“That was the first time i’ve drawn anything since 2003! It feels like taking a breath after being held underwater for 5 minutes.”   –Tony Quan aka Tempt One

eyewriter.org is live!!

Tony Quan, aka Tempt1, is a legendary LA graffiti writer, publisher and activist. He was diagnosed with ALS in 2003, a disease which has left him almost completely physically paralyzed… except for his eyes. Earlier this year, members of FAT, OpenFrameworks, G.R.L., The Ebeling Group and Tempt1, teamed up to create a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that will allow ALS patients to draw using just their eyes. Check out the project along with source code, free software, diy instructables and eyetags by Tempt1 at eyewriter.org.

The EyeWriter core development team consists of Tony Quan, Evan Roth, Chris Sugrue, Zach Lieberman, Theo Watson and James Powderly.

With support from: The Ebeling Group, the Not Impossible Foundation and Parsons Communication Design & Technology.

Many thanks to: Keith Pasko, LM4K, Eleanor Dunk, Jamie Wilkinson, and Greg Leuch.

"That was the first time i've drawn anything since 2003! It feels like taking a breath after being held underwater for 5 minutes."   --Tony Quan aka Tempt One eyewriter.org is live!! Tony Quan, aka Tempt1, is a legendary LA graffiti writer, publisher and activist. He was diagnosed with ALS in 2003, a disease which has left him almost completely physically paralyzed… except for his eyes. Earlier this year, members of FAT, OpenFrameworks, G.R.L., The Ebeling Group and Tempt1, teamed up to create a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that will allow ALS patients to draw using just their eyes. Check out the project along with source code, free software, diy instructables and eyetags by Tempt1 at eyewriter.org. The EyeWriter core development team consists of Tony Quan, Evan Roth, Chris Sugrue, Zach Lieberman, Theo Watson and James Powderly. With support from: The Ebeling Group, the Not Impossible Foundation and Parsons Communication Design & Technology. Many thanks to: Keith Pasko, LM4K, Eleanor Dunk, Jamie Wilkinson, and Greg Leuch.

• Course Website: internetfamo.us/class
• Instructors: Jamie Wilkinson, James Powderly, Evan Roth
• Parsons: Fall 2007, Fall 2008

Just because a lot of people see your work doesn’t mean it’s good… but it does mean you’re famous — Internet Famous. This course dedicated to learning how to spread your work to the widest possible audience online. We are going to study the art and science of getting hits.

Internet Famous is the first algorithmically graded class in the history of academics. Custom Famotron software determines each student’s grade based on a quantitative measurement of their web fame.

Course Website: internetfamo.us/class Instructors: Jamie Wilkinson, James Powderly, Evan Roth Parsons: Fall 2007, Fall 2008 Just because a lot of people see your work doesn't mean it's good... but it does mean you're famous — Internet Famous. This course dedicated to learning how to spread your work to the widest possible audience online. We are going to study the art and science of getting hits. Internet Famous is the first algorithmically graded class in the history of academics. Custom Famotron software determines each student's grade based on a quantitative measurement of their web fame.

Bubblyfish and tobi-x will give a talk at the Parsons School for Design (NYC), arranged by Zachary Liebermann.

Bubblyfish is a sound designer and composer, she does gameboy performances all over the world. If you don’t know how awesome a gameboy can sound, check out Bubblyfish’s Myspace right away

The dude next to Tron Guy is me, tobi-x. I’ll show projects like the German-Facebook Bots, the Timemachine Firefox Add-on and other stuff that could be called net.art or web hacking.

Don’t miss out, it’s gonna be ffffffffffffffat!!!!!

7th May 2008 – 8:30pm
Parsons CDT Department, 10. Floor;
2w. 13th St between 5 & 6th Ave

Bubblyfish and tobi-x will give a talk at the Parsons School for Design (NYC), arranged by Zachary Liebermann. Bubblyfish is a sound designer and composer, she does gameboy performances all over the world. If you don't know how awesome a gameboy can sound, check out Bubblyfish's Myspace right away The dude next to Tron Guy is me, tobi-x. I'll show projects like the German-Facebook Bots, the Timemachine Firefox Add-on and other stuff that could be called net.art or web hacking. Don't miss out, it's gonna be ffffffffffffffat!!!!! 7th May 2008 - 8:30pm Parsons CDT Department, 10. Floor; 2w. 13th St between 5 & 6th Ave

Jamie, Evan, James and students from the Parsons Internet Famous course turn internet fame into real world fame….. sort of. Peep the photos here. Big ups to Shannon and Dan taking part.

“Go forth America… and get your fame on.”

Jamie, Evan, James and students from the Parsons Internet Famous course turn internet fame into real world fame..... sort of. Peep the photos here. Big ups to Shannon and Dan taking part. “Go forth America… and get your fame on.”

F@’s very own Internet FFFFFamous crew profiling with iCeleb Obama Girl. If Obama wins by anythings less then 6.1 million votes (currently the number views on her youtube video) then he should definitely make her VP.

If you’re in New York tune into NBC at 6:20am on Tuesday, Feb. 19th to see the full report. Photos from the shoot at Parsons w/ Internet Famous the class all star students up here.

F@'s very own Internet FFFFFamous crew profiling with iCeleb Obama Girl. If Obama wins by anythings less then 6.1 million votes (currently the number views on her youtube video) then he should definitely make her VP. If you're in New York tune into NBC at 6:20am on Tuesday, Feb. 19th to see the full report. Photos from the shoot at Parsons w/ Internet Famous the class all star students up here.

The Field Guide for Public Works Vol. 1:
Instructors: Andy Bichlbaum, James Powderly, Evan Roth

Shared resources and public spaces, like our cities, the Internet and the media, are increasingly under attack from the forces of privatization, excess commercialization, censorship, bias and authoritarian control. To offset the inequalities caused by these forces, ordinary citizens are turning to humorous and socially provocative pranks, hacks, infiltration, urban modification and other disturbances to get their voices heard in public and the mass media. The Field Guide for Public Works will be an illustrated instructional guide designed to show citizens how to make tools and use techniques employed by artists and activists to express unpopular and marginalized “truths” and perspectives in the public sphere. Subjects and technologies covered in the Field Guide may include both social and physical engineering, like: corporate infiltration, mobile broadcasting, contagious media, hacking urban systems, on-line satire, ad busting, self publishing and more. From concept to implementation, students will work together with their instructors and peers to create all aspects of the Field Guide using open source software. Over the course of the semester, students will also work in small teams to create, execute and document their own public interventions with voluntary participation from the class and others. The Field Guide will also be an experiment in creating a “print on demand” book and releasing work into the public domain.

The Field Guide for Public Works Vol. 1: Instructors: Andy Bichlbaum, James Powderly, Evan Roth Shared resources and public spaces, like our cities, the Internet and the media, are increasingly under attack from the forces of privatization, excess commercialization, censorship, bias and authoritarian control. To offset the inequalities caused by these forces, ordinary citizens are turning to humorous and socially provocative pranks, hacks, infiltration, urban modification and other disturbances to get their voices heard in public and the mass media. The Field Guide for Public Works will be an illustrated instructional guide designed to show citizens how to make tools and use techniques employed by artists and activists to express unpopular and marginalized "truths" and perspectives in the public sphere. Subjects and technologies covered in the Field Guide may include both social and physical engineering, like: corporate infiltration, mobile broadcasting, contagious media, hacking urban systems, on-line satire, ad busting, self publishing and more. From concept to implementation, students will work together with their instructors and peers to create all aspects of the Field Guide using open source software. Over the course of the semester, students will also work in small teams to create, execute and document their own public interventions with voluntary participation from the class and others. The Field Guide will also be an experiment in creating a "print on demand" book and releasing work into the public domain.

Home-X:
Course Website: Home-X
Instructors: James Powderly

Disruptive Home Economics will take us all through the center and to the fringe of what it means to make-it and do-it-yourself. Through in-class workshops and small group or individual assignments, this course will expose students, instructors and guests to a range of tools and public domain research selected to expand our concept of what we can make ourselves at home. We will start by making or modifying existing DIY and How-to projects and studying the way other makers solve problems and create documentation. Over the course of the semester, we will get hands-on experience designing, documenting and sharing our own DIY projects and research. We will take a generalist’s approach and expose ourselves to projects that involve a wide range of mechanical, electrical, computational and chemical processes. We will combine novel tools and materials with common ones and build projects for ourselves as well as tools for others. Along the way, we will also look at the way local and global cultural contexts influence the tools and technologies we make and those we use, as well as the implications of open source production by the masses. Students will be encouraged to release their work as openly and widely as possible and to experiment with traditional and contagious distribution of their projects.

Home-X: Course Website: Home-X Instructors: James Powderly Disruptive Home Economics will take us all through the center and to the fringe of what it means to make-it and do-it-yourself. Through in-class workshops and small group or individual assignments, this course will expose students, instructors and guests to a range of tools and public domain research selected to expand our concept of what we can make ourselves at home. We will start by making or modifying existing DIY and How-to projects and studying the way other makers solve problems and create documentation. Over the course of the semester, we will get hands-on experience designing, documenting and sharing our own DIY projects and research. We will take a generalist’s approach and expose ourselves to projects that involve a wide range of mechanical, electrical, computational and chemical processes. We will combine novel tools and materials with common ones and build projects for ourselves as well as tools for others. Along the way, we will also look at the way local and global cultural contexts influence the tools and technologies we make and those we use, as well as the implications of open source production by the masses. Students will be encouraged to release their work as openly and widely as possible and to experiment with traditional and contagious distribution of their projects.

Design Boot Camp:
Course Website: Design Boot Camp
Instructors: Evan Roth

An introduction design basics for technologists.

Design Boot Camp: Course Website: Design Boot Camp Instructors: Evan Roth An introduction design basics for technologists.