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ProphecyBoyAdam Simon on digital media, gaming, live performance, and other forms of geekery. |
ITP
I am currently a Master’s candidate in the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, conducting research in physical computing, ambient informatics, ubiquitous computing in urban environments, social media, and pervasive gaming.
email: adam [at] the name of this website
resume (PDF)
Urban Computing
Sneaker Seed update
Here's my presentation for Urban Computing last week, giving an update on the Sneaker Seed project, outlining the problems I've had with the different router firmware, and suggesting using an Arduino + (the forthcoming) Matchport as an alternative solution.... (more)
Sneaker Seed
Here's my project proposal for Urban Computing: One of the themes that I've been interested in is the shift from matter to bits disrupting the necessity of urban density. So I started thinking about what that density could provide that... (more)
Street: Market
My responses to Adam Greenfield's market essay: One of the major benefits of a market (as opposed to more dispersed merchants) is the immediacy of comparison shopping - I can weigh not only prices from different merchants, but different products... (more)
Networked Objects
Social Bomb interview
Rucyl Mills of TechTrekTV interviews us about Social Bomb.... (more)
Social Bomb on Cnet
Social Bomb was mentioned in a recent CNet article on ITP! One project in the works is from a team led by first-year student Adam Simon. Called "People Rank," or "Social Bomb," it is a system designed to automatically measure... (more)
Social Bomb concept
I've been brainstorming with Mike and Scott about ideas for our Networked objects final, and after consulting with Tom today, we're definitely honing in on building some kind of game interface. Here's my description of our idea, which is totally... (more)
Network Effects
Social Bomb interview
Rucyl Mills of TechTrekTV interviews us about Social Bomb.... (more)
Social Bomb on Cnet
Social Bomb was mentioned in a recent CNet article on ITP! One project in the works is from a team led by first-year student Adam Simon. Called "People Rank," or "Social Bomb," it is a system designed to automatically measure... (more)
Social Bomb concept
I've been brainstorming with Mike and Scott about ideas for our Networked objects final, and after consulting with Tom today, we're definitely honing in on building some kind of game interface. Here's my description of our idea, which is totally... (more)
Every Bit You Make
Sneaker Seed update
Here's my presentation for Urban Computing last week, giving an update on the Sneaker Seed project, outlining the problems I've had with the different router firmware, and suggesting using an Arduino + (the forthcoming) Matchport as an alternative solution.... (more)
Identity & Privacy in a Networked Culture
New technology of any sort forces us as a culture to reexamine our assumptions about ourselves and our world. Sometimes those assumptions morph easily between technologies and media, providing a natural transition as the new medium takes its place in... (more)
Final Project: Entropy
I'm planning on working with Eric on researching, measuring, and representing the transfer of energy from sources (like coal, wind, and solar power) to data products (like a single email or an hour of World of Warcraft). We think we're... (more)
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