so I got one of these now.
news: doctor benjamin, doctor who, and posit design
news: doctor benjamin, doctor who, and posit design
So, I finished my thesis project. It’s portbou1940.com: a hypertext narrative examining the death of German-Jewish social critic, philosopher, and dialectical historian Walter Benjamin. I’ll be working on revising the written thesis this month, and turn it in next month; the official conferral of my masters degree will be in [...]
interactive narratives
interactive narratives
Did my thesis just become even more relevant? Mega-publisher Random House just struck a deal with California-based video-game design firm THQ, Inc. (more at MobyLives, via Rebecca Blood)
sick day
sick day
I’m battling the last gasps of a miserable cold. I’m not up to leaving the house, doing laundry, or working on art for my thesis, but I’m fine to read books, stare at screens, and tap out text. Since this is the best I’ve felt in four days, I’m tackling [...]
the world seems quiet here…
the world seems quiet here…
My blog is currently mostly on hiatus as I complete my master’s degree thesis, but I occasionally pop by with small updates, primarily about the thesis project. As soon as that’s complete, beginning in October/November 2011, expect a massive redesign of positdesign.com. You can still find me on other parts [...]
strategy + progress
strategy + progress
Welcome to positdesign 2011! Prepare for a major overhaul to this site, and a lot of details on my masters thesis, in upcoming months. For my thesis project, I’ll be describing the death of Walter Benjamin, a German-Jewish cultural critic who most people accept committed suicide in Portbou, Spain, in [...]
final project
final project
Here’s my final project from the truly exception Harvard Extension School course “Expository Writing E-48: Multimedia Communication: Principles of Visual Rhetoric.” Probably one of the best classes I’ve taken in my ten years of availing myself of my favorite job perk. I normally hate group projects, but Jesse and Brynmore [...]
coming attractions
coming attractions
I can’t believe it’s November; that my semester is 2/3 over; that it’s been over a month since my last substantial post. My “Multimedia Communication: Principles of Visual Rhetoric” class is AMAZING. I knew it would be, but it’s exceeded my hopes. It’s in so many ways an affirmation of [...]
Im Juli
Im Juli
This month is all about production. Collaborative art with my boyfriend, making things happen in our apartment, and completing my master’s thesis proposal. This last is the biggest news. I found out several weeks ago that Harvard redeveloped my computer science degree program, changing the focus from Digital Media Arts [...]
pinbOut
pinbOut
Very busy with classes, so here’s one of my programming projects to tide you over. I call it pinbOut; it’s a small video game somewhere between pinball and breakout (aka brickbreaker, but more properly arkanoid). http://positdesign.com/media/pinbout/ Player one (white) is controlled with the z and x keys; player two (black) [...]
I built this
I built this
A “playful paint program” that you can play with, at http://positdesign.com/media/paintplay/
built with Processing
built with Processing
This semester I’m studying Processing, a Java-ish programming language developed by and for visual artists. I churned out a couple of sketches last week, but this is my first interactive piece in the language. I’m really having fun in code; I’m learning; I’m absorbing the algorithms by osmosis, and just [...]
