Processing

I've committed myself to learning processing this week and, after a 9–5 day at home, I've got the hang of the basics again. Drawing shapes, points, lines, colouring them with transparencies, random positioning and colour, mouse pressed commands, exporting, print lining, mouse following and general setup and syntax. Not bad but it really taxes my brain- I think it's going to be a bit of an effort for me- it doesn't come naturally but hopefully a week will see me a bit better at least- I'm going to push myself to produce at least a screenshot every day.

Internet Eyes

So this Orwellian, weird, possibly genius idea puts people with cctv cameras that don't have people watching their footage with bored people who want to stop crime and earn a quid or two. You register and then you can watch cctv footage and if you happen to spot a crime being committed you flag it up and get up to £1000. It's kinda weird and kinda horrible. I blog it because I think it's pretty interesting when put into the context of tommy t's project- or just as technology surveillance for entertainment or I don't know what. Either way it's worth knowing about. Check it out here.

Ted but not Ted

Found this conference called Lift- long story short- it seems to have videos of lectures/talks given by interesting guys in tech vs. design areas. James Auger has got a talk so you know... I've not worked my way through all of them yet and the site is a bit crap to be honest but it seems like a good resource. Give us a shout if anyone finds any gems. Check it here: Lift Videos Lift