By jamesjbrownjr. Sunday, 9. March 2008, 17:01:05
open source, interactive, publishing, wikis
In my last post, I forgot to mention that I saw Josh Brolin from No Country for Old Men. I couldn't figure out why I recognized him (at first I thought he might be a barista at my local coffee shop!) until John told me who he was. I'll have to be a bit more alert when it comes to the celebrity watch. Oh, and Brolin was waiting in line for his badge when I saw him - yep, celebrities do have to wait in lines.
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By jmj1. Saturday, 8. March 2008, 23:56:03
DIY, design, sxsw, craft
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This
panel discussion featured
Craft Senior Editor Natalie Zee Drieu, Syuzi Pakhchyan of
SparkLab, producer Alison Lewis of
IHeartSwitch, Mouna Andraos of
Electronic Crafts and
Thing-A-Day.com, and designer
Diana Eng. The topic was combining traditional crafts—sewing and knitting, for example—and craft culture with high-tech artifacts and functionality.
Drieu served as moderator and began the discussion by asking the panelists to introduce themselves and show some projects they've been working on. Eng went first, showing a hoodie that monitors its wearer's heartbeat and takes photographs when he or she gets excited and a jacket whose ruffle is based on the Fibonacci sequence. Next, Pakhchyan presented a solar-powered broach and interactive finger puppets with their own personalities: "Blush" blushes and "slightly neurotic" "Tremble" shakes. Lewis had a purse which lights up when you open it and a vase that lights up in response to noise. Finally, Andraos, who claimed she returned to crafting after she "got tired of experiencing technology entirely through a mouse and keyboard," showed off a scarf that was also an mp3 player.
Drieu's first question was: How were you introduced to crafting?
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