Iphegenia
Here's a video promo for SOSE's current production of Iphegenia, which looks quite excellent. I'm going to miss it, being on the other side of the country, but all you LA folks should check it out.
ProphecyBoy
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Palm in the Apple Grove
Palm store coming to the Grove
Originally uploaded by Prophecy Boy.
So, it seems Palm has decided to move into the retail space, just a stone's throw (and a backalley) away from Apple's LA flagship store. I'm sure that's not a coincidence ...
Freeways of Doom!
If you live in LA, you've probably been watching your neighbors get pecked off on the freeways with mounting fear and/or incredulity. It seems like we can't go more than a few days without someone getting gunned down on our already-dangerous motorways. Well, we can all relax now, because CHP ...
Parking Problems
LAist takes the time to research the question plaguing hundreds of Angelinos every day: Can I park at that broken meter? (The answer is yes, but...)
Rail-ing headaches
The Skunks of Los Feliz explains why the Expo Light Rail edging its way closer to reality is only a half-win for public transport in LA: it provides public transit from downtown to Culver City, but way too far south to significantly help traffic on the 10. Further complicating matter, ...
Free gas!
I was just the happy recipient of free gas. In war-torn Los Angeles, this is the vehicular equivalent of a Virgin Mary sighting: you feel all special, but no one ever believes you.
I must have imagined that the pump refused to read my card, then told me to "remove the ...
From the Shadows
I really like the first From the Shadows, a new geek tech video show. The skydiving bit was awesome! I can't wait to see what they come up with next. This is exactly the kind of video content I want to be involved with producing. And, since I'm in LA, ...
Things I saw at lunch today
The ocean, for the first time since I've worked within walking distance of it (2 weeks). It was absolutely gorgeous - sunny and windy, creating really nice waves.
Seagulls playing in the wind. There were a few who really seemed to like flying into the wind, which would cause them to ...
Bits and Bobs
Further proof that Larry Lessig is cooler than you: he's now a character on the West Wing, being played by Christopher Lloyd. Damn.
(Via Boing Boing)
INdTV, part-time purveyor of exploded media, has re-launched their website (now with 20% more spif!) and is accepting submissions for possible broadcasting. Fun! Still no word ...
Life and the Legend of Zelda
Sean Bonner, who runs the sixspace gallery here in LA and also started Metroblogging, the rapidly growing city-centric blog empire, is about to turn 30. It's great to see someone in my age-range having done so many cool and impressive things. It's also fun to see him freak out a ...
Colophon
Turning coffee into feats of intellectual derring-do since 2001
Hi there, I'm Adam Simon. I'm the Creative Director and Co-Founder of Socialbomb, a social gaming startup in New York City. I recently graduated from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), doing research in large scale game design, social networking, urban computing, performative technology, and networked objects. You can find info on my thesis here, and a big list of all my ITP-related posts here
I sometimes work at area/code.
Projects that I've been a part of which you might have heard of include BootyDialer, The Invention of Murder, Rumplestiltskin (An Aretefactual Performance), & Sharkrunners
You can email me at adam @ [the name of this website].
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Social Heroes: Games as APIs for Social Interaction (aka, my ITP thesis)
Because I've been busy/lazy and off the blogging habit, here, at long last, is my thesis for ITP, almost a year late. Comments and such are still more than welcome, as many of the ideas are still being worked on in my current projects, and Social Heroes itself is likely ...
Crazy Blind Date: A Quintet for Human & Computer
The appeal of Crazy Blind Date\ is immediately apparent, and seems custom-designed for busy city folks: “on very short notice we can set you up on quick dates with total strangers at public places like bars and coffee shops. You're not allowed to see their picture or even communicate.” Created ...
Social Heroes
My thesis has split into two ideas, something which was foreshadowed at the end of my midterm presentation. I mistakenly assumed that one of the ideas would seem obviously better than the other, but that hasn't happened. Rather, I'm stuck with two ideas which I think explore the ideas I'm ...
PCBs from Eagle to Production
In this post I'm going to explain how to output files from Eagle PCB in order to send your designs off to be professionally fabbed. There are two major steps before this in the process: creating the electrical schematic, and moving from that schematic to a board layout. I'm not ...
Thesis: midterm presentation & playtest
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ITP Thesis: Midterm presentation (with notes) (PDF)
Here's the midterm presentation I just gave in my thesis section (the PDF includes the presenter notes, and is perhaps more comprehensible). I felt like this presentation was a return to form for me - lots of photos, ...
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