Photos From EMAWD With Roy Pardi

On August 14th, Roy Pardi, a local artist and developer, came to FableVision's EMAWD meeting to present his work with the Arduino open-source hardware. Here are a few pictures (and video!) of the event. Enjoy!

Roy Pardi and the Arduino Board :: 8/14 @ 4PM

Our next meeting will be Friday August 14th @ 4:00 PM at FableVision. Roy Pardi, artist, engineer, programmer, tinkerer will be presenting the Arduino board -- we’ll be venturing into the world of hardware. Roy will talk about Arduino boards, workflow and showing some of his projects — which are really cool!

Roy Pardi: http://roypardi.com/

Arduino: Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. ( http://www.arduino.cc/ )

Definitely stop by for what will no doubt be an interesting meeting.

Directions: http://www.fablevision.com/info/directions/index.html

Muzzy Lane :: 5/14 @ 3PM

This week we will be having a meeting on Thursday 5/14 @ 3PM. Matt Seegmiler and David Martz and/or Dave McCool from Muzzy Lane Software will be coming by to demo their 3D online game platform/service called Sandstone:

Muzzy Lane: http://www.muzzylane.com/
Sandstone: http://www.muzzylane.com/ml/sandstone_platform

Hope to see you there!

-Brian

Next Meeting Friday 4/10 @ 4PM :: Time Estimation 101

How long does it take you to brush your teeth in the morning? Go grocery shopping? Fix the squeaky hinge on the garage door?

You probably know this scenario: You think you’ve come up with a great time estimate — even given yourself a little buffer time for the unexpected. Yet somehow, at the end of the project, you find out that you’ve taken twice as much time as you thought. What gives?

Our next EMAWD meeting will be this Friday, 4/10 @ 4PM at FableVision. The topic: Time Estimation. Along with doing some fun exercises and an estimation contest, Karen Bresnahan, Executive Producer at FableVision, will join us to impart her words of wisdom.

And there will be cookies.

Next Meeting Friday 2/13 @ 4PM :: Developers and Designers Workflow in Flash

Our next EMAWD meeting will be this Friday, 2/13 @ 4PM at FableVision. The FableVision Developer and Art Teams will be leading a discussion about how the two teams work together on Flash-based projects. The focus of the discussion will be around how to prepare files and pass them back-and-forth throughout the life cycle of a project.

Come by and share your tips and tricks... or even horror stories!

Directions: http://www.fablevision.com/info/directions/index.html

-Brian

Next EMAWD Meeting :: 12/5 @ 2:30PM @ FableVision :: Mike Horn presents Tangible and Multi-Touch Technology

Our next EMAWD meeting will be this Friday, December 5th @ 2:30PM at FableVision. EMAWDer, Mike Horn, a PhD student at Tufts, will be presenting work on tangible and multi-touch technology for use in classrooms and museums. Should be really cool.

Directions: http://www.fablevision.com/info/directions/index.html

Note the time change: 2:30

Next EMAWD Meeting :: 10/10 @ 2PM @ FableVision :: Exploring Educational Websites

Our next EMAWD meeting will be this Friday, October 10th @ 2PM at FableVision. We will be taking a look at some examples of existing educational software and websites. Basically, this will be an open-ended forum and opportunity to look at some software/technologies that are out there. My hope is that we will get some good discussion about common problems and solutions with existing technologies.

Please bring:
Any kids’ software that you love/hate
URLs for cool kids’ websites
Technical challenges you’ve been up against in creating software
An appetite for cookies

Directions: http://www.fablevision.com/info/directions/index.html

-Brian