Connect the dots

http://visualnerd.net/connectdots_web.pdf

This is research for my calendar project. I'm want to create an interactive calendar by getting elements from an image that has patterns and unified diversity. I will then place dots with numbers and figure out some sort of way to emphasize the weekends by color, scale, and shape. The connect the dot image that will form will complement the image and furthering my concept of connecting the image with the dots.

Circut Bent Vintage Computer Game Console

I took the Intermediate Circuit Bending workshop at Machine projects. And After two days of extensive mapping and rewiring of the chips inside I came up with my bent computer system. By rewiring and hooking them up to switches and nobs, I'm able to create a wide range of visuals. Eventually I want to ciruit ben a super nintendo and have an audio feed do the bending for me by automatically switching according to the pitch of the music.

Well anyways here are some pictures I took with my laptop. Eventually I'm going to post video and high res pictures of it.

Creative Board: GRAS

Research

So I started to browse and I found some interesting links:
http://www.dontclick.it/
https://www.cicatriz.se/AW08/
http://www.ricedaubney.com.au/#/analysis/media-interface/
http://www.selftitled.ca/

More Sites:
http://styleboost.com/tags/experimental/date/2/


Information Design:
http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000029.php
http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf
http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000149.php
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3713/is_/ai_n9451819

Wireless Energy Transfer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer

Google Analytics:
http://www.google.com/analytics/

MIT Labs:
http://www.media.mit.edu/

Obama on Technology: Poster

Obama on Technology: Microsite

http://visualnerd.net/obama/

Obama on Technology:Creative Brief

Ivan Cruz
Obama on Technology Microsite
Interactive Design 2
20 October 2008
“Let us be the generation that reshapes our
economy to compete in the digital age…” Barack Obama.
To achieve this, I wanted to represent the “digital age” as a cloud. This cloud metaphor is used in technical illustrations and also in “cloud computing” where a computer goes online wirelessly. I used the democratic blue color to represent the Democratic Party. This site is about information and I wanted it to be smooth and clean. The words and the paragraphs all come from the cloud—the metaphor of the Internet sending and receiving information. I used the eagle and stars to give the cloud more of a presidential/democratic document feel.
The target audience I wanted to reach is the Blogger. These people have high-speed Internet and have the power to spread the word. They are mostly males around the ages of 20 to 35. By adding the “addthis” button on the lower right hand corner, I am able to reach this audience and in turn get free publicity and media attention.

Rabbantula!

Rabbantula! from ivan cruz on Vimeo.
I'm going to create a website and a book just for the heck of it =]

Circut Bent Video!

Tomorrow when I get paid, I'm going to register for this class at Machine Projects. It seems really fun and exiting.

The Silent Disco

I went to LA DETOUR this weekend. And three things stood out. The Submarines rock, Shiny toy guns suck, and the silent disco was cool. People would get these headsets that have some sort of fm transmitter on them, so you can only listen to the DJ. If you were an outsider, you would see a crowd of people dancing like crazy to no music, yet the crowd were all synced to some sort of beat. The great part is that they would all sing and react to the DJ. The people with the headphones were having a blast--listening to daft punk remixes with 80 songs and top hits. I liked this little experiment even though not that many people showed up for it.

Flash Classes are cool!

I don't have to do heavy coding anymore =]

Here is a link for Liquid Layouts in AS3:
http://www.blog.noponies.com/archives/53

Here is a link for a Dynamic Text wrap in AS3:
http://dispatchevent.org/roger/dynamic-text-wrapping-in-actionscript-3/

And Here is a link for Filter tweening:
http://blog.greensock.com/tweenliteas3/