Over a Month Ago
Mike McCracken, loneconspirator , has made an Audio ping-pong game (or audio Pong, really) for one person using an Arduino board, headphones, and an accelerometer (a sensor that measures tilt, used in the Nintendo Wii controller). It is still in an early prototype stage, but I have a feeling he will keep refining it.
It is a one-person game. You put on the headphones, and you will hear a sound “approaching”. It will be to your right or left, and you tilt your head to center the sound. If you tilt your head, or the “paddle”, to the right position, you strike the “ball”, and it will come back. Speed increases over time, just like classic arcade games.
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Over a Month Ago
For those of you who don’t know Pitchfork, it is the largest online independent-focused music publication. They receive around 15 million daily page views and over 300,000 visitors daily. On April 7th, the Chicago based company released Pitchfork.tv, their attempt at the every growing audience of online tver’s. The best thing about what they are doing, is that they are producing a lot of the video’s.
As a visual extension of the music coverage Pitchfork has provided for more than a decade, and a means of updating and advancing the music television format, the online channel will bring you closer to the artists you love, through original mini-documentaries, secret rooftop and basement sessions, full concerts, exclusive interviews, and the most carefully curated selection of music videos online.
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Over a Month Ago
Hobnox is yet another social networking site trying to find its niche in the broad range of online social network users. Their platform is is to connect through creatives and give an outlet for them to express their creativity. If you are familiar with sites like this, this, this, or this you know that this idea isn’t new. But there are some interesting things about hobnox. The most prominent being their integrated tools for creating music and video. The tools are pretty impressive flash interfaces that you should check out.
The effect of the rapid growth of social networking sites audience seems to be flooding the market of social networks. Though there seem to be useful tools that have a great potential application, persuading users to join these sites seems to be a daunting task. Ultimately, the tools/sites are only useful if they are used in conjunction with a thriving community. So I guess the question is, what creates community?
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