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• 2nd May 2012

  Nature of Code: Creatures

  My final project for Nature of Code; a landscape of food and danger inhabited by different species of artificial creatures.
• 2nd May 2012

  Nature of Code: Showreel

  A very short video showing some of the experiments and projects I did this semester in the Nature of Code class at ITP.
• 4th April 2012

  Nature of Code: Final Project Proposal

  As my final project for Nature of Code I'm going to continue my experiments with Reynolds steering behaviours to create a pseudo-natural landscape of foraging creatures.
• 26th March 2012

  Thesis Week 9: Prototyping Coming to a Close

  I'm getting to the end of my prototyping phase; here's how I've been getting on this week.
• 20th March 2012

  Thesis Week 8: Notifications, Nudges, Progress

  A solid week of little improvements to the practical part of my thesis project - the end is in sight.
• 11th March 2012

  Thesis Week 7: A Mixed Bag

  A so-so week of prototyping and noodling, sneezing and spluttering.
• 3rd March 2012

  Thesis Week 6: Prototyping, Patient Interview

  This week I worked mostly the web portion of the project; a dashboard for clinicians to assess patients' level of activity; but progress hasn't been lightning-fast.
• 2nd March 2012

  Jetsom: Progress

  A quick update on my Nature of Code midterm project.
• 28th February 2012

  Thesis Week 5: Concepting, Prototyping

  Last week I moved on from the research phase of my thesis project into a phase of concepting and prototyping. Here's a quick note on my progress.
• 28th February 2012

  Nature of Code: Jetsom

  For my Nature of Code class I'm going to make a little application that stores and represents information about little pieces of ephemera I find around my home. I call it Jetsom.
• 20th February 2012

  Thesis Week 4: Research Complete

  This week I completed the research phase of my thesis project; just a bit behind schedule.
• 13th February 2012

  Thesis Week 3: Interviews Underway

  I am just past the mid-point of the research phase of my thesis; this week was mostly spent interviewing staff at MSKCC.
• 8th February 2012

  Nature of Code: Week 2 Progress

  I'm really enjoying the Nature of Code class with Dan Shiffman; here are a few things I've been working on.
• 4th February 2012

  Thesis Weeks 1 & 2: Off to a Good Start

  For my thesis at ITP I am collaborating on a design project with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, one of the world's leading centres for cancer research and treatment. My project is to to understand and design improvements/interventions related to bone marrow transplantation; one of the most challenging forms of cancer treatment currently available to patients. In the first of my weekly updates I've written a bit about how the collaboration came about, what I hope to achieve with the project, and what I've been doing in the last few weeks.
• 27th December 2011

  Forever

  Forever is an immersive experience for one person; created with Lily Szajnberg for the Recurring Concepts in Art class at ITP
• 18th December 2011

  ITP Winter Show 2011

  I have three projects in this year's ITP Winter Show; MetroChange - a charitable donation system that uses New York subway cards, Pilot - a wearable device that helps people swim more efficiently and Forever - an immersive experience for one person.
• 1st November 2011

  Getting the Most from MetroCard

  If you've ever visited or lived in New York City you'll be familiar with the MetroCard. These little cards are used by millions of people each day to access the subway and bus system. In this project, Stepan Boltalin, Genevieve Hoffman and I have broken apart the MetroCard pricing structure with some interesting results. Short version - don't buy the $10 MetroCard.
• 11th October 2011

  Systems and Layers: Narrowing Focus

  We observed Union Square. We thought about the people there, moving through the space. Now, we're narrowing our focus.
• 1st October 2011

  Charles Leadbeater: Perspective

  This talk by Charles Leadbeater floored me. It makes me want to push myself and to reconsider some comfortable perspectives. If you have 30 minutes to spare, maybe watch the talk and tell me what you think.
• 25th September 2011

  Fantasy Self-Monitoring Devices

  This week in my DIY class health we were asked to sketch devices that could, at some point in the distant future, help monitor some aspect of our physiology or experience - fantasy self-monitoring devices. These are my quick sketches.
• 17th September 2011

  Year 2 at ITP: A Quick Update

  I am heading into my third week of year 2 at ITP, so it feels like a good time to stop, take a look around and talk about what's next.
• 27th July 2011

  We Are Working On It

  We are Working On It is a representation of 1.9 million scientific journal articles related to cancer research from 1980 to 2010, accompanied by audio interviews with researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. We Are Working On It was my final project for the Data Representation and Collective Storytelling classes at ITP.
• 24th July 2011

  What’s Next - Why and So What

  Thinking ahead to year two of ITP and the why and so what of my work.
• 24th July 2011

  What’s Next - Process

  Summer has been moving along nicely; my work at Frog is going well and I've started to turn my thoughts to the coming year at ITP. In this quick sketch I talk about something close to my heart; the process of design.
• 23rd May 2011

  Destinations

  Destinations is a game of global travel and strategy designed by Steve Klise, Paul May, Natalie Be'er and Spike McCue as our final project the ITP Big Games class.
• 21st May 2011

  Vito Acconci - Expression, Failure, Analysis, Refinement

  Vito Acconci came to speak to us in September 2010. He is quite a character and even his early work is still provocative.
• 21st May 2011

  Dennis Crowley - Just Build Stuff

  Dennis came to speak to our class in September 2010 - his talk was really inspiring for me; keep making things, keep trying - even when people tell you you're crazy and/or wrong.
• 21st May 2011

  Sharon Chang - If I Can Dream

  I had to leave this talk a bit early to go to work (yes - that is actually why I left); apparently the Q&A got a little testy. I can see how that might have happened; Sharon Chang's work was cringe-inducing and her talk was drivel. Contemporaneous notes offered as proof.
• 21st May 2011

  Douglas Rushkoff - Born Tripping

  
• 20th May 2011

  Jaron Lanier - Genius

  It's the end of year 1 at ITP; I am writing up work from this semester, and starting to reflect on the things that I've learned. First; Jaron Lanier is not insane - he is, in fact, a genius.
• 9th March 2011

  Memory Palace

  A short audio piece in response to visits to the Brooklyn Historical Society, The New York City Reliquary and the Tenement Museum.
• 11th February 2011

  Big Cynical Games

  A lot of the talk about games makes me queasy.
• 7th February 2011

  Shaking off the Rust - Data Representation

  This week I've been working on a few experiments to represent the names and, in some cases, family relationships between the current and past members of Ireland's parliament the Dáil.
• 5th February 2011

  Big Games - Headrush

  Big Games - Headrush from Paul May on Vimeo.

  A game for 4-52 people, created in 20 minutes for the Big Games class at ITP. Take a card, stick it on your head and organise into suits without talking or (obvious) gesturing. A lot of fun :)
• 2nd February 2011

  The Wisdom of Crowds

  An exercise in collective guesswork in Jer Thorp's class on Data Representation.
• 2nd February 2011

  Collective Storytelling - 6 Word Story

  A short story in 6 words, written for Collective Storytelling class with Marianne Petit.
• 2nd February 2011

  Collective Storytelling - 55 Word Story

  A short story in 55 words, written for my (will I get into the class, won't I get into the class) Collective Storytelling class with Marianne Petit.
• 25th January 2011

  Terracotta Warriors, Dublin, 1987

  Today was my first (and possibly last) class in Interpretive Exhibition Design with David Harvey; head of exhibits at the American Natural History Museum and Senior Exhibition Designer at the Metropolitan Museum.
• 10th December 2010

  10 in 10 - Big Games

  I've just heard that I got into the Big Games class at ITP; which is exciting. I am going to spend the next 10 minutes funneling that excitement into 10 ideas I could explore in the class. Ready? Go!
• 13th November 2010

  Designer’s Block

  I have under 4 weeks to design and build a final project for my Intro to Physical Computing class, but I am struggling to pin down an idea. I am stumped. In a quandry. A pickle.
• 26th October 2010

  Building a Database of Useful Irish Data

  In the spirit of "let's just build this and see what happens" I've started to build a repository of useful data about Ireland - I can't really hang on for the election.
• 24th October 2010

  Ireland as PDF

  Why is Irish data so hard to find? I'm not sure, but as a country Ireland has an opportunity to create a new landscape for information sharing and press freedom. You know, so we don't end up in the shit again.
• 23rd October 2010

  Multiple Sensors to Processing
• 21st October 2010

  TUIO/Reactivision Experiments

  We played with TUIO and Reactivision in Processing this week, it is quite a handy solution for tracking colours and tokens.
• 11th October 2010

  Design for UNICEF - Rapid3W

  Some thoughts and a quick sketch of a new aid supply order management tool for UNICEF.
• 11th October 2010

  Multipurpose Fun Machine

  Multipurpose Fun Machine is a simple, versatile computer game/play controller; built as my stupid pet trick for the Introduction to Physical Computing class at ITP.
• 4th October 2010

  Design for UNICEF - Mobile Phone and a Radio

  This week we were challenged to identify three ways in which UNICEF could help those affected by a sudden disaster using a Nokia 1100 phone and an AM/FM radio.
• 3rd October 2010

  Brick and Ball Game - Beta

  This week we were asked to create sketches featuring iteration and objects; so I've built on the (pointless, but obligatory) bouncing balls sketch to make a brick and ball game.
• 30th September 2010

  Light Theremin

  A little circuit that takes the value from a photoresistor and turns it into sound using Arduino. Smashing.
• 29th September 2010

  The Obligatory Bouncing Balls Sketch

  Never let it be said that I didn't create a processing sketch where a ball bounced around the screen.
• 26th September 2010

  Design for UNICEF - BetterMap

  A very, very rough outline of an on-demand map printing service for disaster relief workers.
• 26th September 2010

  Objects in Processing

  My first experiment with objects and object oriented programming in Processing.
• 22nd September 2010

  Design for UNICEF - The Handover Problem

  We are collaborating with UNICEF to design new and better ways for them to cope with disasters. This week we've been asked to sketch out some early ideas. I was interested in the problems associated with staff turnover and their capacity to reduce UNICEF's effectiveness.
• 20th September 2010

  Fantasy Device Design - Magic Mirror

  This week we were asked to design a device with a physical interface that doesn't exist, but that could exist in the future. Mine is called Magic Mirror.
• 19th September 2010

  Scrap the Past

  This week I wanted to do something interesting with analogue input into Arduino. The discovery of an old Walkman on the ITP junk shelf inspired me to take a trip into the past. The result is Scrap the Past - a Scrap Saturday visualisation machine.
• 18th September 2010

  More Interactivity in Processing

  A slightly more interactive version of the Chessboard sketch in Processing.
• 17th September 2010

  Analogue Input with Arduino

  A few experiments with analogue input into an Arduino. Nothing fancy.
• 16th September 2010

  Parsing XML and Displaying Images

  A Processing sketch that parses the RSS feed from my Flickr photostream and displays the latest image.
• 13th September 2010

  Solving Problems vs Stirring Emotions

  My first week at ITP has been great, and has also asked me to challenge the way I think about problem solving and creativity.
• 24th June 2010

  Moving to New York

  In September 2010 I'll be taking up a place at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) as a Fulbright award winner. Two years in New York? Yes please.