mercurious » lecture http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress A memex, a sketchpad of research. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:18:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Adobe AIR Seminar with Big Spaceship http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/18/adobe-air-seminar-with-big-spaceship/ http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/18/adobe-air-seminar-with-big-spaceship/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:37:39 +0000 mercurious http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/18/adobe-air-seminar-with-big-spaceship/ Adobe AIR Logo

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. ]]> Adobe AIR Logo

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. They did an excellent job of introducing the new capabilities of Adobe’s new desktop application delivery platform. In particular, they focused on how Flash CS3 can be used to compile AIR programs. Although still in Beta, AIR remains un-implemented in Flash CS3. The online seminar walked us through the tricky process of configuring for AIR development and introduce us to the command-line tools required to build and test AIR projects. However, Grant Skinner apparently has an extension set for Flash CS3 that assists with this process as we await Adobe’s full integration into the Publish Settings of Flash CS3. The links and notes of the presentation are posted here for reference. This post is likely to be updated and fleshed out as I process and try things out myself.

What is AIR?

AIR brings Flash and other web formats to desktop standalone applications. We should start to see more ‘downloadables’ once this catches on. Probably the best way to figure out AIR is to look at some examples on Adobe Labs→I’ve been a fan of kuler→ ever since I started following the Adobe Labs, and discovered Apollo, the codename for AIR. This is a great example of how being able to break out of the browser will encourage creative technology to engage with us more deeply.

Presentation Links

How to get started with AIR and Flash CS3

Raw Notes from the Presentation

Here are the raw notes from the presentation. I’ll try to decipher them into more sense once I get my head around it all myself. 

 airglobal.swc locations: MAC:    /Applications/Adobe Flex Builder 3/sdks/moxie/frameworks/libs/air/airglobal.swc PC:      Program Files/Adobe Flex Builder 3/sdks/moxie/frameworks/libs/air/airglobal.swc move and rename to MAC:    /Applications/Adobe Flash CS3/Configuration/ActionScript 3.0/Classes/playerglobal.swc PC:      Program Files/Adobe Flash CS3/Configuration/ActionScript 3.0/Classes/playerglobal.swc (you should make a backup of your old playerglobal.swc) AIR SDK: MAC:    Place all files in /Users/[you]/ PC:      Place files whereever you want. (I use c:AIR_SDK) Set environment variables: Right click "My Computer" Hit Properties. Go to the "Advanced" tab Click "Environment Variables" In "System Variables", under Path add path you put the sdk. If there is no Path var, you can add it. ADL syntax: adl myApp.xml Flash Tracer: After installing extension, Tools --> FlashTracer Click "Options" in the bottom right of the AddOn. PC Path MUST be: C:Documents and Settings[YOU]Application DataMacromediaFlash PlayerLogsflashlog.txt Mac Path MUST be: Hard Drive:Users:[YOU]:Library:Preferences:Macromedia:Flash Player:Logs:flashlog.txt If no Logs directory or flashlog.txt file is missing, you need to add them. ADT syntax: adt -package myAirFile.air myApp.xml foo.swf bar.swf icons videos etc
]]> http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/18/adobe-air-seminar-with-big-spaceship/feed/ 0 Sketchpad, The World’s First http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/sketchpad-the-worlds-first/ http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/sketchpad-the-worlds-first/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:54:19 +0000 mercurious http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/sketchpad-the-worlds-first/ Sketchpad, A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System. Between 1962 and 1964, Dr. Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System, arguably the world’s first computer graphics system, and non-procedural programming system. Ivan Sutherland at the TX-2 using Sketchpad]]> Sketchpad, A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System.

Between 1962 and 1964, Dr. Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System, arguably the world’s first computer graphics system, and non-procedural programming system.

Ivan Sutherland at the TX-2 using SketchpadSketchpad Light Pen InterfaceSketchpad Object Oriented System

Video

Alan Kay lectures on Sketchpad

In this video, Dr. Alan Kay, from PARC, discusses Sketchpad and its significance in determining the nature of Object Oriented graphical interfaces.

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Geneology

Computing Family TreeIn this Computing Family Tree diagram◊, note how Sketchpad is considered the origination point for the modern operating system, as we know it.

Links

See Also

Lecture Title Origins and FuturesLecture: The Origins of Interactive Media ↑

]]> http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/sketchpad-the-worlds-first/feed/ 0 Memex, The Dawn of Informatics http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/memex-the-dawn-of-informatics/ http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/memex-the-dawn-of-informatics/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:53:49 +0000 mercurious http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/memex-the-dawn-of-informatics/ “AS WE MAY THINK” BY DR. VANNEVAR BUSH Originally published in the Atlantic Monthly→, “As We May Think→” (July, 1945), a member of the Manhattan Project proposes the [tag]Memex[/tag]↔, a sort of microfilm-based knowledge desk. Many consider the Memex to be the pre-digital precursor to the idea of the Web and Internet as we know it today. It may reflect the dawn of the information age. Memex diagramDr. Vannevar Bush, creator of the MemexMemex camera diagram]]> “AS WE MAY THINK” BY DR. VANNEVAR BUSH

Originally published in the Atlantic Monthly→, “As We May Think→” (July, 1945), a member of the Manhattan Project proposes the [tag]Memex[/tag]↔, a sort of microfilm-based knowledge desk. Many consider the Memex to be the pre-digital precursor to the idea of the Web and Internet as we know it today. It may reflect the dawn of the information age.

Memex diagramDr. Vannevar Bush, creator of the MemexMemex camera diagram

I am constantly referring to the Memex in my [tag]lectures[/tag]↔ and research as a significant historical precedent to modern informatics, information design, hypertext and interactive media.

Computing Family TreeA diagram depicting “Computing’s Family Tree”◊ sources the Memex at the root of all modern operating systems. See also Dr. Ivan Sutherland’s [tag]Sketchpad[/tag]↔ for the world’s first interactive computer graphics system.

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See Also

Lecture: The Origins of Interactive Media ↑

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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. ]]> Lecture Title Origins and Futures

The Origins of Interactive Media.

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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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