Links for 2008-09-24

In Links on 24 September 2008 with no comments

• Listening to rocks » Blog » tomtaylor.co.uk
  "I knocked together a Twitter bot called Low Flying Rocks, that scrapes data out of the NASA NEO database, twittering whenever a rock passes within 0.2 AU of the Earth" A nice complement to the Tower Bridge Twitter bot by the other Tom.
  (tags: twitter bots rocks space NASA)
• Jori de Goede – Ins(table)
  "Ins(table) is an interactive installation that explores the possibilities of the visualization of speech and conversations." The best interaction design project at this year's HKU graduation expo. Some nice dataviz here, plus the table itself is an aesthetically pleasing object (something you don't see too often in interactive furniture).
  (tags: interaction installations dataviz speech conversations audio analysis)
• softbody
  By far the most impressive game that was on show at this year's HKU graduation expo. Offering a very nice balance between structured and open-ended play, lush graphics and superb technical execution. The research that went into this (on the paidia-ludus continuum) is worth checking out too.
  (tags: games paidia ludus play HKU indie art experimental)
• Five things I believe about the aesthetics of interaction design
  "1. It makes little sense to talk about »visual aesthetics« as an isolated modality. 2. The genre determines the aesthetic qualities. 3. Aesthetic is not equal to good, pleasant, pretty or nice. 4. Aesthetic experience is connected with intellectual deliberation as much as with immediate, »visceral« response. 5. We need holistic, interpretative approaches to dealing with aesthetics in interaction design."
  (tags: aesthetics interactiondesign IxD)

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