One of the great things about being a researcher for a living is that simply ‘finding things out’ is the successful conclusion of an experiment. If I attempt something, and it’s a complete failure, then I have found out that it didn’t work, and that’s a win. In the case of my iPad experiment – [...]
Categories: Technology
Tagged: experimental
Another quick video using iMovie on the iPad – this time with a few of the more advanced features (not that the video itself is any more sophisticated than before, particularly). I think this is something I’ll probably get better at with time. But it’s fun playing with new toys. The point is, the movie [...]
Categories: Technology,The Internet
Tagged: iPad
So I messed around with the iPad some more. I recorded things and I blogged. I also did a bit of editing. Here’s a link to a video of the class I gave to my Music Programming students today – recorded on a Flip camera, and edited on the iPad. It’s nothing special, but it’s [...]
Categories: Technology,Video
Tagged: Video
Halfway through my first day using the iPad as my sole computer and seeing how that affects what I do and how I do it. Right now, I’m typing on the screen rather than using the Bluetooth keyboard, which is not ideal, but not a problem particularly. I was concerned that there might be things [...]
Categories: Research,Technology,The Internet
I’m toying with the idea of trying to do the work I do using only the iPad and an external keyboard. From the point of view of portability and convenience, it would be worth attempting. There are a few workarounds I’ll have to adopt and I’m sure there will be some niggles (like not being [...]
Categories: Research,Technology,The Internet
If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a week or two, you’ll know that I’m always on the lookout for ways of getting things done – specifically, software that helps me achieve more with less effort – or at least in a way that makes it feel like less effort. I like doing [...]
Categories: Technology
Tagged: Productivity, tech
I thought I’d just do a quick blog post, because for the first time in probably two years, I’m using dictation software again. I used to write quite a bit using dictation software and it was all right, but I would always have to go back and correct some of the words afterwards. I thought [...]
Categories: Music,New Zealand,Research,Technology
Tagged: dictation
Panic on the streets of London Panic on the streets of Birmingham I wonder to myself Could life ever be sane again? Panic – The Smiths (1986) There’s a lot being said on the internet about last night’s escalation of riots in London and Birmingham (and spreading). So much so that blogging about it feels [...]
Categories: Birmingham,culture,Politics,Technology
iPhone photos from last night, edited with Diptic, filtered and posted with Instagram, uploaded to Flickr and linked to on Twitter – within 3 minutes of the shots being taken… I’ve been following Pete Ashton‘s new FYPA.net blog. I think it’s brilliant. I think it’s brilliant in a way that I do not wish to [...]
Categories: Technology
I’ve been in Stavanger in Norway most of this week, working on a project that, when you say it out loud, might seem a little odd. There’s this 10-piece avant-garde improvisational jazz band called the Kitchen Orchestra. They use a lot of electronics alongside traditional instrumentation. They’re putting on a performance of a five-movement composition [...]
Categories: Music,Technology
Tagged: Kitchen Orchestra
