Sit Here, Be Cool - Episode 3

Yes, It's that time of year again! Get out your New Year's tuxedo and welcome in the year 2011!
Here's my last episode of 2010! Short and sweet.

My 2010 Portfolio - http://www.cityandwool.co.uk/portfolio
Real-time Web Analytics - http://www.getclicky.com

Video Game Cheats in Real Life! -

Graphic Violence -

Tron -

Rare Exports -

RED -

Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/cityandwool

HP Webcam & Zoom H2

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Mobile Inspiration

A few images off my phone taken around Nottingham ...and a few more QR Codes being used on various products - Family Guy DVD, Moleskine and an A-Team Newspaper advert. I'm finding now that QR Codes only work in print media.

Episode 3 of my Sit Here, Be Cool video blog will be coming soon too. If you've missed previous episodes, check out my YouTube page.

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Sit Here, Be Cool - Episode 2

Thanks for coming back for Episode 2! (...and excuse the video thumbnail below)

Google App Inventor - http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/
Layar - http://www.layar.com
How To Create Augmented Reality Apps (Video) -
Ben the Bodyguard - http://www.benthebodyguard.com/
Line25 - http://line25.com/articles/15-useful-resources-to-get-clu...
3rd Eye News Article - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870367000457...
3rd Eye Live - http://www.3rdi.me/

Recorded via YouTube with my HP Webcam & Zoom H2

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My Very Own Augmented Reality Layer

I've now signed up to be a Layar Developer.

'The Layar Reality Browser shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of the real world as seen through the camera of your mobile phone. This technology is called Augmented Reality. We augment the real world as seen through your mobile phone, based on your location.

The idea is simple: Layar works by using a combination of the mobile phone’s camera, compass and GPS data to identify the user’s location and field of view, retrieve data based on those geographical coordinates, and overlay that data over the camera view.'

For more information on becoming a developer - http://site.layar.com/create/

I've also been using Hoppala Augmentation to set my layer up - http://augmentation.hoppala.eu/tutorial

It's currently in testing mode so it's not live on the Layar application yet.

Next I will be starting to design my own Augmented Reality Application by following this complex video tutorial -

Wish me luck!

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App Inventor for Android - Create Apps in Your Browser

Google are have announce that App Inventor (beta) is now available in Labs to anyone with a Google account!

I've just been playing with it this afternoon so haven't fully used all the functionalities but it's awesome! Can you spot my application running on my HTC Legend?

If you're lucky enough to have a Google account, get app developing now!

http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

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Some Interesting Microsoft Kinect Hacks

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Design Evolution - Theory Into Practice - Notes

All graphic design - all image making, regardless of medium or intent - centres on manipulating form. 'Form' is stuff: shapes, lines, textures, words and pictures.

Project Case Studies -
Lunar Productions Identity by Tactical Magic
'We create a war room and cover the walls with our strategy, audiences, competition, benchmarks, reference material, and most of all - concept, concepts, concepts. Our clients are involved early in the process. They see the war room in process. They see our strategy become concepts - good and bad - and collaborate with us to contribute ideas and narrow the field' - Ben Johnson

Having a war room, first sounds awesome, but secondly is a better way to layout ideas and concepts. Seeing the masses of designs on their walls makes me realise how little I put in to design things. In adopting this design process I hope to develop my creativity and get more variation into my designs and concepts. It's an easy trap to fall into: drawing 2 or 3 quick designs then sticking with the best one. I think I need to change this and extend my process in designing more concepts.

Attached are just a few of the projects that were interesting.

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What Twitter Really Wants to do to Facebook

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Testing Android Applications on the HTC Legend

After hours trying to get the right drivers for my HTC Legend, I've finally managed to do the following -

1. Able to test applications developed using Eclipse straight on my HTC Legend without having to install them via the market or otherwise
2. Able to take screenshots of my HTC Legend through connecting to my laptop

It's been important for me to get this all set up correctly because I'm wanting to develop some applications for my personal research project.

I encountered problems installing things because I'm using a HTC Legend smartphone. For others who might want to do the same, here are the site that I've used to get it all set up -

• http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html
• http://www.cellphone-reviews.co.uk/2010/04/htc-legend-usb-drivers.html
• http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-take-screenshots-of-android-device/
• http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
• http://www.dkszone.net/setup-install-adb-android-debug-bridge-windows-7
• http://androidforums.com/application-development/235217-ddms-cannot-find-adb.html

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Crack Open The Champagne! I've Written My First Android Application

It may be just a simple 'Hello World' application but it's a small step in the right direction for me an an Android Application Developer!

If you're wanting to get into developing applications for Android yourself, here is a good place to start. This is what I followed to create my (very simple) application -

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-google-android-application/

Now I need to find out how to put these applications I'm developing on to my HTC Legend. If you know how, just let me know in the comments below.

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