How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Blog

Explorations in art and technology by Cameron Cundiff

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Getting Shacked on Google Wave

December 3rd, 2009 No Comments

My first experience with Google Wave proved to be entertaining and Wave seems promising as a useful collaborative tool. I was on a wave with 4 other people, and I think the more the merrier. We weren’t doing anything obviously meaningful, but as a backchannel for class it proved entertaining. I can see more constructive [...]

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Etsy Internship recap

September 6th, 2009 No Comments

Friday was the last day of my summer internship at Etsy. I met some great people and worked on awesome projects while I was there. My main focus was prototyping, both creating actual prototypes and documenting a process to promote ongoing prototyping there. The tools I explored were balsamiq mockups, Adobe Dreamweaver (templating and libraries), [...]

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ITP eating club

September 21st, 2008 2 Comments

Here we are at lee-seans for the ITP eating club. Check out ze menu! Also, take a gander at this smorgasborg of delectible delights…

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Tech-retard, it’s not your fault

September 15th, 2008 No Comments

For Physical Computing, Hyejin and I went to Kinko’s to observe people using technology. Our focus quickly turned to the Sony picture printing kiosk. The interactions people had with the machine were varied. One person using the kiosk seemed to be experienced at it. The efficacy with which she accomplished her task was impressive. Another, [...]

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Making light of the artist

July 5th, 2008 1 Comment

The Lumiere Manifesto expounds on a vision of online media that emphasizes authenticity of experience, for creator and consumer alike. Its tenets are based on the characteristics of early film, e.g. brevity and lack of editing. For the authors, these qualities enhance the integrity of the experience, and stand in stark contrast to most contemporary [...]

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Concering my voice

July 5th, 2008 No Comments

Voice can be a window or a closed door.

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How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Vlog

July 5th, 2008 No Comments

One of the advantages of video is the enhanced bandwidth for communication. My vlog debut does not dissappoint in that respect. I think my body language speaks to my discomfort with more poignancy than volumes of editorialized text. Despite my uneasiness, I feel the exercise was a success in its authenticity.

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read/write, oh yea!

July 2nd, 2008 No Comments

First blog post, and it feels a little exhibitionist so far. Maybe I just need something interesting to say. Then instead of self-consciously rambling, I can pontificate, oblivious to the transparency of my conceited rhetoric. Forgive the angst, but it’s a bit of an existential quandary, not knowing if anyone will actually read this, let [...]

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