Things by Matthew Hockenberry
Matthew is the Director of the Collaborative. He writes rarely, and that makes him sad.
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Seeking Student Researchers for Fall Term
We're looking for students for the Fall Term through January.
The Collaborative offers support, resources, and stipends to students engaged in the research process.
Students should indicate which of the following two ...
TwitterGraph - Building Apps with GraphGear
Graph Gear has been interpreted differently by a lot of different people. We've always intended graph gear to be a toolkit - the expectation being that it makes it easier ...
Webware updates: Presenting, GraphGear, PressBox
We have a number of updates to some of the software we work on, specifically presenting, graphgear, and pressbox.
Presenting, a tool for people who present blogs, ...
Renaissance Panel Recap and Results
I'm happy to share that some of the artifacts of our recent panel at CHI 2008 in Florence are now available. The Renaissance Panel: The roles of creative synthesis in ...
Presenting: … Presenting.
Presenting is a unique kind theme for Wordpress 2.3 / 2.5+ Presenting is a best described as a supplemental contextual theme, designed to compliment your blog’s regular theme.
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In the Basement of the Ivory Tower
Welcome New Scientist, Telegraph, Digg et al.
One of our research projects (Human tended gardens of evolutionary design) was covered recently (and quite nicely) by New Scientist. The Daily Telegraph also picked up ...
When Penguins Fly
Today is April Fools, and while it might be smart to avoid reading anything on the internet today - we still do. The best prank out today is without a ...
Audio is sticky
Leo introduces AudioSticker, it is admittedly a pretty hacky project (a complex process to get a seamless playback of audio on flickr) that could have been handled in other ...
Press Box is Open
I'm happy to announce that Press Box, our spiritual successor to Recycled Canvas, is available. It is a simple, striking theme for wordpress we're using in a few projects. It's ...
An Opinion: Designing Outrage
As someone who occasionally does design work I rail against spec work and everything it stands for. As someone who is an objective human being - I have a different ...
Annoucement: GraphGear 1.2 Available
How does the work move forward? Sometimes this is a strange question. Working on a lot of things, however, inevitably implies that some things get left behind in the wayside. ...
Seamless Technology Fashion Show
I had the pleasure of attending the third seamless technology fashion show wednesday at the Boston Museum of Science.
Highlights included: Ok2Touch, which uses a human powered circuit ...
Concerning the Allegory of the Trolley Problem Paradox
It is rare that you get to see such a huge list of complex philosophical problems reduced to a six page comic, but Saint Gasoline has somehow accomplished it ...
Renaissance Panel: The Roles of Creative Synthesis in Innovation
I'm pleased to announce that Leonardo Bonanni and I are organizing a panel this year at CHI 2008 in Florence, Italy (on Monday, April 7th). CHI's theme ...