Generative Movies & the Open Source Processing Software

The Snail on the Slope from tadar on Vimeo. The video above is a generative movie developed with Processing 1.0, and based on a book of the same title by the Strugatsky brothers. Processing 1.0 is an open source programming language and environment, created by Ben Fry and Casey Reas to teach fundamentals of computer [...]

The Open Video Alliance, Open Source Video & the Kaltura Platform

video platform video management video solutions free video player Kaltura is an open source video platform, from its video codec to its back-end systems for uploading, hosting, embedding, syndicating, analyzing and inserting advertisements into videos. Anyone can use the code for free: clients pay only for custom installation, integration, and support, depending on their level [...]

Online Music Studio: Audiotool From Hobnox

Hobnox is a great platform for everybody with an interest in music, film and culture – both, fans and creatives. On Hobnox.com artists can present their content to the community, work on projects, collaborate and connect with other artists. What’s most interesting is the combination of production, publishing and community functions with web TV channels [...]

Language Online: Save Lost Words From Extinction

An interesting project for the english language: to save words from being dropped from the Oxford Dictionaries. The initiative is called Save The Words and it’s been launched by the Oxford University Press. Every year hundreds of words are dropped from the dictionary… Old, wise, hard-working words that simply disappear from common conversations. Here’s your [...]

Using reCaptcha & Digitizing Old Texts & Radio Shows

The reCaptcha service combines the anti-spam functions of a normal Captcha system with a very interesting project, which aims to digitize the contents of old books & newspapers and also of past radio shows, thanks to the human interaction in solving the puzzles. Basically what you get is the following: as you are asked to [...]

Creativity & Business Strategy: Debunking Myths

Photo credit: jef safi There are some clichè concerning creativity that have to be debunked, in my opinion. The following arose from an interview with Teresa Amabile from Harvard Business School. 1. Creativity only comes from “creative” people. You just can’t ghettoize creativity. Creativity can actually arise from any kind of sector, even from a [...]

Knowledge Sharing & Collective Intelligence in the Blogosphere

Photo credit: IsaacMao If you should analyse the dynamics of so-called Web 2.0 (and beyond) a key factor would arise: sharing information & knowledge, and tools for obtaining more informations and gaining more knowledge. You can read this feature as a great shift in the mentality of a generation, or perhaps just a new kind [...]

Cut-Up Machine, Random Writing & New Media

Cut-Up is a method for introducing aleatory techiques into the creative process. It’s historically related to writing in the first place, but it can be used for any form of art. The Web is perfect for experimenting with random writing; in past times, this could be done only by manual typewriting. Now cut-up inspired projects [...]