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Posted: June 29th, 2008, 12:47pm PDT

This is a You-Tube-Like site for posting and tagging videos on the time line. This not only opens up the door to "online editing" but makes finding content within video useful. In the future I imagine seeing search results from google being a bit more useful. That is, if people tag their content usefully.

I was pointed to this site by my friends at The SEA, who are working with Viddler.
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 12:23pm PDT

Dragon is a tool developed by the Media Computing Group at RWTH Aachen University. It allows for direct manipulation of objects on the screen according to their trajectory. In their study, they found that users preferred this method of interaction over a basic slider because it gave them more perceptual control. In the screen grab of their video (on the Dragon project page) you can click on the object to move it in time and trajectory.
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 8:42am PDT by colinowens

This is a You-Tube-Like site for posting and tagging videos on the time line. This not only opens up the door to “online editing” but makes finding content within video useful. In the future I imagine seeing search results from google being a bit more useful. That is, if people tag their content usefully.

I was pointed to this site by my friends at The SEA, who are working with Viddler.
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 8:14am PDT by colinowens

Dragon is a tool developed by the Media Computing Group at RWTH Aachen University. It allows for direct manipulation of objects on the screen according to their trajectory. In their study, they found that users preferred this method of interaction over a basic slider because it gave them more perceptual control. In the screen grab of their video (on the Dragon project page) you can click on the object to move it in time and trajectory.
Posted: June 12th, 2008, 9:26pm PDT

Infinite scroll proof-of-concept from Colin Owens on Vimeo.

If the government had access to all of your information and they had the wherewithal to put it together, they might put something like this together.

I created this video as a response to a DMI exercise called "you are here." The idea is that you could be anywhere in your (electronic) life at any point just by scrolling and pulling apart different points in time.
Posted: June 12th, 2008, 5:24pm PDT by colinowens

Infinite scroll proof-of-concept from Colin Owens on Vimeo.

If the government had access to all of your information and they had the wherewithal to put it together, they might put something like this together.

I created this video as a response to a DMI exercise called “you are here.” The idea is that you could be anywhere in your (electronic) life at any point just by scrolling and pulling apart different points in time.
Posted: June 9th, 2008, 12:11pm PDT

Anticipation from Colin Owens on Vimeo.

It's easier to coax a coffee machine to do your bidding than it is to get a cat to jump.
Posted: June 9th, 2008, 8:09am PDT by colinowens

Anticipation from Colin Owens on Vimeo.

It’s easier to coax a coffee machine to do your bidding than it is to get a cat to jump.
Posted: June 8th, 2008, 9:20pm PDT

I've posted some of the photos from New Orleans to Flickr.

It was an amazing experience.
Posted: June 8th, 2008, 5:20pm PDT by colinowens

I’ve posted some of the photos from New Orleans to Flickr.

It was an amazing experience.
Posted: June 6th, 2008, 5:03pm PDT

It's now more than possible to create online tools that were once only possible on your desktop. I use Picnik, a tool for editing photos on Flickr and Adobe has taken the boxed version of Elements and fabricated it online.

Hobnox has introduced its audiotool, a companion music making machine to their musician community. This is the first comprehensive audio tool in AS3 and a new twist on the musician community idea. Most examples from a few years back tried to incorporate live "jamming," which suffered from the same problems video conferencing had.

I see both ideas converging in the near future.

Warning it's in German, but music knows no linguistic boundaries:

Hobnox Audiotool im Test from Phlow on Vimeo.
Posted: June 6th, 2008, 12:57pm PDT by colinowens

It’s now more than possible to create online tools that were once only possible on your desktop. I use Picnik, a tool for editing photos on Flickr and Adobe has taken the boxed version of Elements and fabricated it online.

Hobnox has introduced its audiotool, a companion music making machine to their musician community. This is the first comprehensive audio tool in AS3 and a new twist on the musician community idea. Most examples from a few years back tried to incorporate live “jamming,” which suffered from the same problems video conferencing had.

I see both ideas converging in the near future.

Warning it’s in German, but music knows no linguistic boundaries:

Hobnox Audiotool im Test from Phlow on Vimeo.