class brainstorm

#miplay Tumblr Blogs

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:05:14 -0400

Akira: http://akiraishikura.tumblr.com/

Alex: http://jpadham.tumblr.com/

Angeline: http://powderrune.tumblr.com/

Bryan: http://bryanconnor-miplay.tumblr.com/

Chang: http://changpark.tumblr.com/

Ivan: http://d5p.tumblr.com/

Roxana: http://roxshams.tumblr.com/

Way: http://miplayway.tumblr.com/

"What I can say about skateboarding is that I really learned how to reassign properties to the world..."

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:30:00 -0400

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What I can say about skateboarding is that I really learned how to reassign properties to the world around me. This was not a conscious practice, but still it was occurring. Suddenly the weather means something completely different to you. Swimming pools take on a new potential reality. You’re not just taking a swim anymore. If you go into a parking lot and there’s a little bank on the side of it, you make a mental note of it. The surface of the streets, are they rough or smooth? There are any number of lines that you start to see.

I think when skaters walk down the street, they’re looking at it with an entirely different grid in their minds. I think this practice enabled me to redefine the world around me—to take what was given and then readjust it to make it work. When I got into music, specifically punk rock, that sort of redefinition was central. I would look at a situation, the circumstances that had been presented, and think, “Okay, I’m just going to change all of this, or at least change the way I’m thinking about it.” I come at things from a different place, and I think that’s something I really developed through skating.

To this day I swim to the bottom of swimming pools just to check out the transition.

”

- Ian Mackaye (Fugazi), interviewed in The Skateboard Mag, via Fistfulayen

Josh says: How can we as Artists (or Game Designers) use Play to transform people’s perception (and experiences) in our day-to-day physical environments?

jamiew: Memes? In my mainstream? Rocketboom coverage of our...

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:32:13 -0400

jamiew:

Memes? In my mainstream?

Rocketboom coverage of our final ROFLCON keynote panel, Mainstreaming the Web, plus interviews with major brainiacs Tim Hwang and Jonah Peretti

(via bpousman)

Graffiti Markup Language: Turning Gestures into Code

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:26:00 -0400

Graffiti Markup Language: Turning Gestures into Code :

What are some of the possibilities of transforming graffiti gestures into code? How can artists create and leverage these kinds of opportunities?

How to Make Things Go Viral

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:23:00 -0400

How to Make Things Go Viral:

By understanding social interactions and behavior on the web, media companies (and artists) are able to optimize the viral effect of their ideas

Yahoo answers, code.

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:31:56 -0400

This is great! I love that you created a condition that repeats! See if you can format this as a flow chart diagram?

elijager:

“Yjkej ku dgvvgt nkhg qt fgcvj? (solve me)?”

post question.

each day, if unanswered, reveal character starting with A.

once cipher is solved, discuss, beginning with reference of article concerning “The Final Exam” from Seed Magazine.

“Does starting with secrecy create more honest, thoughtful individuals?”

post question.

each day post cipher techniques of increasing complexity.

discuss.

Twitter List for the class

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:09:26 -0400

Twitter List for the class:

I created a Twitter List with each of your accounts. This link is also in the top navigation. If you have not yet done so, please send me your Twitter username so I can add you to the list.

Also, remember to tag Twitter posts (and Tumblr posts) with #miplay so we can use Twitter search to collect all posts with this custom keyword.

#miplay Class Syllabus

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:20:00 -0400

#miplay Class Syllabus:

I also added a link in the top navigation of this Tumblr site.

Dot Walk scripts

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:36:00 -0400

Dot Walk scripts:

How to create pseudo-code scripts for human operators

Fundamentals of Scripting

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:23:00 -0400

Fundamentals of Scripting:

Great description of scripting fundamentals — building blocks for writing pseudo-code and logical statements that you can translate into any programming language (if needed)