Comments for BlipBlog http://blipbox.wordpress.com Blogging the BlipBox Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:24:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on It Works! by happyseaurchin http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/it-works/#comment-68 happyseaurchin Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:24:01 +0000 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/?p=107#comment-68 hmmm my flatmate is launching a bunch of stuff the third thing is the tool as it is only a prototype at the moment and i wanted a couple of alternatives to get proof of process in the real world eg your box goes into production at such and such a rate within a month or even a week depending on how well we use the tool together :) um email me? i'm at googlemail be well! hmmm
my flatmate is launching a bunch of stuff
the third thing is the tool

as it is only a prototype at the moment
and i wanted a couple of alternatives to get
proof of process
in the real world
eg
your box goes into production at such and such a rate
within a month
or even a week
depending on how well we use the tool together :)

um
email me?
i’m at googlemail

be well!

]]> Comment on It Works! by marser http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/it-works/#comment-67 marser Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:05:43 +0000 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/?p=107#comment-67 Thanks! What sort of tool did you have in mind? /m Thanks! What sort of tool did you have in mind?

/m

]]> Comment on Mailing List by Sarah Z http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/mailing-list/#comment-66 Sarah Z Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:22:44 +0000 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/mailing-list/#comment-66 Hey, nice one! Hey, nice one!

]]> Comment on It Works! by 2020 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/it-works/#comment-65 2020 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:10:52 +0000 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/?p=107#comment-65 hi your blipbox looks interesting and i was thinking that a new interface may go well with a new genre and a launch of a new social media tool :) a good synergy perhaps? be well david hi

your blipbox looks interesting
and i was thinking that a new interface may go well with a new genre and a launch of a new social media tool :)
a good synergy perhaps?

be well
david

]]> Comment on Aluminium BlipBox by marser http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/95/#comment-64 marser Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:19:05 +0000 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-64 Are you referring to <a href="http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/aluminium-case-for-small-projects-1137025-mm-p-154.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a>? An assembled blipbox measures about 135x101x26mm, so that would be too small. Or do they have bigger ones? It looks nice on the picture. Maybe suitable for a mini-blipbox project? Are you referring to this one?
An assembled blipbox measures about 135×101x26mm, so that would be too small. Or do they have bigger ones?
It looks nice on the picture. Maybe suitable for a mini-blipbox project?

]]> Comment on Aluminium BlipBox by FlorinC http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/95/#comment-63 FlorinC Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:59:44 +0000 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-63 I am wondering if the aluminum box from seeedstudio would have been suitable for your project. The case size seems compatible with your project. Maybe the height is too low, but you could have had a "riser" inserted between the 2 halves. I am wondering if the aluminum box from seeedstudio would have been suitable for your project. The case size seems compatible with your project. Maybe the height is too low, but you could have had a “riser” inserted between the 2 halves.

]]> Comment on Firmware Troubles by Adrian http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/firmware-troubles/#comment-62 Adrian Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:54:50 +0000 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/?p=101#comment-62 There's a lot of 'feel' about traditional interfaces such as bulbs - the slow on and off times, etc. LEDs and LCDs sometimes do better, sometimes worse. Bulbs are getting a bit steam-punk but a LED array still has a hand-made feel about it - there are small jiggles in the alignment and differences in brightness. Yes, I'm afraid the tickets are sold out. There were a few reserved for people doing presentations or workshops : don't know if there are any of those left. There’s a lot of ‘feel’ about traditional interfaces such as bulbs – the slow on and off times, etc. LEDs and LCDs sometimes do better, sometimes worse. Bulbs are getting a bit steam-punk but a LED array still has a hand-made feel about it – there are small jiggles in the alignment and differences in brightness.

Yes, I’m afraid the tickets are sold out. There were a few reserved for people doing presentations or workshops : don’t know if there are any of those left.

]]> Comment on Firmware Troubles by marser http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/firmware-troubles/#comment-61 marser Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:17:16 +0000 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/?p=101#comment-61 Interesting questions - I think there's an appeal with minimal interfaces that challenges your creativity - just what can you do with some leds and a screen? Well the possibilities are endless. In comparison, I think controllers such as the JazzMutant Lemurs are of course stunning, but can be intimidating, and you wouldn't really want to set about reprogramming the firmware as a lunchbreak project. And creativity is what it's all about, really. Oh, and reliability, aesthetics, cost... I look forward to seeing you at the burningdork, if I can make it... seems the tickets are sold out?! Interesting questions -

I think there’s an appeal with minimal interfaces that challenges your creativity – just what can you do with some leds and a screen? Well the possibilities are endless.

In comparison, I think controllers such as the JazzMutant Lemurs are of course stunning, but can be intimidating, and you wouldn’t really want to set about reprogramming the firmware as a lunchbreak project.

And creativity is what it’s all about, really.
Oh, and reliability, aesthetics, cost…

I look forward to seeing you at the burningdork, if I can make it… seems the tickets are sold out?!

]]> Comment on Firmware Troubles by Adrian http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/firmware-troubles/#comment-60 Adrian Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:23:07 +0000 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/?p=101#comment-60 Just picked up on your project from the URL you left on the Dorkcamp site. I look forward to talking to you there, first because I'm also playing with 5940 driver chips (for a POV display) but also because I'm curious about the appeal of this sort of interface. There are a number of projects that show people like a relatively low resolution interactive display like the monome. Blipbox picks another tradeoff towards a touch LCD, and as a fan of pinball machines I much prefer flashing lights and moving parts to images on video screens so I do understand the attraction. Why is this ? Some of these interfaces are more tactile than others (pinball with some force feedback, monome with switches) but Blipbox looks attractive even with the touch screen (and the touch screen provides features that switches can't offer). Are we attracted to big, bright simple displays rather than a hi res LCD ? The simple displays could be simulated, but I feel intuitively that it would lose something : are the colours poorer, or the response too slow ? Just picked up on your project from the URL you left on the Dorkcamp site. I look forward to talking to you there, first because I’m also playing with 5940 driver chips (for a POV display) but also because I’m curious about the appeal of this sort of interface.

There are a number of projects that show people like a relatively low resolution interactive display like the monome. Blipbox picks another tradeoff towards a touch LCD, and as a fan of pinball machines I much prefer flashing lights and moving parts to images on video screens so I do understand the attraction.

Why is this ? Some of these interfaces are more tactile than others (pinball with some force feedback, monome with switches) but Blipbox looks attractive even with the touch screen (and the touch screen provides features that switches can’t offer). Are we attracted to big, bright simple displays rather than a hi res LCD ? The simple displays could be simulated, but I feel intuitively that it would lose something : are the colours poorer, or the response too slow ?

]]> Comment on Firmware Troubles by marser http://blipbox.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/firmware-troubles/#comment-58 marser Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:36:40 +0000 http://blipbox.wordpress.com/?p=101#comment-58 wow, that's nice. Not seen them before, I missed the show at the tate. wow, that’s nice. Not seen them before, I missed the show at the tate.

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