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04.27.08Socialbomb wins Stern!
news (0)It is with incredible pride (and about equal parts shock and bewilderment) that I report that Socialbomb is the winner of NYU Stern’s Business Plan Competition! Out of the initial 155 teams that entered, Adam Simon, Scott Varland, Mihir Dange and I took on the last three on April 25 at the competition finals and took home both the grand prize of $50,000 and the audience's choice award. (Photo courtesy of NYU Stern) What this means is not just a nice chunk of change to kick-start our business, but also a virtual pod and access to ...
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04.15.08Crickets at BENT
news, projects (0)I've mostly been hiding in my cave working on my thesis paper and prototype, but as it is turning out to be a lovely spring, it seemed time to emerge with a new show. I'm thrilled to say that I'll be doing an installation at this year's BENT Festival at The Tank NYC. I'll be joined by a fantastic group of folks, including my fellow ITP'ers Lesley Flanigan and Andy Doro and the amazing Christopher McDonald. Installations go up on April 24th and come down after the ...
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03.20.08ITP Thesis
news (0)When I was making the Concrete Crickets for the first time, I had this vision of people making happy sound art and tagging up the city in their own happy, personalized way. What I didn't count on was the paranoia a lot of people showed towards the concept: I've had the cops called on me a few times, I've had people search me for bomb-making materials, I've gotten scorned a TON. It really got me thinking about how to deal with devices in a way that's meaningful and informative but at the same time calming — and not ...
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02.27.08O’Reilly ETech
news (0)We Socialbomb folks (Adam, Scott and I) have been quite busy lately, making prototypes, writing proposals and presenting things at various places. So far, the latter point has mostly involved the Stern Business Plan Competition, which we are Semi-Finalists in (and still in the final running), but it's about to lead us to San Diego for O'Reilly ETech, and we are more stoked than ever. I'll be presenting Socialbomb with Adam and Scott at the ETech ArtsFair, running a full game on the show floor and babbling endlessly about delocalized ...
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11.11.07New projects up soon
asides, news (0)This semester has been a blur, but a good blur to say the least. After having the opportunity to try my hand at a pile of different projects, papers and proposals, I'm working on a few new projects, at least of one of which I hope to have in the ITP Winter Show this December. I'll be posting information about them as I get them further along, and hopefully I'll have a few proposals up here shortly. Also, I had the pleasure of attending this year's MobileCampNYC2, which was an amazing day of mobile madness. I've ...
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New projects up soon
This semester has been a blur, but a good blur to say the least. After having the opportunity to try my hand at a pile of different projects, papers and proposals, I'm working on ...
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Crickets Coast-to-coast
Much to my surprise (and glee!), the crickets have gotten a fair deal of attention in the weeks since Conflux, and it seems fitting that I should post a bit about that here. NPR ...
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ITP Show-a-go-go
There's a lot going on here, but mostly, I'm knee-deep in the ITP Spring Show. I've got two projects in the show: The sustainable-energy-powered Door Secure, and the blogged-by-CNET and Gizmodo (g'head, click ...
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