Future of Web Apps, Miami, 2009
Back last semester, I decided to pony up the resources to travel to Miami to attend the Future of Web Apps conference run by Ryan Carson’s Carsonified. The ticket cost $200 for just the conference day...
View ArticleTicket Re-Sellers and Scalpers
Trent Reznor wrote a post on his Nine Inch Nails (NIN) forum about re-sellers and scalpers of concert tickets. In it, he discusses the motivations for TicketMaster to encourage the secondary market...
View ArticleSurpluses and Shortages
I’m moving out of my Georgetown rowhouse and just started my job, so I’ve been a little busy and haven’t been able to write much. That’s one reason Twitter is so great — I’ve been able to just send...
View ArticleLabor Costs
One of the topics I want to study more about is what we’re all going to do in the future for work and jobs. Part of the sharp upheaval of the 20th century of rapid economic development was that a...
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Public Transit Adds Data Points
Here in DC, WMATA (Washington Metro Area Transit Authority) has started putting up signs at all its bus stops that have a unique stop number on them. What this number symbolizes is a unique ID that...
View ArticleWalking the Walk
Walking the walk has become a core lesson learned for me. I’ve tried to live an adult life of walking the walk instead of talking the talk. When I was a suburban, socially disconnected kid, I spent...
View ArticleMy Goals for NYU’s ITP Program
I’m really excited to be starting my Master’s in Professional Studies program at New York University for the Interactive Telecommunications Program in August. In a way, it’s a true culmination of all...
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Redial Final Project: Hermes Ordering System
In my Redial class, we learned about the dark arts of telephony in an age of digital, packets, and VOIP. Once we learned the basics of operating in an Asterisk telephony server environment, we moved...
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Glitch: The Flip-Flop Technique
For our final Glitch class, our assignment was to employ the flip-flop technique, as described by Robin Sloan. Technically, our job was to glitch something by flipping it between the analog and...
View ArticleThe Coolest Stuff I’ve Seen While at NYU-ITP
Access to the latest info and tech is easy because of the internet now, but moving to NYC and going to an art/tech school in Manhattan (NYU-ITP) has pushed me even closer to the sources of...
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VR Anticipation, and Oculus Rift vs. Google Glass
I’m not sure if the Rift or Project Morpheus are going to be huge but with the anticipation for their consumer releases, this is probably the first time VR has been really exciting for most geeks. You...
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