2009 300
Starting idea: comparing the algorithmic to the interactive / heuristic.
Getting data from the "real world".
Demo: Motion/PyGame Mixup, Erkki Kurrenyemi (basica + live instruments), Sketchpad (live microphone / volume visualizer?!)
(Pipeline thinking, temporal data streams)
"Live" output platforms (PyGame, shoebot?, commandline, pd)
Basics as "études"
- Necessary Tools: sshfs (on Mac/Windows??)
- Networking
- Reich's Clapping Music (as Distributed Arduino?)
- Command-line Video Editing -- Variation movies
- Review Bits and Binary --> connect to arduino? switches?!, or to "magic" numbers like 4294967295, and the mysteries of two's complements?! bits to images
- Exercise in Post-fix vs. Pre-fix Scheme / LISP / Logo?
- Relational Databases
- Simple Web Servers [1]
- Simon Yuill's Motion Graphics tutorial: http://www.yourmachines.org/tutorials/mgpy.html
Some advanced (practical) lessons:
- Packaging python (understanding the install process)
Technical Plan
Part of writing your technical plan is to select a topic (and evt. a day) to present. It could be a particular software package, a piece of code, or a technique. The key is that it should be something you would like to learn more about. You need to think of a small "proof of concept", an idea you would like to realize using the given tool. (Important to keep the scale realistic;) In the process of realizing this project, use the wiki page to document your progress. You should:
- Create a page on the TD wiki on your topic.
- Include links to the resources you used / found helpful in preparing your presentation.
- Create a small "proof of concept" demonstration of what you think you might be able to do / make with the given tool / software. As you go about.
The idea is to follow a "cookbook" or tutorial model, as opposed to some sort of exhaustive reference. It is import to focus on a particular aspect of interest to you.
Example topics: