ProphecyBoy

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September 27th 2005
Tags: Exploded Media, Top Posts, Webzine 2005

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My real Webzine 2005 vlog

Here's my Webzine 2005 vlog, for real this time. And, really, the first thing I'd actually consider a vlog that I'm sending down this pipe: it's the first time I've made video specifically for this purpose, as opposed to appropriating something that was intended for another purpose. After making this, I'm ...
September 26th 2005
Tags: Vlogs (video), Webzine 2005

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And now to bed

There is much to say about this weekend, but for now... doh! At 2am, even copying and pasting links is hard...
September 24th 2005
Tags: Webzine 2005

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Phil Torrone and vintage PopSci covers

Phil Torrone and vintage PopSci covers Originally uploaded by Prophecy Boy. "We used to be a nation of tinkerers." "The things that people make themself are magic."
September 23rd 2005
Tags: Webzine 2005

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Off to Webzine 2005

In about 2 hours I'll be leaving on a jet plane to leapfrog my way to San Francisco for Webzine 2005. If you've spoken to me in the real world recently, you know I'm all-too-excited to be attending. It's been about a yaer and a half since I've started immersing ...

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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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March 12th 2009
Tags: ITP, Social Software Studio, Thesis, Uncategorized No Comments

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 ...
April 14th 2008
Tags: Social Facts, Social Software Studio No Comments

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 ...
March 29th 2008
Tags: Social Software Studio, Thesis 2 Comments

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 ...
March 16th 2008
Tags: ITP One Comment

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 ...
March 14th 2008
Tags: Social Software Studio, Thesis One Comment

Thesis: midterm presentation & playtest

| View | Upload your own 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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