Archive for April, 2009
This Happened { sound + blog }
If you are in Edinburgh on May 4th, I will be talking about the development process for ‘Tweet A Sound’ at This Happened. There will be three other speakers talking about their projects.
This happened is a series of events focusing on the stories behind interaction design. Having ideas is easier than making them happen. We [...]
First off, a big thanks to Matthew Eddey for helping with the Ruby script and Twitter API. Also to all the people that helped along the way.
This should work on Max 5 and Mac OS and Window.
how to send a tweet directly from Max/MSP
I used the Ruby programming language to access Twitter’s API. To use [...]
UPDATE available: Tweet A Sound v1.1. Read about it here.
Tweet A Sound is a desktop application that uses Twitter as a platform for sharing sonic tweets. Pushing the idea of “social sound design”, Tweet A Sound allows you to design a sound and share it in a community of like-minded folks. It is an opportunity [...]
The other evening my girlfriend and I decided to treat ourselves to the guilty pleasures of popcorn and a movie. However, to give myself the illusion of productivity, I recorded the sound. It was my first time making popcorn on the stove, and I got to say how amazing making popcorn that way can sound [...]
“Partir c’est mourir un peu” or in English “to leave is to die a little.” Not quite the same but you get the point. The disadvantage of moving to a new country is the difficulty of maintaining previous working relations. Two of my very good friends (directors), now based in Canada have just finished a [...]
Skype Fools Day { sound + hack }
I attempted to scare my friends on April Fool’s Day by creating an “apparition” of myself on Skype. As I was video chatting to my friends, I played a prerecorded video of myself walking in front of the computer and staring at my “live” self. I also affected my voice to make it extra frightening! [...]




