December 2009
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Since I started actively posting a few weeks ago, the site has gone through quite a few changes. At first, it was pure XHTML + CSS, and I was updating the front page manually. It was the case of having a design, but not having the skills to create it myself. I could have outsourced it for a few bucks to some entry level Javascripter in the Ukraine or India… or I could take it on myself,...
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New iPhone App - Cafe Clock
I released a new iPhone app recently: it’s called Cafe Clock and it helps you track your cooking on Zynga’s facebook game “Cafe World” . The app is doing fairly well which is good of course, and despite the fact that it isn’t going to earn me a TED talk or anything, I’m kind of proud of it. I initially submitted it to the iTunes store about a month ago, but...
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Monome & The Arduinome
In several of my videos and entries I have already made reference to either the monome or the arduinome project, without saying much about what it is all about. So, with my participation in the upcoming Monome Community Remix Project (v2), I thought I’d share some thoughts on the monome and my experiences.
First of all, the creators of the monome are amazing. They have designed an...
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Gear Lust Sucks
As someone who enjoys making music, its so easy to fall into the trap of endlessly pursuing new equipment. “If only I had the Dave Smith Rackmount Poly Evolver, then my leads would really shine…” This sucky phenomenon is often referred to as “gear lust”.
As I started getting into music production, I pirated a copy of Ableton Live as well as some VSTs like Massive...
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My Completed iPhone Apps
Prior to starting this blog, I first started using tumblr as the support pages for the iPhone apps I’ve made. Tumblr allowed me to have a quick, easy to copy, and easy to maintain little site up and running super quick, plus with the way I’ve styled them it barely looks like a blogging engine. That’s one of the greatest things about tumblr, that you can shape it to be what you...
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Monomix 1
I did a short “tenminmix” for YouTube today. Since I’m kind of staying indoors alot in this Toledo winter, it’s tough to keep up on music for me. Usually I’ll put a couple of albums on the iPod and try and digest them away from the computer before I start mixing them. But anyway, this mix was recorded live with my arduinome interfaced with the pages app and Ableton...
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ARDJ 1.5 Released for Mac OS X 10.5+
The latest version of my Augmented Reality DJ System (ARDJ) is up for download from this Drop.io. Included at the drop are the source code with Xcode project, a set of markers created by Laura Andrews, and a compiled binary. Also look to my YouTube account for a series of screencasts on getting the system working with Ableton Live.
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About this Theme: or How I Learned CSS and XHTML...
As someone who has unfortunately decided to become a “creative person” “professionally”, it only took so long to realize that I had an entirely awful website. I will spend hundreds of hours working on apps, music, and visuals and never generate any kind of productive publicity because without a decent website, (replete with personality filled blog), nobody is going to...
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Thump Session: Electro
Marek Bareza created an amazing, free groovebox app for both the iPhone and for Mac OS X 10.5. It’s a really fun little program named Thump, reminiscent of a Korg Electribe stripped down to the bare essentials. I made a screencast of me playing with some really simple patterns in a Detroit Electro style.