Events – DocBug https://www.docbug.com/blog Intelligence, media technologies, intellectual property, and the occasional politics Thu, 10 Feb 2022 23:50:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Maker camp virtual field trip to Loon https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/911 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:21:00 +0000 https://www.docbug.com/blog/?p=911 Maker Camp is doing a virtual field trip to one of our launches today! Join the live hangout at 11am PDT to see what I do, or at least what I support (they’ll hopefully show a bit of Mission Control after the launch — that software is the part I’m responsible for).

Originally shared by Make:

We’re very excited about this week’s Field Trip Friday to Project Loon, at the top-secret Google X. Since it’s Fun & Games Week, we figured we’d play with some balloons, but these Loon balloons are special: They’re designed to float in the stratosphere and provide Internet connectivity to people down on Earth. 

We’ll be talking with the Project Loon designers and makers, and then, weather permitting, we’ll get to watch a live Loon balloon launch! Check out this video to get a sense of how Project Loon works: http://goo.gl/PluF31

We’ll also be joined by Lauren Rojas, the girl who famously floated her Hello Kitty to space earlier this year! (She filmed the whole thing, which you can watch here: http://goo.gl/JSEHEE)

See why we’re so excited?! 

RSVP and the event will be added to your Google Calendar. You can stream the live Hangout on +Make’s page here on Google+, on this event page, or on our YouTube channel. Ask questions, leave comments, and have fun! 

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]]> A study in CUTE! https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/768 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:17:25 +0000 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/768 This should be interesting:

Designing Cute Interactive Media
in conjunction with The ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems

Cuteness has an effective design philosophy that can be used in many areas to make emotionally engaging user interactive systems, as well as evaluate existing systems. Cuteness can also be included as an engineering design framework that can assist designers and engineers when creating engaging interactive systems that motivate the user in a happy, positive manner.

The main goal of this workshop is to provide designers with a better understanding of developing ways to enhance the positive experience and effectiveness of interactive media by utilizing the psychological and culturally developed effects of cuteness. We would also like to explore a range of interactive experiences involving the idea of cuteness and examine the related components. Based on these experiences, the next generation user interfaces can be built to take advantage of the cuteness factor and its unique effects on the experience which can establish and maintain more meaningful relationships with the users and encourage happiness, self confidence, motivate the user to action, and provide overall positive experiences.

]]> This should be interesting:

Designing Cute Interactive Media
in conjunction with The ACM conference on Designing Interactive Systems

Cuteness has an effective design philosophy that can be used in many areas to make emotionally engaging user interactive systems, as well as evaluate existing systems. Cuteness can also be included as an engineering design framework that can assist designers and engineers when creating engaging interactive systems that motivate the user in a happy, positive manner.

The main goal of this workshop is to provide designers with a better understanding of developing ways to enhance the positive experience and effectiveness of interactive media by utilizing the psychological and culturally developed effects of cuteness. We would also like to explore a range of interactive experiences involving the idea of cuteness and examine the related components. Based on these experiences, the next generation user interfaces can be built to take advantage of the cuteness factor and its unique effects on the experience which can establish and maintain more meaningful relationships with the users and encourage happiness, self confidence, motivate the user to action, and provide overall positive experiences.

]]> Big meteor shower Sept 1st 2007 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/746 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:29:37 +0000 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/746 This coming September 1st (Saturday of Labor Day weekend) at about 11:36 ± 20 minutes UT (4:36 am PDT) the Earth will be passing through the dust trail of Comet Kiess, the only known case of crossing the dust trail of a known long-period comet in our lifetime. It'll create an impressive meteor shower called the Aurigids, since the meteors will appear around the constellation Auriga. The shower will be visible from California, Oregon, Hawaii and the Eastern Pacific, with best viewing towards the East and NorthEast.

Wonder if it'd be visible from Black Rock City?

]]> This coming September 1st (Saturday of Labor Day weekend) at about 11:36 ± 20 minutes UT (4:36 am PDT) the Earth will be passing through the dust trail of Comet Kiess, the only known case of crossing the dust trail of a known long-period comet in our lifetime. It’ll create an impressive meteor shower called the Aurigids, since the meteors will appear around the constellation Auriga. The shower will be visible from California, Oregon, Hawaii and the Eastern Pacific, with best viewing towards the East and NorthEast.

Wonder if it’d be visible from Black Rock City?

]]> Event: Instructables show and tell, this Friday (Alameda) & Saturday (Boston) https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/725 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:29:50 +0000 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/725 The Instructables Show and Tell (formerly Squid Labs Light Salon) is this Friday in Alameda and Saturday in Boston. Not sure if I'll be able to make it to this one but the last one I went to was a blast.

]]> The Instructables Show and Tell (formerly Squid Labs Light Salon) is this Friday in Alameda and Saturday in Boston. Not sure if I’ll be able to make it to this one but the last one I went to was a blast.

]]> Event: Fire Arts Festival @ The Crucible, 7/12-16 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/628 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:03:24 +0000 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/628 fire-arts-fest-2006.jpg

This Wednesday through Sunday at The Crucible in Oakland: The The 6th annual Fire Arts Festival.

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This Wednesday through Sunday at The Crucible in Oakland: The The 6th annual Fire Arts Festival.

]]> Event: Christopher Allen and Michael Goldhaber at BayCHI https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/623 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:46:03 +0000 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/623 Two talks that look interesting at BayCHI this Tuesday, July 11 at 7:30 at PARC in Palo Alto:

(Thanks to Perlick for the heads up.)

]]> Two talks that look interesting at BayCHI this Tuesday, July 11 at 7:30 at PARC in Palo Alto:

(Thanks to Perlick for the heads up.)

]]> Event: Will Wright (with Brian Eno) at The Long Now https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/615 Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:10:14 +0000 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/615 For those in the Bay Area, Will Wright (creator of "Sim City" and the forthcoming "Spore") and Brian Eno (British musician) will be speaking at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco next Monday (June 26th) at 7pm as part of The Long Now Foundation's seminar series. Reservations are $8 ($10.50 after fees) from City Box Office, and are highly recommended because this will sell out fast.

(I just picked up my ticket — if you're going let me know and I'll keep an eye out for you.)

]]> For those in the Bay Area, Will Wright (creator of “Sim City” and the forthcoming “Spore”) and Brian Eno (British musician) will be speaking at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco next Monday (June 26th) at 7pm as part of The Long Now Foundation’s seminar series. Reservations are $8 ($10.50 after fees) from City Box Office, and are highly recommended because this will sell out fast.

(I just picked up my ticket — if you’re going let me know and I’ll keep an eye out for you.)

]]> Negativland West Coast performances https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/606 Tue, 30 May 2006 18:43:52 +0000 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/606 For those in the SF or LA area, Negativland is performing live in San Francisco on June 10th and two shows in LA on June 12th.

]]> For those in the SF or LA area, Negativland is performing live in San Francisco on June 10th and two shows in LA on June 12th.

]]> SF Bay Area Event: The History of the Future of the City https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/601 Sat, 20 May 2006 22:05:26 +0000 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/601 If you're a SF Bay Area local, this Wednesday Joel Birnbaum (head of research at IBM in the 70s and HP in the 80s) will be speaking in Mountain View on The History of the Future of the City. I'd be going, but I'll be in Boston for the MIT Media Lab's Things That Think Spring Event.

(Thanks to Perlick for the heads-up...)

]]> If you’re a SF Bay Area local, this Wednesday Joel Birnbaum (head of research at IBM in the 70s and HP in the 80s) will be speaking in Mountain View on The History of the Future of the City. I’d be going, but I’ll be in Boston for the MIT Media Lab’s Things That Think Spring Event.

(Thanks to Perlick for the heads-up…)

]]> Event: Douglas Hofstadter at Stanford 2/6/06 @7pm https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/533 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 14:12:27 +0000 https://www.docbug.com/blog/archives/533 For you local folk, on Monday evening Douglas Hofstadter will be giving a special lecture at Stanford University on Analogy as the Core of Cognition. The event is free and open to the public. (Thanks to Perlick for the link.)

Update 2/7/06: Perlick and I both attended, and he posted a summary on his blog.

]]> For you local folk, on Monday evening Douglas Hofstadter will be giving a special lecture at Stanford University on Analogy as the Core of Cognition. The event is free and open to the public. (Thanks to Perlick for the link.)

Update 2/7/06: Perlick and I both attended, and he posted a summary on his blog.

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