So you guys might remember when I did a guest spot at 20×2 in Austin, during the SXSW Interactive Conference a few years back. Here's my presentation for the 20×2 Festival to refresh your memory: 20×2 is a volunteer thing – an awesome thing – and it's a thing that is very jam-packed with very [...]
Read More 20x2, Austin, Mark Couvillion, SXSWiI saw an interesting article this weekend from CNN World's website. A company called Eight19 has created a pay-as-you-go solar technology called IndiGo that is being deployed right now in Kenya. Check this out, this is Simon Bransfield Garth, the CEO of Eight19. I knew I would like this company as soon as I realized [...]
Read More Eight19, IndiGo, LED, pay as you go, phone charging, photovoltaic, PV, Solar, South Kenya, top upCurious Displays from Julia Tsao on Vimeo. Julia Tsao's Curious Displays are just plain neat! The proposal for a display that goes beyond set dimensions and aspect ratio is in itself fascinating, but then the augmented reality functionality shown in section 2 shows a whole new level of possibility. I would just LOVE to get my hands [...]
Read More art, augmented, center, concept, content, display, interactive, product, reality, rendering, VideoI have mixed feelings about this subject, but it's important to spread the news about what's going down and how it's gonna go down with respect to this incandescent phase-out happening in our time. Sylvania has an awesome guide to this phase-out, showing the whats and the whens of this thing. Check it out here. [...]
Read More CFLs, EISA, incandescent lamps, LEDs, light bulb legislationNothing needs to be said. It's already been said. RIGHT?! Here's one more, just in case you need a few minutes of just plain happiness: Photo credit
Read More awesome, gelatin, high speed cameraWell, I'm in Canada! I finally got my visa, as you might have read earlier this week. I'm working my ass off up here, we have lots in the pan right now. I'm also writing and working on the first JimOnLight TV episode, and let me tell you – I am not a video editor by [...]
Read More photographers, Sunday, Sunday JimOnLight.com Flickr GroupI have been using this free online tool for so long I feel it is my duty to share it with the rest of the web. Check this out – this is Andrew Hedges' Aspect Ratio Calculator: I use this aspect ratio calculator to resize images and video that I post on JimOnLight.com. it is [...]
Read More Andrew Hedges, aspect ratio, aspect ratio calculator, software plugMy dad would love this. HEY DAD! CHECK THIS OUT! Also, this: This is from a company called bitplay, INC from Japan. About the lamp: BANG! is a desk lamp with a gun-shaped remote controller. User can fire the “gun” to turn the light off. The light goes out and the lampshade knocks to the side, [...]
Read More BANG, bitplay, Fixtures, fun, lamps, luminaires, SillyW00T! <hands raised in the air quite in the same fashion as if I didn't care> So this is some pretty awesome news I want to share! I am not really a press release guy, but this is MY press release! Sorry I've had to be so secretive about this news, there was some Immigration [...]
Read More BlackTrax, canada, Cast Software, jim hutchison, Toronto, Vivien Virtual Event Designer, WYSIWYGA few months ago, I received an email from a reader about explaining the phenomenon of Amber Drift. I was feeling froggy, so I figured I'd make an infographic to attempt to give a simple explanation to this phenomenon. Happy FRIDAY! If you click on the image, it'll open up in its original large size [...]
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