Day 3 @ ITP: Intro to Physical Computing

Week 1
Assignment #1: What is interaction? 

I remember in class it came up that interaction was any time that one(?) or two or more people are in conversation with each other or with some thing. I am imagining that if you are in conversation with something by yourself that the "other" is not a person but an environment, or a situation. I feel that most of life is interacting with various outer elements that come up. When you add two or more people it gets much more exciting – neurons are firing, or not firing, but either way there is some kind of "conversation" happening. The best interaction is when you leave feeling somehow changed.

Day 3 @ ITP: Intro to Computational Media

Week 1
Assignment #2: How computation applies to my interests

I started learning to code in 1996 (in 6th grade for me). At the time it seemed like a way to create a world other than the one I was presented with. I built a website called "Camilla's World" entirely with HTML. It was a long scrolling page with a black background, bright pink text and a lot of animated gifs, and included fan pages for Matt Damon and Fairuza Balk. In adulthood I have worked on websites as a freelance job, but with limited skills. JavaScript and Python are new to me [I actually realized after I initially said this that I did do some intro classes for p5.js & creative coding at the ITP Camp in summer 2016, but I retained little of it as it was mostly just one cursory class for each subject]. I am attracted to learning more about computer languages because I feel that they could lead to creating more interesting virtual worlds, web art, music, experiences, you name it. I also do video and sound work and am curious to see how it could intersect with coding. Or even to use it to work on a more interesting kind of website for some organization that I find meaningful. I'm excited to see what possibilities come up in this course. 

Day 2 @ ITP: Intro to Computational Media

Week 1
Assignment #1: p5.js experiment

function setup() {
createCanvas(600, 700) 
}

function draw() {
 background(150, 250, 255, 50)
fill(200, 275, 100);
stroke(150,200,200)
quad(500, 500, 300, 500, 100, 450, 330, 70) 
fill(200, 250, 0, 8);
quad(900, 900, 700, 600, 200, 550, 430, 80) 
fill(300, 250, 0, 5);
stroke(100,200,200)
rect(125,125,125,125, 250, 300); 
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 400);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 395);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 390);
ellipse(250, 250, 370, 385);
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 380);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 375);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 370);
ellipse(250, 250, 370, 365);
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 360);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 355);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 350);
ellipse(250, 250, 370, 345);
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 340);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 335);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 330);
ellipse(250, 250, 370, 325);
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 320);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 315);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 310);
ellipse(250, 250, 370, 305);
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 300);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 290);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 285);
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 280);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 275);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 270);
ellipse(250, 250, 370, 265);
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 260);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 255);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 250);
ellipse(250, 250, 370, 245);
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 240);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 235);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 230);
ellipse(250, 250, 370, 225);
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 220);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 215);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 210);
ellipse(250, 250, 370, 205);
ellipse(250, 250, 400, 200);
ellipse(250, 250, 390, 295);
ellipse(250, 250, 380, 290);
ellipse(250, 250, 370, 285);

}

Day 1 @ ITP: Appl Interactive Telecommunication Systems

Lecture with Carter Emmart, Creative Lead at openspaceproject.com / AMNH

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-3d-atlas-of-the-universe-carter-emmart For the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists and programmers to build a complete 3D visualization of our known universe. He demos this stunning tour and explains how it's being shared with facilities around the world. Talk by Carter Emmart.
Get closer to Mars! Using pioneering technology, the Museum uses NASA's current Mars data to showcase never-before-seen details of the red planet. Join Carter Emmart for a new look at the Martian landscape, beyond the reach of rovers.