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Printer-friendly versionSXSW 2007 Interactve Conference - Tim Farriss from fourhourworkweek.com
- SXSW 2007 Interactve Conference - Tim Farriss from fourhourworkweek.com
- questions
- how do your priorities and decisions change if retirement will never be an option?
- if you are going to have to work all the time. not retire
- eg would get bored if not working
- avoid being unable to fill the void if work is your identity
- scalability
- is your business scalable
- is your career scalable
- is your lifestyle scalable (most important)
- and if it isn't, when are you going to face a bottleneck
- how do your priorities and decisions change if retirement will never be an option?
- are you in a game worth winning and is it scalable
- principles / commonalities of people who design ideal lifestyles for themselves
- 3 currencies (in order of importance)
- time (non renewable)
- income
- mobility
- structure
- definition
- determining what it is you want to create from a lifestyle pov
- and how much that costs - what are the financial realities of designing an ideal lifestyle
- define 3 things
- what you want to do
- what you want to be
- what you want to have
- what portion of your efforts are producing that result
- 80/20 principle (paradores principle)
- 20% of your input / actions should produce 80% of your results
- what 20% of my activities are producing 80% of my desired outcome
- then (ruthlessly) eliminate the rest which is taking up time
- limit the tasks to only the important
- parkinson's law
- introduced by Ed Shough (?) from princeton
- a task will swell with perceived complexitity and importance in direct correlation with the time that you allot it
- limit the time to what's really important
- elimination
- batching
- eg email
- set an autoresponder on email
- to manage other people's expectations
- set an autoresponder on email
- eg email
- batching
- automation
- outsource anything that can be done for less than $X a day (ie less than your hourly rate)
- eg to India - virtual assistants
- eg internet research, spreadsheets
- rules you can set for yourself instead of responding in a culture of urgency
- your man in india
- brickwork
- outsource anything that can be done for less than $X a day (ie less than your hourly rate)
- liberation
- first step is creating mobility
- hourglass approach
- take advantage of the time you have when u get it
- first step is creating mobility
- definition
- 3 currencies (in order of importance)
- timferriss@gmail.com
- http://www.fourhourworkweek.com
- http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/programming/panels/?action=show&id=IAP060286
- http://audio.sxsw.com/podcast/interactive/panel/2007/SXSW07.INT.20070312.TheFourHourWorkweek.mp3
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XML course notes
- XML course
- http://www.vtc.com/products/introtoxml.htm
- self describing markup language
- XSL - extensible stylesheet language
- XSLT
- translations
- query against original data
- XSL-FO
- formatting options
- will take over from css
- XPATH
- language on how to write the queries
- lets us parse through the documents
- XLINK
- link to a document
- link back to original doc
- link within current document
- XPOINTER
- link to a position in a file
- eg like a href # in html
- refer to www.w3.org to see specs on each of these + new developments
- XSLT
- XML basics
- <?xml version="1.0" ?>
- definition and spec version
- attributes such as:
- encoding="unicode"
- unicode is default if encoding character set is not specified
- standalone="no"
- means this doc cannot be viewed on it's own. a translation document is required also to interpret this doc
- standalone="yes"
- means the browser can display this document as is without requiring another document to translate it
- <? ?> is a processing statement, the application or browser will process this instruction
- definition and spec version
- <people>
- root element
- <husband>Mark</husband>
- </people>
- <?xml version="1.0" ?>
- xml editors
- notepad / text editor
- XML Spy
- www.altova.com
- XML Writer
- www.xmlwriter.com
- editiX
- www.editix.com
- morphon xml editor
- www.morphon.com
- emile (mac)
- www.in-progress.com/emile
- 5 basic rules to make a well formed document
- 1. tags are case sensitive
- 2. opening tags must have closing tags
- 3. tags must be properly nested
- 4. attribute values require quotes
- 5. root element required
- element
- an element is a complete description of a piece of data
- consists of the start tag, the data and the end tag
- empty element
- eg <br></br>
- or <br />
- attributes
- eg <husband employed="yes">
- could also represent this using elements rather than as an attribute:
<husband>
<name>Mark</name>
<age>45</age>
<employed>yes</employed>
</husband>
- values
- make each element represent one piece of data/value only
- special characters
- common symbols
- < <
- > >
- " "
- ' '
- & &
- use decimal values
- & = &
- CR, LF, TAB from version xml 1.0
- xml version 1.1 can use all the ascii codes except for NUL
- common symbols
- comments
- <!-- this is a comment -->
- comments may be displayed or dropped from the browser or application. this is correct as per the spec
- schema
- describes the structure of the document
- usually the schema is a separate document
- what data is allowed
- what data is required
- how data is organised
- checks the structure of the data not the actual value of the data
- DTD or XSD
- DTD - document type definition
- not XML based
- de facto standard
- defines the XML document structure
- defines what elements can/must appear
- defines what order the elements must be in
- information about the data the elements contain
- element attributes information / requirements
- DTD does not determine what the root element is
- DTD does not show the number of instances of elements
- DTD does not include the data types
- DTD does not include the symantic meaning of an element
- eg whether data is a name or a date
- can be defined inline or in a separate document (external)
- DTD elements
- elements are the allowed / required tags
- created with an element declaration
- <!ELEMENT ElementName Type>
- 4 types of elements
- empty tag - does not contain content
- element-only
- contains only child elements
- mixed
- combination of child elements and character data
- any
- any content allowed
- DTD element options
- * means can appear zero or more times
- + means one or more times
- ? means zero or one time
- | means or
- no symbol means the child element must appear only once
- XML Schema
- XSD - XML Schema Definition
- RELAX NG
- W3C XML Schema Language
- DTD - document type definition
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TED Blog - Kevin Kelly - mind map summary of his video lecture
here's a freemind mindmap summary (exported to xhtml using javascript) I made after watching the TED Talks Kevin Kelly presentation.
attached is the TED_Talks_Kevin_Kelley.mm file.
click on Expand or Collapse links (above) to navigate the sections
- TED Talks
- Kevin Kelly
- what does technology want?
- what are the long term trends in technology
- turns out it it the same as in biological evolution
- drift towards specialisation
- diversity
- towards ubiquity
- drift towards complexity over time
- increasing sociability
- machines are becoming biological
- technology is the 7th kingdom of life (phylum)
- old technology is the base of new technology
- one difference between technology and biology
- technologies don't die
- you can delay technologies but not kill it completely
- culture is the accumulation of ideas
- so ideas don't die out
- old technology is the base of new technology
- life hacking
- the infinite game
- the singularity
- using technology to progress evolution
- Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World
- Kevin Kelly
Watch the video @ http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog
Wired Editor-at-Large Kevin Kelly on TEDTalks
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the software I'm using most often these days
This is a reply to a post on Stealth board listing the software I'm using most often these days.
http://www.stealthmag.com/board/viewthread.php?tid=6461
yeah gimp is good. the interface isn't as nice as photoshop but it's free / open source and has many of the same features for image editing & conversion. if u were a graphic designer u'd probably go with photoshop cs or similar but for simple resizing/cropping and converting gimp does the same job.
http://www.gimp.org
here's a list of my fav s/w atm (at least what I'm using most these days). I've been playing with a bit of videoblogging so a lot of this is video related. (not in any order)
isadora : http://www.troikatronix.com/isadora.html
it's really cool for realtime video processing. so u could spend hours using it. even if u don't have a camera yourself, just download some quicktime movies from one of the videoblogging sites and do a cutup remix or something. the demo version (which I'm still using) only lets u save 5sec, so to make anything longer, u can just save 5sec at a time then past e them altogether in quicktime or another editing tool. some of the effects are similar to jitter (the video add on to max/msp) but they're all prebuilt so u don't have to write the code. just connect the patch cords.
http://www.troikatronix.com/isadora.html
max/msp http://www.cycling74.com
- it's great for writing realtime music. generally used in art / sound art installations or universities and experimental performances. jitter is the video processing as mentioned above. easy to spend hours using it. though the learning curve is a bit steep until u get the hang of it. I did a course which was helpful. has a 30 day demo. I bought the student price which is $59 for 9months licence so handy if you're doing a project.
http://www.cycling74.com
quicktime pro - www.apple.com/quicktime
if u pay the $30 to upgrade to quicktime pro u can then do video editing in quicktime. it does interactive video as well. and you can add text tracks, html links, link the whole video movie.
www.apple.com/quicktime
freemind mind mapping software
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
- this is great for writing all those ideas down and collecting your thoughts & brainstorming
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
drupal - www.drupal.org
- I use this every day. it's a CMS (content management system) and has features such as blog, rss, chat, forums, user access, stories, project management, images, videoblogging & podcasting support, + a heap more. basically it creates your website then you can start posting information up and sorting/catergorising it
www.drupal.org
if u don't have a website, setup a blogger.com account (free) and start posting info and your creations and let us know the links.
avid free DV - http://www.avid.com/freedv/index.asp
- it's a cutdown version of avid's non-linear editing software. perfect for home use. has the same interface as the versions used in professional video editing houses so good to learn if u hope to work in that field one day.
http://www.avid.com/freedv/index.asp
skype - www.skype.com
- for chatting to your friends for free. good for collaborative projects also.
www.skype.com
eZediaQTI - http://www.ezedia.com/products/eZediaQTI/
- for creating quicktime videos / videoblog movies. easy to do text and tracks and interactivity if you don't want to do it manually in quicktime. demo version limited to 5 objects but that's usually ok for small projects
http://www.ezedia.com/products/eZediaQTI/
itunes - www.apple.com/itunes
- for listening to music and podcasts. ipodder/lemon also good
www.apple.com/itunes
audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
- for audio recording and basic processing. u could do a track for the stealth remix thread in this!
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
hiphopstarz - www.hiphopstarz.com
- free, basic sequencer for creating beats. it's a very simple interface. looks a bit dodgy but works ok for beginner level stuff. doesn't have all the features of cuebase etc, but it's free. if anyone has another good free /opensource replacement, let us know!
www.hiphopstarz.com
fireant - http://fireant.tv/download
- great videoblog aggregator / viewer. you can also use itunes or just view in the web pages, but this is a separate app which does it also. they usually recommend some good videos to watch / subscribe to.
http://fireant.tv/download
if I had a mac I'd be using quartz composer for video also. but I don't so I can't :(
ourmedia - ourmedia.org + Internet Archive - www.archive.org
- I use this to upload video and audio to IA. it's also a blogging site similar to blogger but looks different. if u need hosting space, this could be an option for original works ie don't upload your mp3 collection or u'll be banned. but if u make a track or a video they'd love u to upload it (free)
www.ourmedia.org
some of the producers here could possibly recommend better audio software. but have a play with video - it's fun. combines everything!
microsoft visual c# - www.microsoft.com
- if you want to try programming, c# is probably good to start with. it's a bit like c and java, but you can use the IDE and create windows/web apps pretty easily.
www.microsoft.com
flickr - www.flickr.com
- upload all your photos. it's social software, so you can add friends and tags, and see when your friends upload new pics, and they see when u do. also good for hosting your images. u can get a free account or upgrade to a paid account if u have lots of pics
www.flickr.com
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videoblog mind map
There's been lots of discussion on the vlogtheory yahoogroups list about videoblogging - debates over content, medium etc. I've done up a quick mind map (using sourceforge freemind) to try to collect my thoughts. it may not be completely in line with the ideas of the group, but could be useful as a starting point to capture thoughts, for me at least. I haven't included everything yet, but it's a start.
current version :
( see http://www.aliak.com/files/videoblog_v02.mm attached )
- videoblog
- content
- personal
- head shot
- conversational
- commentary
- video diary
- commentary
- travel diary
- camera-stylo / visual thoughts
- including narration
- without narration / interpretive
- head shot
- 'old media' / tv
- news programme
- drama
- comedy
- corporate
- promotional
- informative
- tactical media
- citizen media / citizen journalism
- vlogumentary
- visual art
- experimental
- avant garde
- film theory based
- grassroots organisaion / diy
- promotional
- activist
- informative
- documentation / archive
- organisation based
- topic based
- theatrical
- improvisation
- scripted drama
- personal
- process
- create / collate source materials
- video
- make new recording
- find existing video
- sound
- record live sound on tape (SOT)
- sounds at the scene
- live voice over / commentary
- post-record voice over for v/o overlay
- music
- create original music
- source existing music
- record live sound on tape (SOT)
- text
- embedded text track (QT)
- images of text
- images
- create original images
- source existing images / photos
- scripts
- interactive scripts
- website scripts
- hyperlinks
- text based clickable links
- whole video links
- video
- edit / assemble video
- edit decisions
- editing style
- planned
- storyboard / plan
- select source material
- apply transitions
- apply effects
- assemble
- freeform
- no editing
- use single shot piece
- simple cut / paste editing
- no editing
- planned
- timeline
- timeline based
- non timeline based
- interactive
- include interactive components
- test
- interactive
- timeline based
- editing style
- editing system
- computer based / software
- operating system decisions
- pc based
- mac based
- pozix based
- operating system decisions
- editing hardware
- camera
- edit suite with machine based editors
- computer based / software
- save final video
- format / codec
- quicktime
- windows media
- avi
- H264
- compression / filesize considerations
- low
- medium
- high
- format / codec
- edit decisions
- publish video
- upload finished video
- ftp to your isp / webspace
- upload to public shared webspace
- eg archive.org / ourmedia
- edit blog entry
- create links to external or local video
- add text entry
- upload finished video
- create / collate source materials
- medium
- internet blog
- text component
- video component
- embedded video
- externally hosted video
- comments
- trackback
- rss distribution
- rss web based aggregator
- web browser plugin
- eg sage for Firefox
- standalone application
- eg fireant
- web browser plugin
- rss device aggregator
- proprietary broadcast device
- tivo
- broadcaster STB
- consumer device
- video ipod
- psp
- proprietary broadcast device
- rss web based aggregator
- internet blog
- content
or below is a screenshot of the mm/pdf file.
if you cannot read the text in the image, try opening the larger version @ http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=96141734&size=o
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Tactical media in Brazil summary mind map
a summary of the Sarai Reader 04 paper called "The Revenge of Lowtech : Autolabs, Telecentros and Tactical Media in Sao Paulo" by Ricardo Rosas.
the freemind mind map tactical_media_in_Brazil.mm is attached - this contains html links or expand / collapse the xhtml version below
http://www.sarai.net/publications/readers/ is the new Sarai Reader link - they've changed their website and all the links have changed
http://www.sarai.net/publications/readers/04-crisis-media/55ricardo.pdf is the new link for the article
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electrofringe / tina 2005 - mind map + photos
I've finally gone through the bag I brought back from electrofringe / this is not art 2005. haven't had time to write it up, so I'm trying a mind map from sourceforge's freemind instead.
attached is the freemind pdf file or electrofringe2005.mm freemind file
photos from the event can be viewed @ my flickr tina2005 tag
- electrofringe / this is not art / 2005
- music artists
- jodi rose
- singing bridges - vibrations : variations
soca uws
- the_final_broadcast
- untitled
- eternia
- www.eternia.ca
- "canada's dopest female emcee" - exclaim magazine
- where I been - the collection
- www.eternia.ca
- dual plover label
- jodi rose
- visual artists
- dvds
- process space
- botborg
- principles of photosonicneurokinaesthography
- dysfunctional feed
- micro works
- minute
- kier smith
- oh so criminal
- film
- dlux media arts
- multimedia
- emergence
- www.synarcade.com.au
- have you ever wanted to build your own being? free it from pain, regret, niggling doubt? well now you can... in a new multimedia experiment conducted over four large screens, synarcade audio-visuals will allow a select group of people to construct their own version of a responsible moral citizen
- www.synarcade.com.au
- emergence
- dvds
- fashion
- textile design
- textile design
- zines
- street art zine #3
- meggs
- street art #3
- 310 danceskool
- antithesis
- issue # 2 : phase shift
- issue # 1 : untitled
- issue # 3 : solar transit
- street art zine #3
- resources
- taste-e electronic art links
- the program
- arts law centre of australia
- music managers' forum (aust)
- southern outpost distribution / submerge detroit
- sound summit 2005
- apra - Australasian Performing Right Association Australia
- aftrs - australian film, television and radio school
- air - association of independent record lables
- agsc - australian guild of screen composers
- amc - australian music centre
- ausmusic sa
- carclew youth arts centre
- caama - central australia aboriginal media association
- ccmc - contemporary country music coalition
- cmaa - country music association of australia
- fellowship of australian composers
- gadigal information service
- goolarri media enterprises
- mbas - melbourne blues appreciation society
- music nsw
- musicnt - music northern territory
- q music - queensland music network inc
- sima - sydney improvised music association
- songlines music aboriginal corporation
- tas music
- the push inc
- wam - western australia music industry association
- amrap - australian music radio airplay project
- taste-e electronic art links
- radio
- tin radio
- tin.org.au
- 100.5 fm (newcastle)
- tin.org.au
- tin radio
- toys
- stuffed
- www.thestuffedcollective.com
- artists
- beck wheeler
- tristan jalleh
- estelle lhasz
- claire robertson
- leeroy lunastitch
- heidi kenney
- jenny harada
- mai le
- wendy crabb
- goldtop
- corrine dean
- wendy june
- rene kininmonth
- maggie pereyra
- cathy parry
- robert thompson
- gillian bencke
- erin l shafkind
- maria samuelson
- bernard romerona
- darren mate
- samantha jones
- emmelene victoria
- hola sombrera
- gemma noble
- lyndal peake
- susan e kelly / luminant studio
- www.cavatica.net
- plush creatures, collage, photography, paper goods
- www.cavatica.net
- aequanimus
- a group exhibition incorporating soft sculpture and design by emerging australian and international artists. the works are inspired by the aesthetics of plush toys and their relationship to human behaviour, investigating social norms and a darker side of 'cuteness'
- www.thestuffedcollective.com
- stuffed
- art projects
- one sixty characters
- onesixty.net
- OneSixty Characters – An exhibition exploring children’s nursery rhymes/songs, games and storytelling from around the globe OneSixty Characters began by sending out a call worldwide requesting people to text message, via their mobile phones, a line or a fragment from a nursery rhyme or childhood song that was associated with a game
- onesixty.net
- galleries
- museum of contemporary art (sydney)
- field contemporary art space
- back to back galleries (newcastle)
- sherman galleries (newcastle)
- newcastle region art gallery
- art gallery of new south wales
- the studio (sydney opera house)
- museum of contemporary art (sydney)
- artists
- grant lawson
- design, animation, web
- bigatomiccat.com
- music artists
or here's a screenshot of the freemind file :
