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Quick Links — { Status.Net Realtime Infrastructures of Digital Design Conference Mediabar Compaction MESH.FM Sound System rejon.org Software Virii Developing a Buzz The Open Library Gotmail Leonardo Journal Practicum Inkscape Brainstorm Linux Computing Cluster Cantocore Introduction to the Open Clip Art Library Free and Open Source Software Contributions MediaExperiment.org DIGITAL SOUND & REMIX: From Bell to PodCasting Pick-up a Shovel Column Creative Commons Artonomics The Create Project UCDARNET Ownterms.org MESH.FM Project and Archive Overlap Laoban Speaker Workshop Cantocore: Free On Board Scale Journal South Korean Broadband Revolution ccHost GoPets Licence to Create Elements of Design I-III Introduction to Graphics: Pixel Pushers Libre Graphics Meeting }
Status.Net
Open Source Microblogging Service, Software and Company.
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official Site, WikiStatusNet is the open source microblogging platform that helps you share and connect in real-time within your own domain. With StatusNet you can encourage collaboration, build and engage your community, and be in command of your brand.
Realtime
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteRealTime existed as a set of events focusing on the ethos of real time determinism where the participants existing as closely to a prescribed actual event, people participating and resources available in a space are foregrounded instead of the normal artist's production of artwork, performance and formal arrangement of strongly controlled variables. Whereas a traditional byproduct of a contemporary creative act is displayed in a space (an artifact), RealTime enforced the real existence of people working in a space in participation with others to create some "thing" in real time.
Infrastructures of Digital Design Conference
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012“A Graduate Symposium on Design, Analysis, and Tools in an Emergent Digital Culture,” is how the conference was promoted. I initiated the development of this event (another context) and then, along with 4 others, organized this international conference, received seed funding from the UC Digital Cultures Project and secured above and beyond matching funds from UCSD. International participation included Tijuana, Mexico’s Nortec Collective, the Nina Eidsheim Trio, and MESH.FM.
Mediabar
Wireless Rule-Based Construction with Sound System
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteA modular bar that integrates drinking services, wireless internet, four high power full range portable cubelike speakers, and other mobile modular constructions, all built and designed according to a simple rule based system out of light-weight aluminum and chipboard (OSB). It is modular + portable + service-oriented + salon-based.
Compaction
Trash Compactor Temporary Space
Completed, Updated December 17, 2012, Official SiteA Month of COMPACTION consisted of renting a large industrial waste container and depositing it in an empty architecturally fragmented public space at the University of California, San Diego. During the month of compaction many activities took place. From a grind-core band to an installed online Internet station to many sound and video performances, the gathering of people mirrored the gathering of artifacts similar to the container's initial prescribed functionality. Please visit the website to view documentation and writings about the project.
MESH.FM Sound System
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteIn order to create many contexts for MESH.FM events, conferences, and large scale events like USC's AIM IV festival, the construction of the MESH.FM Sound System commenced. The project received funding by way of many grants, donations, and personal hard work by several people. Since the last MESH.FM event sometime in spring 2004, the sound system has since been sold to a third party whom operate it as the free sound system.
rejon.org Software
That which powers rejon.org.
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteThis is the software and code which powers this website.
Virii
Annual Computer Virus Certification
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, WikiVirii 2009 is an annual acknowledgment of the computer virus which has replicated the most, globally, for an annual year. The first Virii 2009 unique plaque, VIRII 2009 CONFICKER, is presented as a certified record of authenticity, framed for hanging on a wall in a secure location. Future certifications are to be only distributed as an annual unique plaque. It is entrusted to a collector to be stored or shown securely. The attached disc and samples contained on the disc are packed in a secure manner that only the artist, Jon Phillips, or his designated agents may discuss. Made for the Renegade Art Auction in Sonoma Sunday, September 29, 2009. The name Virii and Virii 2009 is Jon Phillips' trademark.
Developing a Buzz
Networking, Press and Reviews for Artists
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, WikiSpecifically, this course is to help students develop a project, get more connected - socially and technologically - and promote a project successfully - developing a buzz, getting press and reviews. Through the study of development, networking and publicity there will be an on-line (Internet-based/virtual) and an off-line (physical) emphasis threaded throughout the semester. The study of development will begin the course with a discussion of a student's selected project's goals, how to achieve them (development model, fund raising and grant writing), and planning a road map. The participants will then be taught how to set up a web domain (example:www.YOURPROJECTNAME.org), and then put up a basic web site, e-mail accounts, mailing list, blog, and a Wiki.
The Open Library
One Webpage Per Book
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteWorking on some big pieces of this project initially through Creative Commons.
Gotmail
Get Hotmail.com E-mail Programmatically
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteThis software is used to get Hotmail.com account emails without user interaction.
- Leonardo Journal Practicum
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, WikiLeonardo Magazine, with educational partners, the Center for New Media UC Berkeley and SFAI, are co-producing a DVD in connection with the 2006 Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA) International Symposium on Electronic Art and ZeroOne San Jose's New Media Pacific Rim Summit. This DVD and accompanying booklet will be packaged with the print version of Leonardo to be released next year.
Inkscape
Vector Graphics for the Masses
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official Site, WikiThis is a dynamic project that got me into Open Source Software development. I have been involved with the project since its founding, but am not currently active in my contributions. This tool is a major missing type of application (vector editor, like Adobe Illustrator) in the landscape of linux design software.
Brainstorm Linux Computing Cluster
Experimental Beowulf Computing Cluster
Completed, Updated December 17, 2012, Official SiteDuring the year-long MESH.FM series of events, one of my students whom worked at a large pharmaceuticals company, donated 30+ company-deemed-obsolete computers to myself in support of MESH's research. MESH.FM members decided that these computers would best be used to further investigate cluster computing and supercomputing, and what it could be used for experimentally. The cluster was to be used to do research on itself. Thus, this project dealt with learning how to configure many old computers into a networked cluster computer — something much more valuable than each old computers. Later the "brainstorm cluster" was used by Nathaniel Clark for his SKALD Sound War for several experimental music conferences. Since this activity, the computers have been donated to others whom need them more.
Cantocore
Artshows in Guangzhou and San Francisco
Completed, Updated December 17, 2012, Official Site, WikiThe Cantocore Import/Export exhibition examines, through applied art practice, the relationship between import and export of culture between Guangzhou and San Francisco by asking a simple phrase: Are you Cantocore? Guangzhou, also called Canton, is the third most populous city in China and its province, Guangdong, is a major manufacturer of textiles and electronics for export to the United States. San Francisco has the largest import of Chinese immigrants of any US city, primarily from the Guangdong province. Chinese immigrants also created the largest Chinatown in North America in San Francisco. However, understanding the conceptual framework of Cantocore is not limited to geographic divisions, nor reductive dichotomies driven by post-colonial stereotypes such as East vs. West, nor Olympic nationalism pridefully paramount in China vs. US “non-political” sports matches. Cantocore is the reality of life versus the theory set forth by jurisdictions where people live.
Free and Open Source Software Contributions
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteThis is a place for various contributions to different Open Source projects. I have been providing some smaller patches to different projects, and sometimes it takes too long for them to get integrated into projects. Also, I am including some other code here that might not ever get into a project.
MediaExperiment.org
Quantitative and Qualitative Media Research
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official Site, WikiMediaExperiment.org is a multi-year series of projects and events expanding outward from San Francisco and Guangzhou that experiment with live media.
- DIGITAL SOUND & REMIX: From Bell to PodCasting
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, WikiThrough assigned readings, discussion and the creation of sound-related projects, this course will explore the historical, conceptual, and artistic aspects of sound and remix. This course will also familiarize students with the basic concepts of audio and current hardware and software.
Pick-up a Shovel Column
Linux Format UK, 11 columns starting with issue 08
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteLinux Format UK
Creative Commons
Open Content Licensing Non-Profit
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official Site, WikiI worked for Creative Commons for approximately 3 years, initially as a Software Engineer, and then moved into a role as a community and business development manager to specifically push Open Source development surrounding Creative Commons licenses and standards. I worked directly worked with major technology companies around the world such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Disney, Facebook, BBC, and so on.
Artonomics
Economics + Metrics for Art
Completed, Updated December 17, 2012, Official SiteThe first piece released during the Cantocore Import/Export show pulled economic data about Guangzhou and China from Wikipedia entries and displayed it in realtime. Further work on this project investigates the relationship of art metrics and how they effect culture.
The Create Project
Sharing Between Open Creative Software Communities
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official Site, WikiCreative Free and Open Source projects such as Blender, Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus, Audacity, Open Clip Art Library and others are highly successful projects which produce much video, audio, illustrations, photos, and other content. However, much code, media, and infrastructure are produced by each project somewhat independently which could be shared inter-project. For example, several of the aforementioned applications have their own brush types, color preferences, preferred media storage locations, keyboard shortcuts and file format converters. Sharing these resources saves developer time, increases productivity, and contributes to an overall improved user experience. Because of this overlap and the similarity of media, there is need to work together on standards, promotions, and inter-community plans. The Create Project's goal is to catalyze communication and facilitate sharing between Free and Open Source creative software communities by providing a third-party space for shared infrastructure.
UCDARNET
University of California Digital Arts + Research Network
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteI programmed (Database Programming and Design) the University of California Digital Arts Research Network's website infrastructure. Their new website features a complete database solution to power events, news, and an internal members-only site. The site also features a custom content management system (CMS) I built from the ground up using common Open Source Software.
Ownterms.org
Free Contracts
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteThe goal of this project is to create generic forms, terms of service and other tools for helping others apply free and open ideology to more than just licenses.
MESH.FM Project and Archive
Experimental Media Streaming
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteThis is the archive site for MESH.FM, the original experimental media streaming media community and webcasting station. Here is the original explanation of this project: "MESH.FM strives to create a context for participants to experiment conceptually, technologically, and socially in an informal environment. MESH.FM provides input into activities for anyone at an event by providing multiple paths for MESHing: Mixing, Editing, Sampling, and Harvesting of media and experiences."
Overlap
Collaborative Experimental Media Community
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official Site, Wiki
Laoban Speaker Workshop
Laoban Custom Cultural Speaker
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, WikiThe Laoban Speaker Workshop is set to create custom Laoban speakers with simple Chinese parts.
Scale Journal
Aesthetics and Computation Scholarly Journal
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012SCALE is a monthly "local" publication about aesthetics and computation. It is distributed in print and PDF. It is currently classified as completed, but might be revived in the future. The journal featured articles by Lev Manovich and Joseph Goguen and others.
ccHost
Completed, Updated December 17, 2012, Official Site, WikiccHost is an Open Source project started by Creative Commons that provides web-based infrastructure to support collaborating, sharing, and storing multi-media using the Creative Commons licenses and metadata. It is used by ccMixter, Open Clip Art Library, Open Font Library and other sites.
GoPets
Virtual Pet Social Network Service
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official SiteFor GoPetslive.com, a Seoul, Korea based company, my skills were contracted to advise this young company of development strategies for promoting Open Source philosophies in their project. The current decision to make money as a business comes from the provision of a service to users for a small fee. Unlike common American games, the client software is given away for free with confidence that a user will find it valuable to purchase a service above and beyond what the free client provides.
- Licence to Create
Linux Format UK, Issue 81, pp. 60-63
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official Site - Introduction to Graphics: Pixel Pushers
Introduction to Folly Digital Artists Handbook
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official Site 
Libre Graphics Meeting
Annual FLOSS Graphics Conference
Completed, Updated December 18, 2012, Official Site, WikiParticipated, Fundraised and coordinated through the project I co-founded, the Create Project. This conference brings together Free and Open Source Software developers in order to collaborate between projects on standards.
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Today we’re proud to say that we have really big news coming out today from our Qi Hardware project! Two completely patent-free, copyleft hardware wireless devices have been made and are available for sale now!
Please meet the Ben WPAN. Its offspring are the ATBEN, a wireless device that fits into the Ben Nanonote’s microSD slot, and the ATUSB, an implementation that fits in a standard computer’s USB slot. These devices can now all communicate wirelessly now!
From the Ben WPAN page:
Ben WPAN is a project to create an innovative patent-free wireless personal area network (WPAN) that is copyleft hardware. The primary protocol is 6LoWPAN, pronounced “SLoWPAN”. The project lead is Werner Almesberger and it involves using the UBB, new testing software, and the Ben Nanonote to produce a next generation wireless personal area network.
Expect great things! Qi Hardware !
