Designing Around Place - User contributions [en]

MidtermPresentations

2008-10-28T15:30:59Z

Armanda:

6:30 Introductions

6:40 Anaid Gomez Ortigoza + Vikram Tank - Codename Pepper

7:00 Mitch Said + Kristin O'Friel + Thomas Chan - Situated Stories

7:10 Stella + Alex - Alittleawkward

7:20 Corey + John - Geogeni.us

7:30 Josh + Andrea - Codename Smarttalk

7:40 - 7:55 ---------------------------------------------------- Break

8:00 Theresa Ling + Kacie Kinzer - Plink

8:10 Jiaxin Feng + Jaeyoon Kang - G-Missile

8:20 Thomas Chan - something

8:30 Armanda Lewis - lingualocus

8:40 Vikram Tank + Alex Abreu + Che-Wei Wang - The New Vote

8:50 Che-Wei Wang - Turfbombing.com

Office Hours, Oct 24, 2-4pm - Sign up Here

2008-10-22T18:49:38Z

Armanda:

Hi, Mike and I will be in the ITP Adjunct Lounge on Friday from 2pm - 4pm. Add your name to the list if you want to swing by!
*Armanda (~3:30pm)

Wildcard Week Tentative Agenda

2008-10-21T15:18:24Z

Armanda:

Hey all - with midterms just a week away, let's leave this week open for discussion + questions + debugging.

If there's ideas or concepts that are relevant to your midterm that we haven't covered yet, let us know and we'll cover in class. I added a few to get started:

* midterm requirements (code + wireframes + user scenarios + promo cards)
* mobile-social privacy widgets (e.g. dball / BK / Loopt)
* Quick Fireeagle preview and overview of F.E. apps for iPhone
* hacking location on Nokia Series 60 with Python scripts (cell id)
* Yahoo's Zonetag API (for turning cell_id into lat/lon)
* accessing server information w/ Android scripts

Office Hours, Sept 29 - Sign up Here

2008-09-29T09:35:15Z

Armanda:

Hi, I'll be in the ITP Adjunct Lounge on Monday from 5:30pm - 7:30pm. Sign up for a timeslot like this.

5:15p Dennis Crowley (15 mins) 
5:30p Anaid (15 mins) 
6:30p Stella Kim (15 mins) 
7:00p Che-Wei (15 mins) 
7:15p Armanda (15 mins)

Location-based language learning

2008-09-23T19:05:05Z

Armanda: New page: All of my DAP projects will have a language bent, and hopefully I will be able to use some of these applications in my classes to help my students with difficult topics. I have not worked...

All of my DAP projects will have a language bent, and hopefully I will be able to use some of these applications in my classes to help my students with difficult topics. I have not worked out the details yet, but I would like to make one application which provides short language lessons (I will use Spanish and Portuguese to start) to users. Perhaps they could be triggered by location? Also, I know that I would like to make a cultural treasure hunt involving clues and data gathering and tying in the Hispanic and Luso cultural influences in New York. This would be really cool to use in a culture or language class.

Weeklyresearch

2008-09-23T19:04:25Z

Armanda: /* Week 3: What Do You Want to Build? (Due: September 23) */

=== Week 3: What Do You Want to Build? (Due: September 23) ===

Think about what you want to create / build this semester. Write up a short (1-3 paragraphs) description of this concept. If it's similar to existing applications, include references to those applications in the description - e.g. "It's like a location-based HotOrNot for street food". If you'd like you can include diagrams, images or anything else that you feel will help you get your point across.

[[something awesome here]] (Dennis Crowley)

[[ideas for a location based project]] (Anaid)

[[location based turf war]] (Che-Wei)

[[location to DOs alarm]] (Jaeyoon)

[[ShareMyTaxi]] (Kristin O'Friel)

[[location-based language learning]] (Armanda)

=== Week 2: The Wonderful World of Mapping Mashups (Due: September 16) ===

Two paragraphs on what you consider to be a great use of one of the mapping API's we've covered in class - you can look towards the [http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ Google Maps Mashup site] for inspiration. Bonus points for writing about something that changed the way you experienced some aspect of the city.

[[something awesome here]] (Dennis Crowley)

[[what if (state name) voted Republican or Democrat?]] (Anaid)

[[gmaps nyc subway mashup]] (Kristin O'Friel)

[[real time train positions]] (Jaeyoon)

[[realtime speedtrap map]] (Corey)

[[Gawker Stalker]] (Swerdloff)

[[pub crawl generator]] (Stella)

[[groundcrew.us]] (Theresa)

[[earth as a sandwich]] (john)

[[The criminals in your midst!]] (Mitch)

[[Kissing & Telling]] (Alex)

[[Mailbox Map]] (Thomas)

[[Pilipili]] (Armanda)

[[MapWOW]] (Jiaxin)

=== Week 1: Best Locative Experiences? (Due: September 9) ===

For our first weekly research assignment, we want to hear a personal story about how some some kind of locative data has made your day in the past. Did Yelp recommend your favorite restaurant? Did Facebook tell you your best friend was in town? Did dodgeball let you know your ex was lurking next door?

[[Facebook @ Sweden]] (Dennis Crowley)

[[SportsTracker - NYC]] (Michael Sharon)

[[Google/Yahoo Traffic Data]] (Corey Menscher)

[[Hopstop]] (Seanita Tolliver)

[[Frequency 1550]] (Armanda Lewis)

[[T Map]] (Stella)

[[cellphone + dad + map]] (Kristin O'Friel)

[[GPS in Spain]] (Theresa Ling)

[[Broadcasting Location]] (Che-Wei Wang)

[[Google map apps]] (Jaeyoon Kang)

[[Brightkite]] (Jonathan Swerdloff)

[[RL Effortless Shopping]] (Andrea Dulko)

[[vindigo, and the pursuit of gas in the Bronx]] (John Dimatos)

[[GPS car rentals]] (Thomas Chan)

[[iPhone take us to Ikea!]] (Anaid)

[[Google Waps]] (Mitch)

[[Google map and Panoramio]] (Jiaxin)

[[The Masada Museum]] (Ithai)

[[Buses Plus GPS]] (Alex)

[[Saved from a bad meal, twinkle]] (Vikram)

Homework

2008-09-19T16:09:01Z

Armanda:

=== Week 3: Use SMS or Loki to access location (Due: September 23) ===

=== Week 2: Add geocoder + map to our web form (Due: September 16) ===

* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~dc788/dap08/week2/index.php Get your geocode on!] (Dennis Crowley)
* [[No frills geocoding - john dimatos]]
* [http://kofriel.com/dap/week2/ No frills #2] will do something more interesting later (Kristin O'Friel)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~ago218/dap/week2/index.php Latitude and longitude] (Anaid)
* [http://mitchsaid.com/DAP/indexNU4.php It sorta works! On reload!] (Mitch)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jf1444/dap/week2/index.php5 Geocooder,adding more functions] (Jiaxin)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jkb315/joshberry/findjosh.php Find Josh!] (Josh)
* [http://crackilicio.us/dap/assassin.php5 Assassin Target Acquisition] (Corey)
* [http://www.restlessillusion.com/sandbox/dap/01/index.php Thomas]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~tcl268/DAP/mapping_locations.php5 Theresa (working on something better, but this will do for now)]
* [http://cwwang.com/dap/turf/index.php Turf] (Che-Wei)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~sk2747/dap/gmapTry4.php5 rootPoops...ehh a lil buggy] (Stella)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~al861/dap/hw2d_dap.php Simple] (Armanda)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~amd471/dap/combo/main.php Super Map Plus V3.625] (Andrea)
* [http://www.alexabreu.com/locative/index.php Sir Mapsalot] (Alex)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jyk322/dap/index.php5 Jaeyoon]

=== Week 1: Make a web form (Due: September 9) ===

* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~dc788/dap08/week1/index.php Dennis Crowley: web form sample]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jes556/where.php Jonathan Swerdloff: web form sample]
* [http://hindsight.su/dap/week1/index.php John Dimatos: web form sample]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~tcl268/DAP/whoandwhere.php Theresa Ling: web form sample]
* [http://www.alexabreu.com/locative/index.php Alex Abreu: Amazing Web Form Sample]
* [http://cwwang.com/DAP/rps/ Che-Wei Wang: Rock Paper Scissors Web Form]
* [http://anaid.awardspace.com/ Anaid: my first webform!]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~mas864/dap2/index.php Mitch: pretty simple reflection of database entry]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~al861/dap/hw1b.php Armanda: Where are you?]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~amd471/kidnapped/main.php Andrea: I've been kidnapped, but don't know where I am]
* [http://kofriel.com/dap/week1 Kristin: text input to database to gmaps][http://www.kofriel.com/itp/blog/?p=572 code]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~sk2747/dap/yourmom Stella:your mom]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~srt251/dap/index.php Seanita: Same,same]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jkb315/joshberry/dap/map.php Josh Berry: Give me your address so I can sell it to spammers]
* Corey: [http://crackilicio.us/iphone/ Mobile Crack!] (add your gps loc manually)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jf1444/dap/week1/index.php Jiaxin: Catch me if you can!]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jyk322/dap/index.php Jaeyoon: web form sample_I've just got mySql password :( ]
* [http://www.restlessillusion.com/sandbox/dap/01/index.php Thomas]

Pilipili

2008-09-16T22:30:29Z

Armanda: New page: I have never used the Pilipili service, but it seems as if it would be really useful when traveling aroung France. (http://www.pilipili.com/) It would particularly be useful with those w...

I have never used the Pilipili service, but it seems as if it would be really useful when traveling aroung France. (http://www.pilipili.com/) It would particularly be useful with those who do not have very strong langauge skills and might not be comfortable trying to speak with a native speaker or you might just not feel like bothering someone with that information.

Weeklyresearch

2008-09-16T22:26:32Z

Armanda: /* Week 2: The Wonderful World of Mapping Mashups (Due: September 16) */

=== Week 2: The Wonderful World of Mapping Mashups (Due: September 16) ===

Two paragraphs on what you consider to be a great use of one of the mapping API's we've covered in class - you can look towards the [http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ Google Maps Mashup site] for inspiration. Bonus points for writing about something that changed the way you experienced some aspect of the city.

[[something awesome here]] (Dennis Crowley)

[[what if (state name) voted Republican or Democrat?]] (Anaid)

[[gmaps nyc subway mashup]] (Kristin O'Friel)

[[real time train positions]] (Jaeyoon)

[[realtime speedtrap map]] (Corey)

[[Gawker Stalker]] (Swerdloff)

[[pub crawl generator]] (Stella)

[[groundcrew.us]] (Theresa)

[[earth as a sandwich]] (john)

[[The criminals in your midst!]] (Mitch)

[[Kissing & Telling]] (Alex)

[[Mailbox Map]] (Thomas)

[[Pilipili]] (Armanda)

=== Week 1: Best Locative Experiences? (Due: September 9) ===

For our first weekly research assignment, we want to hear a personal story about how some some kind of locative data has made your day in the past. Did Yelp recommend your favorite restaurant? Did Facebook tell you your best friend was in town? Did dodgeball let you know your ex was lurking next door?

[[Facebook @ Sweden]] (Dennis Crowley)

[[SportsTracker - NYC]] (Michael Sharon)

[[Google/Yahoo Traffic Data]] (Corey Menscher)

[[Hopstop]] (Seanita Tolliver)

[[Frequency 1550]] (Armanda Lewis)

[[T Map]] (Stella)

[[cellphone + dad + map]] (Kristin O'Friel)

[[GPS in Spain]] (Theresa Ling)

[[Broadcasting Location]] (Che-Wei Wang)

[[Google map apps]] (Jaeyoon Kang)

[[Brightkite]] (Jonathan Swerdloff)

[[RL Effortless Shopping]] (Andrea Dulko)

[[vindigo, and the pursuit of gas in the Bronx]] (John Dimatos)

[[GPS car rentals]] (Thomas Chan)

[[iPhone take us to Ikea!]] (Anaid)

[[Google Waps]] (Mitch)

[[Google map and Panoramio]] (Jiaxin)

[[The Masada Museum]] (Ithai)

[[Buses Plus GPS]] (Alex)

[[Saved from a bad meal, twinkle]] (Vikram)

Homework

2008-09-16T22:24:40Z

Armanda: /* Week 2: Add geocoder + map to our web form (Due: September 16) */

=== Week 2: Add geocoder + map to our web form (Due: September 16) ===

* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~dc788/dap08/week2/index.php Get your geocode on!] (Dennis Crowley)

* [[No frills geocoding - john dimatos]]
* [http://kofriel.com/dap/week2/ No frills #2] will do something more interesting later (Kristin O'Friel)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~ago218/dap/week2/index.php Latitude and longitude] (Anaid)
* [http://mitchsaid.com/DAP/indexNU4.php It sorta works! On reload!] (Mitch)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jf1444/dap/week2/index.php5 Geocooder,adding more functions] (Jiaxin)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jkb315/joshberry/findjosh.php Find Josh!] (Josh)
* [http://crackilicio.us/dap/assassin.php5 Assassin Target Acquisition] (Corey)
* [http://www.restlessillusion.com/sandbox/dap/01/index.php Thomas]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~tcl268/DAP/mapping_locations.php5 Theresa (working on something better, but this will do for now)]
* [http://cwwang.com/dap/turf/index.php Turf] (Che-Wei)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~sk2747/dap/gmapTry4.php5 rootPoops...ehh a lil buggy] (Stella)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~al861/dap/hw2c_dap.php Map no longer shows up] (Armanda)

=== Week 1: Make a web form (Due: September 9) ===

* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~dc788/dap08/week1/index.php Dennis Crowley: web form sample]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jes556/where.php Jonathan Swerdloff: web form sample]
* [http://hindsight.su/dap/week1/index.php John Dimatos: web form sample]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~tcl268/DAP/whoandwhere.php Theresa Ling: web form sample]
* [http://www.alexabreu.com/locative/index.php Alex Abreu: Amazing Web Form Sample]
* [http://cwwang.com/DAP/rps/ Che-Wei Wang: Rock Paper Scissors Web Form]
* [http://anaid.awardspace.com/ Anaid: my first webform!]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~mas864/dap2/index.php Mitch: pretty simple reflection of database entry]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~al861/dap/hw1b.php Armanda: Where are you?]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~amd471/kidnapped/main.php Andrea: I've been kidnapped, but don't know where I am]
* [http://kofriel.com/dap/week1 Kristin: text input to database to gmaps][http://www.kofriel.com/itp/blog/?p=572 code]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~sk2747/dap/yourmom Stella:your mom]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~srt251/dap/index.php Seanita: Same,same]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jkb315/joshberry/dap/map.php Josh Berry: Give me your address so I can sell it to spammers]
* Corey: [http://crackilicio.us/iphone/ Mobile Crack!] (add your gps loc manually)
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jf1444/dap/week1/index.php Jiaxin: Catch me if you can!]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jyk322/dap/index.php Jaeyoon: web form sample_I've just got mySql password :( ]
* [http://www.restlessillusion.com/sandbox/dap/01/index.php Thomas]

Homework

2008-09-09T17:39:38Z

Armanda:

=== Class 1: (September 2) Make a web form (due September 9) ===

* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~dc788/dap08/week1/index.php Dennis Crowley: web form sample]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~jes556/where.php Jonathan Swerdloff: web form sample]
* [http://hindsight.su/dap/week1/index.php John Dimatos: web form sample]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~tcl268/DAP/whoandwhere.php Theresa Ling: web form sample]
* [http://www.alexabreu.com/locative/index.php Alex Abreu: Amazing Web Form Sample]
* [http://cwwang.com/DAP/rps/ Che-Wei Wang: Rock Paper Scissors Web Form]
* [http://www.ithaibenjamin.com/itp/dap/ Ithai Benjamin: web form sample]
* [http://anaid.awardspace.com/ Anaid: my first webform!]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~mas864/dap2/index.php Mitch: pretty simple reflection of database entry]
* [http://itp.nyu.edu/~al861/dap/hw1b.php Armanda: Where are you?]

Weeklyresearch

2008-09-07T05:34:16Z

Armanda:

=== Week 1: Best Locative Experiences? (Due: September 9) ===

For our first weekly research assignment, we want to hear a personal story about how some some kind of locative data has made your day in the past. Did Yelp recommend your favorite restaurant? Did Facebook tell you your best friend was in town? Did dodgeball let you know your ex was lurking next door?

[[Facebook @ Sweden]] (Dennis Crowley)

[[SportsTracker - NYC]] (Michael Sharon)

[[Google/Yahoo Traffic Data]] (Corey Menscher)

[[Hopstop]] (Seanita Tolliver)

[[Frequency 1550]] (Armanda Lewis)

Talk:Weeklyresearch

2008-09-07T05:33:38Z

Armanda: Removing all content from page

Frequency 1550

2008-09-07T05:32:45Z

Armanda: Frequency 1550

I got the chance to play the [http://www.waag.org/project/frequency Frequency 1550] game in '07, a location-based educational game in Amsterdam. It is almost like a cultural treasure hunt in that you are running around the city picking up different clues which then lead you to the next clue. It is created for students in Middle School, but my friends and I had a ton of fun playing this game and racing around the city almost like some Dan Brown characters. Without a doubt it is much more fun to learn about history by doing than by sitting in a stuffy room with a textbook.

Weeklyresearch

2008-09-07T05:30:24Z

Armanda: /* Week 1: Best Locative Experiences? (Due: September 9) */

Weeklyresearch

2008-09-07T05:27:56Z

Armanda: /* Week 1: Best Locative Experiences? (Due: September 9) */

Talk:Weeklyresearch

2008-09-07T05:27:11Z

Armanda: /* Frequency 1550 */ new section

== Frequency 1550 ==

I got the chance to play the [http://www.waag.org/project/frequency Frequency 1550] game in '07, a location-based educational game in Amsterdam. It is almost like a cultural treasure hunt in that you are running around the city picking up different clues which then lead you to the next clue. It is created for students in Middle School, but my friends and I had a ton of fun playing this game and racing around the city almost like some Dan Brown characters. Without a doubt it is much more fun to learn about history by doing than by sitting in a stuffy room with a textbook.

Weeklyresearch

2008-09-07T05:13:55Z

Armanda: /* Week 1: Best Locative Experiences? (Due: September 9) */

Talk:Weeklyresearch

2008-09-07T05:12:49Z

Armanda: Removing all content from page

Talk:Weeklyresearch

2008-09-07T05:09:49Z

Armanda: Frequency 1550

Weeklyresearch

2008-09-07T05:03:23Z

Armanda: /* Week 1: Best Locative Experiences? (Due: September 9) */

Classlist

2008-09-07T04:43:53Z

Armanda:

'''Dennis Crowley'''

Hi - my name is Dennis and I'm one of your co-hosts this semester. I've been working in the mobile + locative space since 2001 - e.g. [http://vindigo.com/ Vindigo], ITP ([http://pacmahattan.com PacManhattan], [http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/~dc788/fall2002/physcomp/foosball/index.html Big Brother Foosball]), [http://dodgeball.com dodgeball], [http://areacodeinc.com area/code] ([http://homepages.nyu.edu/~dc788/conqwest ConQwest], [http://plundr.playareacode.com/ Plundr], Google). I'm like to explore how you can combine locative + social tools to make cities easier to use and how game theory could be used to change the ways people experience the city. I'm an average PHP programmer, I'm okay at MySQL, I know zero about Java development, and I have an iPhone. Oh yeah, and I'm an ITP grad '04 and live in the East Village.

'''Michael Sharon'''

Hi, Michael here - I'm your ''other'' host this semester. I've been working in mobile since 2001 and in the mobile + social + locative space since 2003 with various projects and companies like - [http://socialight.com Socialight],[http://kamida.com Kamida], [http://identitygame.com Identity], [http://superstarglobal.com/ Superstar Tokyo], [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~dc788/conqwest ConQwest] and [http://www.23centstories.com/ 23c Stories]. My interests tend towards user experience, social discovery and filtering - figuring out how to make the truly interesting things around you emerge and using those bits of data to change your experience of places. I like Ruby, Python, Java (mostly J2ME) and PHP. I was going steady with MySQL, but have recently started an affair with PostgreSQL. I have far too many phones to list here, but my main setup these days consists of an iPhone + [http://www.forum.nokia.com/devices/N95_8GB Nokia N95 8GB]. I'm an '04 ITP grad, living in the Lower East Side.

'''Corey Menscher'''

I began working in the web industry after [http://www.wustl.edu undergrad] in 1995. I started out as a co-founder of the AdOne Classified Network, which brought small to medium sized newspaper classifieds sections online. After AdOne I worked for a small consulting company called [http://www.tcbdata.com TCB Data Systems], where I converted the Market Data Reporting system for the NYSE, Nasdaq, and other exchanges from a BBS-based system to the web. From there, I moved to Organic, Inc., where I helped create websites for [http://www.tommy.com Tommy Hilfiger], Sting's Brand New Day World Tour, and [http://www.bloomingdales.com Bloomingdales]...for which I created Organic's first-ever mobile WAP site. After the bubble burst and all but a few were laid off, I went back to TCB Data Systems, where I remained until ITP. My interests are mainly in interface engineering and user experience, but I have a wide variety of technical skills (PHP, Javascript, ColdFusion, .Net, SQL, server admin, network admin...). My personal blog is [http://www.crackblur.com crackblur], and my [http://delicious.com/crackhead del.icio.us], [http://twitter.com/crackhead twitter] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/crackhead/ flickr] names are all "crackhead". (No, I don't smoke crack...at least not literally.) I have an iPhone 3G, but still have a soft spot for my last phone, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_E70 Nokia E70].

'''Seanita Tolliver'''

What should I write about here? Well, I have no formal mobile development experience but last semester completed a human-centered design research project around mobile shopping experiences. I also took Chris Sung's DWD class last semester (and promptly forgot most of it--please don't tell him). In terms of programming--I usually kick, scream, claw my way through stuff until it works--but I'll try to be more poised and dignified this time(I'm a 2nd year after all--gotta represent). My background lies primarily in entertainment and creative media/product development--toys, animation and education. I began working as an information architect/user experience specialist this summer and will continue to do so this fall--that's the plan anyway. Did I leave anything out? Oh, I don't have a fancy phone yet--just a TMobile Rizer--was hoping to get an iPhone last week while in Louisiana but Hurricane Gustav convinced me otherwise.

'''Josh Berry'''

I have yet to develop anything on a mobile device, and I am interested in brief but concise correspondence that contributes to a greater story. Sometimes it takes a bit of back-and-forth with SMS between you and your friend to tell the whole story. Likewise one person in one location may catch part of a story that another person in a completely different location may be able to continue.

User A sees a sad clown without his red nose moping around Times Square. This user sends that bit of first-hand information to a central site, and GPS logs the location. Ten minutes later User B sees a man in a suit at 23rd and Broadway wearing a red clown nose. Without knowing any of the context surrounding the situation, the curious user sends this piece of information back to the central site. All the information is placed into context by an algorithm, and both users check the site later on in the day and deduce that the man in the suit stole the clown's red nose, hence his sad countenance.

A system like this can be fun and helpful. It can be used as a sort of location based mad libs or real-life Clue, where messages can contribute stories that may be ludicrously unrelated but may also be staggeringly related. The man who was seen with a bloody knife in one location may have been 5 minutes later changing his clothes and throwing away the weapon. While one user may be able to contribute only one small piece of a potential story, others can fill in the blanks. I'd like to build a system like this in class to see what puzzles we can solve using location and mobile telephones.

'''Andrea Dulko'''

Hi, Ang here.
After undergrad at Parsons, I worked at an ad agency for year, which was a lot of fun. While applying for ITP, I then moved over to saks.com as designer/developer. Here, I realized that php and mobile and the combo are awesome.

I'm really into location because, when it's added, the experience is always different and changing. I try to make applications that will enhance people's life experiences and encounters.

Amateur news is one of my major interests. I like the idea of reporting what's going on near by and having the option to see what's happening anywhere in the world.

On another note... I've been working on a group project called RootPoops. This is a service that, when phoned, plays encouragement for taking a shit that other users have left. That little extra push! Another feature allows you to access the nearest "high-rated" public facility from your mobile device.

That's all.

Bye!

'''Jaeyoon Kang'''

Hi, my name is Jaeyoon and I have fine art degree of digital media design in South Korea. I live in midtown West since last year and so far, I like this city besides subway. Before I came to ITP, I worked on diverse kinds of professional design fields as an illustrator, graphic designer and mostly web designer for several years. First semester, I made a physical computing project called ‘[http://www.tuvie.com/bd-messenger-for-users-with-visual-and-hearing-impairment B&D Messenger]’ which is mobile assistive technology for blind and deaf people. I wanted to expand my design experience toward product design field and it was really fun and also painful. 2nd semester, Alex, Jiaxin, Jaewook and I were struggling with ‘[http://blogicks.com/ blogick]’ project that is sort of web based toy design for kids and either adult. I contributed this project on visualizing 3D images of physical blocks by using Processing and some part of Flash with papervision 3D. During this summer, I had been working at a company as a GUI designer for developing an application with Flash and Flex. I will be keep working in the office after 3 weeks later in order to design application UI for the iPhone, which is really exciting for me :-)

'''Mitch Said'''

Hi, I'm Mitch. I've got fine art background (mainly animation), and I've been doing Flash design and coding for a while now. I haven't had much a singular focus at ITP, but there does seem to be a sort-of theme about connecting physical, public space and digital media - I've taken a few seminar courses on the subject ("Mapping Narratives" and "Site Specific"), and I'm definitely interested in combining this interest with mobile stuff. I took Shawn van Every's "Mobile Media" last semester, where I learned what little I know about PHP and MySQL, and played around with mobile processing and J2ME coding, though I focused on the 'user generated' side in the end, working on a couple of collaborative mobile phone photo applications/sites, primarily using MMS. (These are ‘[http://www.moourl.com/mobody Mobody]’ and ‘[http://www.moourl.com/resembuild Resembuild]’. My lone google maps mashup before ITP (which I designed and conceptualized, and got a friend to code) was ‘[http://www.treeid.co.za Tree ID]’, based on locating the South African cell network towers disguised as trees.

Additionally, expect me to make some bad puns in class.

'''Che-Wei Wang'''

It's pronounced Say-Way because my mom misspelled my name when I was a kid. I grew up in Tokyo then PA then NYC. After graduating from Pratt Architecture, I worked for a bunch of architects, a morphologist, then started a design practice and teaching, realized my interests were deeply rooted in technology, so came to ITP. I've built a bunch of stuff. It's mostly on [http://cwwang.com cwwang.com]. I firmly believe, if and when objects become consistently and reliably location-aware, we'll witness the next big evolution in technology.

I have an iPhone and a Nokia E70. I used to publish my current location on my website via my phone every 10 seconds just to see what would happen. Some people used it to see if I was in town or in the neighborhood to meet up. I became more honest with my excuses.

'''Stella Jung Euk Kim'''

American born Korean. Born and bred in New York. BA in Fine Art. One day became interested in mobile social software. Did some UI development this past summer for a web/mobile app company in Shanghai to get hands a little dirty. Does not enjoy making or working on super serious solemn projects. Not super techy. Blah programmer. Is interested in, and likes the idea of "play", laughter, and taking the piss out of things. Stella just wants to have fun, have a good time and maybe have a little giggle.

Other interests: games, GRT's, Soccer/Footie, Top Gear, ghetto barely functioning mobile phones

'''Theresa Ling'''

Hi, I've been quite unfocused at ITP, but it looks like I can't get away from performance, gesture-aware projects, and space. I have a BA in English Lit and a background in dance. I spent my pre-ITP days rehearsing and touring around the world in various modern dance/theater/opera productions and also directed a little performance collective for a few years that was just exhausting. Along the way, I also worked in curatorial (performance), writing, strategy, and IT kinds of things. I work at the Metropolitan Museum doing web-related work for the Concerts & Lectures department, so if you want to get into the Museum on a Monday, let me know. That's the best time to see exhibits there.

My programming skills are whatever, but I muddle through. Took DWD, remember some. Never made anything for a mobile device. I have an iPhone. Why am I interested in the class? Uh. Well, I have an obsession with spatial awareness and I want technology to be more effortless and more meaningful. Relevance regarding location seems to be pointing us toward that combination...?

'''Armanda Lewis'''

I did my graduate work in Spanish and Portuguese literature and have a background teaching languages and lit. I love learning languages, dancing flamenco and writing, and while at ITP I have really enjoyed making physical computing projects related to [http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/al861/category/itp/wearablesinventionism/ wearable technology], and making digital tools that help people to learn and teach better. I took DWD (ITP) and Javascript (SCPS) last semester and made an interactive activities bank called [http://itp.nyu.edu/~al861/dwd/hw9/description_wjs.php UTILLitI]. I am currently writing about how handheld devices help children learn, so I am looking forward to building some location-based devices and games (maybe an interactive novel?) for kids this semester. I am going to get an iPhone by next class.