Kitsch as in Instagram

I don't like Instagram (or Hipstamatic for that matter) — the I turn your photo into something into a more romantically-worn-image-app. Yes, it looks nice. Don't we all love the atmosphere of a Polaroid, but c'mon. Digitally recreated is kitsch! Fake authenticity. And so many are buying it.

No, I don't really mind that Instagram is destroying bits by applying filters and reducing the camera's output from 5MP to a .5MP pic, nor that they are forcing you into (yet another) social network. But when Chris Brogan asked whether “instagram makes you a better photographer?”, i turned a little sick. To me that is like asking whether a vocoder make you a better singer. Or a better analog…

ContextSonification

ContectSonification is another way of looking to adding sound to your computer environmen. This was my graduation Thesis for the European Media Master of Arts (EMMA) programme PrefaceThe first version of ContextSonifier was created in 2004 by Maarten Brouwers. It was the result of his Master-thesis: 'Context Sonification'. You can download his thesis here or just continue reading it in HTML format.The whole process has been supervised by:: Martin Lacet (thesis), Janine (project), Tom (project) and David Garcia (project) and was first published in Hilversum, August, 2004.When communicating from one human to another, visual, auditory and/or haptic cues are being used for communication. When communicating to another person directly a person communicates more than a plain message. It communicates also a state of being, a soul. Somehow also mechanical devices and environments are able to communicate this 'state of being'. Communicating not only in true/false messages. To…