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iPhone 1.1 Software Update Imminent, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 Bug Fixes and Improvements Emerging

July 31st, 2007 · No Comments

iPhone 1.1?According to Apple’s VP of iPod Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak, via AppleInsider→, the first free software update for the iPhone should be available shortly.

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Adobe AIR Seminar with Big Spaceship

July 18th, 2007 · No Comments

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Adobe Integrated Runtime demonstrated by Big Spaceship.

This afternoon, Joshua Hirsch and Jamie Kosoy from Big Spaceship, here in Brooklyn, presented Building Adobe AIR Applications with Flash CS3 on the Adobe Connect presentation service.

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Tags: Technical

Lecture: The Origins of Interactive Media

June 21st, 2007 · No Comments

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The Origins of Interactive Media.

A brief examination of two influential American scientists who pioneered the idea of interactive information systems and graphics. Dr. Vannevar Bush, The Memex↑ and Dr. Ivan Sutherland, Sketchpad↑. Their research accomplishments resonate through every aspect of modern computing. A lecture given on Thursday, June 21, 2007, 13:30, Room B413 at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University.Sponsored by Information Art & Design in collaboration with Communication Design & Technology, Parsons The New School for Design.

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Project: Olympic Mobile Visitors Guide

June 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Olympic Mobile Users Guide - Screenshot AnimationA Parsons Design Professor directs a class of students at Tsinghua Art Academy to design and prototype a visitors guide for the Summer Olympics 2008 in Beijing using Flash Lite and Nokia devices.

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Tags: Design Project