Resources

The following is a list of resources I’ve collected and written. I hope you find them useful and are able to use them as inspiration, motivation, or general knowledge. The collection includes a wide variety of information from tutorials to quotes to job openings.

It’s tough scrolling through the whole list, so if you want to hop around, you can click one of the quick links below to find resources on that specific topic

Tutorials  | Quotes  | Books  |  Jobs  |  

Do you have an interesting resource? Contact me and i’ll see about adding it to the list.

Posted on August 1, 2011
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On Being Original

If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you won’t ever come up with something original.”

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Posted on June 26, 2011
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On Contribution

Leaders allow others to make a contribution.”

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Posted on June 24, 2011
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Second Story – Lead Interactive Developer Position

Overview

Since 1994, Second Story has conceptualized, designed, and developed interactive media experiences in diverse formats that enchant, inform, and entertain—pioneering ever more effective ways to inspire wonder and connect audiences to ideas and information.

Second Story is looking for a visionary thinker with an inquisitive mind, who is keen to learn new technologies and accomplished at expressing creativity through Actionscript and the Flash platform and wants to embrace the opportunities emerging platforms like HTML5, OpenFrameworks / Cinder provide.

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Posted on June 12, 2011
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How to Make A Youtube Instrument

A Youtube Instrument is an interactive instrument that can be played using only the video features of Youtube. If you’ve heard of the MysteryGuitarMan on youtube, you’ve probably seen his various youtube instruments. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to make our own interactive youtube instruments utilizing the features of youtube.

What We’re Making

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Click the image above to see the results

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Posted on June 11, 2011
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Supertouch is looking for new hires! This may be the job for you!!

Supertouch/Interference Inc. is looking for new hires that are involved in the interactive technology domain. I’ve been working with Interference for more than a year now and it’s been great. This may be the job for you! You can find the information below.

Company: Interference Inc.
Positions: We are looking for a PROGRAMMER and an INTERACTIVE ENGINEER
Position Type: Full-Time

Experience:
Candidates who have worked/have familiarity with multi-touch platforms previously and are eager to explore and learn more in a fast paced marketing/technology environment creating installations for major
global brands.

The position for the first 3 months is a probation period where the person is hired as an independent contractor and paid 1099. Depending on review and evaluation, the

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Posted on June 11, 2011
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Book Review: Talent Is Overrated

TalentIsOverratedaltWhat Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else?

That’s what Geoff Colvin in Talent is Overrated aims to answer through research studies of the most successful people through history. I covered a small fraction of the book in You’re not talented and why it doesn’t matter.

The conclusion is exceptional performance is acquired through years of deliberate practice, timing and being surrounded by the right people – not talent.

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Posted on June 6, 2011
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How to Combine and Display Your Facebook, Twitter, and Comment Counts

Combining your blog’s comment count with social sharing counts such as facebook and twitter can give a better indication to your readers how people truly react to your posts.

While some posts may get few comments, they may get hundreds or thousands of retweets, facebook shares, or bookmarks. Showing the true spread of your writing can inspire people to share and comment more frequently. You could use the big, bulky buttons to display individual facebook and twitter counts, but we’re going to take a look at combining the total numbers of comment, facebook, and twitter counts into one display.

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Posted on June 3, 2011
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Immersive Labs Interactive Developer Position

Overview

Immersive Labs (a Techstars HCI company) is looking for a broad-based developer with a focus on NUI technologies/experiences to join them at the renowned seed accelerator program in NYC.

Immersive Labs builds software that allows any existing digital sign to display targeted, interactive, and measured ads using only a web camera. Their solution allows any hospitality, retail mall, airport, brand, creative agency, or ad network to create interactive content in a way that is easy to build, display, and measure. They create engaging experiences through face detection, artificial intelligence, motion tracking and mobile technology.

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Posted on May 22, 2011
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On Inspiration

Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.”

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Posted on May 17, 2011
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On growth and success

A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she are willing to have.”

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