Archive for March, 2010
Zynga
The Facebook games that millions love (and hate) - asa suna un articol pe CNN pe care l-am citit si eu acum cateva minute dupa ceva timp. Este practic un raport publicat de Zynga legat de activitatea utilizatorilor sai pe jocurile care ruleaza in Facebook.
Ca oricare dintre voi am si eu cativa prieteni care joaca treburile alea cu inversunare, dar sincer sa fiu nu mi-am imaginat niciodata ca situatia sta cu totul altfel decat credeam eu. Facebook are 400 de milioane de utilizatori si este platforma care a facilitat cresterea impresionanta a utilizatorilor de FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FishVille, Vamipres si Cafe World (mai sunt si altele), acestea fiind cele mai importante jocuri pe care le ofera Zynga pentru utilizatorii sai.
Raportul ne spune ca in medie mai mult de 65 de milioane de oameni din lumea intreaga joaca unul din prostiile alea de mai sus, adica de trei ori populatia Romaniei, sau mai mult decat populatia Frantei.
I mean, What really matters to me,
that thing that keeps me awake even after 2 days without closing my eyes,
that thing who always want to make it better and better and it’s never good enough,
that thing that makes me want to not only “be good” but be The best.
that thing that modify your world and put crazy new ideas in your mind,
that thing that makes you hate yourself and one minute later makes you believe your the greatest.
that thing that makes you smile, laugh, dance, jump like lunatic.
that thing that often is not finished but is on your reel.
that thing that makes you be late.
that thing that puts you under pressure.
that thing that doesn’t obliges you to sit in there when you don’t want or you just don’t “feel good” to sit there and make what you need to do, but when you sit by yourself there that thing makes sure that magic happens. That thing that makes your heart crazy.
that thing that say “every detail matters”,
that thing that makes changes “here and there”,
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Deja clasica pot spune intrebarea de mai sus mai ales prin interviuri. Eu personal o urasc si urasc la fel de mult raspunsurile care vin odata cu intrebarea asta:
- In locul tau cel mai probabil! Pentru ca sunt un ambitios si muncitor
- Pe o pozitie importanta in firma facand lucruri importante
- Pai nu stiu acasa cu familia, la gratar sambata si la munca miercurea
Serios oameni buni este o intrebare ridicola nu ai cum sa spui ca peste 4 5 ani o sa faci aia sau aia sau orice altceva. Singurele persoane care ar putea sa spuna unde or sa fie si peste 5 ani sunt politicienii sau soldatul care alearga cu pusca in mana facand legea altora prin toate colturile lumii (si poate ca piratii sau persoanele interlope ar mai putea sa zica treaba asta ).
Ideea este ca nu ai cum sa sti ce iti rezerva viitorul, ce intorsaturi, ce meteorit iti pica in cap sau eu mai stiu ce altceva (si nu, nu ma gandesc la karma si soarta, astea sunt la fel de aberante asa cum sunt ele prezentate acum ca si restul).
Dar ce putem face este sa luam putin la misto aceasta intrebare si sa ne inspiram din deja clasicele ecranizari ale cinematografiei si nu numai.
Unde te vezi in urmatorii 4 / 5 ani?
Star Trek – The next generation
Umanitatea a reusit cumva sa evolueze dincolo de razboi, de diferentele rasiale si de toate rautatile din lume cum ar fi economia. Nu mai exista corporatii, firme, joburi si SRLuri toti suntm someri. Dar am reusit sa creeam Federatia care ne uneste pe toti prin trup si spirit. Exista reguli, onoare si de ce nu fericire in randurile oamenilor de toate natiile si culorile. Am reusit sa abolim foametea cu o masina care ne prepara tot ce vrem printr-o simpla comanda vocala. Putem sa downloadam acum toate filmele si muzica care ne place gratuit fara sa mai dam la Apple 0,79 euro centi per melodie. Cariera pe care o urmam marea majoritate este aceea de ofiter in cadrul Federatiei, unde vom invata sa fim cu adevarat polivalenti in mai multe materii si vom explora universul pe toate cele n dimensiuni ale lui.
Poftim raspuns! Asta ar fi un prim exemplu unde sunt numeroase oportunitati pentru cariera si pentru o aventura in universul indepartat. Asa mai merge un raspuns nu ca cele de mai sus.
The world’s largest stock imagery company, Getty Images, released a mashup (I just stumbled upon it) that leans on the company’s vast stock image and audio assets. It is a flash application called Moodstream that draws on Getty’s photo, video, and audio collections to create what the company calls a
Powerful brainstorming tool designed to take you in inspiring, unexpected directions.
Moodstream streams music and images along with video clips to create a sort of audio-visual mix. There are manny other applications for desktop or mobile that are trying to impose the same effect, like StereoMood or Sourcetone, I for example use on my iPod touch RjDj, but none of them have incorporated a visual element (yet).
Moodstream is able to adjusts its output based on settings users input via some sliders that should describe their state of mind. Happy to Sad, Humorous to Serious, etc. Also the type of transitions between image assets can be controlled by the user, the amount of color vs. black and white imagery, and the type of music.
Everybody wants to be an artist and for some there are special tools that are in the same time very easy to use and very powerful when creating some form of digital art. On of these tools is Flame.
Flame is a painting program, it belongs to my ‘I am Artist’ experimental project. I think with tools which inspires you, everybody can be an artist. You can try it here, change different brush settings and paint your own flame paintings. When you change background from black to white, palette changes from additive to substactive and the feeling of the painting is very different. It’s not easy to explain all brush parameters, so I leave this for your experimentation.
Flame Painter Main Screen
Build by Peter Blaškovič Flame is a Processing application that can make a simple mouse movement look like a 1000 brush strokes on a canvas. Basically your brush is transformed into a multiple particle elastic one that can fill your strokes like you would do it with lots of small brushes put together. The only and the most important difference here is that you can control the intensity, color, opacity and size of each of the brushes.
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