I created and manage a 24/7 online streaming student radio station for Ex’pression College. I had some help along the way, but the story reads more like the folktale The Little Red Hen.
Photos by Ex’pression graduate Tiffany Lo.
Ex’ Radio is built on Icecast server software. You can listen through iTunes, WinAmp, or any other media player capable of handling .m3u extensions.
http://exradio.expression.edu/exradio.m3u
View the on-going calendar of radio shows here.
This past Thursday I took a group of about a dozen students from Ex’pression College to the San Francisco Apple Store to present their work and portfolios in the theater. This was actually the third time that I’ve done this, but it was by far the best showing.
The new Creative Vibrations Blog iPhone web application is currently showcased on Apple’s website here:
http://www.apple.com/webapps/socialnetworking/creativevibrationsblog.html
Don’t forget to add it to your iPhone’s home-screen!
Here’s another video that I shot, edited, and produced music for. It’s very stripped down and basic. You can find it on the following pages:
http://www.expression.edu/sound_arts/facilities/
http://www.expression.edu/sound_arts/curriculum/
http://www.expression.edu/sound_arts/program_overview/
http://www.expression.edu/sound_arts/equipment_gear/
I just finished reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson after being recommended to the book by a colleague. Although, I had trouble staying with Neal’s writing style. There was never a sense of “flow” for me. At times I felt he over-indulged with his descriptions; so much so, to actually detract from my experience and use of my own imagination. I loved the story as a whole, though, and considering the time it was written, Neal definitely foresaw conventions such as MMORPGs like World of Warcraft, Second Life, and more. My question is, “When will this book be made into a movie”?
I thought this was pretty cool.
This is my Synchronicity post. I will update it as appropriate.
In 2003 I gave a public lecture at Ball State University on the topic of Synchronicity during a weeklong festival called UniverCity. My experience, or rather awareness of this phenomena, begins with Carl Gustav Jung, the Swiss psychologist, who wrote an essay bearing the same name.
Of course, I am referring to the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple Computer. As if Jonathan Ive would have any reason in the known universe to hire me! Although, in a previous life as an Apple Creative, I remember being juxtaposed next to him and his “crew” at Cafe’ Macs in between training sessions. Not once, but on two seperate occasions! After hearing all of the new-hire horror stories, though, I never did have the gumption to approach him.
Well… here’s my new product idea anyway. The concept is that of taking a wireless keyboard along with the new laptop touch-pad technology and combining the two concepts together. In the minimalist vein, this would even alleviate the need for a mouse in most cases. This isn’t a new idea, but has yet to be accomplished in Cupertino style.
Artist rendering copyright ©2008 Creative Vibrations®.
I have to start by saying that until this past Friday, I was not a huge fan of Sigur Ros, a music outfit from Iceland. My fiance’ is really into them and first took me to a show a couple years ago at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael, CA. (The Marin Civic Center was designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.) I was impressed by the sonic qualities at that show, but didn’t really feel connected to the music. I think the highlight for me was the opening act playing and bowing a very musical saw.
Fast forward to Friday, October 3rd, 2008, at UC Berkeley’s Greek Amphitheater. The show was epic. One of those times where you really had to just be there. The music ran the gamut of life… and the visuals were not cheap, either. I seemed to think someone was actually playing the lights and video to the music in lieu of being pre-programmed. I really enjoyed some of the theatrical elements as well, including the musicians outfits, and of course the confetti that was blown over the audience, dancing with the wind and sparkling in the colored lights of the stage. To top an already amazing show- rain started to pour down during the encore; almost as if it was scripted. The last moments of the performance felt so primal, ritualistic, and inexpressibly beautiful.
I found some photos, video, and a few blog comments floating around the web. Here they are below:
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