Chris Coldewey: Coherence Under Construction - Latest Comments

Re: An Embarrassment of Riches

Kathleen — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:13:59 -0000

We must be reading the same stuff. I've gone through the first two out of three on your list! Genetics must have our brain waves aligning.

Re: From Ambedkar statue take right, aur yahan se left

Avinash — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:09:09 -0000

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We use Google Maps API to (and only to) display our route on a graphical map.

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Cheers,
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Co-founder, CEO, RouteGuru
(Avinash at RouteGuru dot com)

Re: DRM disappears, my money quickly follows

Chris Coldewey — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:07:04 -0000

Burning and re-ripping was a serious pain, AND you lose audio quality
when you convert to a .wav and then reconvert to .mp3. I am curious to
see who can crack the code first on all-you-can-eat always-on
streaming service - that would be a similar quality-of-life
improvement like the removal of DRM. I wish Apple had bought Spotify
instead of LaLa -- hope they will do something great with it though.

Re: You’re in high school again (Nirvana)

Chris Coldewey — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:59:05 -0000

Totally - I remember we were right up there near them when they played.

Re: DRM disappears, my money quickly follows

@dbconlin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:18:31 -0000

I have to agree - DRM-free has been a blessing. I was always too lazy to look elsewhere, so purchased quite a bit of DRM music through iTunes. I would download, burn a CD, erase it from my iTunes and then load it from the CD in order to circumvent the DRM - but that was a pain. And as you pointed out, most of my friends would not go to that effort, so I could never play their files.

Re: You’re in high school again (Nirvana)

@dbconlin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:14:16 -0000

Thanks for bringing back the memories...although I don't remember it being as crazy as it sounds in the article. I remember a pretty intimate affair with moshing etc, but I don't remember the crowds in the parking lot that weren't allowed in, etc. I guess we did get there at the right time, cause we were right there in the heart of it while they rocked and we moshed.

Re: iPhone as platform for automated species identification

Ryan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:15:40 -0000

It seems in future iphone will become a compulsory gadget even in schools.iphone is a revolution in the field of technology.

Re: Animanifesto: a burst of explanatory video

Chris Coldewey — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:17:58 -0000

Yes - I think the Trillions piece was done in After Effects. I wonder if there are or could be more specialized tools if the animanifesto form becomes more codified.

Like iClone or Animeeple for machinima. I guess you have to draw a distinction between integrating support for data (Alpha/Rosling-style, which Trillions does not delve into deeply though it does rely on some light info visualization) -- and just enabling new expositional forms (which would be more like Prezi - the zooming, rotating, text-focused PowerPoint alternative).

Although there is an argument that general tools are all you need to create animanifestos in the same way you don't need a specialized word processor to write a short story (leaving aside Scrivener etc. and screenwriting for the timebeing). In this line of thinking, there is a fairly finite set of functions - easy animation creation/control, integration/visualization of external data sources, image manipulation, basic video editing, for example, that like Snarkmarket's New Liberal Arts, constitute a New Office Suite.

Re: Animanifesto: a burst of explanatory video

Devin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:43:54 -0000

The animation could probably be done in After Effects, or Flash really, but either one would be a pain in the ass. It's probably a more specific tool. I've seen some really complicated stuff done just in post software like AE though.

Re: Animanifesto: a burst of explanatory video

sam b-r — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:42:51 -0000

interesting little video. rather simplifying the way of the future but still interesting. too much information isn't the issue. and talking about an information age isn't the issue. sure, these are all interesting things and will be issues. but i think the future complexity will be far beyond "information"

it would be nice to have a simplified tool that would allow us to create these videos from data streams. the trendalyzer is fascinating but doesn't let you produce little informational animanifestos. now, if this animanifesto were able to change based on the inputs...

Re: Found footage, surreal siren

Chris Coldewey — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:43:03 -0000

Haha - I can imagine equal numbers of each!

Re: Found footage, surreal siren

Keith — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:29:33 -0000

Fly across the country to see it or avoid it?

Re: You’re in high school again (Nirvana)

sam — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:15:31 -0000

I think it was a few months later that I went in to a record store, Rhino Records in Claremont, CA and was blown away by the music they were playing on the loudspeakers. Normally, the music in a record store is something you know or couldn't care less about. Not that day. A shy kid, I forced myself to go up to the counter and ask the hip college kid working there to tell me what this amazing music was. Turned out to be the Nevermind album which I bought on the spot. This was a few months before they broke big on MTV. For a suburban southern California youth the music was a jolt through the very core of my existence. That album and Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger defined middle school for me. Took me somewhere safe from New Kids on the Block and the bubblegum pop that surrounded me. I always wished I'd lived in Seattle at that time. As you can guess, I'm jealous that you got to go to this show.

Re: Albatross Albatross Albatross

sam — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:02:39 -0000

and now the album is on sale at amazon for $5 (http://bit.ly/I0WRc)

Re: The Future is Big in the Present

Sara — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:55:38 -0000

Pretty good post. I just found your blog and wanted to say
that I have really enjoyed reading your posts. Anyway
I'll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you write again soon!

Re: Understanding complex arguments, improving group decision making

Howard Glick — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:53:37 -0000

Very interesting...one of my special areas of interest (as you know) are the effects of cognitive bias on financial markets. By the way...thanks for the fathers day note.

Re: Best email ever

Chris Coldewey — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:08:20 -0000

it's probably fake, but it's still awesome...

Re: Best email ever

Sanjana — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:39:08 -0000

haha is that for real?

Re: Biodiversity informatics conference

Grace — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:14:14 -0000

For those that want a good review of biodiversity: http://www.biology-questions-and-answers.com/biod...

Re: My Bollywood Debut

Masoud — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:52:43 -0000

No doubt you enjoyed Mumbai!

Re: My Bollywood Debut

Chris Coldewey — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:56:57 -0000

Haha...I'm sure I could work something out for you, Robin. How are your international boy band dance moves?

Re: My Bollywood Debut

Robin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:33:45 -0000

Oh man. That is highly ridiculous and highly AWESOME.

If, hypothetically, someone who reads your blog was to visit Mumbai, could you, hypothetically, e-introduce them to somebody (ANYBODY) from the Bolly-world?

Re: The Twilight of Venture Capital?

Nabil — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:52:29 -0000

wow, awesome post Chris, and very interesting analysis. I'm also curious to see if the VC model is adapted to other industries absent more tech innovation. that said i recently listened to a podcast by Tom Friedman where he argues -- at length -- that most businesses haven't yet begun to truly shape their business models around the transistor (he mentions e-checkin systems as a notable start)
according to friedman an entire tech-based transformation of the world economy is still ahead of us, similar to the transformation that occurred after the ready availability of electricity. if that holds true, i'll be surprised if the VC industry doesn't find a role to play...

Re: You will never make Astral Weeks

carolynleonhardt — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:46:20 -0000

Of course I have this album in the flesh. Madame George is one of my sacred songs. Do you remember me playing it for you?

Re: Four-legged DARPA robot trots into uncanny valley

nabil — Sun, 04 May 2008 06:40:24 -0000

here's a video of the less sophisticated beta version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...