While at the Picnic New York Salon I got the chance to interview Michael Tchao, the man who brought Nike Plus and the iPod to the market. In this interview he discusses how augmented reality, wearable technology how the virtual world is connecting real world together. He talks about what trends he finds interesting for [...]
Ken Hertz is a lawyer who represents top talent in New York City. Many stars are signed to his firm which he represents. In this interview Ken talks about how the music industry has changed over the last 3-5 years, both the positive sides and the negative sides. He sees artists being more empowered and [...]
Image by matlock via Flickr In this interview from , Michael B. Johnson of Pixar discusses tips on the Creative Process. He also talks about moving from an analog to a digital creative process and some of the pitfalls of working virtually as well as some of the pros. Michael develops software for the animators [...]
My friend Pim Betist has started a new project. Africa Unsigned. He was the creator of Sellaband.com which has been a great success. Now he wants to make a difference and beleives the model will work in Africa as well. the site will go live in the next couple of weeks, so keep your eye [...]
Image by fiahless via Flickr This is an interview I filmed for Picnic in New York together with my good buddy Kevin Slavin. Kevin is the founder of Area Code and is an extremely smart and creative dude. He develops everything from Urban Games to ARGs, to Cross Media games, and more. Have a look [...]
My trip to New York City with Rose B, Joy K., and a whole lot more friends. Thanks to NYC friends for a great trip! I can’t really explain all we did, so I just made this little comp. of pictures. Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v) Tags: art, bike, city, fashion, gabemac, joyk, newyork, nightlife, [...]
Image by gabemac via Flickr -ASKFRASCO and @MARLOOZ talk about “Like me on Facebook” and other geek girl chatter. by www.gabemac.com Formats available: Quicktime (.mov) Tags: marlooz, video, vlog, askfrasco, gabemac, facebook, google, funny, friends
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This is an excellent film from the vancouver film school about how the youth of Iran has embraced blogging.
Ok, so I have had heard ALOT of Mj this past week. Many times to the point of insanity. But I owe MJ my dance start. It was watching him that got my feet moving, into ballet and jazz classes, and is probably why they are still moving today. I love to dance. And even [...]
Megan Fox in Transformers Image by nicogenin via Flickr Besides Megan Fox, and Michael Bay doing Transformers again, I really want to see this movie. Transformers 2 may seem like a cheezy flick, but let me tell you, I was jealous of kids with Transformers when I was a kid. Nope, I wasn’t exactly the [...]
The pictures from the Dream Amsterdam project made by Peter Funch are now online on the IWONDER site. If you haven’t registered for the project, go check it out. Art translates into what you love about a city. Here are some pictures made with Sabine and Marc an me. Here is the press release sent [...]
Many people wonder how Viral Campaigning works. Many beleive that all you have to do is make a funny video woth a cat and that will spread the message. Sorry, that was about 2-3 years ago. The truth is nowadays you have to create a Multi Media Alternate Reality Game. Otherwise known as an ARG. [...]
Since I’ve been back in Amsterdam, I have been unable (too lazy) to get a bike. My old one, is dead somewhere near GabeB’s place and I can’t find the key. Marc had another bike which he lost the key to outside my house since August. Good condition though. I finally got around (was awake [...]
So last weekend or so I was in Berlin to Speak at a workshop, and I did an interview with gruenderszene as well as some other journalists. In any case gruenderszene posted the video interviews as well as a nice writeup. In the interviews I talk about twitter, the difference between entrepreneurs in Europe, United [...]
Joking around with friends about the Adidas campaign “Impossible is nothing”. Rose Bertins tells the story. Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v) Tags: rosebertins, adidas, shows, brand, advertising, branding, nike Image via Wikipedia
I haven’t had a TV in Holland for a little over a year now. Actually I never really watched dutch TV to be honest when I did. When Bicyclemark skyped Amserdamize and I if we wanted to be on TV, we said sure why not? A friend of his Shylo (fun geek girl who loves [...]
My dad is Qikking at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. My mom works there saving the environment like she has always done. I remember chaining myself to trees as a kid with al the other neighborhood kids, in protest to a highway being built through a park in the area. Great memories. Love my parents for [...]
Xbox and Steven Spielberg have gotten into a project called “Milo“. It is scarely like A.I. that was made by Spielberg, and really shows how far the “Tamagochi” Phenomenon can happen. When we feel lonely our laptops and our games are our new friends. Scary and sick but this is how it is going. But [...]
Ok. If you haven’t seen the Fly Swatting Obama in the last 24 hours, you haven’t been online. Reminds me of some technology a friend of mine is working on that is a laser guided mosquito killer, but I digress. Then there is Wierd al Yankovic’s Craigslist song. I met Craig from Craigslist once at [...]
So, I come across a video that I would like to save on the internet. I may wanna use it for a class, to create a mash-up, keep a copy of friends videos, use it to VJ, etc. I need to download a lot because of either copyright, or loss of account or some other [...]
Some of you may have seen some of the popular work that Andy Samberg, Jorna Taccone and Akiva Schaffer have done. Most recently they have come out with the hit “I’m on a Boat”. One of the songs off The Lonely Island album “Incredibad“. But to know the back channel this comic genius of our [...]
How many people spend hours behind the computer screen. I do, but I also face a window so I get some sun during the day as well. (Speaking of which I really need to clean my window. Very dirty.) In any case REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY has now allowed computertan.com to give people tans by a computer [...]
Have you played PowerPoint Karaoke yet? Ok this is one for the real nerds and geeks. The rules are simple.1. Have a powerpoint or slideshow that no one knows yet.2. A presentor tries to present the Powerpoint or Slideshow and make a coherent (and often humoruos) presentation.3. (Optional) Presentor must take a shot after every [...]
Last weekend in Berlin I met with a number of journalists to talk tech. GameBizz.de is a popular site about gaming which also did an interview with me. Here is the interview in which I talk about Games, Game Development, teaching at the HKU, female gaming demographics and what Newspapers could be doing with Gaming [...]
Image via Wikipedia This is an excellent roundup video from Wolfgang Gaebler of the Barcelona Extreme Sports event. Everything from biking, water boarding, skating, bungy jumping, and more in sunny Barcelona. Very cool. Check it out for the extreme sports fans! more about “Barcelona Extreme 2009“, posted with vodpod
Next week I am attending the HKU Design for Virtual Theater and Games EXPO in Utrecht at the Huis aan de Werf. It will be a great show on June 18 and 19. Don’t miss it! For an example there are a couple free games to try out that some of my students made. Felisberto [...]
MC Hammer via last.fm The Hammer is back in this Flash Mob in a store in LA. Honestly who growing up as a teenager in the 90′s didn’t do the hammertime with the pants. Honestly? via: http://videoculmination.blogspot.com/
