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Happy, Shiny, Psychedelic Plastic People. I shot this on an iPhone in two and three minute bursts while I was waiting for sections of the “real-job” video I was working on to render. Most effects were recorded live with Videocam illusion. That night I threw on some additional effects using Vintage Video Maker and Cinema FX for Video and edited with iMovie, using their cliched, but quite fitting default soundtrack.

This little video’s cheesy, retro goodness embodies what I love about creating on pervasive computing devices. I’m almost never separated from tools that allow me to shoot and edit video; compose, perform and record music; sketch and paint; design and layout … sky’s the limit. I’m continually invited to look at the world and at my own mind with creative perception and intent. Although few of the finished works end up having much of a public life, the habit of pervasive creativity established in my personal work has bled over to my professional life and enhanced my work there. And it’s fun, fun, fun!

12 November 2010 iphone creativity


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New iPhone App Deconstructs our Visual Mental Models.  You Gotta See This uses the iPhone 4’s gyroscope feature to automatically stitch together multiple shots into a not-so-seamless whole. The image it creates provides a glimpse into the raw images our brain stitches together to create our inner visual sense of our environment. Pretty cool!

30 July 2010 iphone psychology


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Brain Locker: Ubiquitous Computing Interrupted

No. I’m not exaggerating. That’s what it feels like when I leave my net-connected iPhone behind to spend time within a secure area at USTRANSCOM.

McLuhan’s insight has been validated by recent experiments: Tools are experienced as extensions of the body. An intimate Ubiquitous Computing device like an iPhone extends memory, speech, hearing and nervous system. Removing it from my person and locking it away is like a self-inflicted virtual lobotomy.

21 March 2010 iphone asynchrony UC mcluhan comic DoD


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The Curse of ADD 01: Scattergories.

15 December 2009 iPhone


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White Plastic Wedding. I used a test of Hollywood FX Video Maker on my iPhone as an excuse to play with a few of my favorite plastic characters and make this little video. The program offers some fun effects, but did not sync audio correctly at high resolution so I ended up rendering with the 480x360 setting. I used ReelDirector to stitch together clips using Sparta, Back&White&Red and Color Comics filters.

14 December 2009 iphone


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